23/29 Shearer reached over his head and took from the rack a heavy canvas bag, which he handed to the conductor. Bud'll throw it off at Scott's, and Jack'll get it there." "How far back is he ?" asked Thorpe. He'll hoof it in all right." A number of men descended at Scott's. The three who had come into collision with Jimmy and Bud were getting noisier. They had produced a stone jug, and had collected the remainder of the passengers,--with the exception of Shearer and Thorpe,--and now were passing the jug rapidly from hand to hand. |