19

THE FACE

The moon was well up when the small boat in which our young detective was
seated with Mr. Grey appeared in the bay approaching the so-called manufactory
of Wellgood. The looked-for light on the waterside was not there. All was dark
except where the windows reflected the light of the moon.

This was a decided disappointment to Sweetwater, if not to Mr. Grey. He had
expected to detect signs of life in this quarter, and this additional proof of
Wellgood's absence from home made it look as if they had come out on a fool's
errand and might much better have stuck to the road.