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them from the buffet car and while they the last station, sah,’’ said the porter. a a ‘“did you ask me to receive this) wanted ime to see it.”’ ¥ the telegram he read: | ere ‘absurd to other men and oftentimes thers a a d hotel 5 ’ | ——— say ing: ; “ophink of . it?” Pyaeee it’s Bp, enous returned Gordon. ¢ gh, isn’t tte = { accident had RES in “the pee of | morning papers at one of the few stations they stopped at and none came on board. out of the window. | were eating it a porter entered and cried:| After a moment of silence eae ‘Trimble C. Carter!’’ at the same time | leaned forward and said: : holding up a manilla envelope. | §Trim, I’m burning with racial to! “‘Hello, there’s another peat for know why you asked me to receive that }- you,’’ said Gordon. telegram. ’’ ; 4 “Hush!” answered Trim, under his| «J thought it would do no harm,’ breath, “‘you take it and open it.”’ | Trim replied, ‘‘for us to exchange iden- Accordingly as the porter passed up| tities for a short time.” the car looking for anybody who should; ‘‘Of course there’s no harm done,’’ said acknowledge the name of Carter, Gordon ‘Gordon, ‘‘but you must have had reason held out his hand. for it.” | **Are you Trimble ct; Carter, sah Po “Ves, an absurd reason, perhaps, but i asked the darkey. one that a detective always obeys if he Gordon nodded and _ took the telegram. |... "| can. “It was delivered just as the train left) cctis, just this way, Chatley; I'm going on to Kansas City to undertake a case that I know nothing about for a man that _ I’ve never heard of. p m _ Gordon gave the darkey a quarter and the porter f passed on. _ **See here, Trim,’’ said Gordon, with | “I've got to be constantly on the look- out lest some trick be played that will be is telegram so as to make me give the! porter the tip?” _ |to my-disadvantage. | “Vou know better than that,’’ Trim} ‘“Now I have no reason to suspect = nespanided. ‘Open the dispatch and when | trick in this matter, but I have alway: he you’ve read it show it to meas if the/| found it safer to go ahead on the th cory thing belonged to you and you simply |that the people I’m trying to run Bi |are on to ine and are doing their best to | received | put obstacles in my way; so I take pre- X cautions again and agen that might seem Gordon did so, and when Trim _ {Trimble C.. Carter, on board train|are unnecessary precautions. — : n’t meet you at station So to Mid-| But once in a while it proves that L | ill call there toward even-| acted wisely, so in this case you see - WE ea ben J. V. Dent.”’ ee porter caine in and sung out ny n <new that everybody in the car heard it. — How do I know but: seat somebody in | ms + * J *, “a nl back to| _ Put it in 1 pocket il ee the J 4 ‘ d & p ¥% .: o& = ™ j ‘ ~ ~ Se | = i. val 2 ; = m. ¢ ad " “ * ' “* . i ~ < —_— vy . | ! ' ? s = F <j = a } TA J ‘s ‘ 4 } ae , : "1 ( ..4 c aft a . “% “ = ; * = <e _ = = = ile _ ; e, = al Tt . 4 } * + ¢ , a ty = / * - _ rs 5 | - am - | a