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BULL-DOG DRUMMOND
Tfte Adventures of a Demobilized
Officer Who Found Peace Dull
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CHAPTER VIII Continued.
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At first he had expected some Irlrl;
being n (htsou of tortuous br.iln; lint
.i limp went on, nml nothing unex
pected happened, Iip became assured.
1 1 l.t orders were lo follow the nil I
lloualm, nml Inform heuduiiurlers
when; lie wis tiilccn to. Ami assured
ly ut Hit moment It seemed easy mon
ey. Tlicn, unite suddenly, the hum
ming xtopped nml lie frowned. Tin;
rar In fnxj hud swum; off tin- mini,
nml turned through I he entrance of n
miiall nlrdiotne. What the devil wns
lie to i7o now? Mini Assuredly lie
roiiltl not Mirsnf mi airplane on n mo
tor oven it racer. Mindly, without
thinking, lie illil tlic first thine tluit
minu Into Ills head, lie loft Ills enr
Rtnndliig where It was, nml followed
I lie olliem Into Dm airdrome on foot.
I'crltnps lie could llml out something
from nw of tin mechanics; Honieono
might lie able to tell li I in wliero (lie
plane wan going.
There she was with (he cur hostile
Jier, mid nlrontly the milllomilre wns
being trapped Into his sent. Drum
inonll w.i.s til lie In t to the pilot, and
the sleuth, full of eagerness, accosted
a panslng mechanic,
"Can you (ell me whore (lint nlr
plane Is going to?" ho nsked Ingrati
atingly. It wan perhaps iiufortuunle thnt the
wild niechunlc hud Just hnd a large
nimtiner dropped on his toe, nnd his
answer was not helpful. It wns mi
rdiicntlou In one wny, nml at nny otb
rr time the pursuer would have (lent
rd It Willi the respect It deserved.
Itut, wh It wns, It was unfortunnte
that INjter Durrell should hnve chosen
thnt moment to look round. And nil
lie mnr wuh the mechanic talking enr
ticslly to the sleuth. . . . Where
upon he talked earnestly to Drum
monil. , . .
In thinning It over nfter, that tin
Iiappy nleutli whose Jolt luul seemed so
easy, found It dllllciilt to say exuctly
what linpMued. All of n sudden he
round himself surrounded by people
It very nffublo nnd most conversa
tional. It took lilm quite live minutes
t net duck to bis car, nml by that
limn the phuie Wus n speck In the
west. Dniiiimoml was Mantling by
the ,?tli'.s when he got there, with n
look of profound surprise on his face,
"(hie I have seen often," remarked
the HJildlur; "two sometimes; three
xnrely; four never. Fnncy four puuc
'lurea all at the same time! Dour,
tllearl I positively insist imi giving
Orou n lift."
lie felt hlmt-if Irresistibly propelled
,ttmnl Druiiimond's car, with only
time for a Meeting KHuipse at his own
'our flat Hres, nnd ulinost before lie
vcallMt! It they were uway. And It
win then that the man he had thought
wad laughed gently.
uia It all right, Peter?" HukIi nsked.
"AH wife," cutne u voice from be
'kind. "Then dot him one!"
TlK! Hleuth had u Heeling vision of
tttnrn of all colr which danced be-
nia Muat Ba a Popular Sort of Cove,"
fos hla eye, coupled with n stun
lKr Mow imi tho back of the head.
'Vaguely he roai.'rcd the far was pull
awc up then blirckuesa.
FOUR.
"Mr lear fellow, I told you we'd
set here somehow." Hugh Drummonil
piretclietl lil less luxuriously. "Tho
nTaet thnt It wns necessary to crnsh
lywwr Iillulrlng bus In a stray Hold in
-Iwtlfr to avoid their footling paso-
pori regulations Is absolutely liuma-
Itvrtal, The only damage Is a dent In
'twI'h dicky, but all tho best waiters
Tbave 'that. Thoy smear It with soup
tn nttnvr tholr energy. ... My llodl
llerf'H nnolltPr of (hem."
-r. Vivnehiniiii wuh itdvuucInK to
iranl j.t n down ttiv alnlflv vmHul
of the KHz waving protes'lng bunds.
lie nddressed lilmsOlf Id u voluble
rrecpiido to bruniiiiond, ho rose and
bowed deeply. Ills knowledge of
I'reiieh was microscopic, but such tri
fles were made to be overcome
The Frenchman produced n note
book. "V'ptre limn, M'slcur, s'll vous
plait?"
"Undoubtedly, mon Colonel," re
marked Hugh vaguely. "Nous crnsli
ons duns "
"He wants your name, old dear,"
murmured Jerry weakly.
"Oh, does he?" Hugh beamed on
the gendarme. 'Ton priceless little
bird I My name Is Captain Hugh
Dniiiimoml."
And ns he .spoke, n man silting close
by. who had been nn ninused onlooker
of the whole scene, stiffened suddenly
hi his rlntlr ami stared hard at Hugh.
It was only for n second, and then
he wns once more merely the politely
Interested spectnlor. Hut Hugh had
seen that quick look, though he gave
no sign; ami when at last the French
man departed, apparently satisfied, be
leaned over nnd spoke to Jerry.
".See that man with the suit of
haniV-ine-downs nnd the elgur?" he re
marked. "He's In the game; I'm Just
wonflerlng on which side."
He was not left long In doubt, for
barely had the swing doors closed
behind (he gendarme, when the man
In (itiestjon rose nnd came over to
him.
"Hxeuse me, sir," he said, In a pro
noiiHced nasal twang, "but I heard
you say you were Captain I'ugh
Driiniinoud. I guess you're one of
the men I've come across the water
to s'ee. My card."
Hugh glanced nt the pasteboard lan
guidly "Mr. Jerome K. Green." he mur
mured. "What n Jolly sort of name."
"See here. Captain," went on the
other, suddenly displaying n budge
hidden under his coat. "That'll put
you wise. That badge Is tho badge of
the pollen forco of the United States
of America; and that same force Is
humming some at the moment." lie
snt down beside Hugh, nnd bent for
ward confidently. "There's a prom
inent citizen of New York city been
mislaid, Captain; and, from Informa
tion we've got, we reckon you know
Unite n lot about his whereabouts.
What about Hiram C. Potts?"
"What, Indeed?" remarked Hugh.
"Hounds like n riddle, don't It?"
"You've heard of Win, Cuptnln?"
"Few people have not."
"Y.es but you've met him recently,"
snld the detective, leaning forwnrd.
"You know where he is, nnd" he
tapped Hugh on the knee Impressively
"I want lilm. I want to take him
buck In cottonwool to his wife nnd
daufthters. Thnt's why I'm over on
this side, Captain, Just for that one
purpose."
"There seem to me to be a con
siderable number ot poople wander
ing around who share your opinion
about Mr. Potts," drawled Hugh. "Ho
must be a popular sort of cove."
"Popular uln't tho word for It, Cap
tain," said the other. "Have you
got hltn now?"
"In n mutter of speaking, yes," nn
s wo red Hugh, beckoning to n passing
waiter. "Three MartlnlH."
"Where Is he?" snapped the detective
eagerly.
Hugh laughed.
"Holng wrapped up In cottonwool
by Homebody else's wife nnd daugh
ters. You were a little too quick, Mr.
Ureen; you may be all you say on
(he other hand, you may not. And
these days I trust no one."
The American nodded his head In
approval.
"Quito right," he remarked. "My
motto and yet I'm going to trust you.
Weeks ngo wo heard things on the
other side, through certain channels,
as to a show which was on the rails
uvere here."
Hugh nodded.
"Then lllrnui Potts got mixed up
In It; exactly how, wo weren't wise
to. Hut It wns enough to bring me
oer here. Two days ago I got this
cable." He produced a bundle of
paHirs, and handed one to Drum
inoiid. "It's In cipher, as you seo;
l'vo put the translation underneath."
Hugh took the cablegram nnd
glanced at It. It was tihort and to
tho point:
"Captain Hugh Drummond, of Half
Moon sjreet, London, Is your man."
Ho glanced up at the American, who
drained his cocktail with tho air of n
man who Is satisfied with life.
"Captain Hugh Drummond of Half
Moon street, London, Is my man," ho
chuckled. "Well, Captain, what about
It now? Will you toll mo why you've
come to Paris? I guess It's something
to do with tho business I'm on."
For a few moments Hugh did uot
reply, and the American seemed In
uo hurry for an answer. Homo early
arrivals for ulnner nauntered through
the lounge and Drummond watched
them Idly as they passed. The Ameri
can Uetocttve crtrtnlnly seemed all
right, but. . . . Casually, hla
stance rested on a man sitting just
opposite, reading the paper. Uo took
In the Short, dark beard the Immacu
late, though slightly foreign evening
clothes; evhlentV a wealthy French
&
man giving u dinner party In the res
taurant by the wny tho bend wnlter
wns hovering nround. And then sud
denly his eyes narrowed, nnd ho sat
motionless.
"Are you Interested In the psycholo
gy of gambling, Mr. Green?" he re
marked, turning to tho somewhut
astonished American. "Some people
cannot control their eyes or their
mouth If the stnkes arc big; others
cannot control their hands. For In-
Righto, Old Bean!" Returned the
Walter, "but Don't Hope for Too
Much."
stance, the gentleman opposite. Does
anything strike you particularly with
regard to him?"
The detective glanced across the
lounge.
"He seems to llko hitting his knee
with his left hnnd," ho aoid, after
a short Inspection.
"Precisely." murmured Hugh. "That
is why I camo to Paris.'
CHAPTER IX.
In Which He Has a Near Shave.
ONE.
"Captain, you have me guessing."
The American bit the end off nnothei
clgur, and leaned back In his chair.
"You say that swell Frenchman with
the wnlters hovering 'about like Hens
round a dog's tall Is the reason you
came to Paris;. Is he kind, of friend
ly with Hlrnm C. Potts?"
Drummond laughed.
"The first tlrao I met Mr. Potts."
he remarked, "that swell Frenchman
wub Just preparing to put a thumb
screw on his second thumb."
"Second?" The dctectlvo looked up
quickly.
"Tho first had been trented earlier
In the evening," answered Drummond
quietly. "It was then that I removed
your millionaire pal."
Tho other lit his cigar deliberately.
"Say, Captain," he murmured, "you
uln't pulling my leg by any chance,
are you?"
"I am not," said Drummond short
ly. "I wns told, before I met lilm,
thnt the gentlemnn over thero was
one of tho boys. ... Ho Is, most
distinctly. In fact, though up to dute
Mich mutters have not been much In
my line, I should put him down ns a
sort of super-crlmlnnl. I wonder what
name he Is passing under here?"
Tho American ceiihed pulling at his
cigar.
"Do they vary?"
"In Kngland ho Is clcan-shaveu, pos
sesses a daughter, and answers to
Carl Peterson. As ho Is at prescut I
should nover have known him, but for
that little trick of his."
"Possesses a daughter!" For the
first tlmo the detective displayed
truces of excitement. "Holy Sraokol
It cun't be hbn!"
"Who?" demanded Drummond.
Dut tho other did not answer. Out
of tho corner of his oyo ho wus watch
ing threo men who had just Joined
the subject of their talk, and on his
face wns a dawning umazement. He
waited till tho wholo party had gone
Into tho restaurant, then, throwing
ualdo his cnutlon, he turned excitedly
on Drummond.
"Aro you certain," ho cried, "that
that'll tho man who has been monkey
ing with Potts?"
"Absolutely," said nugh. "He rec
ognized mo; whether ho thinks I rec
ognized lilm or uot, I don't know."
"Then what," remarked the de
tective, "Is he doing hero dining with
Hocking, our cotton trust man; with
Stelnemann, the German coal man;
und with that other guy whose face
Is familiar, but whose name I can't
place? Two of 'em at any rate. Cap
tain, have got more millions thau
we're ever likely to have thousands,"
Hugh utared at tha American.
By CYRIL
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SAPPER"
"Lust night," ho snld slowly, "he
was foregathering with a crowd of
tho most atrocious rnggeil-trousercil
revolutionaries It's ever been my luck
to run up ngulnst."
"We're In It, Captain, right In the
middle of It," cried the detective, ship,
ping his leg. "I'll eat my hat If that-
Frenchman Isn't Franklyn or Lib
stein or Huron Darott or any other
of the blnmed names he calls himself.
He's n genius; he's the goods. Gee!"
he whistled gently tinder his breath.
"If we could only lay lilm by the
heels."
For a while he stnred In front of
him, lost In his dream of pleasant
nntlclpntlon ; then, with u short laugh,
he pulled himself together.
"Quito u few people hnve thought
the same, Captain," ho remarked,
"nnd there ho is still drinking high
balls. "You sny be was with n crowd of
revolutionaries last night. What do
you mean exnctly?"
"Jlolshevlsts, Anarchists', members
of the Do-no-work-nnd-liuvo-all-the-money
brigade," nnswered Hugh.
"Hut excuse me u moment. Walter."
A mnn who hud been hovering
round eunie up promptly.
"Four of 'em, Ted," snld Hugh In
a mpld undertone. "Frenchman with
a beard, a Yank, and two Heches. Do
your best."
"Illght-o, old benn !" returned the
wnlter, "hut don't hope for too much."
Ho disappeared unobtrusively into
the restaurant, und Hugh turned with
a lnugh to the American, who wus
staring at him In amazement.
"Who the dovll Is that guy?" asked
the detective.
"Ted Jerninghntn son of Sir Pat
rick Jerniiighnin, Hart., and Lady Jern
Inghnm, of Jernlnghnm hull, Itutlnnd,
Kngland," answered Hugh, still grin
ning. "We limy be crude in our
methods, Mr. Green, but you must nd
mlt we do our best. Incidentally, If
you wnnt to know, your friend Mr.
Potts Is at present tucked between
tho sheets nt that very house. He
went there by alrplnne this morning."
He waved a hnnd toward Jerry. "He
was the pilot."
The Amerlcnn wns shaking his head
a little dnzedly. "We've got to get
busy on what your friend Peterson's
little worry l; we've then got to stop
It some old how. Now, does noth
ing sort of strike you?" He looked
keenly at tho soldier. "Revolution
aries, Bolshevists, pnid agitators last
night; International flnunciers this
evening. Why, the broad outline of
the plan Is ns plain ns tho nose on
your face; and It's just the sort of
gamo that man would love. . . ."
The detective, stared thoughtfully at
tho end of his cigar, and a look of
comprehension began to dawn on
Hugh's fuce.
"Great Scott! Mr. Green," he said,
"I'm beginning to get you. What was
defeating me wns, why two men like
Peterson nnd Lnklngton should bo
mixed up with lust night's crowd."
"Lnklngton! Who's Lnklngton?"
usked the other quickly.
"Number Two in tho combine," said
Hugh, "and n nasty man."
"Well, we'll leave him out for the
moment," said tho American. "Doesn't
It strike you that there aro quite a
number of people In this world who
would benefit If Kngland became a
sort of second Itussln? That such a
thing would bo worth money big
money? Tbut such n thing would be
worth paying through the nose for?
It would havo to ho dono properly;
your small strike here, und your sinull
strike there, uln't no manner ot use.
One gigantic syndicalist strike nil oer
your country thnt's whut Peterson's
playing for, I'll stnke my bottom dol
lar. How he's doing It is another mat
ter. Hut he's In with the big finan
ciers: nnd he's using the tub-thumping
Holshles ns tools. Gad! It's a
big bcheme" he puffed twice nt his
cigar "a dunied big scheme. Your
llttlo old country, cnptnln, Is, saving
one, tho finest on God's enrth ; but she's
In a funny mood. She's sick, llko
most of us aro; maybe she's a llttlo
bit sicker than a good many people
think. Hut I reckon Peterson's cure
won't do any manner of good, except
ing to himself nnd ttirjso blamed cap
italists who ure putting up the dol
lars." "Then where tho devil does Potts
come In," snld nugh, who hnd lis
tened Intently to every word the Am
erican hud said. "And the duchess of
Lampshlro's pearls?"
"Pearls 1" began the American, when
the restaurant door opened suddenly
nnd Ted Jernlnghnm emerged. He
seemed to be In a hurry, and Hugh
half rose in his chair. Then he sat
back ngaln, as with miraculous rapid
ity a crowd of Infuriated bend waiters
and other great ones appeared from
uowheru and surrounded Jernlngham.
Undoubtedly this wns not tha way
for a waiter to leavo the hotel even
If he had Just been discovered as an
Impostor nnd sacked on tho spot. And
undoubtedly If ho hnd been a waiter,
this large body of scandalized beings
would havo renioved him expeditiously
through somo secret buttery-hatch,
nnd dropped him on tho pavement out
of a bark entrance.
Just opposite Hush he halted, and
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Copyright by Geo. II. Dor.in Uo.
In n clear voice addressed no one In
particular:
"You're spotted. Look out. Legdei
ut Godalmlng."
Then, engulfed once more In tho
crowd, ho continued his majestic pro
gress, end finally disappeared a little
ubruptlr from view.
"Cryptic," murmured the American,
"but Mne lad. Gee! He had that
bunch guessing."
"The ledger nt Godalmlng," said
Hugh thoughtfully. "I watched Peter
son, through the skylight Inst night,
getting guy with that ledger. I'm think
ing we'll have to look Inside It, Mr.
Green. Whnt about a little dinner at
Maxim's? I'm thinking we've found
out all we're likely to find, until wc
can get to Uwt ledger. And thanks
to your knonSng those birds, Mr.
Green, our trip to Purls hns been of
considerable value."
The American no.lded.
"I guess I'm on," he remarked slow
ly; "but, if you take my advice, cap
tain, you'll look nippy tonight. I
wouldn't linger nround corners admir
ing the mud. Things kind o' happen
nt corners."
TWO'.
Hut on this particular evening the
detective proved wrong. They reached
Maxim's without mishap, they enjoyed
an excellent dinner, during which the
Amerlcnn showed himself to be a born
conversationalist, ns well as a shrewd
man of the world. And over the cof
fee nnd liquors Hugh gave lilm a brief
outline of whnt hnd taken place since
he first got mixed up In the affair,
The American listened in silence,
though amazement shone on his fnce
as the story proceeded. Only when
Hugh hud finished, and enrly nnivnls
for supper were 'beginning to fill the
restnurant, did he sum up the matter
ns he saw It.
"A tough proposition, contain d d
tough. Potts is our biggest shipping
man, but where he comes on the pic
ture nt that moment has me beat. As
for the old girl's jewels, they don't
seem to fit In nt all. All wo can do
is to put our noses inside that ledger,
and see tho book of the words. It'll
sure help some." ,
And ns Hugh switched off the elec
tric light In his bedroom, having first
seen Unit his torch wns ready to hand
In case of emergency, he was think
ing of the detective's words. Getting
"A Tough Proposition, Captain
D d Tough."
hold of the ledger wns not going to be
easy far from It; but the excitement
of the chase had fairly obsessed him
by now. Ho lay in bed, turning over
In his mind every possible and Im
possible schemo by which ho could
pet Into the secret center room at The
Kims. He knew the safe the ledger
was kept in; but safes are awkwurd
propositions for the ordinary mortnl
to tackle. Anyway, It wasn't a thing
which could be done in a minute's
visit; ho would have to manage at
least a qunrter or half an hour's un
disturbed search, the thought of which,
with his knowledge of the hnbits of
tho household, almost made him lnugh
out loud. And, at that moment, s
lly pinged past bis head. . . .
(TO BE CONTINUKD.)
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