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BULL-DOG DRUMMOND
The Adventures of a Demobilized
Officer Who Found Peace Dull
"PEACE INCREDIBLY TEDIOUS"
Demobilized officer, finding peace, incredibly tedious, would
welcome diversion. Legitimate, if possible; but crime, if of a com
paratively humorous description, no objection. Excitement essen
tial. Would be prepared to consider permanent fob if suitably im
pressed by applicant for his services. Reply at once Box X10."
My dear Box XlO. I don't knotv whether your advertisement
was a joke; I suppose it must have been. But I read it this morn
ing, and it's just possible, XlO, just possible, you mean it. And
if you do, you're the man I want. I can offer you excitement and
probably crime. I'm. tip against it, XlO. For a girl I've bitten off
rather more than I can cheiv. I tvant help badly. Will you come
to the Carlton for tea tomorrow afternoon? I want to have a look
at you and sec if I think you aire genuine. Wear a white flowcr
in your buttonhole.
So advertises Capt. Hugh Drummond, D, S. O., late of Hit
Mnjesty' Royal Loamshires. So answers Phyllis Benton. And so
begins a truly stirring story. For Phyllis is sure up against it. Her
dear old father is involved with a clcvor and powerful band of inter
national criminals, one of whom is bent on marrying her. Bull-Dog
Drummond befriends the girl. Then begin battle, murder and sudden
death quite comparable for thrills with Bull-Dog's war adventures
in No Man's Land. And don't forget the adorable Phyllis.
This engrossing story is by Cyril McNeile, who under the pen
name of "Sapper" has the whole English-speaking world across tho
Atlantic reading his books.
PROLOGUE
In tho month of December, 1018,
and on tho very day that a British
cavalry division mnrchad Into Cologne,
with flas Hying and bands playing
as the conquerors of n beaten nation,
the innnnger of the Hotel Nationale
In Berne received a letter. Its con
fonts appeared to puzzle him some
what, for having read It twice he
rang the bell on his desk to summon
his secretury. Almost Immediately
the door opened, and' a young French
girl came Into the room.
"Monsieur rang?"
"Have we ever had staying In the
hotel a man called le Comte de Guy?"
He loaned back In his chair and
looked at her through his pince-nez.
The secretary thought for a mo
ment and then shook her head. "Not
as far as I can remenlber," she said.
"Do we know anything about him?
nas he ever fed here, or taken a pri
vate room?"
"Not that I know of."
The manager handed her the letter,
nnd waited In silence until she had
read It.
"It seems on the face of It a pecu
liar request from an unknown man,"
he remarked as she laid It down. "A
dinner of four covers; no expense to
ho spared. Wlne specified and If
not In hotel to bo obtained. A private
room at half-past seven sharp. Guests
to ask for room X."
The secretary nodded In agreement.
"It can hardly be a hoax," she re
marked after u short silence.
"No." The manager tapped his
teeth with his pen thoughtfully. "Hut
If by any chance It was, It would
prove an expensive ono for us. I
wish I could think who this Comte de
Guy Is."
lie took off his pince-nez and laid
thorn on the desk In froit of him.
'Send the unit re d'hotel to me at
onoo."
Whatever may have been tho man
ager's misgivings, they were certainly
not shared by tho head waiter as ho
left the olllce after receiving his In
structions. War and short rations
had not been conducive to any partic
ularly lucrative business In his
sphere; and the whole sound of the
proposed entertainment seemed t6 him
to contain considerable promise.
And so at about twenty minutes
past beven the maltre d'hotel was
hovering uround the hall-porter, the
manager whs hovering round the
maltre d'hotel, and tho secretary was
hovering around both. At fhe-and-twenty
minutes past the first guest
arrived. . . .
He was a peculiar-looking man, In
n big ftic coat, reminding one Irre
sistibly of a codfish.
"I wish to be taken to Boom X."
The French secretary stiffened Invol
untarily as the maltre d'hotel stepped
obsequiously forward. Cosmopolitan
ns the hotel was, even now she could
never hear German spoken without an
inward shudder of dlgust.
"A Boche," she murmured In disgust.
Almost Immediately afterward the
second and third members of the par
ty arrived. They did not come togeth
er, and what seemed peculiar to the
manager was that they were evidently
strnngers to one another.
The leading one a tall gaunt man
with a ragged beard and u pair of
piercing eyes asked In a nasal and by
no means an Inaudible tone for Room
X. As he spoke a little fat man who
was standing Just behind him started
perceptibly, and shot a birdlike glance
at the speaker.
Then In execrable French he too
asked for Room X.
"He's not French," said the secre
tary excitedly to tho manager. "Thut
last one was another Boche."
The manager thoughtfully twirled
his pince-nez between his fingers,
"Two Germans nnd nn American."
IIr Uoked a little apprehensive, "It
us hope tho dinner will appease every
body. Otherwise "
But whutever fears he might have
entertained with regard to tho furni
ture in Room X, they were not des
tined to bo uttered. Kven as he spoke
the door again swung open, nnd n ian
with a thick white scarf nround his
neck, so pulled up as almost com
pletely to cover his face, came In. All
that the manager could swear to as
regards the newcomer's nppenrnnce
was a pair of deep-set, steel-gray eyes
which seemed to bore through him.
"l'ou got my letter this morning?"
"M'sleur le Comte de Guy?" The
manager bowed deferentially and
rubbed his hands together. "Every
thing Is ready, and three guests have
arrived."
"Good. I will go to the room at
once."
As ho followed his guide his eyes
swept round the lounge. Save for two
or three elderly women of doubtful
nationality, and a man In the Ameri
can Red Cross, the place was desert
ed; and as he passed through the
swing doors he turned to the head
waiter.
"Business good?" he asked.
No business decidedly was not
good. The waiter was voluble. Busi
ness had never been so poor In the
memory of man. . . .But It was to
be hoped that the dinner would be to
Monsieur le Comte's liking. . . .
Also tho wines.
"If everything Is to my satisfaction
you will not regret It," said the count
tersely. "But remember one thing.
After the coffoe has been brought In, I
do not wish to be disturbed under any
"M'sleur le Comte de Guy?"
circumstances whateer." Tho bend
waiter paused ns he came to a door,
and the count repeated tho last few
tvords. "Under no circumstances
Whatever."
"Mais certalnomont, Monsieur le
Comte. ... I, personally will see
to It. . . ."
As ho spoke he flung open the door
and the count entered. It cannot be
said (hat the atmosphere of the room
was congenial. The three occupants
were regarding one another In hostile
silence, and ns the count entered they,
with one accord, transferred their hus
plclous glances to him.
For n moment he stood motionless,
while ho looked at each one In turn.
Then he stepped forward. . .
"Good evening, gentlemen" he still
spoke In French "I am honored nt
your prtueace." He turned to the
A
head waiter. "Let dinner be served In
flvo minutes cxnctly."
With n bow the man left the room,
and tho door closed.
"During that live minutes, gentle
men, I propose to Introduce myself to
you, nnd you to one another. Tho
business which I wish to discuss we
will postpone, with your permission,
till after the coffee, when we shall bo
undisturbed."
In silence the three guests wnlted
until he unwound the thick white muf
fler; then, with undisguised curiosity,
they studied their host. In appearance
he was striking. He had n short dark
beard, nnd In profile his face was aqui
line and stern. The eyes, which had
so Impressed the manager, seemed
now to be a cold grey-blue; the thick
brown hair, flecked slightly with grey,
was brushed back from a broad fore
head. To even the most superficial ob
server the giver of tho feast was n
man of power; a man capable of form
ing Instant decisions nnd of carrying
them through. . . .
And If so much was obvious to the
superficial observer, it was more than
obvious to the three men who stood by
the fire watching him. Each one of
them, ns he watched tho host, realized
that he wns In the presence of n great
man. It was enough: great men do
not send fool Invitations to dinner to
men of International repute. It mat
tered not what form his greatness took
there was money In grentness, big
money. And money wns their life.
The count ndvanced first to the Am
erican. "Mr. Hocking, I believe," he re
marked In English, holding out his
hand. "I am glnd you managed to
come."
Tho American shook the proffered
hnnd, while the two Germans looked nt
him with sudden Interest. As tho man
nt the head of the great Amorlcnn cot
ton trust, worth more In millions than
he could count, he was entitled to
their respect. . . .
"That's me, Count," returned the mil
lionaire In his nasal twang. "I am In
terested to know to what I am Indebt
ed for this invitation."
"All in good time, Mr. Hocking."
smiled the host. "I hnve hopes that
the dinner will fill In thnt time satis
factorily." Ho turned to the tnllor of the two
Germans, who without his coat seemed
more like n codfish than ever.
"Herr Stelnemann, Is It not?" This
time he spoke in German.
The man whoso Interest In German
coal was hardly less well known than
Hocking's In cotton, bowed stiffly.
"And Herr Von Gratz?" Tho Count
turned to the last member of the par
ty and shook hands. Though less well
known than either of the other two In
the realms of International finance, von
Gratz's name In the steel trade of Cen
tral Europe was ono to conjure with.
"Well, gentlemen," said the Count,
"before" we sit down to dinner, I may
perhaps be permitted to say n few
words of Introduction. Tho nations
of tho world have recently been en
guged In a performance of unrivaled
stupidity. As far as one can tell that
performance Is now over. Tho last
thing I wish to do Is to discuss the
war except In so far ns It concerns
our meeting here tonight Mr. Hock
ing Is nn Amorlcnn, you two gentlemen
are Germans. 1" tho Count smiled
slightly "hnve no nationality. Or
rather, shall I say, I hnve every na
tionality. Completely cosmopolitan. .
. . Gentlemen, the war wns wnged by
Idiots, nnd when Idiots get busy on a
largo scale, It Is time for clover men to
step In. . . . Thnt Is the rnlson d'
etre for this little dinner ... I
clnlm that we four men nrc sufficiently
International to be able to disregard
nny stupid nnd petty feelings about
this country nnd thnt country, nnd to
regnrd the world outlook nt the present
moment from ono point of view nnd
one point of view only our own."
Tho gaunt American gavo a honrso
chuckle.
"It will bo my object nftor dinner,"
continued the Count,, "to try nnd prove
to you that wo have n common point
of view. Until then shnll wo merely
concentrnto on n pious hope thnt tho
Hotel Natlonnle will not poison us
with their food?"
The next moment the head wnlter
opened the door, nnd the four men sat
down to dine.
It must he admitted that the average
hostess, desirous of making n dinner n
success, would havo been filled with
secret dismay nt tho general ntmos
phoro In the room. The Arnerlcnn, In
accumulating his millions, hnd also
nccumuhitod n digestion of such nn er
otic and tender character that dry
rusks nnd Vichy water were tho limit
of his capacity.
Herr Stelnemann was of the common
order of Germnn, to whom food Is
sacred. He ate nnd drnnk enormously
nnd evidently considered that nothing
further was required of him.
Von Grntz did his best to keep his
end up, but ns he was nppnrently In n
chronic condition of fear thnt the
guunt American would acsault him
with violence, he cannot be sold to
hnve contributed much to the gaiety of
the meal.
And so to the host must be given
the credit that tbt dinner was a suc
By CYRIL
"SAPPER"
cess. Without appearing to monopo
lize the conversation he talked cease
lessly and brilliantly. But to even tho
most billllnnt of conversationalists tho
strain of talking to n hypochondrlncnl
American nnd two Germans ono
greedy nnd tho other frightened Is
consldcrnblo; nnd tho Count heaved an
Inward sigh of relief when the coffeo
had boon handed round nnd the door
closed behind the waller. From now
on the topic was the topic of money
the conmiou bond of his three guests.
And ct, ns he carefully cut tho end
of his cigar, and renllzed thnt the eyes
of the other three were fixed on him
expectnntly, ho knew thnt the hnrdest
part of the evening was In front of
him. Big llnnnclcrs. In common with
nil other people, are fonder of hnvlng
'money put Into their pockets thnn of
taking It out. And thnt was the very
thing the Count proposed they should
do In largo quantities. . . .
"Gentlemen," he remarked, when his
clgnr wn going to his satlsfnctlon,
"wo nre nil men of business. I said
before dinner that I considered we
were sufficiently big to exclude nny
smnll arbitrary national distinctions
from our minds. As men whoso Inter
ests are Internatlonul, such things nro
benenth us. I wish now to slightly
qualify that remark." lie turned to
the American on his right, who with
eyes hnlf closed was thoughtfully pick
ing his teeth. "At this stage, I ad
dress myself particularly to you."
"Go right ahead," drawled Mr. Hock
ing. "I do not wish to touch on tho wnr
or Its result; hut though the Centrnl
Powers hnve been bcafeii by Amerlcn
nnd Frnnce nnd England, I think I can
spenk for you two gentlemen" he
bowed to tho two Gcrmnns "when I
sny thnt It Is neither France nor Amer
ica with whom they desire nnother
round. England Is Germnny's main
enemy; she nlwnys hns been, she nl
wnys will he. I hnve renson to be
lieve, Mr. Hocking, thnt you personally
do not love the English?"
"I guess I don't see what'my prlvnto
feelings have to do with It. But If It's
of any Interest to the company you nre
correct In your belief."
"Good." The Count nodded his bend
ns if satisfied. "I tnke It then thnt you
would not bo averse to seeing England
down nnd out."
"Wnl," remarked the American,
"you can nssume nnythlng you feel
like. Let's go to the show-down."
Once again the Count nodded his
head; then he turned to tho two Ger
mans. "Now you two gentlemen must nd
mlt thnt your plnns hnvo miscarried
somewhat. It wns no part of your or
iginal programme thnt n British army
should occupy Cologne. . . ."
"Tho war was the act of n fool,"
snnrled nerr Stelncmnnn. "In a few
years more of pence, we should huve
beaten those swine. . . ."
"And now they hnvo henten you."
The Count smiled slightly. "Lot us
admit thnt the wnr was the act of a
fool, If ypu like, but as men of busi
ness we can only deal with the result.
. . . The result, gentlemen, ns It
concerns us. Both you gentlemen uro
sufficiently pntrlotlc to resent the prea
enco of that army at Cologne, I have
no doubt. And you, Mr. Hocking, have
no love on personal grounds for the
English. . . . But I am not propos
ing to appeal to financiers of your rep
utation on such grounds na those to
support my scheme. ... It Is
enough thnt your personal predilec
tions run with and not against what I
am ubout to put before you the de
feat of England . . . a defeat more
utter and complete than If she had lost
the var. . . ."
Ills volco sank n little, nnd Instinct
Iely his three listeners' drew closer.
"Don't think I nm proposing this
through motives of revenge merely. We
nrc business men, and reveugo Is only
worth our while If It pays. This will
pay. There Is a force In Englnnd
which, If It can bo harnessed nnd led
proporly, will result In millions coming
to you. ... It Is present now In
cery nation fettered, Inarticulate,
un-co-ordlnnted. ... It Is partly tho
result of the war tho wnr thut the
Idiots have waged. . . , Harness
that force, gentlemen, co-ordlualo It,
and use It for your own ends. . . .
That Is my prqjiosal. Not only will
you humblo that cursed country to tho
dirt, but you will tusto of power such
ns few men hnve tasted before. . . ."
Tho Count stood up, his eyes blazing.
"And I I will do It for you."
Ho resumed his beat, and IiIh left
hand, slipping off the table, beat a
tattoo on his knee.
"This Is our opportunity the oppor
tunity of clover men. I hnvo not got
the money necessary: you have." . . .
He leaned forwnrd In his chair, nnd
glanced nt the Intent faces of his au
dience. Then he began to speak. . . .
Ten minutes later he pushed buck
his chair.
"Thero Is my proposal, gentlemen,
In a nutshell. Unforeseen develop
ments will doubtless occur; I have
spent my life overcoming tho unexpect
ed. What Is your answer?"
He rose nnd stood with his hack
to them by tho fire, nnd for severnl
minutes no one spoke. Ench man wns
busy wj his own thoughts, and
McNEILE
Oopjilght by Geo. tt. Doran Oo.
showed It In his own particular way,
Comto do Guy stnred unconcernedly nt
the fire, ns If indifferent to the result
of their thoughts. In his nttttude nt
that moment ho gave n true expression
to his nttltudo on life. Accustomed
to play with grent stnkes, he hud Just
deult the oatds for the most gigantic
gamble of his life. . . . Whnt matter
to tho throe men, who were looking1 nt
the hands ho hnd given them, thnt only
a master criminal could havo con
ceived such n gnmo? The only ques
tion which occupied their minds was
whether he could carry It through.
And on that point they hnd only their
Judgment of his personality to rely on
Suddenly the Amorlcnn removed the
toothpick Trom his mouth nnd
stretched out his legs.
"There Is a question which occurs to
me, Count, before I make up my mind
on the matter. Are you disposed to ho
n little more communicative nbout
yourself? If we agree to come In on
"I Will Return In Ten Minutes. By
That Time You Will Have Decided
One Way or the Other."
this hnnd, It's going to cost big money.
The handling of thnt money Is with
you. Wnl who nro you?"
Von Grats: nodded his head In agree
ment. Stelnemann raised his oyes to
tho Count's face as ho turned nnd
faced them. . . .
"A very fair question, gentlemen,
nnd yet one which I regret I urn unublo
to answer. I would not Insult your In.
telllgenco by giving you the fictitious
address of n fictitious Count. Enough
thnt I nm n man whose livelihood lies
In other people's pockets. As you sny,
Air. Hocking, It Is going to cost big
money; hut compared to the results
the costs will bo n llea-hlto. You will
have to trust me, even ns I shnll hnve
to trust you. . . . You will havo to trust
me not to divert tho money which you
give 1110 us working expenses Into my
own pocket. ... I shnll huve to trust
you to pay mo when tho Job Is fin
ished. . . ."
"And that pnyment will bo how
much?" Stcluemaiiu's guttural volco
broke tho silence.
"Ono million pounds sterling to bo
split up between you In any proportion
you may decide, and to be paid within
one mouth of completion of my work.
After that tho matter will pass Into
your hands . . . and niny yoM leave that
cursed country groveling In tho dir
ty . . ." ills eyes glowed with a fierce,
vindictive fury; nnd then, ns If replacing-
a mask which hnd slipped for n
moment, the Count was once ngnln
tho sunve, courteous host. Ho had
stated his terms frankly nnd without
haggling; stated them ni ono big man
states them to another of the snmo kid
ney, to whom time Is money nnd Indo
clslon or beating ubout the bush ana
thema. "rerhnps, Count, you would bo good
enough to leave us for u few minutes."
Von Orntz wns speuklng. "Tho deci
sion Is n big one, nnd . . ."
"Why, certainly, gentlemen." The
Count moved towurd tho door. "I will
return In ten minutes. Iiy thut time
you will huvo decided one way or tho
other."
Enter Bull-Dog Drummond
and Phyllii Benton.
(TO BB CONTINUED.)
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Copper mine, wealth, health nnd pros
perity. Lead mine, unprofitable em
ployment. Tin mine, slander. Zinc
mine, discovery of a friend's treach
ery. Conl mine, brilliant future. BaV
mine, dishonor,
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