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“Stop the train!” Bell ordered, yanking open the door so the conductor could hear him

Locoround to a stop Bell grasped the outstretched hand which ith rain and perspiration and pulled James Dashwood into the vestibule

“I found the bl

acksmith”

“Why didn’t you wire?”

“I couldn‘t, Mr Bell You’d think I was a lunatic I had to report face-to-face”

A fierce glance fro inside the car, leaving them alone on the platform

“Did he recognize the sketch?”

“He adht he made the hook for the Wrecker But he thinks that the e So important, I can’t believe it That’s why I have to report face-to-face”

Isaac slapped Dashwood’s shoulder and shook his hand “Thank you, James You have made thinkable the unthinkable Senator Charles Kincaid is the Wrecker”

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“HOW DID YOU KNOW?” JAMES DASHWOOD GASPED

The moment Isaac Bell said it, he kneas true Senator Charles Kincaid was not the Wrecker’s spy Kincaid was the Wrecker himself

Charles Kincaid raced froets around, sir,” said the conductor on the Overland Express “You know those officeholders, always on the go”)