el like dying just yet, but one never knows, and, in the
meantime, I don't want this known. She don't know, and if she does, it
will only be through one of you two talking."

"You may rest assured, Mr. Dudgeon, that both Mr. Harding and myself
will respect your confidence and hold the matter absolutely secret,"
Wallace replied.

"That's good enough," he said.

Turning to Harding, he added, "I'll leave this in your charge. If I go,
see that she gets it. Good day."

He was at the door when Wallace spoke.

"Will you not stay and have some refreshment, after your long drive in?"
he said.

Dudgeon looked over his shoulder, with his hand on the door-handle.

"That's all I want from you," he replied.

"There is one other matter," Harding exclaimed. "If this will ever has
to be used, we have no information what property you are leaving."

Dudgeon let go the handle and faced round.

"Young man," he said, "you've got a head on you. Just sit down and I'll
tell you, and you can write them down."

Leaving the two together, Wallace went to the outer office.

"I am glad he's gone," Dudgeon remarked. "This don't concern him."

Then he reeled off a list of properties, securities, cash deposits, and
other possessions, dazzling in their value and variety.

The name of a firm of lawyers in a southern city was added.

"That's the lot," he said unconcernedly. "I needn't tell you to see she
has her rights. Give me your hand, my lad. I hope she shares it with
you."

Without another word he was gone.

Harding was still running his eye over the list of properties Dudgeon
had dictated when he heard Wallace call.

"All right. We'll come in," Wallace added, and appeared with Durham at
his heels.

"Do you know this?" Durham asked, as he held out his hand.

"My watch! Where on earth did you find it?" Harding cried.

"It is yours?"

"It's the one which disappeared from under my pillow the night the bank
was robbed."

"I thought so."

"Have you found anything more?" Wallace asked breathlessly.

"All the money and a lot of jewellery. I would like Mr. Harding to come
along with me to-night to the place where I have it hidden. We can bring
it in quietly without anyone knowing. But till then, don't let this be
seen, and don't breathe a word of what I have told you. Now I've got the
money I want to make sure of the man."

Wallace slapped him warmly on the back.

"You're a marvel, Durham. I knew you'd do it somehow, but I'm