nd who could identify him? she asked herself.

"What do you think of the story?" Margaret asked, as she studied Lois'
face in an effort to divine her thoughts.

"It is most interesting," was the reply, "and it explains things I
could not understand before. But how are we to prove that Sydney
Bramshaw is really Simon Dockett's nephew?"

"Perhaps father may know more about it than we do," Margaret suggested.
"He must have received notice of Simon Dockett's death."

Lois was about to reply when a sudden thought flashed into her mind,
which caused her face to flush with excitement.

"What is it, dear?" Margaret questioned, noticing her agitation.

"Don't press me for an answer, please," and Lois rose to her feet. "I
shall explain everything to you later. I must get home at once. A new
idea has come into my mind, which makes me very restless."

As she was standing there, Mr. Westcote entered. His face bore a
worried expression which Lois and Margaret were not slow to notice.

"Have they caught him?" Lois eagerly asked.

"No, not yet, but he will be taken no doubt at the station. You have
finished reading the paper, I see," and he glanced toward the desk.
"What do you think of it?"

"We have found it most interesting, but some of it quite puzzling."

"What part?"

"Where it speaks about Simon Dockett's nephew. Who is Melburne
Telford, do you think?"

"Ah, that is where the present trouble lies, Miss Sinclair. I firmly
believe that this Sydney Bramshaw is the man, but how are we to prove
it without bringing people all the way from England? I thought there
was a man in the city who could identify him, as he had done business
with the Dockett Concern, as it is commonly called in England. My
lawyer and I hunted him up this afternoon, but he told us that he never
knew before that Simon Dockett had a nephew. Now if we could only
unearth some one who knows that Sydney Bramshaw is in reality Melburne
Telford then our case is complete."

"I believe I know the right man," Lois remarked in a low voice. "He is
living at Creekdale, and if you will take me there at once we can have
a talk with him. I know he will assist us all he can, and we can
depend upon what he says."

"We shall go at once," Mr. Westcote replied. "I shall order the car
immediately. You had better come too, Margaret."

Lois was now in a great whirl of excitement, and she could hardly wait
for the arrival of the car. Mr. Westcote told t