Chorus of the Personally Conducted:
"How long did you say we'd have?"
"What are they going to do with our car while we're gone?"
"Say, Mr. Passenger Agent, are you sure the baggage will be safe if we leave it with the porter?"
"What time have you now?"
"How far is it over to those mountains?"
"Oh, Mr. Brockway; won't this be a good chance to see if my trunk was put on the train with the others?"
"Say; what time did you say that Clear Creek Canyon train leaves?"
Brockway, answering the last question because the inquirer happens to be nearest at hand: "Eight o'clock."
The Querist, with his watch (which he has omitted to set back to mountain time) in his hand: "Eight o'clock? Then it's gone—it's half-past eight now! Look here."