Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-10-17
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived In San Francisco
60 join hts friend. and distant relative
Henry Wilton, whom he was 10 assls.
in an important and mysterious task, anu
who. accompanied DUDLEY ns,y on The re, res
markable resemblance of the two men
Is noted and commented on by passG,tui
gers on the fsry s Tney se sns throush
Dudley. Wilton pestpones an explanation
OF the strange erFahd Dudley - 10 VIZ
form. but occurrences sS GSssS MN,
Dudley is summoned 30 the morGue ana
there finds the dead body OF his friend.
Henry Wilton Apd sh1s H n,dsY the the
puzzling work he was TO perform IN Sah
francisco. In order to discover the Sc
Sret mission his friend haa s Hnsrdsteu and
permits himself 10 be known as Hehry
Wilton He learns that there Is a boy
whom he is charged charge WITH secre for VII
ton. is employed by Knapp to asSlst
I'm a stock brokerage deal. Giles Dudley
Mother Borton who makes a eonhda ant
of him. He can learn nothing about the
mysterious boy further than that II ls
Tim Terrill and Darby Meel5er who are
after him Dudley visits the home or
Luelia, his daughter Summing tour
TO Chinatown. Giles Dudley learns that
the party is being Swallowed by lerrln.
Iuela and Dudley are cut OF from
the rest OF the party and nm nmp InnInd
door. Three Chinese rufians approach inc
imprisoned couple. A battle ensues. 0l ie
Terril is seen in the mob. newly form,
ed mob is checked by shots from tiles
revolver. Policeman Corson breaks GoWn
the door with an ak aH E.ic si'g Du uI for
saving her life. Knapp appears at tIle
office with no traces OF me previous previous
nights debauch. Following ms H u, W.
lions Dudley has a notable DAY IN luSS
Stock Exchange. selling crown iolalnoi!u
and buying Omega, the object pSinS 70
crush Decker, Knapp 5 hated ,a aiEaI l. onn
ley discovers that he loves Luelli NhapP.
Mother Borton tells Giles Dudley lhat
they've discovered where the BOY rs.
The mysterious unknown w, Wonan o fritI,ont
or Of Dudley meets him by appointment
with "the boy" who is turned over ~
dudley with his guards and they nrIto
with him to the ferry boat To Iahe aait ti,T
out of the city. Dudley and ms laill.l,ul
s,uardS convey "the boy by train tc the
village of Lvermore, as per INC Wr dii
instructions. The party Is loHoWiI" Lotn,
after the party is quartered IN tllc H M
q sncciaI train arrives in Iivcrmore Inc
gang" including Darby Meekcr ana I'm
Terrill. lay siege to inc i'3tc, t am, co,,ms
forward TO sec the fight. T1ckcd
again" cries Tim Terriiii when ne ,,.r secs
the Youngsters face. IS INC T., % haftie
of man to man. Dudley is knocked un,
conscious by Terrill,s assistant ana ana
Under care of his guards. The hotel is
guarded by Terrilrs men wro are in
structed to kill the FIRST man who e, tries 10
escape. Dudley gives the note to inc ono,
oI,ed man The boy is left behind and
Dudley and his remaining guards make
their escape by horseback and by steal
ing n locomotive. Doddridge Knapp anu
necl.er meet face to face on the stock
axchange. Decker is defeated Dudley
and Knapp prevent a coup to control lt,l inc me
valid Mother Borton IL MORALLY wound
ed and dies before she can tell Dudley
the secret of his strange mission. The
ParI[bolIse a diagram that partially eN-
plains Dudley's mission is found. Bark
house released. Dudley goes with mes
Senccr to meet the unknown woman, =
his mvstrrious cmIHbycr. lie is amazed
10 find that she is Mrs. Knapp.