CHAPTER IX
NAT POOLE GETS CAUGHT
In the middle of the week came Phil and Roger, in the midst of another snowstorm that was so heavy it threatened to stall the train in which they arrived. Dave went to the station to meet them.
"Say, what do you think?" burst out Phil, while shaking hands.
"We saw Jasniff and Merwell!" finished the senator's son.
"You did!" ejaculated Dave. "Where?"
"On our train. We walked through the cars at Melton, to see if we knew anybody aboard, and there were the pair in the smoker, smoking cigarettes, as big as life."
"Did you speak to them?"
"Didn't get the chance. The car was crowded, and before we could get to Jasniff and Merwell they saw us, ran down the aisle the other way, and got off."
"Is that so? Evidently they must know we are on their track," said Dave, shaking his head gravely.
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