Kip Chalmers brings him along on the train to California, "for no reason that either of them could discover"; he dies in the Taggart Tunnel disaster.
kˈɪp tʃˈælmɚz bɹˈɪŋz hˌɪm ɐlˈɔŋ ɔnðə tɹˈeɪn tə kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə, "fɔːɹ nˈoʊ ɹˈiːzən ðæt ˈiːðɚɹ ʌv ðˌɛm kʊd dɪskˈʌvɚ"; hiː dˈaɪz ɪnðə tˈæɡɑːɹt tˈʌnəl dɪzˈæstɚ.