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" I'm not right sure, but I think it means that your 



train will be held at M twelve miles from here, for 



No. 4 to pass her. (The trains were to have passed 

 each other at our junction.) At any rate I am going 

 to risk it, and notify the conductor of your train to 

 wait there." 



" But supposing," I said, " you are wrong about it, 

 what then ? " 



" Oh, I guess it'll come out all right, because the 



man at M I think will get orders to hold No. 4 



there. At any rate, I'm doin' the best I can, and, if 

 anything happens, your blood will be on Sam Wright's 

 head, and not on mine." 



This bit of information was not altogether pleasant. 

 Blood is a precious commodity, or, at least, is so rated 

 in the estimation of its owner. How much of it I 

 may own, I know not ; but whether it be enough to 

 float a ship, or not enough to make a supper for a flea, 

 I have no desire that it should make its abode on the 

 top of Sam "Wright's head, nor, for that matter, the 

 head of any other fellow. 



Our talk was now cut short by the arrival of the 



train that was to carry us on our way to M , or 



possibly to some station in the other world. We 

 stowed our luggage and dogs in the baggage car; 

 then, discreetly picking out the two last seats in the 

 train, we raised a window on either side of the car, 

 and poked our heads out into the darkness. All the 



