human
That woman is on this very train!
gpt
Waal, may I be tickled to death by grasshoppers! ejaculated the youth from Vermont.
human
Whut in thunder do yeou s'pose she's up to?
gpt
It may be the same one, said Frank.
human
It would be remarkable if it should prove to be the same one. Two women might look so much alike that the description of one would exactly fit the other--especially if both were heavily veiled.
gpt
Something tells me it is the same woman,
human
But why should she be on this train?
gpt
Who can answer that? Why did she try such a trick on the street?
human
Don't know, admitted Merry.
gpt
Once I thought it might be that she was mashed on me, but it didn't prove that way.
human
Oh, I dunno, drawled Gallup, with a queer grin.
gpt
Yeou turned her daown, an' that made her sore. Ef she'd bin mashed on ye, perhaps she'd done jest as she did to git revenge fer bein' turned daown.
human
No, something tells me this was more than a simple case of mash,
gpt
What do you make of it?
human
An attempt to bother me.
gpt
For what?
human
Who knows? Haven't I had enough troubles?
gpt
I should say so! But I thought your troubles of this sort were over when you got rid of Lawrence. You left two of the assistants who saw him try to fire the theater to appear as witnesses against him.
human
Oh, I hardly think Lawrence was in this affair in any way or manner. I confess I do not know just what to make of it. Heretofore my enemies have been men, but now there seems to be a woman in the case.
gpt
If this woman follows you, what will you do?
human
I shall endeavor to find out who she is, and bring her to time, so she will drop the game.
gpt
See that you do, advised Hodge.
human
And don't be soft with her because she is a woman.
gpt
Go look through the train and see if you can find the woman you saw, directed Frank.
human
If you find her, come back here and tell me where she is.
gpt
I'll do it!
human
That fellow is faithful to you, said Havener, when Bart had walked down the aisle;
gpt
His heart is in the right place,
human
Nothing makes him doubt you. Why, I believe he wanted to fight the whole company when you failed to appear.
gpt
An' he's a fighter, b'gosh! when he gits started, declared Gallup.
human
I've seen him plunk some critters an' he plunked them in great style.
gpt
Find her?
human
Sure,
gpt
Where?
human
Last car. She did not get onto this one, but I rather think she moved after you came on board. That makes me all the more certain that it is the woman. She's near the rear end of the car, on the left side, as you go down the aisle.
gpt
Well, said Frank, rising,
human
I think I'll go take a look at her. Is she alone?
gpt
Yes.
human
That's good. And she cannot escape from the train till it stops, if it should happen to be the right woman, which I hope it is.
gpt
No, he said,
human
I can show her to you.
gpt
If the woman I am looking for is in the car I'll find her.