DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD i I $ a k Si. kV m k DRUMMOND IT 16 TO LAUGH. Synopsis. In December, 191S, four men gather In a hotel In Born a and hear one of the quartet outllno a plan to paralyzo Great Britain and at the same time selzo world power. The other three, Hocking, Ameri can, and Stelpeman nnd Von Gratz, Germans, all millionaires, agree to the scheme, providing another man, Hiram Potts, an American, Is taken In. The Instigator of the plot gives his name as Comte de Guy, but when ha leaves for England with his daughter he decides to uso the name Carl Peterson. Capt. Hugh (Bull-Dog) Drummond, a retired olllcor, advertises for work that will give him excitement, Blgnlng "X10." As a result he meets Phyl lis Benton, a young woman who answered his ad. She tells him of strange murders and robberlos of which Bhe suspects a band headed by Peterson and Henry Iaktngton. liu tears her father Is Involved. Drummond goes to The Larches, Miss Bonton's home, next door to The Kims, Peterson's place. Peter son and Laklngton stop his car and look him over. While dining with Phyllis and her father Drummond leaves Tho Larches and explores The Elms. He discovers Laklngton and Peterson using a .thumbscrew on Hiram Pptts, who signs a paper. Drummond secures half the paper, rescues him after a struggle and takes htm to his own homo. Peter son calls and demands the half of tho torn papor and Potts. Hugh laughs at him. ( f , il. CHAPTER III Continued. J ' 6 There was something so Incredibly menucing In the soft, quiet voice that Drummond looked nt tho speaker fas cinated. He had a sudden feeling that ho must be dreaming that In a mo ment or two he would wake up and find that they had really been talking about the w.euther tho whole time. Then the cynical gleam of triumph In Peterson's eyes acted on him like n cold douche. 'Tour candor la as refreshing," he answered genially, "as your similes are apt. I shudder to think of that poor llttlo tly, Sir. Peterson, especial ly with your chauffeur grinding his gears to pieces." He held open tho ' door for his visitor, and followed him Into the passage. At the other end stood Denny, ostentatiously dusting a book-shelf, and Peterson glanced nt him casually. It was characteristic of the man that no trace of annoyance Bhowed on his face. He might have been nn ordinary visitor taking his leave. And then suddenly from the room outside which .Denny was dusting there came a low moaning and an In coherent babble. A quick frown passed over Dmmniond's face, and Peterson regarded him thoughtfully "An invalid In the house?" he re marked. "How1 Inconvenient for you !" He laid his hand for a moment on the soldier's arm. "I sadly fear you're going t make a fool of yourself. And It will be such a pity." He turned toward the stairs. "Don't bother, please;! can find my own way out." THREE. Hugh turned back Into his own room, and lighting a particularly noisy pipe, sat down In lits own spednl chair, lie was under no delnsions as to the risks ho wns running. Under rating his opponent had never been n fault of his, either In the ring or In France, and he bad no Intention of beginning, now. The man who could abduct nu American jnllllonalro, and drug him till ho wns little hotter than a baby, and then use n thumlwiennv to enforcu his wishes, wns not likely to prove over-scrupulous In tho fu ture. After a while he began half-uncon-eclously to talk aloud to himself. "Two alternatives, old buck," ho remarked, stabbing the air with his pipe. "One give tho I'otts bird up at Homers Btreot; two do not Numrxr ono out of court at once, Propotrou absurd. Therefore liiimoer two holds tho field." He rang the bell. "James," ho said, as the door op ened, "take a piece of paper ftnd a pencil If there's ono with a point and sit down ut the table. I'm going to think, and I'd hato to miss out uny thlng' His servnnt compiled, and for a while silence reigned. "I'lrst," remarked Drummond, "put down 'They know whore Potts Is.' Two They will try to get Potts." "Yet;, sir," answered Denny writing busily. "Three 'They will not get Potts.' ow, James, you've got to do some thing else. Ill&e and with your well known stealth approach the window, and eo if the watcher &U11 watdiotlr without." Tho fcervant took a prolonged sur vey, and finally announced , that ho failed" to see him. "Then that proves conclusively that he's there," said Hugh. "Wrlto It down, Juntos: Four 'Owing to the watcher without, Potts cannot leave tho house without being seen.' Five 'Pptts must leave the house without being seen.' I want him, James, I want him all to myself. He shall go to my cottogo on tho river, and you shall look after him." "Yea, sir " r-iturned James dutifully. ULL-DOG "And In order to get him there, we must get rid of tho watcher without. How can we got rid of tho bird how can we, James, I ask you? AVhy, by giving him notjilng further to watch for. Once let him think that Potts Is no longer within, unless he's an Imbecile he will no longer remain with out Now trot along over, James, and give my compliments to Sir. Dnrrell. Ask him to como In and seo me for a moment Say I'm thinking and daren't move." Jnmcs rose obediently, nnd Drum mond hoard him cross over the pas sage to tho other suite of rooms that lay 'on tho sumo floor. Then he heard tho murmur of voices, nnd shortly afterward his servant returned. "He Is in his bath, sir, but he'll como over as soon as bo's finished." Ho delivered the message and stood wait ing. "Anything more, sir?" "res, James. I feel certain that there's a lot But Just to carry on with, I'll havo another glass of beer." As the door closed, Drummond rose nnd started to pace up and down Uie room. The plan he had In his mind was simple, but he was a man who believed In simplicity. "Peterson will not come himself nor will our one nnd only Henry. Potts has not been long In the coun try, which Is alf to the good. And If It falls wo shan't be any worse off than we are now. Luck that's all; and the more you tempt her, the kind er she is." Ho was still talking gently to himself when Peter Dnrrell strolled Into the room. "Can this thing bo true, old boy," remarked the newcomer. "I hear you're in the throes of n brain-storm." "I am, Peter. I want you to help me." All that I have, dear old flick, Is yours for the asking. What can I do?" "Well, first of all, I want you to come along and see the -1101180110111 pet." He piloted Dan-ell along the passugo to the American's room, and opened the door. The millionaire looked at Uiem dazedly from the pil lows, nnd Darrell stared back In sturtled surprise. "My God! What's tho matter with him?" ho cried. "I would give a good deal to know," said Hugh grimly. Then he smiled reassuringly at the motionless -man, and led tho wuy back to the sitting room. "Sit down, Peter," he said. "Got outside that beer and listen to me carefully." For ten minutes ho spoke, while his companion listened In silence. Gone completely was the rnther vacuous faced youth clad In a gorgeous dressing-gown; in his place there sat a keen-faced man nodding from time to time as a fresh point was made clear. At length Hugh finished. "Will you do It, old man?" he asked. "Of course," returned the other. "But wouldn't It he hotter, Hugh," he said pleadingly, "to whip up two or three of the boys and have a renl scrap? I don't seem to have anything to do." Drummond shook his head decided ly. "No, Peter, my boy not this show. We're up against n big thing; and If you like to come with me, I think you'll have all you wnnt In the scrap ping lino before you're finished. But this time, low cunning is the order." Dnrrell rose. "Bight you are, dearie. Your 'instructions shall be carried out to the letter. Come and feed your face with mo." "Not today," said Hugh. "I've got quite a bit to got through this after noon.'' As soon as Darroll hnd gone, Drum mond ngaln rang tho bell for his serv ant. "This afternoon, James, you nnd Mrs. Denny will leave here and go to Pnddlngton. Go out by the front door, nnd should you find yoirselves being followed n you probably will be keep your hoids. Having arrived nt tho booklng-ofllco take a ticket to Cheltenham, say good-by to Mrs. Den ny In nn impassioned tone, and exhort her not to nilss the next train to that delectnblo Inland reort. Then, James, you will board the train for Chelten ham nnd go there. You will remain there for two days. You will then return here, and await further orders. Do you get me?" "Yet, sir." "Your wife she has a sister or iomuthlng, hasn't she, knocking about somewhere?" "She 'as a palsied cousin In Cambor ne!!, sir," remarked James with Justi fiable pride. "Magnificent" murmured Hugh. "She will 'dally until evontl.de with lior palsied cousin If sho can boar It and then she must go by under ground to Kallng, where she will take n ticket to Goring. I don't think there will bo any chance of her being fol. lowed you'll havo drawn them off. When sho gets to Goring, I want the cottage got ready nt once, for two vis itors." Ho paused and lit n cigarette. "Above nil, James mum's the word. As I told you n little while ann, the game has begun. Now Just reicat whnt I've told yoj." He listened while his servant run hrough hl3 Instructions, ., J nodded The Adventures of a Demobilized Officer Who Found Peace Dull By CYRIL McNEILE "SAPPER" Copyright by Geo. II. Doran Co. approvingly. "To think there are still people who think military service a waste of tlmo 1" ho murmured. "Four years ago you couldn't havo got one word of It right" Ho dismissed Denny, nnd sat down at his desk. First he took tho half torn sheet out of his pocket, nnd put ting It In nu envelope, sealed It care fully. Then ho placed It In another envelope, with n covering letter to his bank, requesting them to keep tho In closure Intact Then he took a sheet of notepap'er, and with much deliberation proceeded to pen a document which afforded him considerable amusement, Judging by the grin which appeared from time to tlmo on his face. This effusion he also enclosed In n sealed envelope, which ho ngaln addressed to his bank. Finally, he stamped the first hut not the second and placed them both In his pocket. With the 'departure of the Dennys for Pnddlngton, which coincided most aptly with Uie return of Peter Dar rell, a period of activity commenced In Ilnlf Moon street But being interior activity, Interfering In no way Avlth the placid warmth" of the street out side, tho gentleman without, whom n keen observer might have thought strangely Interested In tho beauties of that Vbli-known thoroughfare seeing that he had bacn there for tlireo hours remained serenely unconscious of It Ills pal hnd followed tho Dennys to Pnddlngton. Drummond had not como out nnd tho watcher who wntched without was beginning to get bored. About -1 :30 he snt up and tooli notice as some one left the house; but It vas only tho superbly dressed young mnn whom ho hnd discovered already was merely 11 clothes-peg calling himself Darrell. The sun wns getting low nnd the shadows were lengthening when a taxi diovp up to the door. Immediately the watcher drew closer, only to stop "What the Devil," Cried Drummond Furiously, "Is the Meaning of Thls7" with a faint smile as ho Raw two men get out of It One wns the Immnculato Darrell; tho other was a stranger, and, both were quite obviously what-In the vernncular Is known us oiled. "You prlsboless ole bean," ho heard Darrell soy affectlonntely, "thish blink ing cabsh my show." The other mnn hiccoughed assent nnd leant wearily against Uie palings. "Bight," he remarked, "ole friend of mo youth. It shall ho ash you wish." With a tolerant eye ho watched them taclv. up the stnlrs, singing lustily In chorns. Then tho door nbovo closed, and the melody continued to lloiit out through tho open window. Ten minutes Inter he was relieved. It was quite an unostentatious relief; Another man merely strolled past him. And since there was nothing to re port, he merely strolled away. He could hardly le expected to know that up In Peter Darrell's sitting-room, two perfectly sober young men were con templating with professional oyes an extromely drunk gentleman singing in a chair, nnd that one of thofco two sol-er young men wns Peter Darrell. Then further Interior activity took place In Half Moon street, and as the darkness fell, silence gradually settled on tho house. Ten o'clock struck, then eleven nnd tho silence remained unbroken. It was not till eleven-thirty that a sud den i-mall sound made Hugh Drum mond sit up In his chair, with every nervo alert It came from tho dlrec tlou of the kitchen nnd It was tho sound he bad been waiting for. Swiftly Je opened his door nnd (Hissed along tho passage to whero the motionless man lay still In bed. "Hlrnm 0, Potts," hn said In a low, coaxing tone, "sit up and take your semolina. Force yourself, laddie, forco yourself. I know It's nauseating, but J doctor said no alcohol and very little meat." Ills voice died nwny, and he rose slowly to his feet In the open door fcur men wore standing, each with a peculiar-shaped revolver In his liniui "Whnt the devil." cried Drummond furiously, "Is tho moaning of this?" "Cut It out," cried the leader con temptuously. "These guns are silent If jou utter you die. Do you got me?" The veins stood out on Drummond's foiehend, nnd ho controlled himself with an Immense effort. "Are you aware that tills man Is a guest of tnlno, nnd sick?" he snld, his voice shaking with rage. "You don't say," roninrked the lead er, and one of the others laughed. "Blp the bed-clothes off, boys, nnd gag tho young cock-sparrow." Before he could resist, a gag wns thrust In Druiumoud's mouth and his hands were tied behind his back. Then, helpless nnd Impotent ho watched three of them lift up the mnn from tho bed, and putting a gag In his mouth also, carry httnjuut of the room, "Move!" said "the fourth" to Hugh. "You Join the picnic." A large enr drove up ns they reached the street, nnd In less time than It takes to toll, the two helpless men were pushed In, followed by the leader; tho door was shut and thq car drove ,oft. "Don't forget," he said to Drum mond suavely, "this gun Is silent You hnd better bo the same." At ono o'clock tho enr swung up to The Kims. For tho last ten minutes Hugh had been watchlug tho invalid lu the corner, who wns making frantic efforts to loosen his gag. Ills eyes were rolling horribly, and ho swayed from side to side in his sent, hut the baudagos round his hands held firm nnd nt last be gave It up. Kven when he was lifted out nnd carried Indoors he did not struggle: he seemed to have sunk Into a sort of apathy. Drummond followed with dignified enlinness, and was led Into a room off the hall. In a moment or two Peterson en tered, followed by his dnughter. "Ah I my young friend," cried Peterson af fably, "I hardly thought you'd give 1110 such an easy run as this." Ho put Ills hand Into Drummond's pockets, and pulled out his revolver nnd n bun dle of letters. "To your bank," ho murmured. "Oh! surely, surely not thnt ns well, Not oven stamped IJn gag him, Irma and untie his hands. My very dear young friend you pain me;" "I wish to know, Mr. Peterson," said Hugh quietly, "by what right this das tardly outrage has beeti committed, A friend of mine, sick In bod re moved, nbducted In the middle of tho night: to say nothing of me." With n gentle laugh Irmn offered him a cigarette. "Mon Dleu !" sho re marked, "but you are most gloriously ugly, my Hugh!" Peterson, wltli a faint smile, opened the envelope lu his hand. And, oven as he pulled out the contents, ho paused suddenly and the smile f ruled from his face. From the landing up stalrs came a heuvy crash, followed by a flood of the most upmilllng lan guage. "What the h I do you think you're doing, you flnt-fncod son of a Mnltese goat? And whero tho h 1 am I, anyway?" "I must apologize for my friend's langunge," murmured Hugh gently, "hut you must ml ml t he has some Jus tification. Besides, he was, I regret to state, quite wonderfully drunk earlier this evening, and Just us ho was sleep ing It off these desiH-radoctj abducted him." The next moment tho door burst op en, nnd an Infiil-Iuted object rushed In. His fuco was wild, and ids luuid was bandaged, showing a grout red stain on tho thumb, "What's this Jest?" ho howled furl ously. "And this d d bandHge all covered with rod Ink?" "You must ask my friend hero, Mulling," sold Hugh. "Ho's got a peculiar souse of humor. Anyway, Im's got tho bill In his band," In silence they watched Peterson open the pniw nnd road the contents, while tho girl hiinod over hltt shoulder. To Mr. Peterson, Godnlmlng. s. d. To hire of one demobilized soldier 5 0 0 To making htm drunk (in this Item proM-nt strength nnd cost of drink und soldier's capacity must btj allowed for) 5 0 0 To boltlu of rod Ink 0 0 1 To shock to syutuiii ........ 10 0 0 Total i,.'M 0 1 CHAPTER IV. In Which He Spends a Quiet Night at the Elms. ONE. "It Is a little difficult to know what J to do with you. young man," toW Pe terson gently, nfter a long sllenc. "I know you had no tact" Drummond leaned back In his clinlr and regarded his host with a faint stnllc. "I must como to you for lessons, Mr. Peterson. Though I frankly ndmlt," ho added gcnlnlly, "that 1 havo novor been brought up to regard the forclblo abduction of n harmless Individual nnd a friend who Is slcoplng off tho offecta of what low people call a Jag ns being exactly typical of thnt ndmlrablo qual ity." Peterson's glnncc rested on the dis heveled mnn still standing by the door, and nfter a moment's thought ho leaned forward and pressed a bell. "Take that man nway," he said ab ruptly to the servant who came Into thi' room, "nnd put him to bed. I will consider whnt to do with him In tho morning." "Consider bo d d," howled Mul lings, starting forward nngrlly. "You'll consider a thick enr, Mr. Blooming Know-nil. Whnt 1 wnnts to know " The words died away In his mouth, and ho gnzed nt Poterson llko n bird looks nt a snake. There wns some thing so ruthlessly malignant In the stare of the gray-blue eyes that the e.v-soldlor who hnd vlowed going over the tot with comparative equanimity ns being part of his Job qunllcd and looked apprehensively nt Drunimond. "Do whnt thu kind gentleman tells you, Mulllngs," said Hugh, "and go to bed." He Ut a cigarette, and thought fully blow out a cloud of snioko. "Stop this fooling," snarled Peter son. "Where have you hidden Pott8?" t "Tush, tush," murmured Hugh. "You surprise me. I had formed such n charming mental plcturo of you, Mr. Peterson, ns the strong, silent man who novcr lost .his temper, nnd hero you m6,(llsnT)poThUngiTic nt tho begin ning of our acquaintance." For a moment ho thought thnt Pe terson wns going to strike him, nnd his own fist clenched under tho table. "I wouldn't, my friend," he snld quietly, "Indeed I wouldn't Becnuso If you hit me, I sbnll most certainly hit you. And It will not Improve your beauty." Slowly Peterson sank bnck In his chair, and tho veins which had been standing out on his forehead became normnl ngaln. Ho oven smiled; only the ceascli'ss tapping of his hand on his left kneo betrayed his momontnry loss of composure. Drununond's fist unclenched, nnd ho stole u look nt tho girl. She was In her fnvorlto nttltudo on the sofa, nnd hnd not even looked UP. "I suppose that It Is quite usolews for me to nrguo with you," snld Poter son after n while'. "I was a member of my school de bating society," roninrked Hugh rant nlscently. "But 1 was never much good. Va too obvkAis for argument, I'm nfrald." ' ''You probably roullzo from whnt lias happened tonight," continued Pe terson, "that I am lu earnest." - "I" should be sorry to think so," an swered Hugh. "If thnt Is tho best you can do, I'd cut It right out nnd start a tomato farm." Tho girl gave n llttlo gurgle of lnughter nnd lit another cigarette. "Will you come nnd do the danger ous part of the work for us, Monsieur Hugh?" sho n sited. "If you promise to restrain tho llttlo fellows, I'll water them with pleas ure." returned Hugh lightly. Poterson rose nnd wajkod over to the window, whero ho stood motion less, sturlng out Into tho darkness. Hugh realized that the situation was what In military phraseology might bo termed critical. There were In tho limine probably half a dozen' men who, like their master, were absolutely un scrupulous. If It suited Peterson's book to kill him, he would not hesitate to do so for a single second. For n moment tho thought crossed his mind that he would take no chances by remaining In the house; that he would rush Peterson from behind and escape Into the darkness of thu garden. But It was only mo mentary gone nlmost before It hnd come, for Hugh Drummond was not that manner of man gone even beforo ho noticed that Peterson was standing In such n position thnt ho could seo every detail of the room behind lilin roflccled In the glass through which he stared. Both Hugh ftnd Pctenon nar rowly eecape death in tho dark. (TO HU OONTINUlCn.) Washington's Rellnlon. There ha-s been considerable contro versy over the extent to which relig ious belief entered luto Washington's character. Ills own chronicles show that most of his Sundnys, ercept dur ing the presidency, when ho, felt obliged to set an exuniple, ho spent In answering letters, going over his ac counts, hunting or doing any business that thcMo with whom he was negoti ating had no scruples. 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