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Sled Wheeler and the Nameless Order to her feet, gazing more closely at the grotesque figure. “Drink and food and all else that is mine, m’sieu,”’ she cried. “It was you then who saved me from .that thing that was here. I thought in truth you were Gran’ Mobi himself. As for the pirogue, mine is close by, and shall take you where you will.” She had unfastened a felt-covered can- teen from her girdle as she spoke, and had ios 105 passed it to “Gran’ Mobi,” who drank greedily of the cool, sweet water. “Gran’ Mobi! What nonsense!’ chuckled Pierre Laroche. Trappers brought in the body of Beo the Indian to town a few days later. found him lying face down, with his left hand clutched at the region of his heart. Those who profess to know the Gran’ Mobi frequently remark that he has a keen, though vicious, sense of humor. Sled Wheeler ond the Nameless Order Conclusion bY JOHN I- « COCHRANE Author of “‘The Open Night,” “The Drop of Doom,”’ ete. The first part of the story briefly retold in story form DAN WHEELER, adventurer—for such was his chosen profession—was stopped one morning while crossing the lobby of one of San Francisco’s leading hotels, by a titled young Englishman, Lord Brendon, who informed him he had a message of importance to deliver from Drake, an old pal of Wheeler’s. In the course of conversation Lord Brendon con- fided to Wheeler that he had invested all his money in a mining property in which Drake was inter- ested, and that they were attempting to get a clear claim to it but could not on account of certain hold- ings owned by a man named Garth. Brendon soon Icarned that Garth was a brutal and notorious political boss who had long terrorized the district, and was in some way connected with a mysterious secret society. After receiving Drake’s message Wheeler took Brendon with him at night to visit Lu Yan, a Chi- nese mérchant who lived in the heart of San Fran- cisco’s Chinatown. Drake’s message concerned two priceless Asiatic jewels, which Garth was deter- mined to obtain possession of by every means in his power, and Lu Yan warned Wheeler that his life was in danger on account of his association with Drake. Dan, however, refused to be intimidated. On the way back to his hotel he was attacked by one of Garth’s “stranglers,” and, in a barehanded fight, choked his opponent to death. When Garth received news of his failure to do away with Dan he decided to nullify Drake’s influ- ence by taking Wheeler into his employ, and offered him the job of manager of the Cascade Club, a gambling joint, connected with the hotel, which he ran. Dan accepted, but before taking over the job managed to tell Senator Sands—the friend of all who desired law and order in the community—that Garth was getting dangerous, and would stop at nothing to attain his own ends. That evening while Dan was handling the crowd of gamblers, Garth received word that Drake, whom he was expecting to bring the jewels to the city, had been robbed. Violently excited, he immedi- ately Icft the hotel with Wheeler and Brendon to discover what had happened. At Dalton’s ranch they found that Drake, who had- not been robbed at all, was merely visiting Dal- ton, his friend. That night Garth offered Drake not only a large sum of money but all rights to the mining property in exchange for the two jewels which were still in Drake’s possession. They had COmiclook 1@) S © iin