"He must have checked the box through on a ticket he bought for Savannah, and then hid somewhere on this train."
"Which shows what a foxy gentleman we have to contend with," muttered Old King Brady, grimly. "He feared pursuit."
"No doubt of it."
"Here comes the conductor. We can explain matters to him and open the box."
They had no trouble to persuade the conductor of the importance of seeing what the box contained, and they all had a talk with the baggage master.
He held them off until nightfall.
As the Bradys promised to have him absolved from blame, he finally gave his permission to them to open the box.
Harry cut the rope that bound it and Old King Brady pried off the lid with an axe taken from one of the racks.
The conductor held a lantern over the box.
As the lid fell off, they were startled to see the body of a man lying in the box.