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The latter was crowded with passengers, some of whom also got out. "Did that train stop at Snapwood?" he asked of one of the passengers. "It did," was the answer. "Did you see anybody get on?" "No, but somebody might have gotten on. I wasn't looking." "Thank you." "Looking for a friend?" "No," said Joe, and moved on.
"The gen'men that occupied Numbers 9 and 10, sah," said the porter. "When did they get off?" "'Bout three o'clock, sah when de train stopped at Snapwood." "I haven't any tickets for Snapwood," said the conductor, who had appeared on the scene. "Then they must have had tickets for some other point," said Joe. "That looks black for them."
Do not hesitate to spend the money if it appears necessary to do so." Long before noon our hero was on the way East on a train scheduled to stop at Snapwood. He went without his dress-suit case and carried his money in four different pockets. The train was almost empty and the riding proved decidedly lonely. In a seat he found an Omaha paper, but he was in no humor for reading.
The train was held for five minutes and it was learned that nobody had been seen at the station there at three in the morning, as the night operator and station master were away, there being no passengers to get on the train bound West. Maurice Vane was much disturbed and did not know what to do. "To go back and look for them at Snapwood may be a mere waste of time," said he.
"If you wish I'll telegraph back to Snapwood for you," went on the train official. "How many miles is that?" "A little over two hundred." "What is the next stop of this train?" "Leadington." "When will we get there?" "In ten minutes." A telegram was prepared and sent back to Snapwood as soon as Leadington was reached.
Without delay Caven hurried away, followed by Malone. "We'll be in the sleeping compartment right next to that used by Vane and the boy," chuckled Gaff Caven. "Pat, it ought to be dead easy." "Have you the chloroform?" "Yes, twice as much as we'll need." "When can we leave the train?" "At three o'clock, at a town called Snapwood. We can get another train two hours later, on the northern route."
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