Instead of rendering aid, the shadow figure began to ransack Freneau's pockets. He found the envelope of letters and put them in his own pocket. Then, startled by the approach of a third man, he also vanished. The third man came on openly. Gloria felt sure that she would either wake from her nightmare or that aid was at hand. She used all her will to control her reeling senses. The newcomer did not even see Freneau till he stumbled over the prostrate form. He knelt down by it, seemed to be aghast at recognition. Then he, too, began to search through Freneau's pockets. Screamed. Shriek after shriek burst through the silence of the Stafford home. Then Gloria (TO BE CONTINUED.) 