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NOItTII PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE,
BULL-DOG DRUMMOND
The Adventures of a Demobilized
Officer Who Found Peace Dull
QASSEDI
Synopsis. In December, 1918, four
men gathered In a hotel In Berne
and hoard one of tlio quartet, Curl
Peterson, outline a plan to paralyze
Great Britain and at the same time
seize world power. The other three,
Hocking, American, and Stelnemnn
and Von Oratz, Germans, all mil
lionaires, agree to tlio scheme, pro
viding another man, Hiram Potts,
an American, la taken In. Capt.
Hugh (Dull-Dog) Orummond, a re
tired officer, advertises for work
that wilt Rive htm excitement, sign
Injr "X10." As a result he meets
Phyllis Benton, a young woman
who answered his ad. She tells
him of strange murdora and rob
beries by a band headed by Carl
Peterson and Henry Laklngton.
She feara her father In Involved,
Drummond goes to The lurches,
Miss teuton's home, next door to
The Elms, Peterson's place. During
the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The Kims.
He discovers Laklngton and Peter
son using a thumbscrew on Potts,
who signs' a paper. Drummond
rescues Potts and takes hlin to his
own home. He also gets half of
the paper torn In the tight. Peter
son visits Drummond, departing
with a threat to return, and recover
Potts and the torn papen Hugh
substitutes Mulllngs for Potts. Tho
band carry oft Mulllngs and Hugh
to The Elms, When Peterson dis
covers the hoax Drummond Is
mode to stay all rjlght Irma, Pe
tersen's handsome daughter, warns
Hugh he will be killed. He goes
exploring during the night, runs
lrto o, cobra, escapes mysterious
death and refrains from breaking
Peterson's neck. Drummond- enlists
the aid of Algy Longworth, Toby
Sinclair, Ted Jernlngham and Jerry
Seymour, tho latter on avlatoi.
Drummond discovers a, man Imper
sonating Potts.
. CHAPTER V Continued.
9
"Such Is your rule. And I think
you have fulled, haven't you, you un
pleasant specimen of humanity? How
will they kill you, I wonder?"
It wns nt that m onion t that tho man
made his mistake. Ho looked away;
only for n moment hut lie looked
away. Just as n cat's nerves give
lifter a whllo and It look's round for
an avenuo of escape, so did tho crouch
ing man tnke his eyes from Hugh.
And quick ns any dog, Hugh sprang.
With, his left hand he seized the
man's right wrist, with his right ho
seized his throat. Then ho forced
iilm upright against tho door nnd held
ldrn there. Even when Inch by Inch
lie shifted his grip on tho man's knife
hand ho never, took his eyes from his
opponent's face; even when with a
sudden gasp of agony the man
dropped his knlfo from lingers which,
of a sudden, hnd become numh, tho
steady, merciless glare still bgrod
into his brain.
"You're not very clever at It, aro
yoa?" said Hugh softly. "It would
le so easy to kill you now, and except
for tho Inconvenlenco I should un
doubtedly suffer, It mightn't ho n bad
Idea. But they know me downstairs,
and It would make It so awkward
when I Wanted to dine here again.
. . So, taking everything into
account, I think "
There wns a sudden lightning move
ment, a heavo and a quick Jerk. The
Impersonator of Potto was dimly con-
With His Left Hand H6 Seized the
Man's Right Wrist, With His Right
He Seized Hli Throat
xclous of flying through tho air, and
of hitting the floor somo yards from
the door. Ho made a frantic effort
to rise, but tho pain was too great,
nnd he rolled over cursing, while tho
xoldlor, his hand on the door-knob,
Juughcd gently.
'Til keep the toothpick," ho re.
narked, "as a .memento."
Tho next moment ho was striding
along tho corridor toward thu ole
vator. As n light It had boen n poor
one, but his brain was buBy with tho
Information ho had heard. True, It
hnd been scrappy In the extreme, nnd,
In part, hnd only confirmed what he
hnd suspected all along. The wretched
Granger hnd been foully done to death,
for no other reason than that he was
the millionaire's secretary. Hugh's
Jaw tightened; ltrevolted his sense of
sport. It wasn't ns If the poor blight
er hnd done anything; merely because
he existed and might nsk Inconvenient.
questions he hnd been removed. And
nx the elevator shot downwards, and
the remembrance of the grim struggle
he had had In tho durknoss of The
Kims tho night before came back to
his mind, he wondered once again If
he had done wisely In not breaking
Peterson's neck while he hnd the
chance.
He was still debating tho question
In his mind as he crossed the tea
lounge. "Why, Captain Drummond, you look
pensive." A welNknown voice from n
table at his side made him look down,
nnd he bowed n little grimly. Irma
Peterson was regarding him wltht a
mocking smile.
He glnuced at her companion, n
young man whose face seemed vaguely
famninr to him, nnd then his eyes
rested once more on tho girl. Kven
his mnscullne Intelligence Could ap
preciate tho perfection In a slightly
foreign style of lior clothes; and, as
to her beauty, ho had never been un
der nny delusions.
"Tho Carlton seems rather a favor
ite resort of yours," she continue,
watching him through half closed eyes.
"I think you're very wlso to make
the in6st of It while you can."
"While I can?" said Hugh. "That
sounds rather depressing.'' "
"I've done my best," continued the
girl, "but matters have passed out of
my hands, I'm nfrnld."
Again Hugh glanced nt her compan
ion, but he had risen and was talking
to somo people who Had Just come In.
"Is ho ono of tho firm?" he re
marked. "His fuce seems familiar."
"Oh, no!" said tho girl. "Ho Is
Just a friend." Sho leaned forward
suddenly. "Why don't you Join us
Instead of so foolishly trying to light
us? Hellevc me, Monsieur Hugh, it Is
the only thing that can possibly snve
you. You know too much."
"Is the Invitation to amalgamate
ofllcial, or from your owu charming
brain?" murmured Hugh.
"Made on tho spur of" he moment,"
she said lightly, "Hut It may bo re
garded ns olllclal."
"I'm afraid It must be declined on
tho spur of the moment," he un-
swered In the same tone. "And equal
ly to be regarded ns ofllcial. Well,
au rcvolr. Please tell Mr. Peterson
how sorry I utn to have missed him."
"I will most certainly," answered
the girl. "Hut then, inon ami, you
will bo weeing htm again soon, without
doubt. ..." i
She waved n charming hand In fare
well, and turned to her companion.
Hut Drummond,, though he went Into
the hull outside, did not Immediately
leave the hotel. Instead, ho button
holed an exquisite being arrayed In
gorgeous apparel, and led hint to a
point of vantage.
"You sco ' that girl," ho remarked,
"having ten with it man at the third
table from the big palm? Now, can
you toll me who the man Is? I seem
to know his fuce, but I can't put a
name to It."
"Thut, sir," murmured the exquisite
being, with the faintest perceptible
scorn at such Ignorance, "is the mar
quis of Laldley. Ills lordship Is fre
quently hero."
"Laldley 1" cried Hugh, In sudden ex
citement. "Laldley 1 The duko of
Lumpsldro's son I You priceless old
stuffed tomato tlio plot thickens."
Completely regardless of the scan
dallzed horror on tho exqulslto being's
fuce, he smote him heavily h the
stomach and .itepped Into Pall Mall.
I'or clear before his memory had come
three lines on1 the scrap of puper ho
hud torn from the table at Tho Kims
that first night, when he hnd grabbed
tho dazed millionaire from under
Peterson's noso.
carl necklace and tho
arc nt present
chess of Lamp-
Tho duchess of Lnmpshlre's pearls
were world-famous; the marquis of
Lnldloy was, apparently onjoylng his
ten. And between the two thero
seemed to be a connection rather too
obvious to bo mlsRcd.
THREE.
"I'm glad you two fellows como
down," said Hugh thoughtfully, as he
ontered tho sitting-room of his bunga
low at Goring. Dinner wns over, and
stretehfld In threo chairs were Peter
Darrell, Algy Longworth. and Toby
Sinclair. "Did you know that a man
came here this nftcrnonn, Peter?"
"I did not. Who was It?"
"Mrs. Denny has Just told me." Hugh
renchod out a hand for his pipe, and
proceeded to stuff It with tobneco
"Ho cume about the water. And ho
told her that I had told him to come,
Unfortunately, I'd done nothing of the
sort."
"What do you mean, Hugh?" asked
Toby Sinclair.
"It's pretty obvious, old boy," snld
Hugh grimly. "I should say that
about five hours ago Peterson found
nut that our ono nnd only Hiram C.
Potts wns upstnlrs."
"Good Iiordl" spluttered Darrell,
by now very wide awake, "what do
wo do, sorgeant-mnjor?" . ;
"We tnke It In turns two at a
time to sit up with Pott3." Hugh
glanced nt the other three. "ID n It
you blighters wnko up!"
"I don't know whnt It Is," Darrell
said, 'rubbing his eyes, "I feel most In
fernnlly sleepy."
"Well, listen to mi confound you
. . . Toby I"
"Sorry, old man." With a start Sin
clair snt up In his chair and blinked
nt Hugh.
"They're almost certain to try and
got him tonight.' went on Hugh.
'Having given tho show away by
leaving a clue on the wretched secre
tary, they must get the real man as
soon as possible. It's far too danger
otiH to lenvc tho leave tht " Ills
head dropped forward on his chest:
n short, half-strnngled snore came
from his lips. It hnd the effect of
waking him for tho moment, nnd he
stnggcrcd to his feet.
The other three, sprnwllng In their
chairs, were openly nnd unashamedly
nsleep; even the dogs lay In fantastic
attitudes, breathing heavily, Inert llko
logs.
"Wake up I" shouted Hugh wildly.
"For God's sake wake upl We've
been drugged 1" '
An Iron weight seemed to be press
ing down on his eyelids: the desire
for sleep grew stronger and stronger.
For n few moments more ho fought
against It, hopelessly, despairingly;
while his legs seemed not to belong
to him, and there was n roaring noise
lh his enrs. And then, Just before
unconsciousness overcame him, there
came to his bemused brain tho sound
of n whistle thrice repented frdm out
side the window. With a last stu
pendous effort he fought his way to
ward It, nnd for a moment he Htnred
Into the darkness. There were dim
figures moving through the shrubs,
und suddenly one seemed to detach
Itself. It came nearer, and' the light
fell on' tho mnn's face. His nose and
mouth were covered wjth a sort of
pad, but the cold, sneering eyes were
unmistakable. ,
"Laklngton " gasped Hugh, 'and
then tho roaring noise Increased in
his head; his legs struck work alto
gether. He collapsed on the floor and
lny sprawling, while Laklngton, his
face pressed against the gloss outside,
watched In silence.
(
"Draw tho curtains." Laklngton
wns speaking, his1 voice muffled be
hind tho pad, and ono of the men did
ns he said. There were four In ull,
each with a similar pad over Ids
mouth and nose. "Where did you put
the genecntor, Brownlow?"
"In tho conl-scuttle." A man whom
Mrs. Denny would have had no diffi
culty In recognizing, even with the
mnsk on his face, carefully lifted a
small black box out of the scuttle from
behind some, coal, nnd shook It gent
ly, holding It to his ear. "It's fin
ished," he remarked, and- Laklngton
nodded.
"An Ingenious Invention is gas,"
he said, addressing another of the
men. "Wo owe your nation quite n
debt of gratitude for the Idea."
A guttural grunt left no doubt as
to what that nation was, and Lnklng
ton dropped the box Into his pocket.
"Go" get him," he ordered briefly,
and tne others ten tno room.
Contemptuously Laklngton kicked
one of thu dogs; It rolled over and
lay motionless In Its new position.
Then he went In turn to each of the
threw men sprnwllng In the chairs.
With no attempt ut gentleness he
turned their faces up to tho light, and
studied them deliberately; then ho let
their heads roll back again with a
thud. Finally, he went to the window
and stared down nt Drummond. In
his eyes was a lopk of cold fury, and
he kicked tho unconscious man sav
agely In tho ribs.
"You young uwlne," he muttered
"Do you think I'll forget thut blow
on the Jaw?"
Ho took another box out of his
pocket and looked at it lovingly.
"Shnll I?" With a short luugh ho
replaced It. "'It'a too good a death
for you, Captain Drummond, D. S, Or,
M. C. Just to snuff out In .your sleep
No, my friend, I think I can devlso
something bettor than that; uome
thing really nrtlstlc."
Two other men came In as he
turned away, and Laklngton looked
nt them.
"Well," he asked, "have you got tho
old womnn?"
"Hound nnd gagged In the kitchen.'
nnswered one of them laconically,
"Aro you going to do this crowd In?"
Tho speaker looked at tho uncon
sclous men with hatred In his eyes
"They encumber tho earth thla
breed of puppy."
"They will not encumber It for
long," said Laklngton softly. "Hut
the ono In tlio window thero Is uot
By CYRIL
SAPPER"
going to dlo so easily. I have a small
unsettled score with him. . . ."
"All right; he's In the car." A
voice came from outside the window,
nnd with a Inst look at Hugh Drum
mond, Lnklngtou turned nwny.
"Then we'll go," he remarked. "Au
rcvolr, my blundering young bull. Be
fore I've finished with you, you'll
scream for mercy. And you won't
get It. . . ."
Through the still night nlr there
came the thrumming of the engine of
a powerful car. Gradually It died
away and there was silence. And
then, with u sudden crack, Peter Dar-
rell's head rolled over and hit the arm
of his chair.
CHAPTER VI.
In Which a Very Old Game Takes
Place on the Hooa Back.
ONE.
A thick nrev mist lav over thr
Thnmes. It covered the water and the
low fields to the west like a thick
white carpet; It drifted sluggishly
under the old brldce which sunns the
river between Goring and Strentley.
. . i . .
ii was me iiour ueiore uawn. ana
In His Eyes Was a Look of Cold Fury,
and He Kicked the Unconscious Man
Savagely.
sleepy passengers, rubbing the win
dows of their carriages as the Ply
mouth boat express rushed oa towurd
Loudon, shivered and drew their rugs
closer around them. It looked cold
. . cold and dead.
Slowly, aimost imperceptibly, the
vapor rose, and spread outwards up
the wooded hills by Basildon. It
drifted through the shrubs and rose
bushes of a little garden, which
stretched from a bungalow down to
the water's edge, until at length wisps'
of It brushed gently round the bunga
low Itself. Suddenly the window of
one of the downstair rooms was flung
open, and a man with a white hag
gard face leaned out drawing great
gulps of fresh air Into his lungs.
Three other men lay sprawling un-
coiithly In chairs, and two dogs lay
motionless- on the hearthrug.
After a moment or two the man
withdrew, only to appear again with
one of the others In his arms. And
then, having dropped his burden
through the window on to the luwn
outside, he repeated his performance
with tho remaining two. Finally he
pitched the two dogs after them, a,nd
then, with his band to his forehead,
he staggered down to tho wuter's
edge.
"Holy smoke!" he muttered to him
self, as ho plunged his head Into the.
cold water, "talk about the morning
after!"
After a while, with the water still
dripping down Jils fnce, ho returned
to the bungalow and found the other
three in various stages of partial In
sensibility.
"Wuke up, my heroes," he remarked,
"and go and put your great fat heads
In the river. We were all of us
drugged or doped somehow. And
now," ho added bitterly, "we've all
got heads, and we have not got Potts."
"I don't remember anything," said
Toby Sinclair, "except falling asleep.
Have they tnken him?"
"Of course they have," said Hugh
"Just before I went off I saw 'em
all In the garden, and that swine
Laklngton was with them. However,
while you go and put your nuts In the
river, I'll go up and make certain."
With a grim smile he watched tho
three men lurch down to the water;
then ha turned and went upstairs to
the room which had been occupied
by the American millionaire. It was
empty, ns he had known It would be,
and with a smothered curso he mndo
his way downstairs again-
McNEILE
Copyright by Geo. H. Doran Oo.
TWO.
"Has It struck you fellow," re
marked Hugh, at the conclusion of
lunch, "thut seated around this table
are four ofllccrs who fought with some
distinction and much discomfort In
the recent historic struggle?"
"How beautifully you put It, old
flick !" said Darrell.
"Has It further struck you fellows,"
continued Hugh, "that last night we
were done down, trampled on, had
for mugs by a crowd of dirty black
guards composed largely of the dregs
of the universe?"
"A veritable Solomon," wild Algy,
gazing at him admiringly thr6ugh his
eyeglass. "I told you this 'morning I
detested your friends."
'Has it still further struck you."
went on Hugh, n trifle grimly, "that
we aren't standing for It? I "propose
that we should tackle the blighters
tonight."
"Tonight!" echoed Darrell. "Where?"
"At The Elms, of course. That's
where the wretched Potts Is for a
certainty."
"And how do you propose that wen
should set about It?" demanded Sin
clair.
Drummond drnlncd his port and
grinned gently.
'Hy stealth, dear old beans by
stealth. You and I thought we
might rake In Ted .Ternlngham, and
perhaps Jerry Seymour, to Join the
huppy'throng will make a demonstra
tion In force, with the Idea of draw
lns off the enemy, thereby leaving the
coast clear for me to explore the
house for the unfortunate Potts. An
accident. ... A car....
Whnt Is the connecting-link. . .
Why. drink. Write It down, Algy, or
we might forget. Now, can you beat
that?"
"We might, have some chance," said
Darrell kindly, "If we, hnd the slight
est Idea wdmt you were talking about."
"Pay attention, an or you," sniu
Hugh. "Tonight somo time about ten
of the clock, Algy's motor will pro
ceed along .the Godalralng-Gulldford
road. It will contain you three nlso
Ted and Jerry Seymou. If wo can
get 'em. On npproachlng the gato of
The Elms, you will render the night
hideous with your vocal efforts. Stray
passers-by will think that you are all
tight. Then will come tho dramatic
moment, when, with a heavy crash,
you ram the gate. Horrified at this
wanton damage to property, you will
leave the car nnd proceed In mass
formation up the drive."
"Still giving tongue?" queried Dar-'
rell.
"Still giving tongue. Either Tod
or Jerry or both of 'em will approach
the house and Inform the owner In
heartbroken accents ,that they have
damaged his gate post, xou three will
remain in the garden you might be
recognized. Then It will be up to
you. You'll have several men all
round you. Keep 'em occupied some
how. They wpn't hurt you; they'll
only be concerned with seeing that
you don't go where you're not wnnted.
The Inst thing they want to do Is to
draw any suspicion on themselves
and, on the fnce of It. you are merely
five convivial wanderers who have
looked . on the wine when It was red.
I think," he added thoughtfully; "that
ten minutes will be enough for me."
"Whnt will you be doing?" snld
Toby.
."I shall be looking for Potts. Don't
worry nbout me. I'll look after my
self. Now, Is that clear?'
"Perfectly,'.' said Darrell, after a
short silence. "But I don't know that
I like It, Hugh. It seems to me, old
son, that you're running on unneces
sary lot of risk."
"Got any alternative?" demanded
Drummond.
"If we're ai going down," said Dar
rell, "why not stick together and rush
tho hous In a gang7"
"No go, old bean," snld Hugh, de
cisively. "Too mnny of 'em to hope
to pull It off. No, low cunning is the
only thing that's got nn earthly of
succeeding." With a grin ho rose, and
then strolled tbword the door. "Now
go arjd rope In Ted nnd Jerry, and
for tho love of Heaven don't ram the
wrong gnte."
"What are you going to do your
self?" demanded Peter suspiciously.
"I'm going to look at her from close
to. Go away, all of you, and don't
listen outside tho telephone box."
"I love you, Pkyltis."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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