I NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. BULL-DOG DRUMMOND The Adventures of a Demobilized Officer Who Found Peace Dull By CYRIL McNEILE "SAPPER" Copyrl ght by Geo. II. Doran Co. "YOU DARLINGI" 6ynopsls,-In rcember, 1918, four men gathered in a hotel In Uerne nnd heard one of the quartet, Carl . l'eteraon, outline a plan to paralyze Great Britain and At tlio same time elze world power. The other three, Hocking, American, and Stelneman and Von Gratz, Germans, all mil lionaires, asree to tho ucheme, pro viding another man, 1 11 ram 1'ottn, an American, la taken In. Capt, Hugh (Bull-Dog) Drummond, a ro tired offlcer, advertlie for work that will give him excitement, slen Ing "X10." Ab a result ho .meetfl Phyltla Benton, a young woman who answered his ad. She tella him of strange murders and rob beries by a band headed by Carl Peterson and Henry Laklngton, She fears her father Is Involved. Drummond goes to The Lurches, Miss Benton's home, next door to The Elms, Peterson's place. During the night Drummond leaves Tho Larches and explores The Kims. He discovers Laklngton and Peter son using a thumbscrew on Potts, who signs a paper. Drummond rescues Potts and tnkes him to his own home. Ife also getu half of the paper torn In the right. Peter son visits Drummond, dopartlng with a threat to return and recover Potts and the torn fmper, Hugh substitutes Mulllnga for Potts. The band carry off Mulling and Hugh to The Elms. When Petorson dis covers the hoax Drummond Is made to stay all night, Irma, Pe terson's handsome daughter, warns Hugh he Will be killed, He goes exploring during, the night, runs Into a cobra, escapes mysterious death and refrains from breaking Peterson's neck. Drummond enlists the aid of Algy Longworth, Toby Sinclair, Ted Jernlngham and Jerry Beymour, the latter an aviator. Drummond discovers a man Imper sonating Potts nnd beats him up, The band gas Hugh and his frlands and carry oft Potts, Hugh plans to Invade The Elms. her, and his rigtit arm lay along tlio sent juat behind her shoulders. "Tell me about this Important thing," she Raid a little nervously. . Ho smiled, nnd no woman yet born could see Hugh Drummond smile with out smiling too. "You darling 1" he whispered, under Ills' breath "you adorable dnrllngl" Ills arm closed around her, and, al-. most fiofore bIio realized It, she felt his lips on hers. For a moment she sat motionless, whllo the wonder of It surged over her, and the sky seemed more gloriously blue, and the woods a richer green. Then, with a little gnsp, she pushed him away. "You mustn't . . . oh I you mustn't, Hugh," sho whispered. "And why not, little girl?" ho said exultantly. "Don't you know I love you?" His face was still very close to hers. "Well?" "Well, whnt?" sho murmured. "It's your turn," ho whispered. "I love you, Phyllis Just love you." 'But It's only two or threo days since wo met," she snld feebly, "And phwnt the dlvll has that got to do with It, at all?'1 he demanded. "Would I bo waiting longer to do- CHAPTER VI Continued. 10 THREE, ilugh- stopped his enr at Guildford sintlon and, lighting a clgurette, strolled restlessly up and "down. He looked, at his wntch a dozen, times In two minutes; he threw away his smoke before It was half finished. In short ho manifested overy Bymptom usually dlBplnycd by tho mnlo of the species when awnttlng the arrival of the opposite sex. Over tho telephone he nan arranged that she should come by tralri from Qodnlmlng to confer with him on a matter of great Import ance; she had said she would, but what was It? no, having no sultnble answer ready, had made a loud buzz; Ing noise IndlcitSvo of a telephone exchange In pntn, and then rung off. And now he was waiting lw thnt pe culiar condition of mind, which revenls Itself outwardly In hands that aro rather too warm, and feet timt aro rather1 too cold. "When Is this bally truln likely to nrrlve?" He accosted n phlegmatic ofllclril, who regarded him coldly, and doubted the likelihood of Its being more thnn a quarter of an hour early. At length It was signaled, and Hugh got back Into his car. Fovorishly lio scanned tho fuccs of tho pusscngcrs as they camo out Into tho street, until, Vlth n sudden quick Jump of his heart, he saw Jicr, cool and fresh, coming toward him with a faint smile on her Hps. "Whnt Is this very Important matter you want to talk to me about?" she. demanded, as he usslsted her Into his car. "I'll tell you when wo get out on the Hog's Back," ho snld slipping In his clutch, "it's absolutely vital." He stolo n glance ut her, but she was looking straight In front of hor. nnd her faco seemed expressionless. "You must stand n long way oft when you do," she snld demurely. "At least If it's tho same thing as you told me over tho 'phone." , Hugh grinned sheepishly. "The exchango went wrong," ho ro marked at length. "Astonishing how rotten the telephones nre In town theso days." "Quito romarkable," sho returned. "I thought you weren't fooling. very well or something. Of course, if It was tho exchange . . ." "They sort of buzz nnd blow, don't you know," ho explained helpfully. "Thnt must bo most fearfully Jolly for them," she agreed. And there was silence for tho next two miles. Onco or twice he looked at her out .. of the corner of hlsi eye, taking In .every detail of the sweet protllo so ucnr to him. Except for their first -meeting at the Cnrlton, It wns the only time ho hod ever hnd her com pletely to himself, and Hugh was de termined to roako the most of it. Ho felt as if ho could go on driving for ever, Just ho and she alone. It was ' then tnut the girl turned and looked ut him. Tho car swerved danger ously, . . . "Lot's stop,", she said, with the sits plclon of a smlto. "Then you cun tell me." Hugh drew Into the sldo of the road, Hnd switched off tho engine. "You're not. fair," he remarkod, and If the girl saw his hand trembling a little us ho opened the door, she gave no sign. He came and stood besldo thoughtfully. "Do you think he's at The Kims now?" "That is what I proposo to find out tonight," answered Hugh. . "We have stagod a little comedy for Peter son's especial benefit, and we are hop ing for tho best." "Oh, boy, do be careful I" She looked at him anxiously. "I'd never forgive myself if anything happened to you. I'd feel It was all due to me, and I lust couldn't bear It" "Dear little girl," he whispered ten derly, "you're simply adornble when you look like that. Dut not even for you would I back out of this show now." Ills mouth set In 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 whop It has been," he cuught both her hands In his . . . 'and we've won why then, girl o' mine, we'll get Peter Darrell to be best man." Which was the cue for tho com mencement of the last and longest Interlude, terminated only by the sud den and unwelcome nppenrnnce of a motor-'bus covered within nnd with- tensely solemn also extremely loud. "Preposhtcrou8. Perfectly preposh- terous. We uiiist go and apologize to tho owner. . . . I , . . I . . nbsholutely . . . musht apologize. Quite unpardonable. . . . You can't go about country . . . knocking dawn gates. . . . Out of queshtion. . . ." Half-consclously Hugh listened, but, now that tho moment for action hud come, every faculty was concentrated on his own Job. He saw half a dozen men go rushing out into tho garden through a side door, and then two more ran out and came straight toward htm. They crashed past him and went on Into the darkness, nnd for an in stant he wondered what they were doing. A little later he was destined to find out. . . . Then came a peal at the front-door bell, and he determined to wait no longer. Ho darted through tho gar den door, to And a flight of stairs' In front of him, and In another moment he was on tho first floor. He walked rapidly along the landing, trying to find his bearings, and, turning a corner, he found himself nt the ton of the out by unromnntlc sightseers, and " staircase the spot where he had She Found Herself Lying In His Arms, With Hugh's Eyes Looking Very Tenderly Into Her Own and a Whim sical Qrln Around Hl Mouth. pnper-bugs containing bananas. They tlrovo Blowly back to Guild ford, and ou the way he told her brief ly of the murder of the American's secretary In Belfast, and his Inter view the preceding afternoon vlth the Impostor at the Carlton. "It's a tough proposition," he re marked quietly. "They're absolutely without scruple, and tnelr power seems unlimited. I know tlioy are after the duchess of Lnmpshlre's penrls: I found the beautiful Irma coumimlng tea with young Laldley yesterday you know, the duke's eld est son. But there's something more In tho wiud than that, Phyllis some thing which, unless I'm a mug of the first water, Is an Infinitely larger proposition than that." The cur drew up at the station, and he strolled "with her to the plat form. Then the train camo in, and he put her Into a carriage. And two minutes later, with the touch of her lips warm on his, and.lier anxious little cry, "Take care, my darling! take carol" still ringing In his ears, he got Into his car and drove off to an hotel to get an early dinner. FOUR. At a quarter to ,tcn ho backed his car into the shadow of some trees not far from the gnte of The Elms Snve for a light In the sitting-room and one In a bedroom upstairs, the front of the house was In darkness, add, treading uolselesaly on the turf, ho explored all round It. There was cldo such an obvious fact? Tell mo," he went on, nnd she -felt his nrm round her again forcing her to look at him "tell me, don't you caro ... a little?" "What's tho uso?" Sho still strug gled, but, oven to her, It wasn't very convincing. "Woo got other things to do. . . . Wo can't think of. . . ." And then this very determined young man settled matters in His usual straightforward fashion. Sho felt herself lifted bodily out of tho car. as If sho had been a child: she found herself lying In his arms, with Hugh's eyes looking very tenderly In to hpr own, nnd a whimsical grin around his mouth. "Cars pass here," he remarked, "with great regularity. I know you'd hate to be discovered In this post tlon." "Would I?" she whispered. "I wonder , . ." Sho felt his heart pound madly against her; nnd with n sudden quick movement sho put forth her arms round his neck and kissed him on the mouth. "Is that good enough?" she asked, very low: and Just for a fow moments, time stood still. . . . Then, very gently, he put her back In the car. "I suppose," lie remarked resigned ly, "that we -had better descend to trivialities. We've hud lots of fun nnd gnmes since I last saw you n year or two ago." Idiot boy," sho said happily. "It was yesterday morning." "The Interruption Is considered trivial, Merc fftcts don't count when It's you and mo." There was a fur ther Interludo of uncertain- duration, followed rnpldly by another because the first was so nice. "To resume,"' continued Hugh, "I regret to stato that thcy'vo got Polts. The girl sat up quickly nnd stared at him. "Got him? Oh, Hugh! how did thoy mauoge It?" "I'm d d If I know," he answered grimly. "They found out that he was In my bungulow nt Goring during tho ufternoon.by sending round n mun to seo about the water. Somehow or other ho must have doped tho drink or the food, because after dinner wo all fell asleep. I don't remember any thing moro till I wokothls morning with tho most appalling head. Of course, Potts had gone." "I heard tho cur drive up In tho middle of tho night," said tlio girl fought Peterson two nights previously. He walked quickly on to the room which ho calculated was the one where he had seen tho shadow on the blind. Without a second's hesitation he flung the door open nnd walked In. There lying In the bed, was the American, while crouched beside him, with a re volver In his hand, was a man. . . . For n few seconds thoy wntched one another In silence, and theu the mun straightened up. "The soldier!" he snurled. "You young pup!" Deliberately, almost casually, he raised his revolver, and then the un expected happened. A Jet of liquid ammonln struck liira full in the face, and with a short laugh Hugh dropped his water-pistol In his pocket, and turned his attention to the bed. Wrap ping the millionaire In a blanket, he picked him up, and, paying no more attention to the man gasping and chok ing In a corner, he raced for the back stairs. Below he could hear Jerry hiccough Ing gently, and explaining to the pro pro . . . prltor that he per- shonally would repair . . . Inshisted on repairing . . . any and every gate posht he posshessed. . . . And then he reached the garden Everything had fallen out exactly ps he had 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 round of a duet by Algy lief as tii thing whatever It was was shut In its cage. And now it was out, dodging through tho trees, let looso by tho two men. Ho heard somo thing crash Into a bush on his right. and give a snarl of anger. Like a flash ho swerved Into the- undergrowth on the left Then began a dreadful game. H was still some way from the fence, und he was hampered nt evory step by tho man slung over hit. back. He could hear the thing blundering about searching for him, and sudden ly, with a cold feeling of fear, he realized that the "animal was In front of him that his way to the gate was barred. The next moment ho saw it Shadowy, Indistinct, lu the darkness, ho saw something glide between two bushes. Then It came out into the. open, aid he knew It had seen him, though as yet ho could not make out what It was, Cautiously he lowered the million aire to the ground, and took a step forward. It was enough : with a snarl of fury the crouching shambled toward him. Two hairy arms shot out toward his throat, he smelt the brute's foetid breath, hot and loath some, and he realized what he was up 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 tenr nwny the mnn's hund from its throat, and then encircle him with its powerful arms. And with his brain, cold as Ice Hugh saw his danger and kept his head. It couldn't go on; no human being could last the pace, whatever his strength. And there was only one chance of finishing it quickly, the pos slblllty that the grip taught him by Olakl would serve with a monkey as it did with a man. He shifted his left thumb an Inch or two on the brute's throat, and the baboon, thinking he was weakening, redoubled Its efforts. And then, little by little, the fingers moved, and the grip which had been tight before grew tighter still. Back went Its head; something was snapping in its neck. With a scream of fear and rage It wrapped Its legs round Drummond, squeezing and writhing. And then sud denly there was a tearing snap, and the great limbs relaxed nnd grow limp. For n moment tho man stood watch Ing tho still quivering brute lying at his 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. "Quito one of the most amusing en tertainments I've seen for a long-time." The calm, expressionless voice made him look up wearily, und he saw that he was surrounded by men. The In evltablo cigar glowed red In the dark ness, and after a moment or two he scrambled unsteadily to his feet "I'd forgotten your d d menagerie, I must frankly confess," he remarked. "What's the party for?" He glanced at the men who had closed in round him. "A guara or honor, my young friend," said Peterson suayily, "to lead you to the house. I wouldn't hesitate It's very foolish. Your friends have gone, and, strong as you are, I Help That Aching Back! Is your back giv ing out? Are you . " .1 ! 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Being n page without having tin angel Is hardly worth while About this time Senator Davis El. kins of West Virginia heard about tho desperate situation of these boys and declared he would be the ofllclal angel1 for the suffering pages. Since Senator Elklns Is supposed to own a lot of coal mines nnd oil wells and perhaps a rail road here and there, If thoy haven't been mislaid lately, nobody could make a grander nngel and the pages see bo- fore them a summer marked by ball games, strewn with lollypops nnd IcO cream. Buffalo Express. one bedroom light at the back of the and Peter: Not a soul was in sight ; don't think you can manage ten." house, and thrown on the blind ho could see the shadow of a man. As he watched, tho man got up nnd moved away, only to return In a mo mcnt or two and take up his old posi tion. . . , "It's ono of those two bedrooms," he muttered to himself, "If he's here at all." Then he crouched In the shadow of some shrubs ana waited. Through the trees to his light he could see The Larches, and once, with a sudden quickening of his heart, he thought ho saw tho outline of the girl show up In tho light from the drawing-room But" It was only for a second, and then it was gone. . . . He peered at his watch : It was Just ten o'clock. Tho trees were creuklng gently In the faint wind; all around him the strange night noises noises which ' play pranks with a mnn's nerves were whispering nnd mutter Ing. Bushes seemed suddenly to como to life, nnd move; eerie shnpes crawled over tho ground toward him figures which existed only In his Imagination. And once nguln the thrill of tho night stalker gripped him. Ho remembered the German who had lain motionless for nn hour In a llttlo gully by Hcbuterno, while he from behind a stunted bush had tried to locate him. And then that one creak as tho Bocho had moved his leg. And then . . . the end. On that night, too, the little hummocks had moved nnd taken to themselves strange shapes: flftj times he had Imagined he saw him; fifty times he new ho was wrong in timo. ue was used to it; the night held no terrors for him, only a tierce excite mcnt. And thus It was that as he crouched In the bushes, waiting ,for the game to start,, his pulso wus as normal, and his nerves as steady as If ho had been sitting down to supper. The only difference was that In his hand ho held something tight-gripped. At last faintly In the distance ho heard tho hum of a car. Rapidly It grew louder, and he smiled grimly to himself as .tho sound of five unme lodlous voices singing lustily struck his ear. Thoy passed along the road In front .of the house. There was a sudden crash then silence; but only for a moment. Peter's voice camo first: "You priceless old nss, you've rammed (he blinking gate." It was Jorry Seymour who then took up tho bawl. 'His volco wasJn the back of the house was clear. All that he had to do was to walk quietly through the wicket-gate to Tlio Larches with his semi-conscious bur den, get to his car, and drive off. It all seemed so easy that he laughed. But there wore one or two factors that he had forgotten, and the first and most Important one was the man upstairs.. The window was thrown up Hugh commenced to stroll toward tho house. "Well, don't leayo the wretched Potts lying about I dropped him over there." "The Soldier!" He Snarled. Young Pup!" "You suddenly, and the man leaned out wuy Ing his arms. Ho was still - gasping With the strength of tho ammonia, but Hugh saw him clearly lu the light from the room behind. And as he cursed himself for a fool in not having tied him up, from tho trees closo by there came tho sharp clang of metal With a quick catch In his breath ho began to run. The two men who had rushed past him before he had entered the house, and whom, save for a pass Ing thought, ho had disregarded, had become the principal danger. For he CHAPTER-VII. In Which He Spends an Hour or Two on a Roof. ONE. Drummond paused for a moment at the doOr ofthe sitting room, then with a slight shrug he stepped past Peter son. During the last few days no hau grown to look on this particular room us the private den of the principals of the gang. He associated It In his mind with Peterson himself, suave, Imptts slye, ruthless; with the girl Irma, per fectly gowned, lying on the sofa, sraok. Ing Innumerable cigarettes, and mani curing her already faultless nails; and In a lesser degree, with Henry Laklng- ton's thin, cruel face, and blue, staring eyes. But tonight a different scene con fronted him. The girl was not there; her accustomed place on the sofa was occupied by an unkempt-looking man with a ragged beard. At the end or the table was a vacant chair, on the rigfit of which sat Laklngton regard Ing- him with malevolent fury. Along the table on each sldo thero Were half a dozen men, and he glanced at their faces. Some were obviously foreign ers; some might have been anything from murderers to Sunday school tenchers. There was one with spec tacles and the general appearance of; nn Intimidated rnbblt. while his neigh bor, helped by a large red scar right across his cheek, and two bloodshot oyes. struck Hugh as being tho sort of man with whom one would not share a luncheon basket. Peterson's voice from just behind his shoulder roused him. "Permit me, gentlemen, to introduce to you Captain Drummond, D. S. O., M. a, the originator of the little en tertainment we have just had." Embarrassing Moment. I never saw a man lu a more embar rassing situation thnn the manngcr of a lecture hall In u town I useu to live In. It was the appointed hour, but the lecturer did not appear. The audience was beginning to show signs of Impatience. Suddenly the manager made his ap pearance on the platform. i.ndles nnd gentlemen," he said, In apologetic tones, "I nm sorry to hnvo to Inform you thnt the lecture on ''How to Keep Fit' will have to be postponed owing to the unexpected Indisposition of tho lecturer." The" laughter that followed lasted several minutes after he hud flod from the stage. Chlcugo American. They Ask For It. Hilary K. Adair, the San Francisco detective, wns talking about the con viction of CJiurles Ponzl. "Oh, well," he said, "the people tlko to be swindled that's my experience. When I wns living In New Ungluud a Concord crook cleaned up $7,000 ono cold wlnter.by advertising that he hnd u 50-ccnt reclpo for keeping wells nnd cisterns from freezing. Farmers from Maine and Vermont and North Dakota and all the cold pluces sent for tho recipe, and what they got was n print ed slip which said: 'I'Tuke lu your well or cistern care fully every night and stund It In front of the fire.' 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