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74 THE DUGDALE MILLIONS. **Now if they had got on to the track of Powers that wouldn’t be in the papers.”’ **That’s so,’’ said the younger man. “It tells us something more,’’ remarked Ran- som. The other two looked inquiringly at him. ‘*It tells us that Powers was a morocco-finisher, and that gives usaclew. Didn’t that Brooklyn woman tell you some one had told her Powers had moved to Newark?’’ ‘‘She said there was an idea he had.’’ ‘It all comes back to the same thing,’’ said Ran- som after a long period of reflection during which the others waited patiently. ‘“‘We know just as much as Mason or Hetlow knows. You see,’’ he said, leaning back in his chair, “‘if they have got to Powers, our cake is all dough. If they haven’t, we’ve got the chance of getting to him first. If we do, why we may get the steer that’ll carry us straight to the young fel- low and then we'll be fixed to dicker with one side or ; other.” ‘Then the scheme is to get the information and sell it?’’ queried Moore. nats our part of it," replied Ransom, . ““Not 4a Mason or Stanton, but to young Dugdale himself. He'll give up more for a fortune he’s coming into, than Hetlow will for one he’s going out of. My point is to get the young feller and hold him.”’ ‘*And it all turns on finding Powers?’’ asked the young man. “Yes; and for that reason I want Dennis to start out at once.”’ *‘Where to?’ asked Moore. ‘‘I’m blessed if I see a way to go.”’ ‘“Go to Newark,”’ said Ransom. ‘‘Get alist of the morocco factories and ask at each one if they know anything of Powers. I’ll work the same job here in town, and Bob can get a list somewhere of morocco Comicboocl< C@© 5} 4 Dee ee Ae | ae Ee ee he