"
"That's likely," said Ted. "I hadn't thought of that."
"Well, he got into communication with Dude, and warned him against
coming to the Pine Street place. You see, they had another rendezvous
out in the country, a haunted house, the reputation of which would keep
prying country boys away from it."
"Best sort of a place for a criminal hangout," said Ted.
"You're right, and now that you have discovered it, I'll take pains to
see that it's never used for such again. But, as I was going to say,
Dude's intention was to get out of town, return, go to the Pine Street
room, divide the swag, and skip. He probably left the train at Somerset,
or some other little town down the line, hid in the cornfields until
dusk, stole a horse and buggy, and drove across the country to the
haunted house, and later was joined by Checkers, who had been trailing
you, and later succeeded in getting you. Had it not been for the quarrel
between Dude and Checkers, it is more than likely that you would have
been murdered by Checkers.
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