"Fooled!" exclaimed Nat as the train started off leaving the professor, a picture of rage, on the platform.
CHAPTER XV
SHOOTING AN OIL WELL
The professor made a move as though he was about to jump back on the train, but evidently thought better of it. He gave another look at the cards, and then put them into his pocket.
"Looks as if he wanted to remember us," thought Nat.
By that time the train moved so far ahead that the professor was no longer to be seen.
"How about it?" asked Jack, sticking his head through his curtains over toward Ned's berth.
"He was mad enough to bite a ten-penny nail in two," said Nat.
"Did he find out he was fooled?" asked Jack, who had not been able to see the fakir from the car window.
"I guess yes," spoke Nat, and he told Jack the details, which were related to John, who was in the berth beyond.