"Oh, yes," answered Solon shuddering. "Where are you going?"
"Out to telegraph to my mother."
"You have my telegram?"
"Yes."
Mark went out and despatched two telegrams, one to his mother, and the second to Mr. Swan. The latter ran thus: "There has been a railroad accident, but I am all right. Nothing lost."
The last two words were intended to assure the jeweler of the safety of the diamond pin.
Mark ascertained that the next train westward would start at eleven o'clock, and so reported to his uncle.
"I shall go by the next train," he said.
As they went up to the office to pay their bills, the clerk asked Mr. Talbot, "Do you pay for this young man as well as yourself?"
Solon Talbot hesitated and looked confused.