Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1921, Page 21

Bull-Dog A Novel of Mystery, { (Continued from yesterday’'s Star.) T “Indeed, sir. More coffee, sir?" “Will nothing move you, James?" Temarked his master, plaintively. “This man murders people and does things like that, you know.” “Personally, sir, I prefer a picture- Palace. But I suppose there ain't no accounting for ’‘obbies. May I away, st o, James, not at present. Keep quite still while I go on, or I shall &et it wrong. Three months ago there arrived at the Elms the most dangerous man in England—the IT of ITS. This gentleman goes by the hame of Peterson, and he owns a daughter. From what Miss Benton said, I have doubts about that daugh- ter, James.” He rose and strolled over to the window. “Grave doubts. However, to return to the peint, it appears that some unpleasing con- spiracy is being hatched by IT, the IT of ITS, and the doubtful daughter, into which Papa Benton has been wawillingly drawn. As far as I can make out, the suggestion is that I should unravel the tangled skein of crime and. extricate papa. In a spasm of uncontrollable ex- citement. James sucked his teeth. “Lumme, it wouldn't 'alf go on the movies, would it?" he remarked. “Better than them red Indians and things.” “I fear, James, that you are not in the habit of spending your spare time at the British Museum, as hoped,” said Drummond. “And your ‘brain doesn’t work very quickly. The point is not whether this hideous affair is_better than red Indians and things—but whether it's genuine. Am 1 to battle with murderers, or shall 3 find a house party roaring with Jaughter on the lawn?” “As long as you laughs like ‘ell yourself, I don’t see as 'ow it akes much odds,” answered James, ;ghilnlcph(cnlly. ““The first sensible remark you've made this morning,” said his mas- ter. hopefully. “I will go prepared to_laugh.” 5 He picked up 2 pipe from the man- telplece, and proceeded to fill it while James Denny still waited in silence. “A lady may ring up toda: mond continued. “Miss Benton, De exact. Don't say where I've gone 1f she does; but take down any mes- sage, and wire it to me at Godalming post office. If by any chance you don’t hear from me for three days get In touch with Scotland Yard, and tell ‘em where Fve gone. That cov- ers everything If it's genuine. If. on the other hand, it's a hoax, and the house party is a good one, I shall you to come down ry good, sir. I will clean your small Colt. revolver at once.” Hugh Drummond paused in the mct of lighting his pipe. and a grin spread sl:(;"ly over YA|IId flcl:.- ~Excellent,” said. “An Leln find that water- 1 I used to have—a son of called it. That ought to h, when I arrest the mur- thirty-horsepower two-seater short work of the run to Go- TUnder the dickey seat be- lay & small bag, contsining the bare necessaries for the night, and as Drummond thought of the two guns rolled up carefully in his barmless toy and the h, and no leg-| good to be and once or twice , g under his breath through sheer lightheartedness of spirit. Sur- by the peaceful beauty of 1ds, with an occasional village dden by great trees from under ‘which the tiny houses peeped out, it seemed impossible that erime could exist—laughable. Of course, the thing ‘'was & hoax, an elaborate leg-pull, but, ‘being not guilty of any mental sub- terfuge, Hugh Drummond admitted to himself quite truly that he didn't care a damn if it was. Phyllis Benton was st liberty to continue the jest, and whenever she liked. Phyllis Benton was a very nice girl, are permitted a A persistent honking behind aroused him from his reverie, and he pulled into the side of the road. Under nor- mal circumstsnces he would have let own car out, and, as she could Blue eyes and that glorious coloring were a dangerous combination—dis- tinotly dangerous. Most e: '3 to a healthy bachelor’s thoughts. An open eream-colored Rolls-Royce drew level, with five people on board, and he looked up as it passed. There were three people in the back—two men and woman—and for a moment his eyes met those of the man near- him. Then they drew ahead, and Drummond pulled up to ewvoid the thick cloud of dust. ‘With a slight frown he stared at the retreating car; he saw the man lean over and speak to the other man: he | saw the other man look around. Then a bend in the road hid them from | sight, and, still frowning, Drummond [ pulled out his case and lit a cigarette, for the man whose eye he had caught |, as the Rolls went by wes Heary ' Lakington. There was no mistaking that bard-fipped. cruel face. Presumably, thought Hugh, the |_other two occupants were Mr. Peter- " ~« and the doubtful daughter, Irma; .esumably they were returning to the Elms. And incidentally~ there seemed no pronounced reason why they shouldn’t. But, somehow. the sudden appearance of Lakington had upset him: he felt irritable and an- noyed. What little he had seen of the ‘man he had not liked; he did not want to be reminded of him, especially just as he was thinking of Phyllis. ), He watched the white dust-cloud | rise over the hill in front as the car topped it: he watched it settle and f drift eway in the famt breeze. Then he tat in his clutch and followed quite slowly in the big car's wake. ‘There had been two men in front —the lm& e and another—amd he if the latter was Mr. 8 lon. <4 | Searches for of his wra peering into the bonnet, had stopped in such a a;‘.l!'lzn that it was impossible for Im Drummond BY CYRIL McNEILE (“Sapper”™) (Copyrigat, 1921, Iy George H. Doraa On) FEATURE PAGE.” Love and Adventure. having tea together yesterday at the Carlton.” “Any friend of Miss Benton's is, T hope. ours,” said Peterson, with a smile. “You've known her a long time, I expect?” “Quite a long time,” returned Hugh. “We have jazzed together on many occasions. “Which makes it_all the more un- fortunate that we should have delayed you,” said Peterson. “I can’t help thinking, Lakington, that that new chauffeur is a bit of & fool.” “I hope he avoided the crash all right,” po- litely. Both men looked at “The crash!” said Lakington. 5o question of a crash. ‘We just stop- ped. “Really,” remarked Drummond. "I think, sir, that you must be right in your diagnosis of your chauffeur's mentality.” He turned courteously to Peterson. “When _something _goes wrong, for a fellah to stop his car by braking so hy*.¢ “bat he locks both back wheels {8 40 bon, as we used to say in France. I thought, judging by the tracks in the dust, that you must have been in imminent danger of ramming a traction engine. Or per- haps,” he added, judicially, “a sudden order to stop would have produced the same effect.” If he saw the light- ning glance that passed between the two men he gave no sign. ‘“May I offer you a cigarette? Turkish that { side—Virginian the other. I wonder Iu T could help your man,” he contin- murmured Drummond, him. ued, when they had helped them- selves. “I'm a bit of an expert with a Rolls.” “How very kind of you,” said Peter- son. “I'll go and see.” He.went over to the man and spoke a few words. “Isn’t it extraordinary,” remarked Hugh, “how the eye of the boss gal- vanizes the average man into ac- tivity? As long, probably,-as Mr. Peterson had remained here talking that_chauffeur would have gone on tinkering with the engine. And now —Ilook, in a second—all serene. And yet I dare say Mr. Peterson knows nothing abeut it really. Just the watching eye, Mr. Lakington. Won- derful thing—the human optic” He rambled on with a genial smile, watching with apparent interest the car in front. “Who's the quaint bird sitting beside the chauffeur? He ap- peals to me immensely. Wish to heaven I'd had a few more like him in France to turn into snipers.” “May I ask why you think he woul have been a success at the Job? Lakington’s voice expressed merely perfunctory interest, but his cold, steely eyes were fixed on Drummond. “He's ~_so motionless,” answered Hugh. “The bally fellow hasn't moved a muscle since I've been here. I be- lieve he'd sit on a hornet's nest and leave the inmates guessing. Great gift, Mr. Lakington. Shows a strength of will but rarely met with—a mind 'I‘I:oh rises above mere vulgar curi- Ssity v “It is undoubtedly a great gift to have.such a mind, Capt. Drummond,” said Lakington. “And If it isn’t born in & man he should most certainly try to cultivate it™ He pitched his tte away and buttoned up his coat. “Shell we be seeing you this evening?” Drummond shrugged his shoulders. “T'm the vaguest man that ever lived,” he said, lightly. “TI might be listening to nightingales in the ocountry, or I might be consuming steak and onions preparatory to going to a night club. Solomg. . . . You must let me take you to Hector’s one night. Hope yor don’t break down in so suddenly.’ He watched the 1ls-Royce start, but seemed in no hurry to follow suait. And his many friends, who were wont to regard Hugh immond as a mass of brawn not too plentifully supplied with brains, would have been puzzled had they seen the look of keen concentration on his face as he stared along the white dusty road. He could not say why, but suddenly and very certainly the conviction had come to him that this was no hoax but grim and sober reality. In his imagination he heard the sudden sharp order to stop the instant they were over the hill, so that Peterson might have a chance of ‘inspecting him; in 7 flash of in- tuition he knew that f iese two men ‘were no ordinary peop'e, and that he was suspect. And :.s he slipped smoothly after the big car, now well out of sight, two thous’hts were domi- nant in his mind. The first was that there was some mystery about the motionless, unnatural man who had sat beside the driver; the second was a distinct feeling of relief that his automatic was fully loaded. (To be continued tomorrow.) Things You'll Like to Make. ends for you to make on one of your ovals of cardboard, each four inches long and two inches wide. Cover them ‘with the material of which the mash is made. Handsome metal embroldery adds to their charm. Make two tas- sels of silk or worst strands at the top of t:&h,lef.m'll:i:fl': quarter inches long. Fasten them to the ends of the sash. one oval cardboard over Sty o and one under these made and give such a jaun the popular frock or hat sash. . - FLO] (Copyright, 1921.) Do You Talk House? Almost as tiresome as the person who talks shop is the person who talks house. The person with this bad habit very often s a tyro at housefurnishing and house decorating. To him it seems 28 if this idea of taking pains over mak- ing rooms attractive and expressive and soul satisfying is something new. that one ever t about until this eneration. So he tells you of his long ust the right sort of desk, Wwith the paperhanger to get just the right shade of paper, if 1t had to be made to onler."ofev;l: by. The air] was etfll meated in the| M back of the car, also the passenger in fromt, but the two other mten were standing in the , apparently watching the chauffeur, and after a while the one whom Drummond had ;?cotnlloc as Lakington came toward m. “I'm_#o sorry.” he n—and then paused in surprise. %’, sgrely it's Capt. Drummond?” s 2 Drummond nodded plalun(!{. “The of & car is hardly likely to he?" he - “beamuse if 8o I'll stop my engine. ‘The other man was now ?Droaeh- easually, and Drummon specialist in medicine, law or cngineer- ing. ao ot permit, the specisiiat in decorating actually to dictate the en- iro course of thelr life Indoors to them, refusing (o place a chair or an orna ment apywhere but where the “There was | . | contribute. The ous THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©; [ITTLESTORIES | THEIR rBEDTIME Mrs. Bear’s Secret Is Out at Last. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. The best kept secret, soon or late, ‘Will be found ent, as sure as fate. —Peter Rabbit. Have you ever wanted to be in a number of places at the same time? Then you know exactly how Peter Rabbit felt in the heautiful spring- time. You see, there was sp much going on everywhere all the time that Peter felt sure he was missing some- thing, no matter how much he saw and heard. In that he was quite right. But you may be sure Peter did his best not to miss any more than he had to. He scampered lipperty-lipperty- ip this way, lipperty-lipperty-Iip that way, and lipperty-lipperty-lip the other way, watching, listening, asking questions, and making a nuisance of himself generally. For a while there were 50 many new arrivals in the Old Orchard and on the Green Meadows, feathered fritnds returning from the Sunny South and in a great hurry to begin housekeeping, and strangers passing through on their way to the Far North, that Peter hardly gave the Green Forest a thought. But one moonlight night he hap- pened to think of Paddy the Beaver, and that he hadn't seen Paddy since before Paddy’s pond froze over early in the winter. “I must run over and pay him my thought Peter. “I certain- 1y must. I wonder if he is as glad as the rest of us that Sweet Mistress Spring is here?” No sooner did he think of this than Peter started, lipperty-lipperty-lip, through the Green Forest for the pond of Paddy the Beaver. Now the nearest way was past the great wind- fall where Mrs. Bear made her home. Peter hadn’t thought of this when he started. He didn’t think of it until he came in sight of it. The instant he saw _that old windfall he stopped short. He remembered Mrs. Bear and her secret, and instantly his curiosity became as great as ever. He forgot all about Paddy the Beave: For some time Peter sat perfectly , looking and listening. There was no sign of Mrs. Bear. Was she under that windfall in her bedroom taking a nap, or was she off some- where? Peter wished he knew. It was such a lovely night that he had a feeling Mrs. Bear was out somewhere. A hop at a time, pausing to-look and listen between hops. Peter drew near- er to the great windfall. Still thers was mo sign of Mra. Bear. With his heart going pit-a-pat, pit- pat, pit-a-pat, Peter drew nearer and nearer to the great windfall, and at last was close to it on the side op- posite to Mrs. Bear's entrance. Tak- ing care not to so much as rustle a ETER DREW A LONG BRBEATH AND HOPPED A LATTLE NEARER, dry leaf on the ground, Peter stole around the, end of.the great windfall until he could see the entrance Mrs. Bear always used. No one was in sight. Peter drew a long breath and hopped a little nearer. Hs felt very brave and bold, but you may be sure that at the same time he was ready to jump and run as only he can at the least hint of danger. For a long time Peter sat and stared at that entrance and wished he dared just poke his head inside, Mrs. Bear really had a secret, it was somewhere inside there. Any wi that is what Old Granny Fox had said. He had almost worked his cour- age up to the point of taking just one hurried littie peek in that entrance when his long ears caught a faint rustling sound under the great wind- fall. 5 Peter scurried off to a safe distance, then turned and stared at that en- tranoe. He half expected to see Mrs. Bear's great head come poking out and was ready to take to his heels. Instead, s very small head and then close beside it appeared. he nearly fell Then in & flash it Tt it was out at last. Mrs. Bear had famfily! In .some localities white eggs are preferred and bring a higher price, ‘while in others brown egg® are pre- ferred. Scientists assure us that there is no actual difference in the eggs to substantiate such a prefer- ence. The dark-shelled eggs do not contain any richer yolks or whites. ‘Be sure and buy clean eggs. Eggs be washed when they as when eggs are they are robbed of some- the shell that heips to keep them fresh. Wash the egg just be- fore using. ‘Eggs should be kept in a cool place, mdomtneadtmkemlnm T washed thing in remambe! Joarer In the nourisment thas owes n nou i id tard made from ono egg and much cornstarch does not fifl the bill in the diet that a custard made from more egEs does. The yoke of egg ocontains the fat soluble vitamine, the absence of whidh causes rickets and sore eyes, espéeially in children. For this rea. son eggs are desirable in children’ diet and the yoke should not be oml The yoke of a very hard boiled Most and take ‘without urging. n‘:g wise to include one egg a day at least in the diet of ail children able to eat solid food. Do not permit a very young ohild to take more than 3“ ogg a day without asking' your octor. An Excellent Beverage. No beverage is better for the health and the complexion than milk, if one can digest it. Many persons can- not digest undfluted milk; It is too rich for them; nor can they digest cold milk. 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He has more| very seriously of turning the charge than twenty-five, which were pre- of the Housg restaurants, both in the sented te him by organizations and ?aph&lllol Radb the office building, over o ss Ro t! . by admiring friends—many of them el made from histeric woeds. Fer ex- Mother’'s Hopes Dinpelled. ample: There is a proud mother of ten R. W. Dunbar of Greenvlile, N. H.;| healthy girls In Princeton. Mass., who sent him & gavel bearing ‘a gold |l doemed to disappointment bgcause plate - Inscribed: . “Calvin Coolidge, | Uncle Sam isn’t paying a bounty for President of the United States Sen- ate, March 4, 1921. Made from wood such large families, contrary to what she had been misinformed. She has of Perry's Nerth Pole Bhip, the Roosevelt.” been disillusioned by William Tyler John A. Gllman of Newton, Mas: Page, clerk of the House, to whom she wrote making inquiries about presented him with one, the head of | the bounty. which is made of wood from the old frigate Constitution and the handle This proud mother is Mrs. Roger A. Gleason, and she had been assured from timber from John Hancock's house. that the federal government had of- fered @ bounty to any mother hav- ing ten children all of the same sex without a break by one of the op- posite sex. She has ten girls rang- ing In age from three to thirteen vears. They came four In _single file, “then we were blessed with twins,* wrote the mother, and then four more in single filo. ~They Tive in the country, eat hearty and are well and happy. Mr. Page has written Mrs. Gloason explaining that the government does not and could not pay a bounty un- der such circumstances, although some forelgn countries do—Italy. for example. He explained that “some time ago during the administration | of Theodore Roosevelt all sorts.of reports got abroad regarding the government encouraging large fam- ilies, but without foundatlon in fact. Mr. Page advised the mother, how- | ever, that sho ought to get & good, deal’ of satisfaction from the last three verses of Psalm 12T. Kids Have a Gricvance. The “kids” of the nation have a grudge against Congress just now. These boys, who are looking for- ward to electing congressmen and presidents in a few years, complain that they are being forced to pay for the grown-ups’ war. They are fight- ing, right now In the beginning of the sand-lot season, for repeal of the 10 per cent war tax on sporting :goods. They sent Hugh Fullerton up to Cap- itol Hill a while back with power of attorney, signed by more than 300,000 boy sport enthuslasts, to plead their cause with Congress. They are now deluging every member of the House and Senate with laborious- ly written protests zgainst fhe tax on the great American institution of outdoor play, and charge these mem- bers with thwarting their ambition and prospects of becoming “future greats.” This letter campaign, backed by the testimony of sporting goods dealers, emphasizes that 70 per cent of the sporting goods business of the United States is with the youngsters under eighteen years of age. These boys have been hard hit by the war tax. They are not buying, and If they do not play there is a physical problem. Several nationally known sporting writers have called the attention of congressmen to the fact that boys' base ball outfits are taxed three times as mych as chewing gum and twice as much as jewelry. Sparkling Glassware. Clean cold water is usually all that is necessary to clean glass, but When anything greasy, like milk, has been used something more cleansing must be used. 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