midnight
His was a fitting end to a career of unparalleled crime . * * * * * We now draw a veil over the scene . Harry Bernard and Nell Darrel were , soon after the arrest and death of Elliston , happily married . Dyke Darrel considers the events leading up to the capture and punishment of those engaged in the crime of the midnight express as among the most thrilling and wonderful of his detective experience . To Harry Bernard and Paul Ender he gives a large share of the credit , and with them shared the reward . Bernard has of late worked in conjunction with Dyke Darrel on other cases , and is fast winning a reputation second only to that of the great railroad detective himself . THE END .