Detective Bob Bridger — page 40: what you’re looking at

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- wi 7 nat em _ bh, “ - = =F *) Se As mal DETECTIVE BOB BRIDGER. 33 Soon after the heavy express train came puffing along. Every one on board learned that it was here to pass the special, and from every window and platform train-men and passengers peered forth, anxious to catch a glimpse _ of the famous general. To accommodate the general desire, the engineer of the express had slacked down to a fifteen mile-an-hour gait. When the watchers espied the general, standing on the platform, hats and handkerchiefs waved busily, and cheer after cheer rent the air. | As the train rolled by the switch-beam a second series of yells started up from the train-men in recognition of Bridger’s sudden reappearance in his old role. While Bridger bowed in acknowledgment a young lady at one of the car windows suddenly drew aside her vail, exposing a face of radiant beauty. Her bright blue eyes, with the startled expression of _ those of the wiid fawn, darted a glance of recognition upon Fandon. The Scotch detective made a sudden spring forward as if to board the train. It was now speeding past at a rate too swift for any one to do so in safety. Bridger dashed forward and grasped Fandon just as he was on the point of making a leap to catch the car, and the train sped on without him. CHAPTRRS Vv Lf. “MURDER! HELP! POLICE!” The two detectives were tongue-tied in the agent’s pres- ence, but Bridger perceived that the Scotch detective had suffered a grievous disappointment in being unable to board the express. At Millford station the agent and Fandon bade Bridger adieu, and the special pursued its way. Landing General Grant and party safely at Kane station, Bridger departed upon the next east-bound train for New York. Arriving there he at once set to work on the smuggling case. After working on the case for a week he found it con- venient to take rooms in a house on Bond street. One afternoon, a fortnight later, he penned proofs in — <S Gomichboo Eo