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"Not at all," jerked Bones, "not at all I a to show 'em just

how this----"

He felt a touch on his arm, and looked down at the diminutive stoker

"There's a lot of sand round here," said theto"

"Juasped Bones "What do you ----"

But his black-visaged assistant was already poised on the step of the

engine, and Bones, looking back, saw hi soirl in amazement

"Suicide, dear old miss!" he said in an awed voice "Terrible!"

"Isn't that a station?" said the girl, more interested for the h the s ahead

"That's the junction, dear old thing," he said "This is where we stop

her"

He tugged at the lever, but the lever was not to be ed

desperately, but it seemed the steel bar was riveted in position The

"Mary Louisa" was leaping along at an incredible speed, and less than

five hundred yards aas the dead-end of the Bayham platform, into

which the Lynhaven train was due to run

Bones hite and looked at the girl with fearful eyes He took a

swift scrutiny to the left and right, but they had passed out of the

sandy country, and any attempt to leave the train noould ht Honourable Mr Parkinson Chenney had concluded a very

satisfactory 's work of inspection at Tolness, and had secured