Hearts and Hands by O. Harry starts out with the main characters, Mr. Easton, Miss Fairchild, and a felony, on a train. Miss Fairchild was already on the train, then Mr. Easton and the felony handcuffed onto his hands takes the only vacant seat across Miss Fairchild. Miss Fairchild was dressed in the elegant taste and surrounded by the luxuries of an experienced traveler. Mr. Easton was dressed bold, frank countenance and had good manners, while the felony was a ruffled, glum-faced person, heavily built and roughly dressed. Mr. Easton didn’t recognize Miss Fairchild at first, but after Miss Fairchild spoke, he realized he was sitting across from one of his old friends. Fairchild asks Easton what he is doing here, and Easton replies that he is working as a marshal. He says he needed money, so he came to the west coast for a job. After a while, the felony asks Easton if he could take a smoking break, and Easton accepts. After the Felony and Easton leaves the train, the first of the two people who overheard their discussion said, “Say–did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?”
