Show IT 0 90 N the adventures of a BULLDOG BULL ul DOG jbf JV mobilized demobilized De officer who F found peace dull DRUMMOND 0 IN S ir JJ by CYRIL SAPPER mcneile copyright by gee 00 II 11 ooran doran co CHAPTER XII continued 18 why lie spluttered splutter ed after a moment it ft lot of these theme peoples names are absolutely hou bous ewold words in the country they may be swine they probably are thank god I 1 ive very rarely met any I 1 but they aint criminals t no more la Is peterson grinned tile the Aine american rican at least not on that book seo see here captain its pretty clear happening in any country today youve sot got all sorts and conditions 0 of people with more wind than brain they just cant stop talking and as yet its not a offense some 0 ero am believe what they say like spin die shanks up upstairs stairs some of em dont and if they fant it makes lent cm worse they illey start writing ns as well youve got clever men intellectual men look at come of those guys in fit the first class clasa general lecturers lecture ra and the worst of the lot then youve got on other class the men with tile the business brain who think getting the sticky end of it and use the lie talkers to pull the chestnuts out of the ire fire for them and the lie chestnuts chest nuta who are arc the poor blamed decent workingmen ore are promptly dropped in the lie to keep em quiet they all want something for nothing ny thIng and I 1 guess it cant bo be done they all think fooling one another and really going nt at the moment Is that peterson Is in fooling the whole bunch lie ile wants till nil the strings in his hands and it looks to me as if hed got em there iles got the money and we know where lie he got it from hes bes got tho the organization all sillier red hot revolutionaries or intellectual windstorms wind storms or calculating knaves hes amalgamated lem em captain and the whole blamed lot whatever they rony may think arc ara really working for bain 11 th ummond thoughtfully tit lit a cog arette working toward a revolution in akis this country lie ho remarked qu quietly betly sure ure thing answered the american coif and when lie ho brings it off I 1 guess you wont catch peterson Pc terson for dust itell hell pocket the boodle and the fhe boobs blobs will stew in their own juice I 1 guessed it til in parts that book makes it a certainty but it aint criminal ina in n court of law lie could swear it was an organization for nelling bird need tor while drummond Dru inmond smoked in silence allence while the two sleepers shifted uneasily in their clial chairs irs it all no simple in spite sallo of the immensity of the like most normal B angl ih inoel politics and labor disputes till had left hint him cold lit in the past but no ono one mho ever glan ceil it at a newspaper wild ll 11 be ignorant of the volcano that half been simmering just beneath tile for years past 0 not O ono lit in a hundred flie americans f V xin voice broke int into tits his train ot of thought 0 o tile tho so called revolution imy lender lit in this country are disinterested te captain out for one and when talked ali e boys into bloody murder and your exit sting social system Is down and an out dou bo be tile lie lenders lit in tho the new one what playing tor for when got it god hj ado men who gave nyo it to lem cm filin i I 1 nond nodded aind lit another ia gl irette odd things lie ho had rend read recurred incurred to hm trade refusing adi to discharged soldiers to join them tile the reiterated threats of direct druon aud to wt end ciul A passage in it part of the lie ledger evidently dently devoted to extracts extrac tu front from tile the 0 the first arst class general lee lec caught his cyd to me the big fact of modern life th ft the war between classes people declare that the method of direct action inside a country will produce a I 1 adree agree it involves tile the creation crent ereA fon tIon of un an array army ang and beside tile the cutting was a noto note b by Pc lorson in red ink A an excellent infant send tor for protracted tour the note of exclamation appealed to hugh he bo could see ceo the writers tongue in tile his che climek ek as lie put it in it involves the creation of an army M ali words of tile the intimidated rabbit came cam comeback eback back to lo his mind tho the roan man of stupendous organizing power who lias has brought together and welded into ona the hundreds of slat elm liar ilar to i mine who before tills this have each 0 ont th drown rown been feebly gling toward tho the light now we are combined and our strength Is due to him in the army wnm on the road to completion an all agaty where ninety per cent of the lie lighters fighters duped by lie remaining ten would struggle blindly towards a dim half understood goal only to fo find out too late into that uio tile iv whip of solomon had been exchanged for tile scorpion of ills hla sot soi 1 why cant they be ronde made to understand mr green Grec tir ho he cried bitterly the working manthe man the decent fellow I 1 ow lias in anyone tried to make lem cm understand der stand captain I 1 guess im no intellectual tel guy hut but there was a french writer fellow Victor inho roto something ha thai jimro lilt hit tho the nall on the licad head I 1 copied it out for it good to 0 o mo me from his pocketbook produced lit a sll slip of paper gatier iho 1 1 v ry faults fault ui of women children lier ervanna er vanta the weak the indigent slid the ignorant tire are the lie faults of husbands fathers nin masters the strong the rich and the learned wall I 1 lie leaned back in ili ills hla chair there you tire their proper lenders leaders have sure failed them so running after that bunch of cross eyed skaters and sitting here watching em run nin and laughing fit it to t bent beat the bond Is your pal nl it was nt at that moment that the telephone bell rang and after a slight blight hesitation blugh picked up the receiver very well lie he grunted after listening for A while 1 I will tell him film lie replaced tile lie receiver and turned to the american sir will bo be here for tile the meeting nt at two and peterson will be late lio lie announced slowly when hes at home asked the other one of the so called leaders lend cra nn nh hugh briefly turning over the pages of the ledger Ill iierda IIer erds oa hla his flos aler according to 11 paterson Pc ter terson on dit ailin 9 charles good speaker clever unscrupulous requires big money worth it t drinks for a while they stared nt at the brief summary and then the american burst into a n guffaw of laughter the mistake youve made captain in this country Is not giving peterson a sent bent in your cabinet hed fled havethe have the whole caboose eating out of his hand and if you paid him a few hundred thousand a year lie might run straight and grow pigs as aa a hobby TWO it wag was a couple of hours later that hint hugh rang up tits hta rooms in halt moon street from algy who spoke to him he gathered that phyllls and tier her father were quite safe bate ile ho also found out mother thing that ted berning hum had just arrived with the caple potts in tow who was apparently sufficiently recovered to talk sense ife he was weak still and lazed dazed but no longer imbecile tell ted to bring litin flown to the L elms ims nt at once I 1 ordered hugh theres a compatriot of tits his here waiting to welcome him with open arms potts Is 1 coming mr air green ho he said putting down tile tio receiver our 0 anti and lies hes talking sense it seeing s ema to me that hint we may inny get a little light thrown on the activities of mr hocking and Stel end and the file other bloke 11 the american nodded slowly von gratz lie said 1 I remember ills name now steel man maybe youre right captain and that lie he knows something anyway I 1 guess 0 potts and I 1 stick closer ulan than brothers till I 1 restore him to the ho bosom of lila ills family but mr potts when lie lid did arrive inhibited no great inclination to stick close to the he detective lit in fact lie he showed tho the greatest reluctance to en oil the stared in silence at the detective ter tho the house nt at nil all As AB algy hod had sold bald lio lie was still weak and dazed daivd and tile the sight sIghts laffoo tf the place rehe had suffered tich produced d such an ef feet on him that for a while hugh feared lie he was going to have a relapse at length how however dVer he seemed to got get back ills hla confidence and was pir persuaded suad to come into the alio central room its all right mr air pott 1 drummond assured hint him over and over again thola gang la Is dispersed nod and linking ton Is dead were nil all friends here now youre toure quite safe this Is mr green who hns has come over from now new york especially to find you and tat tate e 1 you 1011 buck back to your family tho the million alag blared IN 1 i silence nt at llie file apt mhd vho lils ils cigar round in ift ills ails mouth right mr air potts theros tho the little old sign iio throw threw back his coat tile the police badge aul ana tile lie millionaire nodded 1 I guess youve had things humming hamming on oil the other r side and if j it been for tile the captain hero here and tits lila friends friend 1 eyd be humming still im obliged to you sir said bald the american speaking for or the first time to blugh the words were slow and hesitating us its if lie he was waa not quite sure of 0 tits voice 1 I seem to remember your our face lie he continued as aa port of the awful nightmare ive suffered the last few days or Is it weeks beks I 1 seem to remember having seen you and you were always kind all over now mr potts said hugh gently you got into tile the clutches of the most infernal gang of swine and weve been trying to get you out again agnin lie he looked at hint him quietly do you iou think you can remember enough to tell us u what happened at file lie beginning take your time lie urged theres no hurry the millionaire passed tits his hand dazedly over his forehead 1 I was vaa stopping at the carltona Carl toa lie ho began with granger my secretary I 1 sent him over to belfast on a shipping donl deal and ile he paused and looked round the group where Is granger lie he asked ur mr granger was murdered in belfast sir mr potts said drummond quietly by a member of tho the gang that you murdered Murde redl I 1 jimmy granger murdered I 1 ile he almost cried in ills hig weakness what did the swine want to murder him for because they wanted you alone 11 explained hugh private secretaries ask awkward questions after a while tile lie millionaire recovered lila its composure and with ninny many breaks and pauses the lie slow disjointed story continued that was the name of the lie man I 1 met lit at the carlton cariton and then there was another peter peterson it we all dined together I 1 remember and it was after dinner in my ay private sitting room that peterson put up his proposition to me it was a suggestion that lio lie thought would appeal to roe me as a business man mail he sold what ahn was 10 it that ho he could produce aeh gantle kanlic strike in england revolution in fact and that as one of tile lie biggest ship owners the biggest in fact outside this country I 1 should be able to cap capture turea a lot of tile the british carrying trade ile ho wonted wanted two hundred and fifty thousand pounds to do it if paid one month after the result was said there were ware others in it 11 on that valuation on interrupted tho the detective thoughtfully it makes one million pounds sterling and drummond nodded yes sir potts and then 1 I told him said the mIllion millionaire alre that lio lie was wag an all internal infernal scoundrel and that id havo have nothing whatever to do with such a villainous scheme anti and tuen then almost the last thing I 1 can call remember 1 I saw peterson look at lak ington then they both sprang on oil mr lilt and I 1 felt alt something prick my arm and after that I 1 cant remember aft anything clearly your face sir lie he turned to drimmond comes comee to mo me out of A kind of dream and youry youra too lie ho lidded added to darroll darrell but it was like a long dreadful nightmare lit in which vague things over which I 1 had no power kept happening until I 1 woke up last night in oils ills gent lemans house lie ho bowed to teti ted who grinned cheerfully and mighty glad I 1 was to henr hear you talking sense again sir lie he remarked do you mean to say you pave no recollection ol of how you got there none sir none answered the millionaire lio it was lust just part of the dream it shows tile lie strength of tile the drug those swipe used ud on you said drummond grimly you went there in an airplane mr potts an nir airplane I 1 cried the other in amazement 1 I do dont nt el demember ber it ive iro got no recollection of it ft w whatever alever theres only one other thing that I 1 can lay hold of and till all adlin and muzzy pearls A great rope of pearlia I 1 was to sign if paper and I 1 would ret I 1 did once and then there here was a shot and the light went out end and tho the paper disappeared its ita at my lay bank at this moment mr mir potts bald hugh 1 I took that paper or part of 0 14 it that night did you the millionaire looked of at hint him vaguely 1 4 I was vas to promise them a million dollars when pey had done doine what they said 0 I 1 remember that and tho the pearl necklace the fie duchess duc hesli of ile ho louied and shook his hend head wearily the ilio duchess of prompted hugh it sold said the other tile tho dub duchess liess of it was say ingo ing that I 1 wanted tier her pearls I 1 think and would no questions as to how they were pot got tho the detective grunted wanted to incriminate you oil properly did they though it 11 seems seem to we ke hat bilat U I 1 wal a bli tined risky game there hould donld biava love been enough money from the other three to run ran tho the eliott without worrying worry lne you alica they found you yon everen yerant t for or IV it walt bald tile the millionaire that reminds tile nie before they assaulted me nt at tho the corlton carlton they told me the others come in unless I 1 did for a while there was vita silence broken nt at length by hugh well sir potts youve had a moldy time and im very glad its over but the person youve got to thank for putting us fellows on your track Is a girl if it been for her im afraid still be having night mares marcs 1 I would like to see tier her and thank her sa said ld we uie millionaire quickly you shall grinned hugh come to the wedding it will be in a fort night or thereabouts wedding I 1 mr potts looked a little littie vague yes I 1 mine and hers ghostly ghastly proposition it the last straw remarked ted jerningham ning ham A more impossible man us as a n bridegroom would be hard to think of but in the meantime I 1 pinched half a dozen of theold the old man mans a perrier jouet joliet 1011 and put ern em in the car what say your you bayl snorted hugh idiot boyl boy I 1 does one speak on such occasions and it was so THREE troubling me remarked nugh later la is what to do with carl and that sweet girt girl irma inna 11 the hour for the meeting was drawing near and though no one had any idea as to what sort of a meeting it was ans going to be it was obvious that peterson would be one on of the happy throng 1 I should say the police might now be allowed a look in murmured darrell mildly you ton cant have the man lying about the place after youre married 1 I suppose not answered drummond regretfully and yet its a dreadful thing filing to finish a little show like this with the police it if forgive my saying so mr green sure tiling thing drawled the american but we have our uses captain and im inclined to agree with your friends suggestion iland hand him over along with and sweep up the mess it would be nn an outrage to let the scoundrel go sala said the millionaire fiercely the man Lit kington you say bay Is dead |