Schuyler picked himself up, uttering execrations, and looked for the boy, but he was gone!

"Schuyler fell over backwards with a cry of pain."—[Page 98.]

Mark Mason's Victory.

CHAPTER XIII.
MARK STARTS ON A JOURNEY.

"Shall you want me to-morrow, Mr. Swan?" asked Mark, as the clock struck six, and the jeweler prepared to close up.

"Yes; I shall probably want you for a week."

"Very well, sir; I will so report at the office."

The next morning about eight o'clock Mark reported for duty and waited for orders.