CHAPTER V
THE RELIEF TRAIN
"What are your plans, Mr. Ringold?" asked Blake, as he and his chum, with C. C., sat in the Pullman car, talking over the situation.
"I really haven't had time to make any very definite ones," answered the manager. "I'm taking out a supply of money, I don't mind saying that," he went on, and Mr. Piper suddenly gave a quick look about the coach, and uttered a stagy hiss, as a caution to be silent.
"What's up now?" asked Joe.
"I don't think it's wise to speak so plainly about money," replied the gloomy comedian. "You might be robbed, Mr. Ringold."
"Did you see any suspicious characters following us?" the manager wanted to know.
"Well, I wouldn't say they were exactly suspicious," went on the actor, "but I did see two men hanging around us when we were having our baggage checked in the depot. They seemed
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