SYNOPSIS.
GIUss Dudley arrived In San Francisco
to join his friend and distant relative
Henry Wilton, whom ho waH to assist
In an Important nnd mysterious task,
and who accompanied Dudley on the
ferry boat trip Into the city. The re
markable resemblance of the two men
Is noted and commented on by passen
Bern on tho ferry. They see a man with
snake eyes, which semis a thrill through
Dudley. Wilton postpones an explanation
of the stranee errund Dudley Is to per
form, but occurrences causo him to
know It Is ono of no ordinary meaning,
wllton leaves Ollcs In their room, with
Instruction to await his return and shoot
any ono who tries to enter. Outside then
Is heard shouts and curses and the nolso
of a quarrel, Henry rushes In and at
nls request the roommates quickly ex
change clothes, and ho hurrleu out again.
Hardly has he gone than Giles Is
startled by a cry of "Help," nnd he runs
out to find somo one belnif assaulted by
,n hnlf dozen men. lie summons a police
man but they aro unable to find nny
trace of a crime. Giles returns to his
room and hunts for somo evidence that
tnlcht explain his stranno mission, lie
Jlnds a map which he endeavors to tie
cipher. Dudley Is summoned to the
morKUo nnd there finds the dead body or
his friend, Henry Wllton. And thus yilt
on dies without ever explalnlntc to Dud
ley the puzzllnK work ho was to perform
In San Francisco. In order to discover
tho secret mission his friend hnd entrust
ed to him. Dudley continues his dlsgutso
nnd permits himself to be known as
Henry Wllton. Dudley, mistaken for
Wllton, la employed by Knnpp to assist
In a stock brokerngo deal. "Dicky" takes
tho supposed Wllton to Mother Uorton's.
Mother Ilnrton disco vera that he Is not
Wllton. Tho lights urc turned out nnd n
free for all tight follows. Giles Dudley
finds himself closeted In n room with
Mother liorton who mnkes a confidant
of him. Ho can learn nothing about tho
mysterious boy further than that It la
Tim Terrlll and Durby Meeker who are
after him. Ho Is told that "Dicky" Nahl
Is tt traitor, playlnK both hands In the
same. Giles tlnds himself locked In u
room. Ho escapes through n window.
Tho supposed Wllton carries out his deud
friend's work with Doddridge Knapp. Ho
has his first experience as u capitalist In
tho Board Room of the Stock Exchange.
Dudley receives a fictitious nolo purport
ing to bo from Knapp, tho forgery of
which ho readily detectH. Dudley gets his
first knowledgo qf Decker, who is
Knapp's enemy on the Board. The forg
ed noto mystllles Knnpp. Dudley visits
tho home of Knapp nnd Is stricken by
tho beauty of Luella, his daughter. More
mystery about "the boy." I.uella pri
vately informs Dudley that nho has dis
covered his deception and knows he Is
not Wllton.
CHAPTER XIII. Continued.
Tho sight that met my eyes was as
tonishing. Clothes, books, papors,
were scattered over tho floor and bed
and chairs. Tho carpet had been
partly ripped up, tho mattress torn
apart, tho closet cleared out, and
every corner of tho room had been
ransacked.
It was clear to my eye that this
was no ordinary case of robbery. The
search, it was evident, was not for
money and Jewelry nlone, and bulkier
property had been despised. Tho men
who had torn tho place to pieces must,
I Biirmlsed, have bceu after papers of
eomo kind.
I camo at once to tho conclusion
that I had been favored by n visit
from my friends, tho enemy. As they
bad failed to find me In, they had
looked for some written memoranda
of tho object of their search.
I knew well that they had found
nothing among the clothing or papers
that Henry had left behind. I had
searched through these myself, and
tho solo document that could bear on
the mystery was at that moment fast
In my inside pocket. I was inclined to
scout tho Idea that Henry Wllton had
hidden anything under the carpet or
in tho mattress, or In any secret place
Tho threads of tho mystory wero car
ried in his head, and the correspond
ence, If there had been any, was de
stroyed.
As I was engaged In putting the
room to rights tho door swung back,
nnd I Jumped to my leet to face a
man who stood on the threshold.
"Hello!" ho cried. "House-cleaning
ognln?"
It was Dicky Nahl. and ho paused
with a smile on his faco.
"Ah, Dicky!" 1 said with an effort
to kcop out of my face nnd voice the
suspicions I had gained from tho In
cidents of the visit to the Norton
place. "Entirely unpremeditated, I as
sure you."
"Well, you're making n thorough
Job of it," ho said with a laugh.
"Fact Is," said 1 ruefully, 'Tvo been
entertaining angels of the black kind
unawares. I wns from homo last
night, and I find tlint somebody has
inndo himself freo with my property
while 1 was away."
"Whew!" whistled Dicky. "Guess
they wero after you."
1 gnvo Dicky n sidelong glance in n
vuln effort to catch more of his mean
ing than was conveyed by his words.
"Shouldn't bo surprised," I replied
dryly, picking up an nrmful of books.
"I'd expect them to bo looking for mo
in tho book-shelf or Insldo tho mat-tress-cover,
or under the carpot."
Dlckly laughed Joyously.
"Well, they did rather turn things
upsldo down," ho chuckled. "Did they
get anything?" And he fell to helping
mo zealously.
"Not that I can find out," I replied.
"Nothing of vnlue, anyhow."
"Not any paper, or anything of that
sort!" nsked Dicky anxiously.
"Dicky, ray boy," said I; "thoro are
two kinds of fools. Tho other Is tho
mnn who writes his business on n
nPf-t of paper and forgets to bum It."
Dicky grinned merrily.
"Gad, you're getting a turn for epi
gram! You'll bo writing for tho Argo
nnut first we know."
"Well, you'll allow mo a shado of
common senso, won't you?"
at iwncni ner
"I don't know," said Dicky, consid
ering the proposition doubtfully. "It
might have been nwkward If you hnd
left anything lying about. Hut If you
had real good sense you'd have had
tho guards here. What are you pay.
ing thnm for, anyhow?"
I saw difllcultloB In the way of ex
plaining to Dicky why I had not or
dercd the guards on duty.
"Oh, by the way," said Dicky ami
denly, before a suitable reply had
como to me; "how about tho scads
spondulicks you know? Yesterday
wnB pay-day, but you didn't show up."
I don't know whether my Jaw
dropped or not. My spirits certainly
did.
"Ily Jove, Dicky!" I exclaimed,
catching my breath. "It slipped my
mlud, clear. I haven't got at our
ahem banker, either."
I snw now what that mysterious
money wns for or a part of it, at nil
events. What I did not see was how
I was to get it, nnd how to pay it to
my men.
"That's rough," said Dicky sympa
thetically. "I'm dead broke."
It would appear then that Dicky
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looked to me for pay, whether or not
he felt bound to mo In service.
"There's ono thing I'd llko explained
before n settlement," said I grimly, as
I straightened out tho carpet; "and
that Is the little performance for my
benefit tho other night."
Dicky cocked his head on ono side,
and gave me an uneasy glance.
"Explanation?" ho said in affected
surprise.
"Yes," said I sternly. "It looked
like n plant. I wns within ono of get
ting a knlfo In me."
"What became of you?" Inquired
Dicky. "We looked nround for you for
an hour, and were afraid you had been
curried off."
"That's all right, Dicky." I said. "I
know how I got out. What I want to
know Is how I got In taken In."
"I don't know," said Dicky anxious
ly. "I was regularly fooled, myself. I
thought they wero fishermen, all right
enough, nnd I never thought that Ter
rlll hnd the norve to como in there, i
was fooled by his disguise, nnd ho
gave the word, nnd I thought sure that
Richmond had sent him." Dicky hud
dropped all bnntor and wns sponklng
with lh " ne of sincerity.
"Well, n .'1 right now, but I don't
want nny moro slips of that sort.
Who was hurt?"
"Trent got n bad cut In the side.
One of the Terrlll gang was shot. I
heard It was only through the arm or
le, I forgot which."
I was consumed with the desire to
ask what had become of Horton's, but
l suspected that 1 was supposed to
know, nnd prudently kept tho question
to myself.
"Well, como along," said I. "Tho
room will do well enough now. Oh,
hero's a ten, and I'll let you know ns
soou as I got tho rest. Where enn I
And you?"
"At tho old place," nald Dicky;
"three twonty-Blx."
"Clay?" I asked In desperation,
Dicky gave mo a wonJcclng look as
though, ho suspected my mind was go
ing. "No Geary. What's tho matter
with you?"
"Oh, to bo sure. Geary street, of
course. Well, let mo know If any
thing turns up. Keep n close watch
on things.'
Dicky looked at me In some appar
ent perplexity as I walked up tho stair
to my Clay streot office, but gave only
some laughing answer as he turned
back.
Uut I was In far from a laughing
humor myself. Tho problem of pay
ing tho men rntsod fresh prospects of
trouble, and I reflected grimly that if
the money was not found I might be
In more danger from my unpaid mer
cenaries than from the enemy.
Ten o'clock passed, and eleven,
with no sign from Doddrldgo Knapp,
nnd I wondered if the news I had car
ried him of the activities of Terrlll
and of Decker had disarranged his
plans.
I tried tho door into Room 1G. It
wns locked, and no sound camo to
my ears from behind it.
"I Bhould really llko to know," I
thought to myself, "whether Mr. Dodd
ridge Knnpp' has left any papers in his
desk that might bear on the Wllton
mystery.
I tried my keys, but none of them
fitted the lock. I gave up tho attempt
Indeed, my mind shrank from the
Idea of going through my employer's
papers but tho deslro of getting n
key that would open tho door was
planted In my brain.
Twelve o'clock enmo. No Doddrldgo
Knapp had appeared, and I sauntered
down to tho Exchnugo to pick up nny
items of news. It behooved me to be
looking out for Doddrldgo Knapp's
movements. It he had got another
agent to carry out his schemes, I
should have to prepare my lines for
attack from another direction.
Wallbrldgo was Just coming rapidly
out of tho Exchange.
"No," snld tho llttlo man, mopping
the perspiration from his shining head,
"quiet as Iambs today. Their own
mothors wouldn't hnvo known tho
Hoard from n Sunday school."
I Inquired about Omega.
"Flat as a pancake," said tho little
man. "Nothing doing."
''What! Is it down?" I exclaimed
with somo nstonlshment.
"Lord bless you, no!" snld Wall
bridge, surprised In his turn. "Strong
and steady at eighty, but wo didn't sell
a hundred shares today. Well, I'm
In n rush. Good-by, If you don't wnnt
to buy or sell." And ho hurried off
without wnltlng for n reply.
So I wns now assured that Dodd
rldgo Knnpp hnd not displaced mo in
tho Omega deal. It wns a recess to
prepnre nnother surprise for tho
Street, nnd I hnd time to attend to a
neglected duty.
Tho undertaker's shop that held the
morgue looked hardly less gloomy In
tho afternoon sun than In the light of
breaking day In which 1 had left It
when I parted from Dotectlvo Coogan.
The oflicc was decoratod mournfully
to accord with tho grlof of frlonda
who ordered the coffins, or tho feelings
of tho surviving relatlvos on settling
tho bills.
"I am Henry Wllton," I explained to
tho man In charge. "There was a body
left here ry Dotectlvo Coogan to my
order, I Ik-iIoyc."
"Oh, yes." he said. "What do you
want dono with jt?"
I explained that I wished to arrange
to havo It deposited In a vault for n
time, ns I might carry It east.
"That's easy done," ho said; nnd he
explained tho details. "Would you llko
to hco tho body?" ho concluded. "We
embalmed It on tho utrcugth of Coog
an's order."
I shr.mx from another look at th
lattored form. Tho awfulness of tho
tragedy camo upon mo with hardly
less force than In tho moment when
I had first faced tho mangled and
bleeding body on tho slab In tho dead
room .
The undertaker was talking, but
knew not what he said. I was ahaklnp
with the horror nnd grief of tho sltua
tlon, nnd In that moment I renewed
my vow to havo blood for blood and
life for life, if law and Justice were to
be had. ,
"We'll tako It out any time," said
tho undertaker, with a decorous re
flection of my grief upon hla face.
"Would you llko to accompany Uio re
mains?" I decided that I would.
"Well, thorn's nothing doing now.
We can start ns soon ns wo havo
scaled tho casRet."
"As soon as you can. There's noth
Ing to wait for."
Tho ride to tho cemetery took mo
through n part of San Francisco that
I had not yet seen. Hut I paid llttlo
attention to tho streets through which
wo passed. My mind was on tho friend
whoso nnmo I had taken, whoso work
I was to do. I was back with hint In
our boyhood days, nud lived again for
the fleeting minutes tho llfo wo had
lived In common; and tho resolve
grew stronger on rao that his fato
should bo avenged.
Arriving at tho cemetery It was soon
over. Tho body of Henry Wllton was
committed to tho vault with tho slnglo
mourner looking on, and wo djove
rapidly back In tho falling light.
I had given my address at tho under
takor'a shop, nnd the hnck stopped In
front of my house of mystery before
I knew whero wo wore. Darkncsa had
como upon tho plncc, and tho street
lamira wero alight nnd tho gas was
blazing in tho store-windows along tho
thoroughfares. As I stepped out of
tho carrlago and gazed about me, I
recognized tho gloomy doorwny and
its neighborhood that had greeted rao
on my first night In San Francisco.
As I was paying the faro a stout
flguro stepped up to me.
"Ah, Mr. Wllton, I fa you ngnln.
I turned In surprise. It wns tho
policeman I had met on my first night
In San Francisco.
"Oh, Corson, how aro you?" I said
heartily, recognizing him at last. 1
felt a sense of relief In tho sight of
him. Tho place was not one to quiet
my nerves nfter tho errand from
which I had Just come.
"All's well, sor, but I'vo a bit of
paper for ye." And nfter somo hunt
ing he brought It forth. "I waB naked
to hand this to ye."
I took It In wonder. Was there
something moro from Dotectlvo Coog
an? I tore open tho envclopo and
rend on Its lncjosuro:
"Kum toulte to tho house. Shuro If
youre llfo Is wurth snveln.
"Muthor Dorton."
CHAPTER XIV.
Mother Gorton's Advice.
I Btudled the noto carefully, and
then turned to Policeman 'Corson.
"When did she give you this and
where?"
"A lady?" said Corson with a grin.
"Ah, Mr. Wllton, It's too sly she la tc
give It to me. 'Twas a boy nskln' for
ye. 'Do you know him?' says ho.
'I do that,' says 1. 'Where Is ho?' says
he. 'I don't know,' Bays I. 'Has 'o a
room?' says he. 'He has,' says I.
'Where is It?' says he. 'What's that to
you?' says I "
"Yes, yes," I interrupted. "But
where did he get the note?"
"I wns Just tcllln' yo, sor," said the
policeman amiably. "Ho shoves the
note at mo ng'ln, nn' says he, 'It's Inv
portnnt,' sayB he. 'Go up thoro,' Bays
I. 'Last room, top floor, right-hand
side.' Ileforo I comes to tho corner up
here, ho'a after me ng'ln. 'Ho'a gone,'
snys he. 'Like enough,' saya I.
When'll ho be back?' saya he. 'When
the cowa como home, sonny,' says I.
'Then thero'll bo tho dlvll to pay,'
says he. I pricks up my cars at this.
'Why?' says I. 'Oh, he'll be killed,'
sayB he, 'and I'll git the derndest
llckln',' says he. 'What's up?' Bays I,
mnkln a grab for him. But ho ducks
an' blubbers. 'Gimme that letter,'
saya I, 'and you Just klto back to the
folks that sent you, nnd tell them
what's the matter. I'll give your note
to your man if ho comes whllo I'm on
tho bent,' snys I. I knows too much
to try to git anything moro out of him.
I says to mesolf that Mr. Wllton ain't
In tho safest place In the world, and
thlK kid's folks mnybe menns him
well, nnd might know some other
placo to look for him. Tho kid Jaws a
bit, an' then does as I tells him, an'
cuts away. That's half an hour ago,
nn' here you are, an' here's your let
ter." I hesitated for a llttlo beforo saying
anything. It was with quick suspicion
that 1 wondered why Mother Dorton
had secured again that gloomy and de
serted houso for the Interview she
I was planning.
j "That was very kind of you. You
I didn't know what was in tho letter
i then?"
j "No, sor," replied Corson with a
', touch of wounded pride. "It's not mo
as would open another man's letter
unless In tho way of me duty,"
"Do you know Mother Dorton?" 1
continued.
"Know her? know hor?" returned
Corson in a tone scornful of doubt on
such n point. "Do I know tho slickest
crook In San Francisco? Ah. it's
many a story 1 could tell you, Mr. Wll
ton, of the way that ould she-dlvll has
slipped through ur flngrrs when we
thought our hanat. wero on her throat.
And It's many of her brood we havo
put safo In San Quentln."
(TO HIS CONTINUKP.)
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