Publisher's Synopsis
Mr. Judkins, the station agent at Chazy Junction, came out of his little house at daybreak, shivered a bit in the chill morning air and gave an involuntary start as he saw a private car on the sidetrack. There were two private cars, to be exact-a sleeper and a baggage car-and Mr. Judkins knew the three o'clock train must have left them as it passed through."Ah," said he aloud; "the nabobs hev arrove.""Who are the nabobs?" asked a quiet voice beside him.Again Mr. Judkins started; he even stepped back a pace to get a better view of the stranger, who had ap-proached so stealthily through the dim light that the agent was unaware of his existence until he spoke."Who be you?" he demanded, eyeing the man suspi-ciously.
