Part 47 (1/2)
”No other road they could switch off on There is soo forward and ask the conductor”
Phil did so, but the conductor could give him no information
Car Three was the only show car on the train when the present conductor had taken charge
Phil was more puzzled than ever He consulted his route list, to make sure that he himself had not made a mistake and skipped a town that he should have billed No; there was only one town he had ade was to work
About this ti his eyes sleepily
”What's up?” he inquired, noting that his companion was troubled
”That is what I should like to know,” answered Phil absently
”Tell ?”
”I don't know The opposition has disappeared”
”Disappeared?”
”Yes; they disappeared during the night, and I cannot ione They must have dropped in on some town that we should have made, and I am worried”
Teddy pulled up ashade and studied the landscape for several minutes
”Curious, isn't it?” he uess where they went, Phil”
”You uess?”
”That's what I said”
”Where do you think they have gone?”
”If I were to uess, I should say that perhaps the cars of the opposition were sidetracked at Owls' Valley”
”Where is that? I never heard of the place”
”That, ht to call it”
”Where is it?”
”About twenty miles from the last stand; and, if they are there, they will be likely to stay there for so his coreat deal about the movements of the enemy
How does it happen that you are so well posted, Teddy Tucker?”
”I was hanging around the station when they gave the order to have their cars dropped off there,” answered Teddy, avoiding the keen gaze of his companion and superior