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Chapter 6 UNDER SUSPICION.

Word Count: 1209    |    Released on: 01/12/2017

's mental comment, as he lay back in the car seat. "So I'll have something to writ

at it had been more the excitement than aught else that had kept him up, an

onfined to the boy alone. Every one of the passengers, most of

thought to take a look thr

d without my seeing hi

in the seat, he made the tour f

s as if the leather mercha

e doesn't what am I to do with his baggage

ad given him, but a hasty and then a thorough search convinced

e thought. "Well, I'll have to make the best of it, onl

his was his first journey of importance, and everything was new and strange to him. The next station was quite a d

had loaned him, and presently he took it out a

mind. "Sometime, after I'm settled, I'll visit that district and learn if there are still any people there who knew

e determined not only to take a "run up," as he had said, but also, when the opportunity off

eh?" exclaimed a voice, and looking up

," return

he old sailor had it turned over and himself e

Linyard, after another long string of than

I'm looking for work, and I don't know where I'll settl

ellow like you? Nonsense! Not if

ious enough

lways do. I didn't have much to start on when I settled in

, with considerable curiosity, for Doc Linyard

, you know, and then the wife grew afeared, and said as how she wanted me ashore. But a tar used to the rigging and

t-a boardi

r sailors, with regular first-class ship grub; lobscouse, plum-duff and sech. Most of the

must

e a living. I'd like to ask you down,

appearance, and saw that the boy was

come very much," repli

the ch

own for which it was bound was reached, and t

uld leave for New York for two hours. This left a long

he fancied lived in the place. Not far from the station was a little par

en him came in handy now, an

e repast. He had taken a fancy to the tar, and lo

rt stroll through the town. He did not go far, for

the train could be seen approaching in the distance. Along with a

o looked like railroad o

ut one of the men. "Hold up

it?" aske

age have yo

nd anothe

asked the ot

n I met on

is he

. I'm trying

into the station. Not wishing to

for him, and one of them

my fine fellow

u want?" asked Richar

of yourself," was the reply. "

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