rooms which had already been engaged for him. In his suite a valet
was already unpacking some trunks and laying out clothes when Del
Mar and his assistant entered.

With an exclamation of satisfaction at his unostentatious entry
into the city, Del Mar threw off his heavy coat. The valet
hastened to assist him in removing the clothes still wet and
wrinkled from his plunge into the sea.

Scarcely had Del Mar changed his clothes than he received two
visitors. Strangely enough they were men dressed in the uniform of
policemen.

"First of all we must convince them of our honesty," he said
looking fixedly at the two men. "Orders have been given to the men
employed by Wu Fang to be about in half an hour. We must pretend
to arrest them on sight. You understand?"

"Yes, sir," they nodded.

"Very well, come on," Del Mar ordered taking up his hat and
preceding them from the room.

Outside the La Coste, Del Mar and his two policemen entered the
car which had driven Del Mar from the sea coast and were quickly
whisked away, up-town, until they came near the Dodge house.

Del Mar leaped from the car followed by his two policemen. "There
they are, already," he whispered, pointing up the avenue.