So it ran along for a week or so, while Rad was casting about for a means of getting his brother out of the way without any fresh scandal.

But Mose's suddenly taking to seeing ha'nts precipitated matters.

Realizing that his father's patience had reached its limit, and that he couldn't keep you off the scent much longer, he determined to borrow the money for Jeff's journey back to Seattle, and to close up his own investment.
"That same night he drove Jeff to the station at Kennisburg.

The Washington express does not stop at Lambert Junction, and anyway Kennisburg is a bigger station and travellers excite less comment.

This isn't deduction; it's fact.