"It would be a good thing if you could stay overnight," said Dr.
Reed. "Then you could have two days instructions instead of one.
You could stay at my sister's house."

"That would be jolly!" cried Shep. He loved his aunt and knew she
would make him and his chums welcome.

"I guess I can stay---anyway, I'll find out," answered Snap; and
Giant and Whopper said the same.

Little did any of the boys dream of what strange happenings that visit
to Railings was to bring forth.




CHAPTER III

A LESSON IN PHOTOGRAPHY


By consulting a time-table the boys found that a train for Railings
left at ten minutes after eight in the morning. The distance to the
city was thirty-three miles and the run on the country railroad took
the best part of an hour and a quarter.

Snap, Whopper and Giant were on hand ten minutes before train time.
They found the doctor's son ahead of them, and he had tickets for all.