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`` I do n't understand this , '' said Dyke Darrel . `` You have deceived me in some way , Harper . You were in Black Hollow last night . '' `` There you are mistaken , '' assured Mr. Elliston ; `` I stopped off here on the noon train . '' `` You did not go to Chicago , then ? '' `` Yes , I did ; but only remained an hour . You see the man I was looking for was not there , but had gone to Burlington , Iowa , and so , remembering that you stopped off here yesterday , I thought I would run down and learn if you had made any discovery . ''