"No."
"When you're goin'?"
"This afternoon."
"Goin' to be gone long?"
"I expect to be back in a week."
"I wish you'd take me with you."
"I'd like to, Tom, but I can't. Traveling costs money."
Tom showed considerable curiosity as to the nature of Mark's business, but on this point the telegraph boy was not communicative. He liked Tom as a friend, but did not dare to trust him with so important a secret.
Mr. Swan had already been to a ticket agent and procured a through ticket for Mark.
"Your train starts at four-thirty," said the jeweler. "You can engage a sleeping berth at the Grand Central depot. You will travel all night."