Do you
understand?"
"I do."
"And you will consent to act as this girl's keeper for a time?"
"Yes, yes," cried the woman, with eager emphasis, and then a low,
half-suppressed sneeze startled them both.
Professor Darlington Ruggles sprang up and looked toward the door. It
stood ajar, and through the opening peered a masked face, centered
with a pair of glittering eyes.
Uttering a mad cry, Ruggles drew a concealed revolver and, leveling at
the head, fired.
CHAPTER XVI.
NELL MISSING.
The reader can imagine the indignation of the railroad detective when
he found himself arrested by the Burlington officer.
"I beg your pardon, sir," said Dyke Darrel, "but you are making a
foolish mistake. I am a detective----"
"That won't go down. If you attempt to escape I will blow out your
brains," returned the officer, still holding his cocked weapon to the
head of Dyke Darrel.
The detective was deeply annoyed at this. On board the train were the
remains of the daughter of one of Burlington's most prominent
citizens, and Dyke was extremely anxious to meet the friends and
explain the situation.
"You may take me at once to the chief of police," said Dyke Darrel, at
length.
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