I thought that maybe if you were going my way, out to Brimfield, I could give you a hand with your bags." Tom gasped! How did he know about Brimfield?
"Thanks," he muttered.

"I--I'll get on all right." Standing there in front of him "A.

L.M." looked very youthful to be such a deep-dyed villain and Tom felt a bit sorry for him.

But the villain was smiling broadly and, as it seemed to Tom, a trifle mockingly.
"Better keep a sharp lookout for crooks," advised the other.

"There are lots of 'em about here.