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The boys told Mr. Seabury of Mr. Blowitz , and their host advised them to be careful about entering into any arrangement with the man . `` I do n't know him , '' he said , `` but I have heard from different persons here that there is something queer about him . However , he may only want some favor that you can easily do . '' Shortly before five o'clock the three boys started to keep their appointment with Carson Blowitz . Professor Snodgrass had not succeeded in finding any horned toads , and announced his intention of making a search near the bed of a dried-up river that evening , as he had heard there were some there . The girls were too tired to care for further excursions that afternoon , and they remained on the shady veranda , as the boys started off . `` I wonder what Blowitz can want ? ''