“It did,” was the answer.
“Did you see anybody get on?”
“No, but somebody might have gotten on. I wasn't looking.”
“Thank you.”
“Looking for a friend?”
“No,” said Joe, and moved on.
Without delay our hero ran to the front end of the newly-arrived train and got aboard. As he walked through he gave every grown passenger a close look.
At the end of the third car he came upon two suspicious-looking individuals, who were gazing at a bit of paper in the hands of one. Joe came closer and saw that the paper was a mining share.
“Caven and Malone, as sure as fate!” he murmured to himself. “What had I best do next?”
While Joe was trying to make up his mind, Caven chanced to glance up and his eyes fell upon our hero. He gave a cry of dismay and thrust the mining share out of sight.