Chapter 18 IN HARNESS

Hughson got up and relinquished his seat to McRae.

"Sit down here," he said. "I've been chinning with Matson until he's black in the face and he'll be glad to get rid of me."

He grinned at Joe's laughing disclaimer and made his way up the car while McRae slipped into the vacant seat.

"There goes one of the finest men that ever stepped in s