“But what do you make of the other statements in Martin’s letter?” Chick inquired.
“As to having a substitute down fine by that time and the other dead to rights?”
“Yes. What do you make of that?”
“That seems open to only one interpretation,” Nick reasoned. “It probably refers to the package containing the money. A substitute evidently is to be used in some way, and the other taken from the express car.”
“That seems like a reasonable theory.”
“The money certainly is to be on the car, however, for Dewitt is directed to be on hand to relieve some one of the goods, possibly Martin himself.”
“Very likely.”
“But, as the letter also states, nothing is to be done until after leaving North Dayton,” Nick repeated.
“And your plans?”
“We will leave town in disguise at five-thirty. You go as far as Amherst, to board the express when it arrives. You must be governed by the make-up of the train as to what car you will take. Select that which Martin would be most likely to occupy, and be on the lookout for him, or for any other suspicious circumstances. There is a fourteen-mile run before you arrive in North Dayton.”