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DURING our journey down to Hartsden on the following morning, Superintendent Miller's state of mind seemed to alternate between a rather extravagant optimism and a haunting fear of an anticlimax that might expose him to the derision of his subordinates. And such was his condition when we introduced him to Mr. Woodburn at Hartsden Station.
"Well, sir," said he, "this is a very remarkable affair -- if it isn't a mare's nest. I hope it isn't."