Book Excerpt: ...in to pick up the fares from the last stop. In due course he halted before the inebriated one with the glittering tie-pin in the smoking compartment of the parlor car."Ticket, please," said Hawkeye."Too busy to buysh ticket," the man informed him, with heavy confidence. "Whash fare Loon Dam to Big Cloud?""One-fifty," said Hawkeye curtly.The man produced a roll of bills, and from the roll extracted a two-dollar note.Hawkeye handed...