And there was a freight car full of crates and boxes and land knows what all.

But nary sign was there of a private secretary and assistant.

The professor told Nate that Mr.Harmon's health had suddenly broke down and he'd had to be sent South.
"'It's a calamity,' says he; 'a real calamity! Harmon has been with me in my work from the beginnin'; and now, just as it is approachin' completion, he is taken away.

They say he may die.

It is very annoyin'.' "'Humph!' says Nate.