The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 52: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. © 43 CHAPTER VI. READY FOR THE TEST. When I return again to the sleeper, the first person I notice is the nun. She is eating lunch with the sallow-faced woman, and keeps her head down so that I cannot see her countenance. This reminds me that I have neglected to ask Acton about her, who she is, and what connection she has with the game. He must know, and yet has not seen fit to tell me. Perhaps it is an over- sight. At any rate, I will have no scruples about asking him the next time lI think of it, and the chance arises. The Rabbi has gone to get his supper, but the horse dealer or race-track gambler sits in his seat. I wonder if he has anything to do with this strange case, for it seems to me half the people in the car have already become connected with it, and there is a chance for the rest to work in yet. He appears to be a shrewd sort of chap, and inde- pendent, too, caring little for any one about him. I do not like his looks, however, and avoid him, though when in passing my seat he ventures some ordinary remark concerning the jolting of the car around the bends, in apology for almost plunging into my lap; I reply civilly enough, though my - manner does not invité confidence. — After a time the others return, and once more the car is filled. We reach Altoona. (ale) m comicbooks