Teddy failed to understand exactly why this was necessary; but his companion seemed so positive on the point that he remained silent.
This particular passenger appeared to have plenty of time at his disposal. He placed his package at one end of the platform, lighted a pipe, and then walked to and fro as the remainder of the travelers dispersed.
"You foller me, an' we'll find out who he is," Sam whispered, when he thought a fitting opportunity had come, and then advanced boldly toward the stranger. "Goin' to the fair?" he asked.
"Yes; what of it?"
"Nothin', only I s'pose you know you've got to take another train here."
"If I didn't why would I be loafin' around this dead place?"
"I jest spoke of it 'cause this feller an' I are goin' there, too," and Sam waved his hand in the direction where Teddy was standing.
"I s'pose there'll be other boys besides you at the fair, eh?"
"But we belong to it. I'm to give a steamboat away, an' he's goin' to run a cane an' knife board. We're waiting here to buy the stock."
