"Here we are at the hotel." He uttered the last words as the carriage came to a stop at the curb.
He leaped out and so did the others; and a few minutes later found them safe and sound in the hotel.

They were assigned to a large room on the third floor, and hither they made their way, followed by their trunks, and then began to wash and dress up, preparatory to going down to the dining room, for the journeying around since breakfast had made them hungry.
"I think I am going to like San Francisco," said Tom, as he was adjusting a fresh collar and gazing out of the window at the same time.

"Everything looks so bright and clean." "They have some pretty tall buildings here, the same as in Chicago and New York," came from Dick, as he, too, gazed out of the window.
"Oh, all the big cities are a good deal alike," put in Sam, who was drying his face on a towel.
"San Francisco is a mighty rich place," continued Tom.

"They are too rich even to use pennies.

It's five cents here, or a bit there, or two bits for this and two bits for that.