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The homely Monk was greatly attached to Habeas Corpus, probably because the presence of the pig
enraged Ham.

"The door was locked on the inside, and you had the windows closed?" Doc inquired.

"That's right," Ham replied.
"The pig seemed to have been laid out, the same as you fellows," Doc said dryly. "It's all very mystifying.
This isn't the first queer thing that's happened, either."

Ham blinked. "What do you mean?"

Doc told them about the telegram incident

"Do you think the fake telegram and what happened to us has a connection?" Ham demanded.

"Can't say," Doc replied.

Doc went to a hand bag and opened it. The piece of baggage held several weapons which resembled
overgrown automatic pistols. They were fitted with curled magazines.

These were machine guns of Doc's own invention. The weapons were tiny, compared to the destruction
they could wreak. They fired so rapidly that their roar was like the note of a gigantic bull-fiddle.
Magazines were charged with what big-game hunters call "mercy bullets" - slugs which produce
unconsciousness instead of death.

Doc distributed the rapid-firers to the four weakened victims of the mystery attack.

"Keep a sharp lookout!" be warned.

Renny demanded: "What are you gonna do, Doc?"

"You and I are going 'to talk to the three persons who were eavesdropping when I gave the conductor
the telegram," Doc told him.

Trailed by Renny, Doc glided out into the corridor.

THE two men had not progressed far when they encountered Wilkie.

"I'd like to get some information about two dark-complexioned men on the train," Doc told the
conductor.

Wilkie scratched his large head. "There are a number of dark men aboard, I notice."

At this, Renny shot a sharp glance at Doc. The bronze man's features told nothing.

"The two I am interested in were in the company of a very pretty girl," Doc explained.

"Oh, them!" grinned Wilkie. "They got on at the division point where I went on duty. That was two stops
back."