The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-08
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived in san Francisco
70 join his friend and distant relative
Henry Wilton. whom he was to assist
In an important and mysterious task ana
ferry boat trip into the. city. The re-
markable resemblance OF the two men
is noted and commented on by passen-
gers on the ferry. They see a man with
snake eyes, which sends a thrill through
Dudley. Wilton postpones an explanation
of the strange orrand Dudley is to per-
form, but occurrences cause him to
know 1t is one of no ordinary meaning.
Dudley is summoned to the morgue and
there finds the dead body of his friend,
Henry Wilton. And thus Wilton dies
without ever explaining to Dudley the
p~uzzling work he was to perform in San
Francisco. In order to discover the Sc
him, Dudley continues his disguise. and
permits himself to be known as Henry
Wilton. He learns that there is a boy
whom he is charged with secreting and
protecting. Dudley, mistaken for Will
ton, is employed by Knapp to assist
In q stock brokerage deal. Giles Dudley
Mother Borton who makes a confdant
of him. He can learn nothing about the
mysterious boy. further than that it is
Tim Terrill and Darby Meeker who are
after him. Dudley visits the home Of
Knapp and is stricken by the beauty of
Luella; his daughter. Summing tour
to Chinatown; Giles Dudley, learns that
the party Is being Swallowed by Terrill.
Luella and Dudley are cut off from
the rest of, the party, and impirison,
ed in a hallway behind al i~ron-bOund
door. Three Chinese rutfians approach the
imprisoned couple. A battle ensues. One
Is knocked down. Giles begins firing. Tim
Terrill is seen in the mob. A newly form.
ed mob Is checked by shots from Giles
revolver. Policeman Corson breaks down
the door with an AK and the couple Is
saving her life. Knapp appears at tho
office with no traces of the previous
Nights debauch. Following his instruc-
Stock Exchange, selling Crown Diamond
and buying Omega. the object being to
crush Decker, Knapp's hated rival, Dud-
Mother Borton tells Giles Dudley that
They've discovered where the boy is"
The mysterious unknown woman employ
err of Dudley meets him by appointment
Dudley with his guards and they drive
with him to the ferry boat to take, a train
guards convey the boy" by train to the
village of Livermore, as per the written
instructions. The party is followed. Soon
a special train arrives in Livermore. The
"gang," including Darby Meeker and Tim
Terrill, lay siege to the hotel and en-
deavor to capture the wh9 ONE
again" cries Tim Terrill, when he sees
the Youngsters face. It's the wrong
boy" Dudley and Tsrriil meet IN battle
conscious by Terrilrs assistant and
awakes to find himself in a hotel room
under care of his guards. The hotel is
guarded by Terrlll's men who are in.
structed TO kin the first man who tries tc
eyed man. The boy is left behind ant
Dudley and his remaining guards make
their escape by horseback and by steal
Ing a locomotive. Doddridge Knapp ant
Decker meet face to face on the stock
exchange. Decker is defeated. Dudley
and Knapp prevent a coup to, control The
valid Mother Borton is mortally wound
ed and dies before she can tell Dudley
the secret of his strange mission.