? ? ? ? "Then they must be found," said Adin Woods energetically. "They have evidently been taken by some passenger during the five minutes we were away from our seat."
? ? ? ? "Were you inquiring about the casket?" asked a lady sitting opposite.
? ? ? ? "Yes, madam. Can you give any information about it?"
? ? ? ? "Just after you left your seat the man that sat behind you rose and reaching over for it went to the rear end of the car and got out,"
? ? ? ? "I wish you had stopped him, madam."
? ? ? ? "He was so cool about it that I thought he might be a friend of the young gentleman."
? ? ? ? "I didn't know him. He must have been a thief."
? ? ? ? "What was his appearance, madam?" asked the lot agent.
? ? ? ? "He was a thin, dark complexioned man, with side whiskers coming half way down his cheeks."
? ? ? ? "And you say he got out of the rear end of the car?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, sir."
? ? ? ? "He won't get on the train again," said the agent turning to Rodney. "He thinks the casket valuable enough to pay him for the interruption of his journey.
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