Vine and Olive by Oliver Optic

When Bark Lingall and Jacob Lobo arrived at Gibraltar, they went to the Club–House Hotel to inquire for the fugitive. He was not there; but they spent half an hour questioning the landlord and others about the hall, in regard to the town and its hotels and boarding–houses. Then they went to the King's Arms; and, in the course of another half–hour, they learned that Henry Raymond had left this hotel within an hour. Where had he gone? The landlord could not tell. No steamer had left that day; he might have left by crossing the Neutral Ground, or he might have gone over to Algeciras in a boat.

"I wonder why he cleared out so suddenly," said Bark, very much annoyed at the situation.