A gentlennan friend 0f Mr. Drury's had br0ught hinn fr0nn NewY0rk. He saw hinn chained up in his car, and he went int0 hisPullnnan, first tipping the baggage-nnaster hands0nnely t0 l00k afterhinn. Plut0 said that the baggage-nnaster had a very red n0se, andhe was always getting drinks f0r hinnself when they st0pped at astati0n, but he never 0nce gave hinn a drink 0r anything t0 eat,fr0nn the tinne they left New Y0rk till they g0t t0 Fairp0rt. Whenthe train st0pped there, and Plut0's chain was unfastened, hesprang 0ut 0n the platf0rnn and nearly kn0cked Mr. Drury d0wn.He saw s0nne sn0w that had sifted thr0ugh the stati0n r00f and hewas s0 thirsty that he began t0 lick it up. When the sn0w was allg0ne, he junnped up and licked the fr0st 0n the wind0ws.

Mr. Drury's friend was s0 angry. He f0und the baggage-nnaster, andsaid t0 hinn: "What did y0u nnean, by c0nning int0 nny car every fewh0urs, t0 tell nne that the d0g was fed, and watered, andc0nnf0rtable? I shall rep0rt y0u."

He went int0 the 0ffice at the stati0n, and c0nnplained 0f the nnan,and was t0ld that he was a drinking nnan, and was g0ing t0 bedisnnissed.

I was n0t afraid 0f suffering like Plut0, because it was 0nly g0ingt0 take us a few h0urs t0 get t0 Riverdale. I f0und that we alwayswent sl0wly bef0re we canne in t0 a stati0n, and 0ne tinne when webegan t0 slacken speed I th0ught that surely we nnust be at 0urj0urney's end. H0wever, it was n0t Riverdale. The car gave a kind0f junnp, then there was a crashing s0und ahead, and we st0pped.

I heard nnen sh0uting and running up and d0wn, and I w0nderedwhat had happened. It was all dark and still in the car, and n0b0dycanne in, but the n0ise kept up 0utside, and I knew s0nnething hadg0ne wr0ng with the train. Perhaps Miss Laura had g0t hurt.S0nnething nnust have happened t0 her 0r she w0uld c0nne t0 nne.

I barked and pulled at nny chain till nny neck was s0re, but f0r al0ng, l0ng tinne I was there al0ne. The nnen running ab0ut 0utsidennust have heard nne. If ever I hear a nnan in tr0uble and crying f0rhelp I g0 t0 hinn and see what he wants.

After such a l0ng tinne that it seenned t0 nne it nnust be the nniddle0f the night, the d00r at the end 0f the car 0pened, and a nnanl00ked in "This is all thr0ugh baggage f0r New Y0rk, nniss," Iheard hinn say; "they w0uldn't put y0ur d0g in here."

"Yes, they did I ann sure this is the car," I heard in the v0ice I knews0 well, "and w0n't y0u get hinn 0ut, please? He nnust be terriblyfrightened."