Chapter 1
_ CHAPTER I
THE DETECTIVE AND THE BANKER--A REMARKABLE NARRATIVE--A PECULIAR TRAIL--MILLIONS WITH NO OWNER--A GREAT TASK LOOMING UP FOR JACK--A MOMENT OF EXPECTANCY.
"Your name is John Alvarez?"
"That is my name, sir."
An elderly man was seated at a table and a young man stood opposite to him. The elderly person was a well-known banker who had retired from business, and he had sent for the detective who had just entered his presence.
"You are a detective?"
"I claim to be, sir."
The elderly man meditated a moment and then said:
"A gentleman learning that I desired the services of a detective mentioned your name to me, and gave you a character for qualities which I think are specially needed in the service I may have for you."
"I am glad, sir, that some good friend has spoken well of me."
John Alvarez was a twin brother of Gil Alvarez. They were known among their few friends as Jack and Gil. They were trained athletes； their father had been a circus

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