Spike Brennon lounged against a baggage truck.

Spike's only token of departure was a small bundle covered with that day's _Advance_.

They waited in silence until the dingy way train rattled in.

Then Sharon Whipple appeared from the freight room of the station.

He affected to be impatient with the railway company because of a delayed shipment which he took no trouble to specify definitely, and he affected to be surprised at the sight of Wilbur and Spike.
"Hello! I thought you two boys went on the noon train," he lied, carelessly.