CHAPTER LXXIV

The Secret of the Green Archer The following morning Jim attended by appointment to meet Mr. Howett. Valerie had gone to town with her mother, and Jim and Howett were alone. And he was his old, brisk self; the kindly eyes that gleamed behind strong glasses held the old power, the old command. "It seems to me that you ought to know the whole story from beginning to end, Captain Featherstone," he said. "I think Valerie has already told you--no, I will begin at the very beginning. "There were two brothers, Abel and Mi…