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Here 's stake for expenses . Come back on the noon train to-morrow . '' And Joe Arnold came back , bringing with him quite all the information that Guilford Duncan wanted , and considerably more . For he brought with him transcripts of all the correspondence that had passed between the railroad people and the mine proprietors , including a dispatch which the General Freight Agent had sent a little after midnight that morning to Napoleon Tandy , saying : Hallam has got that sharp young fellow Duncan at work and , as you are aware , he knows his business and his rights . I 'm afraid he 'll make a formal proffer of freight and a demand for cars . I wish you could come here , but of course you ca n't so long as you wish your stockholdings in that mine down there and your relations with us to be kept secret . Please telegraph any instructions you may wish .