The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived in Ia Francisco
Henry Wilton, whom he was to assist
in an important and mysterious task, and
Ferry boat siOi trip into the R'a city. The re
markable resemblance of the two men
Is noted and commented on by passen-
snake eyes. which sends a thrill through
Dudley. Wilton postpones an explanation
of the strange errand Dudley is to per-
know it is one OF no ordinary meaning
Dudley is summoned to the morgue. and
there finds the dead body of his friend,
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
protecting. Dudley, mistaken for VIII
ton, is employed by Knapp to assist
IN fnd + S Himself nF0 eioseted of ia a e' room DU With
of him. He can learn nothing about the
m Tim Teppiil p anyd f parSy M Meek !n Who J" are re
after him. Dudley visits the home of
Knapp and is stricken by the beauty of
through Chinatown is planned. The trip
to Chinatown. Giles Dudley. learns hat
the party is being Swallowed by Terrill.
LuelIa hnu Duuley are cut ol lipii
the rest Of the party and imprison-
ed in a hallway behind an iron-bound
door. Three Chinese %rufians approach the
ts knocked down. Giles begins firing. Tim
Terrlll is seen in the mob. A newly form,
ed mob is checked by shots from Giles
the door with ar ak and the couple is
rescued. Luella thanks Giles Dudley for
Saving her life. Knapp appears pea nr at 6hs
nights debauch. Following his %instruc-
lions Dudley has a notable day in the
Stock Exchange. selling Crown piamond
and buying Omega, the object being TO
crush Decker, Knapp's hated rival Dud-
ley discovers hat he loves Luella Knapp.
Mother Borton tells Giles .t PPudhie ley, t isd
The mysterious unknown woman employ
er of Dudley meets him by appointment
Dudley With his guards and they drive
with him to the ferry boat to take a train
out of the city, Dudley and his faithful
instructions. The party is followed. Soon
after the party is .quartered in the hotel
gang including Darby Meeker and Tim
Terrill, lay siege to the hotel and en-
deavor to capture the boy" wh9 comes
sgain," cries ie T tim 1 Terril hsH When he Sc sees
the Youngsters face. ITS the wrong
boy Dudley and Terrill meet in battle
of man to man. Dudley is knocked un--
conscious by Terrilrs assistant and
awakes to find himself in a hotel room
under care of his guards. The hotel ii
guarded by Terrill's men wro are in
structed to kill the first man who tries to
escape. Dudley gives the note to the one
eyed man. The boy is left behind and
Dudley and his remaining guards make
their escape by horseback and by steal
ing a locomotive. Doddridge Knapp and
Decker meet face to face on the stock
exchange. Decker is defeated. Dudley
and Knapp prevent a coup to control the
directors and declare Knapp's stock in
valid. Mother Borton is MORALLY wound
ed and dies before she can tell Dudley
the secret of his strange mission. The
Davis street den is visited to rescue
Barkhouse. A diagram that partially eX-
plains Dudley's mission is found. Bark
house released. Dudley goes with a mes
senger to meet the unknown woman
his mysterious employer. He is amazed
to find that she is Mrs. Knapp. The boy
is rescued after a thrilling chase by
land and water. Dudley learns that 1.-The
Wolf is not Doddridge Knapp, as he
had supposed, but is Elijah Lane; the
father of the boy, and that Lane killed
the boys mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Knapp
had been left trustees of the boy, who
inherits a vast fortune from his mother.
Mrs. Knapp is trying to save the boy
from Lane, who would probably do away
with him if he could get hold of him, in
order to possess the fortune.