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CHAPTER XXIV. PUZZLED CONSPIRATORS, Dick immediately called upon Captain Lawton, No sooner had he entered his office than that official called out: *‘Ah! I have just sent to your office. I have some information. Ransom is a man without visible means of support, yet seems to be always in funds, He is a sporting man. Nothing is known to his dis- credit save that he seems to have an extensive ac- quaintance with crooked people. For six months a young man named Bob Brown has been his constant companion. Beyond this companionship nothing Is ree ported against him. Just about the time that Orton Pierson’s son Harold made his appearance in Harlem after a long absence, this young man disappeared from the haunts of Ransom and his companionship. The description of one may be taken for the descrip- tion of the other. There is a point for you to con- sider. I have learned that Ransom and Orton Pier- son have been long acquainted, and many years ago were closely connected. A lawyer of rather shady reputation, named Moore, meets with the three I have named, at Orton Pierson’s house in 128th Street, nearly daily. I know this man.’’ ‘All of this supports my theory,’’ said Dick musingly, ‘*Your theory?’’ inquired the captain. ‘*Yes, my theory,’’ replied Dick; ‘‘but before I tell it, please describe this man Moore.”’ The captain did so minutely. ‘‘It is the same,’’ exclaimed Dick excitedly. ‘*He 233 Comicloo® <S C@ 3