Teddy pulled up a window shade and studied the landscape for several minutes.
"Curious, isn't it?" he mumbled.
"Yes."
"I might make a guess where they went, Phil."
"You might guess?"
"That's what I said."
"Where do you think they have gone?"
"If I were to make a long-range guess, I should say that perhaps the cars of the opposition were sidetracked at Owls' Valley."
"Where is that? I never heard of the place."
"That, my dear sir, is the deserted village. Lonesome Town, they ought to call it."