The minute he opened the door, however, the whistle was instantly
checked, and a quick glance at the impromptu desk told Bart that the
place had welcomed a visitor since he had left it.
On a sheet of blank paper was scrawled the words: "Express safe was
locked last night--contents all right."
And beside it was a heap of account books--the entire records of the
office, which Bart had supposed were destroyed in the fire at the old
express shed the evening previous.
CHAPTER VIII
THE YOUNG EXPRESS AGENT
Our hero regarded the little pile of account books as if they
represented some long-lost, newly-found treasure.
He was very much astonished at their presence there. They were a
tangible reality, however, and no delusion of the senses, and his ready
mind took in the fact that someone had in an unaccountable manner
rescued them from the burning express shed, and mysteriously restored
them to the proper representative of the express company in the nature
of a vast surprise.
The edges of one of the books was scorched, which was the only evidence
that they had been in the flames.
They were all there, and Bart was very glad.
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