When he came out we nabbed him, and within half an hour later, despite his protestations, he was behind the bars of a cell.
[CHAPTER XXVII.]
THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
During the next afternoon all of the most active parties in this written drama were congregated in the parlor belonging to a suite of rooms at one of our second-class hotels.
Here Mat Morris had been taken, as he could be more comfortable here than at any other place, not knowing where to find his mother.
Here also had Helen Dilt been conveyed in a carriage.
Shadow was there.
And lastly, I had just put in an appearance.
Both Mat and Helen understood that to Shadow they owed their deliverance, and both were deeply grateful and could not thank him enough.