(HlIIfflSfaMII) PWZCG7T I SYNOPSIS. Gllos Putllcy arrived In San Krnnclsco to Join lils friend und distant rclntlvo llenry 'Wilton, whom ho was to iiHalnt in an iniiiortant unit mysterious task, nnd who accompanied Dudley on the ferry bout trip Into tho city. Tho re lunrKnhle resemblance of tho two men is noted and commenlud on by passen sein on tho ferry. They seo a man with ;nake eyes, which sends a thrill throUKh Uudley. Wilton postpones tin explanation of tho strange errand Dudley Is to per form, but occurrences cause him to know It Is one of no ordinary mcanlnK. Wilton leaves Olios In their room, with Instruction to await his return and shoot nny onn who tries to enter. Outside thero Is heard Khotits and curses and tho nolso of a quarrel. Henry rushes in and at Ws request tho roommates qulrkly ex ohaiiKc clothes, nnd ho hurries out again. Hardly has ho Bono than Olles. Is startled by a cry of "Help." und ho runs out to find some ono being assaulted by u half dozen men. Ho summons a pollco Sian but they aro unablo to And any Iraco of n crime. Olles returns to his room and hunts for some cvldenqo that mlcht explain his stratiK" mission. Ho finds a map which hu endcuvors to de cipher. Dudley Is summoned to tno morgue nnd thero llnds tho dead body of his friend. Henry Wilton. And thus Wilt on dies without over explaining to Dud ley tho puzzling work ho wns to perforin in San KranclMco. In order to discover tho Hecrct mission his friend had entrust ed to him. Dudley continues his dlsgulso and permits himself to bo known as Henry Wilton. Dudley, mistaken for Wilton, Is employed by Knnpp to assist In a Btock brokerago deal. "Dicky" takes tho tutppoxed Wilton to Mother barton's. Alother Morton discovers that ho Is not Wilton. The lights aro turned out nnd a free for nil light follows. Olles Dudley llnds himself closeted in a room with Mother 1 lor ton who makes a confidant of him. Hu can learn nothing about tho mysterious boy further than that It is Tim Terrlll and Darby Sleeker who nro after him. Ho Is told Hint "Dicky Nnhl Is a traitor, playing both hands In tho game. Olles llnds himself locked In a room. He escapes through n window. Tho supposed Wilton carries out his dead trlcnd's work with Doddrldgo Knapp. Ho has his llrst c.pcr!onco as a capitalist in tho Board Hoom of tho Stock ISxcluinge. CHAPTER X. A Tangle of Schemes. Doddrldgo Knapp was seated calmly In my ofllce when I opened tho door. There was n grim smile about tho firm jaws, and a satisfied glitter in the keen eyes. Tho Wolf had found his prey, and tho dismay of tho sheep at tho sight of his fangs gavo him satis faction instead of distress. Tho King of tho Street honored mo with a royal nod. "There seems to havo been a llttlo surprise for somebody on tho Board this morning," he suggested. "I heard something about it on tho street," I admitted. "It was a good plan and worked well. Let me seo your memoranda of purchases." I gavo him my slips. Ho looked over them with growing perplexity In his face. "Here's twelvo thousand llvo hun dred shares of Omega." "Yes." "You paid too much for that first lot." Ho was still poring over tho list. "It's easier to sco that now than. then," I suggosted dryly. "Humph! yes. But there's some thing wiong hero." Ho was compar ing my list with anothor In his hand. "There!" 1 thought; "my confound ed ignorance has made n mess of it." But I spoke with all tho confidence I could assutno: "What's tho matter, now?" "Eleven thousand and twelvo thou sand five hundred make twenty-three thousand flvo hundred; and horo are sales of Omega this morning of thirty threo thousand olght hundred and thirty." Ho seemed to bo talking more to himself than to mo, and to be far from pleased. "How's that? I don't understand." I was nil In tho dark over his musings. "I picked ui) eleven thousand shares In tho other Boards this morning, and twelvo thousand flvo hundred through you, but somebody has taken In tho other ten thousand." Tho King of tho Street Bcemed puzzled and, I thought, n llttlo worried. "Well, you got over twenty-threo thousand shnres," I suggested consol ingly. "That's a pretty good morning's work." The King of the Street gavo mo a contemptuous glnnce. "Don't be a fool, Wilton. I sold ten thousand of those shares to myself." A new light broke upon me. I was getting lOBSons of ono of the many ways in which tho markot was manipu lated. . "Then you think that somebody else " Tho King of the Street broke In with n grim smile. "Never mind what I think. I'vo got tho contract for doing tho thinking for this Job, and 1 reckon I can 'tend to li." The great speculator was silent for a few moments. "I might as well bo frank with you," ho snld at last. "You'll havo to know somothing to work Intelligently. I must get control of tho Omega Coin pauy. and to do it I'vo got to havo moro stock. I've been afraid of a com bination against ine, and I guess I'vo struck It. I can't bo suro yet, but when those ten thousand shares wore gobbled up on a panicky market, I'll bet there's something up." "Who Is In It?" I asked politely. "They've kept themselves covered," said tho King of tho Street, "but I'll havo them out In tho open beforo tho ond. Aud then, my boy, you'll nee tho rue fly." "I'vo got a few men staked out," ho continued slowly, "nnd I reckon I'll know something about It by this tltno to-morrow." Thero wns tho growl of tho Wolf In his voice. "Now for this nfternoon," ho con tlnued. "There's got to bo some sharp work done. I reckon tho falling move ment Is over. Wo'vo got to pay for what we get from now on. I'vo got a man looking after tho botwoenUonrd trading. With the scaro that's on In tho clilppor crowd out there, I look to pick up n thousand shares or so nt about forty." "Well, what's tho programme?" I asked cheerfully. "Buy," ho said briefly. "Tako every thing that's offerod this sldo of seventy-live." "Um there's a half-million wanted already to settlo for what I bought this morning." Tho bushy brows drew down, but the the King of tho Street answered lightly: "Your check Is good for a million, my boy, as long ns It goes to settle for what you're ordered to buy." Then ho added grimly: "I don't think you'd find It worth much for anything else." Thero was a knock nt tho door be yond and ho hastily rose. "Bo horo after tho two-thirty ses sion," he said. And tho Wolf, huge and masterful, disappeared with a stealthy tread, and tho door closed softly behind him. I wondered idly who Dohdrldgo Knapp's visitor might be, but as I could seo no way of finding out, and felt no special concern over his Identi ty or purposes, I roso nnd loft tho of fice. As I stepped Into tho hall I dis covered that somebody had a dooper curiosity than I. A man wns stoop ing to the keyhole of Doddrldgo Knnpp's room in tho endeavor to seo or honr. As he heard tho sound of my oponlng tho door ho started up, ami with a bound, wus around tho turn of tho hall and pattering down tho stairs. In anothor bound I wns after him. I had eon his form for but a second, und his lace not at all. But in that second 1 knew him for Tim Torrlll of tho snnkoeyes and tho murderous pur pose. When I reached tho head of the stairs ho wan nowhore to be seen, hut I hoard tho putter of his feot bolow and plunged down three steps at a tlmo and into Clay street, nourly up setting a stout gontlomnn in my hasto. The street was busy with people, hut no sign of the snakc eyod inan greeted me. Much disturbed In mind at this ap parition of my enemy, I sought in vain for somo explanation of his proseuco. Was ho spying on Doddrldgo Knapp? What treachery was ho shaping In his designs on tho man whoso bread ho was eating and whoso plans of crime ho was tho chief agent to assist or executo? . I was roiiKJd by a man humping Into mo roughly. I suspected that he had done It on purpose, and started by him briskly, when b spoko in a low touo: "You'd better go to your room, Mr. Wilton." Ho said something more that I did not catch, nnd, reeling on, disap peared In tho crowd boforo I could turn to mark or question him. I thought nt first that ho meant tho room I hud Just left. Then It occurred to mo that It was tho room Henry had occupied tho room In which I had spent my first dreadful night In Snn Francisco, nnd had not revisited In the thirty hours since I hnd left It. Tho advice suited by Inclination, nnd In a few minutes I was entering tho dingy building and climbing tho worn and creaking stairs. Tho placo lost Its air of mystery In tho broad sunshine and penetrating daylight, and though Its Interior was as gloomy na ever, It Inched the haunting sug gestions It hnd borrowed from dark ness and tho night. Slipped under tho door I found two notes. Ono wns from Dotectlvo Loo gnn, and rend: "Inquest this afternoon. Don't want you. Hnvo another story. Do you want tho body?" Tho other was In a women's hand, and tho faint perfume of tho first noto I had received roso from tho sheet. It rend: "I do not tindorstnnd your silence, Tho money Is rendy. What Is tho matter?" Tho officer's noto was easy enough to answer. I found pnpor, and, nssur Ing Dotectlvo Coogan of my gratltudo at escaping the Inquest, I nsked him to turn tho body over to tho under tnkcr to bo burled nt my order. Tho other noto was moro porploxlng. 1 could make nothing of It. It was evidently from my unknown employer, and hor nnxlety was plain to see. But I wns no nearer to midlife her than before, and If I knew how to rench her I know not what to say. Ah I was contomnlatlm: this state of affairs with 8omo dejection, and sealing my melancholy noto to Dotectlvo Coognn, thero was ti quick step In tho hall and a rap nt tho pnnol. It wns n slnglo person, so 1 had no hesitation In open lug the door, but It gave mo a passing ' i rOVBOCrGIJ-T-JVEVEgmKD 3k -IttTCr-OTIjZG OJ3- MEJ25 QFJ D.IT.!" satisfaction to have my hand on the rovolvcr In my pocket as I turnod th knob. It was a boy, who thrust a letter In to my hand. "Yor namo Wilton?" ho Inquired still holding on to tho envelope. "Yes." "That's yourn, then." And ho was prepared to make a bolt. "Hold on, I suld. "Mnybo thero' un answer. "No, thero ain't. The bloko as gav It to mo said thoro woren't." "Well, hero's something I want you to deliver," said I, taking up my noto to Dotectlvo Coogan. "Do you know whero tho City Hall Is?" "Does I know what nro yor nlvin us?" said the hoy with Infinite) scorn In his voice. "A quartor," I returned with a laugh, lousing him tho coin. "Walt a minute." "Yor ain't bad stuff," mild tho boy with a grin. I toro open tho envelope nnd road on tho sheet that camo from It: "Soil ovorythlng you bought novor mind tho price. Other ordors off. D. K." I gasped with amazement. Had Doddrldgo Knapp gono mad? To sell twolvo thousund flvo hundred share of Omega wns euro to smash tho mm ket, and tho half-inilllou dollars that had been put Into them would prob ably shrink by two hundred thousand or moro If tho ordor wns carrlod out. I read tho noto again. Thon a suspicion largo enough t overshadow tho unlvorso grow up In my mlud. I recalled that Doddrldro Knapp had given mo a cipher with which ho would communic ate with mo. nnd I believed, moreover, that ho had no Idea whero ! might bo at tho pres. j um uiuiiieni. "It's all right, sonny," I said. "Trot nlong." "Whcro's ycr letter?" nsked tho boy, loyally anxious to earn his quarter. "It won't hnvo to go now," I said coolly. I bollovcd that tho boy meant no harm to me, but I wus not tnklng any risks. Tho boy sauntered down tho hull. "Well, 1 must look llko n Btickcr It they think I can bo tnken In by n trick llko that," wns my mental commont. I chnrged tho schemo up to my snnko- eyed friend nnd hnd a pooror opinion of his Intelligence than I had hitherto entertained. Yet I was astonished thnt ho should, oven with tho most henrty wish to bring nbout my down fall, contrlvo a plan that would Inflict a heavy loss on his employer nnd pos sibly ruin him nltogothcr. Thoro wns ihoro beneath than I could fathom. My brain refused to work In tho nuuo of contradictions nnd mysteries, plots nnd counterplots, In which 1 was In volved. I took my way nt last townrd tho market, and, hulling a boy to whom I Intrusted my, letter to Dotectlvo Coo gan, walked briskly to Pino street. CHAPTER XI. The Den of the Wolf. Tho street hnd changed its appear ance In tho two or three hours since had mndo my way from tho Kx change through tho pallid, panic stricken mob. Thero wero still thou sands of people between tho corner of Montgomery Street nnd I.oldcsdorff, nnd tho llttlo alloy Itself was packed full of shouting, struggling traders. But thero wns nn nlr of confidence, al most of buoyancy, In place of tho gloom nnd terror that had lowered over the street ut noon. I'lnlnly tho panic was over, and men wero In spired by a belief thnt "stocks wero going up." I made a few dispositions according ly. Tnklng Doddrldgo Knnpp's hint I engaged another brokor na a relief to Kppncr, a short fat mart, with tho baldest head 1 over saw, a black benrd and a hook-nose, whoso rcmnrknblo activity aud scattering chnrgcB had attracted my attention In tho morning session. Wnllbrldgo was his nnme, I found, nnd ho proved to bo ns Intelligent ns I could wish a merry llttlo mnn, with a Joko for all things, nnd a flow of words thnt wns nlmost overwhelming. "Omega? Yes," chuckled tho stout little broker, after he had assured him self of my financial Btandlug. "But you ought to havo bought this morn ing, If Hint's whnt you wnnt. It was hell popping und tho roof giving 'way all at onco.'.' Tho llttlo mnn had an abundant stock of profnnlty which ho used unconsciously nnd with such original variations thnt ono nlmost for got tho blasphemy of It while listen ing to him. "You ought to havo been there," ho continued, "and wntched tho boys shell 'em out!" "Yus, I heard you hnd lively times.' "Boiling," ho said with coruscating additions In tho way of speech and gesture. "If It hadn't been for Deck' or nnd some fellow wo havn't had a chauco to make out yet tho bottom of the market would have been resting on tho roof of tho lower regions." Tho llttlo man's remark was- slightly moro direct und forcible, but this w do for a rovlsed version. "Decker!" I exclaimed, pricking up my ears. "I thought ho had quit thu market." As I had nevor heard of Mr. Decker boforo that moment this was not ex actly tho truth, but 1 thought it would servo mo better. "Decker out of It!" gasped Wall bridge, his bald head positively gllst enlug nt the nbsurdlty of tho Idea "Ho'll ho out of It when he's carried out." "I meant out of Omega. Is ho got ting up a deal?" Tho llttlo broker looked vexed, as though it crossed his mind that ho had said too much. "Oh, no. Guess not. Don't think ho Is," ho said rapidly. "Just wanted to save tho market, I guess. If Omoga had gono flvo points lower thero would have been the sickest times In the Street that wo'vo seen slnco tho Banl of California closed and thu shop across tho way" pointing his thumb at tho Kxchnime "had to bo shut up. nut maybe It wasn t Decker, you know. That's Just what was rumored on tho Street, you know." I suspected thnt my llttlo broker know more than ho was willing to tell, but I forbore to press him further, and gavo him the order to buy nil tho Omega stock ho could pick up under fifty. In tho Exchange all was excitement and tho first call brought a roar of struggling brokers. I could make nothing of the clamor, but my nearest neighbor shouted In my ear: "A strong market!" "It looks that way," I shouted back It certainly was strong In noise. I made out nt last that prices wero being held to tho llgures of tho morn lug's sosslnn, nnd in some cases were forced nhovo thorn. Korty-fHo forty-seven llfty-flvo Omugu wus going up by leaps blessed the forethought that had sag gosted to mo to put a limit on Wall bridge at fit ty. . rue contest grow wanner. I could follow with dlflli'iilty i ho course of tho proceedings, but knew that Omega wns bounding up ward. (TO Hi: C0NT1NIICU.) Abstemiousness Pays. Tho future Is to tho people who nro strictly sobor. Tho Japanese, ofllr.era and soldiers, fed on rlco, aud during tho great war from which they Issued victorious had only water to appeaso their thirst. llonrl Uochofort In 1In-trauslgeant Oho Knew the Plac. Tho elderly matron with tho bun dles, who wan journeying to a point In Wisconsin, nnd occupied a scat near tho mtddlo of tho car, hnd fallen asleep. On the sent In front of her sat a llttlo boy. Tho brnkeman opened tho door of tho car nnd called out tho name of tho station the train was ap proaching. Tho elderly woman rousod herself wltb a Jerk. "Whoro aro wo now, Bobby?" iho asked. "I don't know, grandma," answered tho llttlo boy. "Didn't tho brakoman say somethlnc Just now?" "No. Ho Just stuck his head Inside tho door and snoozed." "Holp mo with theso things, Bob by!" sho exclaimed, hurriedly. "This Is Oshkosh. It's whoro wo got off." Youth's Compnnlon. Cause for Thanksf It was nt a soclnl gathering of one of tho mutual Improvomont societies which help to pass tho Bhlnlng (or othorwlsn) hour in nn edifying man ner. A llttlo singing wan to bo Indulged In by sotuo ut tho members, nnd nbout half-wny down tho program tho namo of Miss Molemy-Brown figured. Alns, however, when tho tlmo camo for hor to appear a messenger arrived to say thnt tho lady was suffering from a cold, nnd, therefore, tho chairman had to oxcuso her to tho nudlonco. "Ladles nnd gentlemen," ho said, "I havo to announce that Miss Brown will bo unablo to sing, ns announced, and, thcreforo, Mr. Urcon wlll'glvo us A Song of Thanksgiving." Stray Stories. What, Indeedl Tompklnn is ono of tho people who has taken up tho phraso, "What do you know nbout that!" Tho other nfternoon his boautlful stenographer lnld down hor paper nnd snld: '1 ngreo with Olga Nothcrsolo In tho opinion that It la hotter to bo a mother than to havo a earner." 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