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`` No , he did n't , for his father went to the station , and passed through the train just before it started . He did not leave by railroad , or come up the river in the Hampton , or I should have seen him . '' `` Nick has something like sharpness , and he knew he could not get off on the morning train . But he could have walked to Baldwin between the time he closed the bar and nine o'clock , and taken the train there , '' I added . `` I do n't believe Nick walked twenty miles : he is too lazy to do anything of the kind , '' added Cornwood , with a smile of incredulity . `` But he is not a great loss to his father ; and he may make his way when he is thrown on his own resources . There was another piece of news in Jacksonville this morning . ''