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"Know their names?"

"No. Passengers don't usually give a conductor their names."

"Have you noticed anything queer about their actions?" Doc persisted.

Wilkie scratched his large head again. "Nothing, except that they seem to be moving around a lot."

"These swarthy men - did they get on at the same time?"

Wilkie nodded. "Yes. At the division point."
Doc and Renny left the goblinlike little conductor. "This thing is beginning to shape up like a mess of
first-class trouble," Renny said thoughtfully.

Doc said nothing. He sought and found a porter. The porter directed him to a drawing-room which had
been reserved by the three individuals whom Doc wished to see.

Doc found the door and knocked. Silence answered. He rippled his knuckles on the panel again. Then
he tried the knob. The door was locked.

Doc called the porter. "You're sure they're in here?"

"Yas, suh," said the porter. "Dey went in about five minutes ago. Two of 'em did, anyhow - at pretty gal
and her pap! Don't know if dat man with de gal face is in dere or not."

Renny held up a huge fist and gave Doc an inquiring look.

"I guess we'll go in," Doc told him.

Renny drew back to slam his fist against the panel. Then he lurched. The train had slackened speed
abruptly. Renny had to grasp the doorknob to maintain his balance.

"Guess we're pulling into a station," he rumbled. Bang! went his big fist against the door. The sheet metal
bulged, but held. Renny swung again terrifically. It seemed a miracle that his fist was not smashed to a
pulp.

The train had slowed rapidly; it was now crawling. Renny's next punch exploded the door open. He
plunged across the threshold, then brought up quickly, his jaw asag.

"Holy cow!" he gulped.

Senor Corto Oveja and his attractive daughter were draped across the drawing-room bed. They lay
perfectly still. Black leather straps were drawn so tightly around their necks as to be almost buried in the
flesh!

Chapter 4. DEAD MAN
"THE window!" ejaculated rock-fisted Renny. "It's open!"

"Take a look!" Doc rapped. "Whoever did this may have jumped out as the train slowed down."