"She may have news to tell. Who knows but what the squire has approached her about this property question already."
"I shall look to you for advice before I make an important movement," said Ralph.
It was growing dark, and soon it became time to go to bed on the train. Horace Kelsey had procured berths, and both retired. But to tell the truth, Ralph did not sleep a wink all night.
He could not help but think of all that had happened, and speculate as to what the future held in store. Never once did he dream of the many surprises so close at hand.
Ralph was up before any one else among the passengers. It was a good hour before Horace Kelsey followed.
"Anxious, I suppose," smiled the insurance agent. "Well, I don't blame you."
"There is so much at stake," rejoined Ralph. "I feel as if a fuse had been lighted, and I was just waiting for something to explode."
"And something will explode ere long, I imagine," laughed Horace Kelsey.
It was a little after eight o'clock when the train rolled into Chambersburgh and they alighted. Both knew the place fairly well, and started at once for the steamboat landing.
Just as they turned a corner of the street they came face to face with three police officers who were escorting two men and a boy to the station-house. The men were Dock Brady and another. The boy was Percy Paget.