“Well, I reckon the hat was the first thing I noticed,” was the reply. “It was the oddest thing I had seen in these parts for quite a spell.”
“It must have been Mr. Norton!”
CHAPTER XXVII.
AT THE DEPOT.
“And who’s Mr. Norton?” asked the farmer curiously.
“One of the Bayport diamond robbers.”
“Gee-gopher! you don’t say!”
“Yes; what did he want?”
“Wanted to know the right road to Chester.”
“And did he set off in that direction?”