Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1921, Page 35

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He had a fleeting £limpse of the scoundrel Drummond, apparently on the other end of a secsaw, watching him delightedly from outside; then, with dreNiful groan, he snatched his new basin, just supplied by a_phlegmatic stew- | urd from the scoundrel next him. who | | had endeavored to appropriate it i v, “Walk right in, Mr. Gree said | Hugh, as, three hours later. they got out of a taxi in Ha!f Moon street. “This is my little rabbit hutch.” He followed the American up | stairs, and produced his latchkey. before he could even insert it in the | the door was flung open, and Peter rell stood facing him evident the | But | hole old the Lord you've come, ed. with @ brief ook ar the | There's someth doing i dalming 1 don't like.” | | He followed Hugh into the sitting | room. “At twelve o'clock today Toby | up- He was talking quite ordi { ¥ou know the sort of rot he off his chest—when s quite do you voice muilied s the sound of a scutfle e, then nothing mo and rang and rang—no answes “What did Drummond, with a letter in his hand which he had off the mantelpiece, listening grim “Algy was here. He motored straight off to see if he could find out what wa wrong. 1 stopped here to tell you. ‘Anything through from him? ot a word. There's foul play, I'll eat my ha But Hugh did not answer. With a look on his face which even Peter had | never seen before, he was reading the | or letter. It was short and to the point, but he read it threé times before he spoke. “When did this come?" he asked. “An hour ago,” answered the other. nearly opened it. ad it said Hugh. He handed it to Peter and went to the door. “Denny,” he shouted, “I want my car round at once.” Then he came back | into the room. “If they've hurt onc hair of her head,” he said, his voice | full of smoldering fury. “I'll mu that gang ome by one with my are Say, captain, may I see this letter?" the American; and Hugh nodded. pity's sake, come at once, "} . *‘The bearer| He thoughtfully irl's writing. Do | picked his teeth, you know her?” said Hugh shortly. | snapped the American ! cried Hugh. “Of course I know every curl of every etter. I'('";‘hon- is such a thing as forgery.” remarked the detective dispassionat “Damn it, man,” exploded Hugh: ' you imagine 1 don't know my own girl's | Sriting 7 | “A good many bank cashiers have| aken thelr customers' writing before | inow,” said the other, unmoved. “I don't| | like it, captain. A girl in real trouble; | wouldn't put in that bit about the] bearer.” “You go to hell,” remarked Hugh briefly. “I'm going to Godalming.' eil,” drawled the American. ‘“not knowing Godalming, I don’t know who scores. But, if you go there—I come, If Mr. Green| will come, Tll be delighted: but I Want you here at headquarter He turned round as his servant put head in at the door. ¥ here, sir. Do you want a bag acked,” P No—only my revolver. Are Ybu ready, Mr. Green?" “Sure thing" 'said the American. “I always am. e ® well move” And Peter.| watching the car resignedly from the Window, saw the American grip his |seat with both hands, and then raise | them suddenly in silent prayer, while |an elderly charlady fled with a scream hi | 4 | “They did the trip in well under| {the hour, and the detective got out| of the car with a faint sigh of re-; lief. “You've missed your vocation, cap- Bull-Dog Drummond BY CYRIL McNEILE (*Sapper™) (Copyright, 1921, by George H. Doran Co.) i Then | ¢ yo | Lakin 14 ~ Love and Adventure. probability, was a noose; that, from he maining a when a girl loves her hears it, ved. And what t have remained vanished as he watching him, with in her face. from an s he dashed up to the hov for a brief 1 ent outside. arguments begin little cau- to Hugh! saw the irl terror darling” He had given one wild shout, and hurled himself throuzh the door which led house from the rden light of - brilii in hi; momentarfly bii the - a crushin the 1 « sroping. wild Hugh Drummond of men all nd scious pite ohli T ing 1o indispositic 1y slow h how. If y finish him d_run no further risks. <ill him_ whil t not un; ever. d Dr a cold don’t v'nor. A hoarse men - the circle of made Lakington 1ook up. “You m Smith.” find plenty besides puguli Iy under his br more, and it was ke the silence are you going cut “or he of this mut- tth, Peterson to do with ash him up like the other two.” | returned Lakington. “and leave him | | to cool until I get back tomorrow. | But I'll bring him round before 1 go, and just t wouldn't 1i k to him for a little. I him not to know what ! | was going to happen to him. Antici- pation is always delightful.” He turned to two of the men standing near. “Carry him into my room.” he ordercd, “and another of you get the rop, * S And so it w that Algy Longworth {and Toby Sinelair, with black rage and fury in their hearts, watched the limp form of their leader being ried into the central room. Swathed in rope, they sat motionless and im- potent, in ‘their respective chairs while they watched the same proce being performed on Drummond. Wwas no amateur at the game was the cinder, and by the time he had , Hugh resembled nothing so and that rd ples Lakington watched the performan: for a e; them, wearying of it, strolled over to Algy's chair. Wy vou puppy.” he remarked “are going o try shouting again?" He picked up the rhinocer- os-hide riding-whip Iving on t floor, and bent it betwe “That weal on your proves your beauty, you'll get two, and a gag as well.” “How's the jaw. you horrible bit of dreg?” remarked Algy insultingly. and Toby laughed. “Don’t shake his nerve, Alg implored. “For the first time in b filthy life he feels safe In the same Toom as Hugh." The taunt seemed to madden Lak- | ington, who sprang across the room and lashed Sinclair the face. even after and next man, s streaming ins his collar. His eves, | calm and sneering., met those of the raving man in front of him without iver, and, at last, Peterson him- self intervened. “Stop it, Lakington." His | was stern as he c t the other's npraised arm. “That's cnough for | the time" { For a moment it he murmured. “If you pushed | a bath chair it would be safer for| 1 bolted two bits of gum | all parties. e in that excursion.” { "But Drummond was already out of | earshot, dodging rapidly through the bushes on his way to the Larches and when the American finally ove took him, he was standing by a sid door knocking hard on the panels. | “Seems kind of empty” said the| ctive thoughtfully, as the minutes t by and no one came. “Why not the front door?’ “Because iU's in sight of the other ! house,” said Hugh briefly. “I'm going | to break in" { He retreated a yard from the door, | .then, bracing his shoulder, he charg- | ed it once. And the door. as a door. | was not. . . Rapidly the two' men went from room to room—bed- rooms, servants' quarters, even th | bathroom. ery one was empty not a sound could be heard_ in the house. Finally, only the dining room ! remained, and as they stood by the door looking round, the American | shifted his third piece of gum to a| new point of vantage. | omebody has boen rough-housing, by the look of things,” he remarked judicial ike a boozing den | after a thick night.” “It does,” remarked Hugh grimly, taking in the disorder of the room. The tablecloth was pulled off, the telephone lay on the floor. China and glass, amashed to pieces, littered the carpet; but what caught his eye and caused him suddenly to step forward | and pick it up was a plain circle of glass with a black cord attached to it through a small hole. | “Algy Longworth’s eyeglass,” he muttered. “So he’s been caught too.” And it was at that moment that, ar and distinct through the still evening air, they heard a woman's agonized scream. It came from the house next door, and the American, for a brief space, even forgot to chew his_gum. The next instant he darted forward. “Stop, you young fool” he shoyted, but he was too late. He. watched Drummond, running like a stag, cross the lawn and dis- appear in the trees. For a sccond he hesitated; then, with a shrug of square shoulders, he rapidly left the house by the way they had entered. And a few minutes later Drummond's car was skimming back towards Lon- | don, with a grim-faced man_at the whéel, who had apparently felt the seriousness of the occaslon so acutely s to deposit his third piece of spear- mint on’ the underneath side of the steering wheel for greater safety. But, seeing that the owner of the car was lying in blissful unconscious- ness in the hall of the Elms, sur- rounded by haif a dozen men, this hideous vandalism hurt him not. CHAPTER X. {In Which the Hun Nation De- creases by One. I Drummond had yielded to impluse— the blind, all-powerful impulse of any man who is a man to get to the wom- an he loves if she wants him. 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