"It is possible."
"Possible! I feel it to be the truth. And I shall not rest night or day, mother, until I have found her. Good-bye, mother, for I am going. Heaven in mercy assist you and care for you until I can come back to do so. Good-bye!"
Mrs. Morris did not wish him to go, but she could not thwart him, for she knew how much he loved Helen. But her face was very pale and anguished as she saw him go.
[CHAPTER III.]
SHADOW—WHO WAS HE?
Mat Morris was grimly in earnest in his determination to find the missing Helen.
He had no clew to follow, no starting-point from which to begin his search, but he would not permit himself to think about it in this light, for fear he would become discouraged.
Helen was alive—was somewhere—could be found—and must be found!
First of all, he paid a visit to police head-quarters, and described the man who had been seen with Helen, as the boy had described him.