“I presume,” the other went on, with a harsh chuckle, “that you engaged a stateroom on the sleeper, and thought that you would lock yourself in and so be safe for the night. Fortunately, there’s room for two in a stateroom.”
At this, Snell said nothing, but went back to the cabin.
The other followed, and both went inside.
“Well!” thought Patsy, “this is a puzzler, and no mistake. Are they both crooks? and have they had a falling out?
“One is certainly a would-be murderer, and Snell is plainly in great fear of him.
“I should think he would be.
“I wonder if they will actually occupy the same room on the train?”
They did.
Snell, as the stranger had said, had engaged a stateroom, and both went into it immediately on going aboard the train.
Patsy secured a berth in the same car, and, as he turned in he wondered whether one man or two would come out of that stateroom in the morning.