daughter, Helen, even more so."

"Will you have your daughter come and see me right after supper. The
train comes in at 9:10 tonight, and she will meet you afterward at the
station. She will go there from my office. Possibly, as you say, she
can help."

He left Mrs. Marsh, confident that she understood and that she had the
ability and willingness to carry her part through.

[A] Readers will find it interesting to study out the simplicity
of this code. There is special pleasure in their working it out
for themselves. It is simple and unweaves itself once you have
the key. For those who do not wish to decipher the code, they can
use the following method. The first syllable of any word of more
than one syllable is attached to the third word following. Of one
syllable words the first letter is found by itself after the
second word. In no case is a single letter considered a word.

CHAPTER III

TED ARRIVES IN CHICAGO

Between the hours of seven and nine that night many things were
happening. Helen had gone down to see Strong. A man, who may have been
a Dane or a German, boarded Ted's train at Milwaukee, and O'Reilly was
preparing to meet that same train, as was John Strong. At home Mrs.
Marsh was leaving to meet the train. We shall follow the man who
boarded the train. He entered one of the Pullmans, but no boy seemed
to be there; another one, and there were two boys, but both seemed to
be with parents.

But he was successful in the third car. It was Ted he saw and as he
sat down very near him he pulled out a Danish newspaper and started to
read.

Pretty soon he looked up. He seemed a very pleasant man. He spoke to a
man in the seat in front of him, then he turned to Ted. "Have you
come from far?" he asked innocently.

"Yes, sir," answered Ted, "from Wayland."

"So," observed the man. "Do you live in Chicago or in Wayland?" He
added, "I live in Milwaukee, but I go twice, sometimes three times a
month to Chicago. My daughter lives there."

"In Chicago," answered Ted. Truth to tell, he was very glad to talk,
the trip had been a long one.

"Where do you live, what part?" asked his new acquaintance.

"Over north, 11416 Wells street." Ted saw no reason why he should not
tell this harmless stranger where he lived. Although he had no
suspicion of him, he had made up his mind that such questions he would
answer, no matter who asked them.

For he realized that the one w