Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD
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BULL-DOG
DRUMMOND
"YOU DARLINGl"
8ynojiis. In December, 1318, (our
men cuthured In a hotel In Hcrno
und heard one of the iunrtet, Carl
Peterson, outline a ihin to iaralyze
Orout lirltHln and at the name tllno
kHio world power The other three,
J locking, Ainrrlcttn, und Stolneman
and Von Unit., German, all mil
llomiirrii, ugreo to the nohm, pro
viding another tnun, Hiram 1'oMh,
an American, la taken In. Copt.
HuKh (Mull-Doe) Drummond, a ro
tlred olllccr, advertises for work
that will give him excitement, alien
ing "X10." Ah u rostilt ho meoU
Phyllis Denton, a young woman
who unnwered liln ml. Hhe tellH
him of strange murders and rob
liorios by n band heuded by Carl
J'elerixw and Henry ljildngtim.
Bhe fears her father Is Involved,
Drummond kocs to The Larches
MIbj lionton'n homo, next door to
The Kirn ii, 1'cterson'H place. DurUiK
the night Drummond leaven Tho
lyirchcs and explores Tho Kims.
lie discovers LAklngton und Peter
son ualnc a Uiumtmcrew on Potts,
who signs a paper. Drummond
rescues Potts and takes him to his
own homo. Uo also gets half of
tho paper torn In tho light Peter
son visits Drummond, departing
with a threat to return and recover
Potta nnd tho torn poper. Hugh'
substitutes MulllngH for Potts. Tho
band carry oIT Mailings nnd Hugh
to The Kims. When l'utorson dli
revers tho hoax Drummond Is
made to iitay all night Irma, Po
terson'n handsome daughter, wariiH
Hugh ho will be killed. Ho goes
exploring during the night, runs
Into a cobra, escapes inysicrloUH
death nnd terrains from brenklng
Peterson's neck. Drummond onllsts
the aid of Algy I-ongwortli, Toby
Klnclalr, Tod Jernlnghum nnd Jerry
Heyrnonr. the hitter on nvlator
Drummond discovers a man Imper
sonating Potts and beats him up.
Tho band gua Hugh nnd his friends
and carry off Potts. Hugh plnns
to Invudu The Elms.
1 chapter VI Continued.
. 10
TMREE.
Hugh stopped nto enr nt Guildford
station and. lighting a cigarette.
Rtrollcd restlessly up and down. He
looked at his watch n dozen times In
two minutes; ho threw away his
smoke beforo It was half finished. In
short ho manifested every symptom
usually displayed by the mnlo of the
species when awnltlng tho arrival of
the opposite sex. Over the telephone
ihe hnd arranged that sho should come
hy train from Oodalmlsg to confer
with him on a matter of grcnt Import
ance; she hat! snld she wotId, but
.what vrtui It? He, Imvlrig no suitable
innswcr ready, liar) made a loud buzr.
ilngi noise Indicative of n telephone
exchange In pain, and then rung off.
.Anil now ho was waiting In that pe
cullnr condition of mind, which reveals
Itself outwardly In hands tfint are
rather too warm, nnd feet thnt are
TUtlllT too cold.
"When Is this bally train likely to
arrive?" lie accosted a phlegmatic
-official, who regarded him coldly, and
doubted the likelihood of Its being
more than n quarter of nu hour early.
At length It was signaled, nnd Hugh
' got back Into his car. Feverishly ho
sen n ncd tho faces of the passengers ns
they came out Into the street, until,
with a sudden quick Jump of his
henrt, ho snw her, cool nnd fresh,
coming toward htm with n faint
smile on her lips.
"What Is this very Importnnt matter
you want to tnlk to me about?" she
, demanded, as 'lie nsslsted her Into his
car,
"III tell you when we get out on
the Hog's Hack," ho said slipping In
his clutch. "It's absolutely vital,"
He stole a glance nt her, but nho
was looking straight In front of-her,
and her face seemed expressionless,
"You must Htnntl a long way off
when you do," sho said demurely.
"At least If It's the same thing as you
told me over the 'phone."
' Hugh grinned sheepishly.
"The exchange went wrung," he re
marked nt length. "Astonishing how
rotten the telephones are In town thee
days."
"Quite remarkable," she returned.
"I thought yon weren't feeling very
well or something. Of course. If It
was the exchange . . ."
"They sort of bu.z and blow, don't
you know," he explained helpfully.
"That must be most fearfully Jolly
for them." "she agreed. And there
was silence for the next two niles.
Once or twice he looked at her out
of tho corner of Ills c)e, taking In
every detail of the sweet protlle so
near to him. Kxcept for their llrst
meeting nt the Carlton, It whh the
only time he had ever had Iver com
pletely to himself, nnd Hugh was de
termined to make the most of It. lie
felt as If he could go on driving for
ever, Just he and she alone. It wns
then that the girl turned and looked
at him. Tho car swerved danger
ously. .
"Ict's stop," she salrt, with the sus
picion of a smile. "Then you can tell
me."
Hugh drew into the sldo of the
rond, nnd switched off Hip engine,
"You're not fair," he remarked, and
if the girl saw his hand trembling a
little as he epsmed the door, she gave
e sign, Di "me nnd etnod held
her, and his right arm Iny along the
went Just behind her shoulders.
"Tell mo about thin Important
thing," sbo ald a little nervously.
He smiled, and no womun yet born
could sec Hugh Drummond smile with
out mulling too.
"You darling!" he whinnered, tinder
his breath "you adorable darling!"
Ills arm closed around her, and, al
most before slid realized It, she felt
his lips on hers. For a moment she
sat motionless, while tho wonder of
It surged over Iter, und tho sky seemed
more gloriously blue, nnd the woods
a richer green. Then, with u little
gasp, she pushed him away.
"You mustn't . . . oh ! you
mustn't, Hugh," she whispered.
"And why not, little girl?" he said
exultantly. "Don't you know I love
you?" Ills fuee w'ns still very close
to hers. "Well?"
"Well, what?" she murmured.
"It's your Umi," ho whispered. "I
love you, Phyllis Just love you."
"JSut It's only two or thr.ee days
since we met," she said feebly.
"And phwnt the dlvlt has that got
to do with It, nt all?" he demanded.
"Would I be waiting longer to do-
Fulfil
vs--
She Found Herself Lying In Hl Arms,
With Hugh's Eyes Looking Very
Tenderly Into Her Own and a Whim
sical Grin Around His Mouth.
clde such an obvious fact? Tell me,"
ho went on, and she felt Ills arm round
her again forcing her to look nt him
"tell me, don't you care . . . n
little?'"
"What's the use?" She still strug
gled, but, even ro her, It wasn't very
convincing. "We've got other things
to do, . . . Wo can't think of. . . ."
And then this very determined
young man settled inntturs In Ills
usual straightforward fashion. She
felt herself lifted bodily out of the
car ns If she had been n child: she
found herself lying In his arms, with
Hugh's eyes looking very tenderly In
to her own, nnd a whimsical grin
around his mouth.
"Cars puss here," he remarked,
"wlfh great regularity. I know you'd
hate to be discovered In this posi
tion." "Would I?" sho whispered. "I
wonder . . ."
She felt his heart pound madly
against her; and with a sudden iiulck
movement sho put forth her arms
round his neck and kissed lilm on the
mouth.
"Is that good enough?" she asked,
very low : and Just for n few moments,
time stood still. . . . Then, very
gently, he put her buck In the cur.
"I suppose," he remarked resigned
ly, "that wo had better descend to
trivialities. WW had lots of fun
and games slnco I last saw you a year
or two ago."
"Idiot boy," she said happily. "It
was yesterday morning."
"The Interruption Is considered
trivial. Mere facts don't count when
It's you and me." There was a fur
ther Interlude of uncertain duration,
followed rapidly by another because
the llrst was nice.
"To resume," continued Hugh, "I
regret to state Hint they've got Potts,
The girl sat up quickly nnd stared
at him.
"Cot him? Oh, Hugh! how did they
manace It?" ,
"I'm d d If I knothe unswered
grimly. "They found o.thut he was
In my bungalow ut Goring during the
afternoon by sending round a man to
see about the wnter. Somehow or
other he must hnve doped the drink
or the food, because after dinner wo
all fell asleep, I don't remember nny
thing more till I woke this morning
with the most nppnlllug head. Of
course, I'otts hnd gone."
"I henrd the car drive up In the
..iU.ll. of the night," nld the girl
The Adventures of a
Demobilized Officer
Who Found Peace Dull
By CYRIL McNEILE
"SAPPER"
Copjrlcht by Geo. II. Doran Co.
thoughtful! j. "Do you think he's ut
The Kims now?"
"Thnt Is what I propose to And
out tonight," answered Hugh. "We
hnve staged a little comedy for Peter
son's especlnl benetlt, anil we are hop
ing for the best."
"Oh, boy, do be careful!" She
looked nt him nnxlously. "I'd never
forgive myself If anything happened
to you. I'd feel it was all due to
me, and 1 Just couldn't bear It."
"Dear little girl," he whispered ten
derly, "you're simply adorable when
you look like that. Hut not even for
you would I back out of this show
now." Ills mouth set fn a grim line.
"It's gone altogether too far, and
they've shown themselves to be so
completely beyond the pale that It's
got to be fought out. And when It
has been," ho caught both her hands
In his . . . 'and we've won
. . . why then, girl o' mine, we'll
get Peter Dnrrell to be best man."
Which wns the cue for the com
mencement of the last nnd longest
Interlude, terminated only by the sud-'
den nnd unwelcome appearance of a
niotor-'bus covered within and with
out by uuronin.itic sightseers, and
paper-bags contnlnlng bananas.
They drove slowly bnclc to Guild
ford, nnd on the way ho told her brief
ly of the murder of tho American's
.secretary in Helfnst, nnd his Intcr
lew the preceding afternoon with
the Impostor nt the Carlton.
"It's n tough proposition," he re
marked quietly. "They're absolutely
without bcruple, and their power,
seems unlimited. I know they are
after the duchess of Lnnipshlrc's
pearls: I found the beautiful Irma
consuming tea with young Lnldley
yesterday you know, the duke's eld
est son. Hut there's something more
In the wlurt than that, Phyllis some
thing which, unless I'm a mug of the
llrst water, Is an Infinitely lnrger
proposition than that."
The car drew up at the station,
and he strolled with her to the plat
form. Then the train came In, nnd
he put her InU a currlage. And two
nllnutcs later, with the touch of her
lips warm on his, and her anxious
little cry, "Take care, my darling!
take care!" still ringing in Ids ears, ho
got Into his car and drove off to an
hotel to get an early dinner.
FOUR.
At a quurter to ten he hacked his
car Into the shadow of some trees
not far from tho gate of The Kims.
Save for a light In the slttlng-rnom
and one In a bedroom upstairs, the
front of tho house was In darkness,
and, treading noiselessly on tho turf,
he explored nil round It. There was
one bedroom light nt tho buck of the
house, nnd thrown on the blind he
could see tho shadow of a man. As
he wutchqd, the man got up and
moved away, only to return In n mo
ment or two and take up his old posi
tion. "It's one of those two bedrooms,"
he muttered to himself, "If ho's here
at all."
Then ho crouched In the shadow of
some shrubs and waited. Through
the trees to his right he could see The
Larches, nnd onee, with n sudden
quickening of his heart, he thought he
saw the outline of the girl show up
In the light from the drawing-room.
Hut It was only for a second, nnd
then It was gone. . . .
He peered at his watch: It wns Just
ten o'clock. Tho trees were creaking
gently In the fnlnt wind; nil around
him the strnnge night noises noises
which play pranks with a man's
nerves were whispering and mutter
ing. Hubhes seemed suddenly to come
to life, and move; eerie shapes
crawled iver the ground toward
hlmtlgures which existed only In
his Imagination. Anil onee again the
thrill of the night stalker gripped
him.
He remembered the Gorman who
had lulu motionless for an hour In a
little gully by Hebuterne, while he
from behind a stunted hush had tried
to locate htm. And thou that one
creak as the Hocho had moved his leg,
And then . . . the end. On that
night, too, the little hummocks had
moved and taken to themselves
strange shnpes: fifty times he had
Imagined he. snw him ; fifty times he
knew he was wrong -In time. He
was used to It;' tho night held no
terrors for him, only a tierce excite
ment. And thus It was that as ho
crouched In the hushes, waiting fw
the game to start, his pulse was as
normal, anil his nerves as steady as
If he hud been sitting down to supper.
The only difference was that In his
hand he held something tight-gripped.
' At last faintly In the distance he
heard the hum of a car, Itapldly It
grew louder, and he smiled grimly to
himself as thu sound of five unme
lodlous voices singing lustily struck
his ear. They passed along the road
In front the house. There was n
sudden crash then silence; but only
for n moment.
Peter's voice came tlrst.
"You priceless old nss, you've
rammed the blinking gate."
It was Jerry Seymour who then
took up the bawl. UW voice wus In
tensely solemn also extremely loud.
"Preposhterous. Perfectly preposh
terous. Wo must go and apologize
to the owner. ... I ... I . .
nbsholutely . . . musht npologlze.
. . . Quito unpnrdonnble. . . .
You can't go about country . . .
knocking down gates. . . . Out of
queshtlon. . . ."
Hnlf-ronselously Hugh listened, but,
now thnt the moment for acllon had
come, every faculty was concentrated
on his own Job. He saw half a dozen
men go rushing out Into the garden
through a side door, and then two
more ran out nnd r nine straight toward
hlni. They crashed post him and went
on Into the darkness, nnd for an In
stant he wondered what they were
doing. A little Inter he was destined
to tlnd out. . . .
Then came n peal nt the front-door
bell, nnd ho determined to wait no
longer. He dnrted through the gar
den door, to tlnd a flight of stnlr.s in
front of him, nnd In another moment
he wns on the first floor, lie wnlked
rapidly along the landing, trying to
find his bearings, nnd, turning a corner,
he found himself at the top of the
main stalrcnsc the spot where l elmtl
fought Peterson two nights previous
IIo walked quickly on to the room
w bleb ho calculated was the one where
lie had seen the shadow on the blind.
Without a second's hesitation he flung
the door open and walked In. There
lying in t,he bed, was the American,
while crouched beside hlni, with a re
volver In his hand, was a man. . . .
For a few seconds they watched one
another In silence, and then the man
straightened up.
"The soldier!" he snarled. "You
young pup!"
Deliberately, almost casumlly, he
raised his revolver, ,and then the un
expected -happened. A Jet of liquid
nmmonla struck him full in the face,
and with n short laugh Hugh dropped
his water.plstol In his pocket, and
turned his nttentlon to the bed. Wrap
ping the millionaire In a blanket, he
picked him up, nnd, paying no more
nttentlon to the man gasping and chok
ing In a (.-orner, he raced for the back
stairs.
Helow he could hear Jerry hiccough
ing gently, and explaining to the pro
. . . pro . . . prltor that he per
shonnlly would repair . . . Inshlsted
on repairing . . . any and every
gate posht ho posshessed. . . . And
then he reached the garden. . . .
Everything had fallen out exactly
ns he hud hoped, but had hardly dared
to expect. He heard Peterson's voice,
calm and suave as .usual, answering
Jerry. From the garden In front came
the dreadful sound of n duet by Algy
nnd Peter. Not a soul was In sight;
the back of the house was clenr. All
that he had to do was to walk qnletly
through tho wicket-gate to The
lurches with his semi-conscious bur
den, get to his car, nnd drive off. It
all seemed so ensy thnt he laughed. . -.
But there were ono or two fnctors
that he had forgotten, nnd the first
ami most Importnnt one wus the ninn
upstairs. The window wns thrown up
IkiwM
"The Soldlerl" He Snarled.
Young Pupl
"You
suddenly, and the man leaned out wav
ing his arms. He wns still gasping
with the strength of the ammonia, but
Hugh snw him clearly 4n the light from
the room behind. And ns he cursed
himself for a fool In not having tied
him up, from the trees closo by there
came the sharp clang of metal.
With n quick catch In his breath he
began to run. The two men who had
rushed past him before he had entered
the house, and whom, save for a pass
lug thought, he had disregarded, had
become the principal danger. For he
had heard thnt clang before; he re
menihered Jem Smith's white horror
struck face, and then his sigh of u-
lief ns th thing whntcver It wns
was shut in its cage. And now it was
out, dodging through the trees, let
loose by the two men. He heard some
thing crash Into a bush on his right,
nnd give n snnrl of nnger. Like a flash
he swerved Into the undergrowth on
the left.
Then begun n drendful gnme. Hi
was still some way from the fence,
nnd hr wns hnmpered nt every step
by the man slung over his back. He
could hear the thing blundering
nbout searohlng for him, and sudden
ly, with a cold feeling of fenr, he
reullzed that the unltaal was in front
of hlni that his way to the gnte wns
barred. The next momeut he saw
It. . . .
Slmdowy, Indistinct, In the darkness
he snw something glide between two
bushes. Then It cunio out Into tho
open, nnd he knew It hnd seen him,
though ns yet he could not mnke out
what It was.
Cautiously he lowered the million
nlre to the ground, nnd took n step
forward. It was enough; with a snarl
of fury the crouiii i.,
shambled townrd him. Two huiry arms
shot out towutd his throat, ho smelt
the brute's foetid breath, bet nnd loath
some, and he realized what he was
tip against. It was a partially grown
gorilla.
For a full minute they fought In
silence, save for the hoarse grunts of
the animal as It tried, to tear away
the man's hand from Us throat, und
then encircle him with Its powerful
arms. And with his brain cold ns Ice
Hugh saw his danger and kept his
head. It couldn't go on; no human
being could Inst the pace, whatever his
strength. And there was only one
chance of finishing it quickly, the pos
sibility thnt the grip taught him bj
Olukl would serve with a monkey tas It
did with a man.
He shifted bis left thumb nn Inch
or two on Hie brute's throat, and the
baboon, thinking he wns weakening
redoubled Its efforts. And then, little
by little, the lingers moved, and the
grip which had been tight before grew
tighter still'. P.nck went its head,
something was .snapping In its neck.
With a scream of fear nnd rage It
wrapped Its legs round Drunimond
squeezing and writhing. And then sud
denly there was a tearing snap, and
the great limbs relaxed and grew
limp.
For u moment the man stood watch
ing the still quivering brute lying at
bis feet; then, with a gasp of utter
exhaustion, he dropped on the ground
himself. He was done utterly
cooked; even Peterson's voice close
behind scarcely roused him.
"Quite one of the most amusing en
tertalnments I've seen for a long time.''
The calm, expressionless voice made
hlni look up wearily, and he saw that
he was surrounded by men. The In
evitable cigar glowed rerl in the dark
ness, nnd nfter a moment or two he
scrambled unsteadily to his feet.
"I'd forgotten your d d menngerle
I must frankly confess," he remarked
"What's the party for?" He glanced
at the men who had closed In round,
him.
"A guard of honor, my young
friend," said Peterson suavely, "to lead
you to the house. I wouldn't hesltato
. . . It's very foolish Your friends
have gqne, and, strong ns you are, .1
don't think you can mnnnge ten."
Hugh commenced to stroll townrd
the hoise.
"Well, don't leave the wretched
Potts lying nbout. I dropped him over
there."
CHAPTER VII.
In Which He Spends an Hour or Two
on a Roof.
ONE.
Drummond pnused for a moment nt
the door of the sitting room, then with
n slight shrug he stepped past Peter
son. During the Inst few days he had
grown to look on this particular room
as the private den of the principals of
the gang. He associated it In his mind
with Peterson himself, sunvc, Impas
sive, ruthless; with the girl Irma, per
fectly gowned, lying on the sofa, smok
ing Innumerable cigarettes, and mani
curing her already faultless nails; and
In n lesser degree, with Henry I.aklng
ton's thin, cruel face, and blue, staring
eyes.
But tonight n different scene con
fronted him. The girl was not there;
her accustomed place on the sofa was
occupied by nn unkempt-looking man
with a rugged benrd. At tho end of
the Initio wns n vacant chair, On tho
right of which sat Laklngton regard
ing him with malevolent fury. Along
the table on each side there were half
a dozen men, and he glanced at their
face. Some were obviously foreign
ers; some might have been anything
from murderers to Sunday school
teachers. There was one with spec
tacles and the general appearance of
nn Intimidated rabbit, while his neigh
bor, helped by n l.irge red senr right
ucro.ss his cheek, and two bloodshot
eyes, struck Hugh as being the sort
of man with whom one would not
share u luncheon bnskeU
Peterson's voice from just behind
his shoulder roused him.
"Permit me, gentlemen, to Introduce
to you Captain Drunimond, D. S. 0
M. C, the originator of the little en
tertainment we brvre Just hnd."
(TO BK CONTINUED.)
Heavy Ice.
By use of high pressure woter hni
been converted Into a new Ice so den
and heavy that It sink In water In
stead of flontlujf. Th Argonaut
"Dead or md I wonder
which."
AN OPEN LETTER
TO WCMEit
Mrs. Little Tells How She
Suffered and How Finally
Cured
Philadelphia, Pa. "I was not able to
do my housework and had to Ho dovfn
j most of the time ami
felt bad in my left
side. My monthly
periods were irreg
ular, sometimes five
or seven months
nmrtand when thov
disappear wouldllast
for two weeks and
were very painful. I
was sick for nbout a
year and n half and
doctoredbut without
anv improvement.
A neighbor recommended Lydia E.
Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound to me,
and tho second day after I started tak
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on taking it for seven months. Now I
keep house and perform all my house
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you please and I will recommend Vege
table Compound to everyone who suffers
as I did.'' Mrs. J. S. Little, 3455
Livingston St, Philadelphia, Pa.
How much harder tho daily tasks of
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because such troubles maybe speedily
overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vege
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None to Spare.
Government Index figures of health
fulness are above ninety, but they re
late to horses, cattle and swine. What
Index figure would fit the children?
r.oston Transcript.
CUSTOMS FIFTY YEARS AGO
Who among us would say to-day, "J
never use a Dentifrice, I never have to?'
Yet Fifty years ago, odd as it may seem
not one person in hOOO used a Dentifrice
or even a. tooth brush.
So to-day, after more than 30 years o)
persistent publicity of Allen's FootF.ase,
tho Antiseptic Powder for the Feet, not
many well-turned-out people care to con
fess, "You know I never have to use a
Powder for the Feet!"
Store than One Million five hundred
thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet
were used by our Army and Navy during
the war.
The reason is this: Incasing and confining
the feet in Leather or Canvas Shoes ia
bound to create fnction, more or less,
S3.
Aliens jootJiase removes the inctio,
fromthei shoes, and freshens the feet. I
is this friction which causes sm.irtinc. c.t
louses, corns and bunions. You know what
friction does to your motor-car axle. Why
nui. rumuve it irom your looiwear Dy Dim ic
ing into your Shoes to-day, Allen's Foot
Ease, the cleanly, wholesome, healing. An
tiseptic powder? Get the habit, as million
now have it. ,
Virtue.
Virtue Is not to be considered fnV
the light of mere innocence, or ulrf'
staining from harm, but as the exer
tion of our faculties in doing good.
Butler.
Sure
Relief
6 Bell-ans
Hot water
Hm Sure Relief
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INDIGESTION
Didn't Count Much.
First Critic You don't attach much
importance to the applause the actors
aro getting.
Second Critic Not much. There is
bound to be npplnuse. You can't ex
pect an audience to sit still the whole
evening and do nothing. London An
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