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There certainly was Ellen! Like a man on his way to prison, Alfred Burton took his place in a third-class carriage in his customary train to Garden Green. Ned Miles, who travelled in the oil trade, came up and smote him upon the shoulder.
"Say, cocky, what have you been doing to yourself? " he demanded in amazement. "Have you robbed a bank and going about in disguise, eh? Why, the missis won't know you!"