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Crime or Calamity

           Thesquattersandtheir"hands"lenttheiraid,anddirectedtheireffortsfirsttoextinguishingthefirewhichragedintheruinedheapwithunconquerableviolence.Afewunrecognizablebodieslayontheslopeoftheembankment,butfromthatblazingmassnolivingthingcouldbesaved.Thefirehaddoneitsworktoospeedily.Ofthepassengerstenonlysurvivedthoseinthelastcarriage.TherailwayauthoritiessentalocomotivetobringthembacktoCastlemaine.

           LordGlenarvan,havingintroducedhimselftothesurveyor-general,enteredintoconversationwithhimandtheinspectorofpolice.Thelatterwasatall,thinman,im-perturbablycool,and,whateverhemayhavefelt,allowednotraceofittoappearonhisfeatures.Hecontemplatedthiscalamityasamathematiciandoesaproblem;hewasseekingtosolveit,andtofindtheunknown;andwhenGlenarvanobserved,"Thisisagreatmisfortune,"hequietlyreplied,"Betterthanthat,myLord."

           "Betterthanthat?"criedGlenarvan."Idonotunderstandyou."

           "Itisbetterthanamisfortune,itisacrime!"hereplied,inthesamequiettone.

           GlenarvanlookedinquiringlyatMr.Mitchellforasolution."Yes,myLord,"repliedthesurveyor-general,"ourinquirieshaveresultedintheconclusionthatthecatastropheistheresultofacrime.Thelastluggage-vanhasbeenrobbed.Thesurvivingpassengerswereattackedbyagangoffiveorsixvillains.

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