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FORE:The car which the squad entered was locked and sealed, and labeled, "Perishable freight. Do not delay." Their presence was kept secret from all the train hands but the conductor, a man of known loyalty and discretion.Norma felt suddenly frightened. "What's wrong?"
Little Pete Skidmore began to whimper.'pap, is That You?' Said a Weak Voice. 238"What foh you come dis-a-way, boys?" continued the voice of the man on horseback. "I done los' you! I fought we done agreed to go ober by Simpson's hill, an' I jine you dar. I went dat-a-way, an' den I hear you shootin' ober dis-a-way, an' seed yoh fiah, and I cut acrost to git to you. Whah'd you git so many guns, an' sich big ones? Sound like sojer guns. I done beared dem way ober dah, an' I""How did I know it? How does any man know that another is drunk? He was boisterous, excited and yellingthat kind of a drunk.""When we get through," murmured Alf Russell dolefully. "How many of us will ever get through?"