Not for some time, he knew, could the actual work of building the Air Trust plant be started at Niagara.

Meanwhile, he wanted to keep out of sight, as much as possible.

He wanted, also to save every cent.

Again, his usual mode of travel had always been either to ride the rods or "hike" it on shanks' mare.

Bitterly opposed to swelling the railways' revenues by even a penny, Armstrong in the past few years of his life had done some thousands of miles, afoot, all over the country.