Show AAA BLACK GANG QAN By CYRIL SAPPER Co b by H. H DON CO V. V UNO N. N D. D IL X I BULLDOG AGAIN To To a gathering of ot In ln harking London foreign tor telli tell of ot th the tha operations Operation of ot i A Dodder men who have become a ii menace to th theIr lr activities lie Ho says say the they ate are masked and anci wear ear long lone black cloak and are acting without the law u lie il Is 19 by the men he Is he Ing the mack Gang Gang who break up the meeting sentencing some of ot the participants to condign punishment and currying carrying away others othere A memorandum found on gives given nn en address In Hoxton which the lender of ot thee the attacking party considers o of tin Sir Bran Johnstone director of or criminal lion tion hears henri from Inspector Mciver Mc- Mc Iver lyer gent cent to arrest fT cr tho the night before of or his dl discomfiture Ho lie bad had been ben seized and chloro formed and his ral raid l frustrated l CHAPTER II Continued Ir Continued 4 Great Scott I 1 I hope not cried Hugh nugh In alarm III llIs gave ga mo itte complete Instructions about the brutes before she site toddled off I 1 wake make a noise like Ike an an ants ant's egg and drop them In he Ule sink every morning t. No old olti lad of the he village It Is Jf ot of Import a stain upon the escutcheon of ot jour our force Lust night let night let us whisper It In I Gath-I I dined un und and J furher fur fur- I titer her sup supped ed not wisely but too well ell In fact 1 I deeply regret to admit that I 1 became a n trifle Motto not blotto not to say any tanked Of course It wouldn't have hn happened It If Phi Ph Ills had IlI been propping up the joll Jolly old home dont don't you jou OU know I but jut sites site's away In the country with the tite nightingales and slugs und and things Well us liS I 1 say BUY In the young hours dours of the morning I thought Id I'd totter along home Id I'd been v with some bome birds male birds blid ho he stared sternly at nt Sir Bryan while McIver McIver Mc- Mc Iver stiffened Into rigid horror at such im wn Incredible nickname and and when I 1 left It was about 2 a. a in III Well Vell I wandered along through Leicester square und and stopped just outside Scotts Scott's to let one of ot tho those e watering carts water weter m my head hend for me moe While huie I 1 was lying In the road roud steaming at lit atthe atthe the brow car went past und mind It stopped In Piccadilly circus Mclver's air all of Irritation vanished suddenly find and a quick glance passed between him and Sir Bryan Bran Nothing much you jou OU observe e In that he burbled on Oil quite unconscious of the sudden attention of t his hearers bearers But nut old lad I Ind-I I haven't hn got to the tIme motto yet et From Flom this car there stepped lur large 1 numbers number's of men mell at least so fa It seemed to me IIII and you jou must lt remember Id I'd recently y had a shampoo And Anil Ju just st as us I Jot got abreast of ot them they lifted out cut another warrior war war- 1101 who hio appeared to 10 me Inc to be he un on- conscious They put him hint on the pave pare ment macat and und go ItO back Into the Hie ear car again Just as ItS I tottered alongside What hoi Itoh ho I souls I what Is 11 this and that so to tn speak Hinged old bean badly said the driver of ot the cur car Were Vere leaving Ita him there thre to cool And with that the car eliI throve drove nIT oiT There was I 1 In III a partially binged condition alone In III cIrcus with a bird lu Iu a u completely hinged condition How ii now I 1 said gald to m myself Shall 1 I go O and Induce you water merchant mer chant to return return us as a u matter of fact I was beginning to feel I could do dowHit with wHit another s' s hack huell mj or or elf or shall shallI I leave Ilao you OU here her us as jour sour pals observed ob tib served to served to cool T t m rt rn 11 Mm iia g T S tills this 0 u knotty pol point lit ns liS I i did so 80 J lumkins lum bins kins I aware of ot a II strange dramatically anti selected se so- Hugh paused another cigarette while Sir ir 11 Ur Bryan un Hashed flashed n u quick glance of ot warning warn In ing nt nt at Mclver who Iho was wai obviously bursting with It Ii suppressed excitement A peculiar r amid sick kly hy tudor odor In in- in with mad resumed the lime speaker to r deliberation A strange nn mini l elusive e perfume Fur For a u long hug a while bile hilI It II eluded me 1 smell I Ju t coul couldn't Jut place it Anti And then I got It right in the middle old boy lIo boy plumb In the center of the windpipe It was 11 as wasn't drunk drunk- chloroform the tile bird he was doped dupel Completely exhausted ted hugh ln lay Iny back hack in his bis chair and one once again Sir nt lit hl lilt Hashed it II winning glance exasperated subordinate Would you be lie tilde to recognize on any of the men maca In the cur ur If you lill uw them themi m agaIn he lie quietly I should know the tile driver nn en- 8 sreh red Hugh after profound I thought And Antl the bird besIde him Hut But mil maul the tue others What did you jou ou do then asked Sir Bryan Well I brought the brain to 10 bear bur Hugh and end decided there lucre Answered Was uns nothing to do He lIe was US doped and I 1 was bottled bottled so so by a unanimous casting vote voto of one one one-I I 10 toddled olT otT while I war home nu Bu or ur feeding the goldfish this rather ruther after atter lunch conscience w t at lilY my vitals And after profound profound pro pro- gt found and con consulting Ing with whit the that I decided my iy fellow tellow Denny call taU Of ot duty duly was Wal clear I came Caine to 10 you to 10 Its moth moth- chIld flies nils as a cr r. r Who iio better beller I thought titan than old i I to lI lUten ten to toDY my DY maidenly secrets sers se so- crets s Anti And so Sui One moment Hugh h Sir lIr Bryan nn I lIhI u up ull h Ills his hand baud Ito Do you ou mind It If I 1 speak to Inspector Meher for a moment mo Uto- i ment Anything lung you jou ou I like e oh old ii I lad ad ma mur murmured ii r. r I 1 nut Hut 1 lut be lie merciful n remember thy my Innocent wife In 10 the country And silence settled on the room broken n only the by lIy voiced low con cone beta between IHen cen Mclver anti and his chief In Ih the lie window After Arter n a 01 1 while e tub n II I strangled snore norl from the chair announced an nn I that Drummond was ceasing I to take nn an Intelligent Interest Ii in hI things mundane lies Hes an eli extraordinary fell fellow Mclver Mc Ic her lver lr saId Mid Sir Brynn glancing at the sleeper with a F smile Ive Ie known n him ever er since we were boys hos nt Itt school school- And lies he's not nut quite such Rueh a it fool n ns as he be makes muk's himself elf out You remember 11 that extraordinary case over 11 the man Peterson u II year or so ago Well It evns he III who did ditl the whole thing thill Ills complete disability to be cunning utterly ut uta terly defeated that toast master crook who looking hooking for subtlety thud that wasn't there Anti And of ot course his Strength Is 19 absolutely phenomenal I know knor sir said Mclver er doubtfully doubt doubt- tull fully ully but would he lie consent on ent to take on such uch n a Jab job and do exactly as ns he lie was told old They were sere both looking out of the wIndow while In the room behind hem them the heavy y breathing of the sleeper rose antI and fell monotonously And when hell the hole audience Is asleep It t ceases tases to be Lie necessary to talk In In undertones Which was ns why Sir Bryan and tile the Inspector during the L pit S My Business Wont Won't Take You a Minute Sir Bryan next ten tell minutes discussed certain mutters matters of Import wIdth which they ibey would not flit lime have discussed sell I 1 through mesa meo phones lit itt the SIt Sinoy They concerned l I Hiigli I ii gli ml mill lid oh her t things I ii a and ad t his th 01 other oilier her things particularly were ere of Interest A And lid they continued discussing t liese other things until a 1 Ith n D dreadful noise like u a racing motor back blick the lr sat Ill In his bis chair und and stretched himself lie he cried crIer I have hn com coni- sacrilege e. I ln have ve slept In the Holy of Holies lIu Have e you Oll decider on my lily fate ate Am Alii I 1 to be shot n lit at dawn Sir I left the window nUll nati sa sat Rut tio dOI down dOIn n itt at t bl bis luli For n a moment o or orto two tat be lie rubbed his bis chin thili thoughtfully with hii hH his left heft humid 1 as lf It trying to tomake to tomake make muke up his bis mind like lI to do n a Job o of ci V M yoU ou work old man loan Hugh started I ns liS If he lie had bad been and Sir Bryan stun slun h by u II wasp sin smiled he lie said salti Not ol real olk Mimi Hut h by mere luck Iud nIght yOU rOil roll MW which Md er ouid ha given gl a n gum good 1 deuto dealto deal deu to see sel Or to 10 be lie more yn you yousta sta pome men whom to 10 meet Those e blokes In lii the car jou mean menn 9 erie cried Hugh I I ugh ly i blokes In the cur car I rl ll I the lie other ii her Incidentally I nul dent nih y I nun y sa SO say 1 I In ln m that there u sti a 1 p J t think nn anti little episode than you mi 11 titter consultation with whit I I hits's 1 t to t toil Ill you ou Oll a 0 noun It It because e jm 1111 cnn can help tin us one o on Hugh Yon see youre you're up tip rule rate see seen r you ou IIII hove nt at any allY those men nod antI lie hf IP Moreover could recognize two o or of yin jou IIII III say you ou them Good t Iris mill I Hugh dmit lut cay ny o want me un to trump the tue streets of Lon Ion don ilon looking g for t them Ii Sir Ir smiled smile-h. that he ha nn an Well spare claire you ou Sl Ired lint Id I'd like you ou to pay fillY a attention at al to what lint Im I'm going to tell lehi you ou Lust Last night a H very try pec thing hap hap- tO to He lie and some nf ot hi himen his men In the normal course of duty su surrounded sur- sur rounded n ft certain house In which were wre some people we wanted to III lay on our oar on To be more accurate there theresea sea S as one man there whom we se wanted led ed been shadowed ever eer since hed he'd In III that mornIng mOM the thi whole WilY from front docks dok to o 1 the house And Ami 1111 sort enough when elver und his men surrounded the louse there su 1118 as our r friend and all nil allU his U pills In one oue of the downstaIrs oms It 11 was then that hint this peculiar thIng hung happened I gather from Mclver that ml he lie heard the he noise noiRe of lit an un owl looting hooting also HUo n II faint scuffle and a it curse urse l. l And Ant after that he lie heard noth nuth lug ing ng more lie He wits chloroformed from and went straight ht out of the Great Scott 1 I 1 murmured Hugh staring luring Incredulously ly nt at Melver U t nn un it ng t thing thill Iii I I AntI And this Is II where you jou ou come In Ilu lush h continued Sir Bryan Me lIe I Hugh sat up uti abruptly Why me IB One of ot the tie men memi Inside the room ivaR an nn Interesting fellow known ns os Flush Jim Jini lie He Is n a burglar of no mean lenn repute reptile though be he Is quite ready to o tackle any uny sort of Job which carles rill ear Ills les money with It And when Mclver havIng recovered reco himself In time the mornIng morn morn- In Ing ng run ran Hash Flash Jim to ground In of f his haunts be lie wo was quite und under r tb tho rl's l ImpressIon lun hint the men who hind had loped doped him and the other officers were were ero pals mis of Flash h Jima Jim But Hut offer afler lied hed talked to him he be changed hil his mind All Flash Jim could tell him was that on the previous night he lie anti and some friends had been blen discussing business at this house He lie didn't attempt to deny leny that lie He went on to say that t suddenly tb room had been filled I i It u. u n n 00 hat hed he'd a clip lp over the back of ot I the lie head hlad which knocked him out Aftel Atter Af Af- tel ter er that presumably he was given a n whiff of chloroform to keep kelp him quiet and the next thing he lie remembers Is beIng kicked back Into activity by the tho policeman nt ot- ot Sir Bryan paused It n to emphasize the point tit point nt Piccadilly cl circus Good Lord I I said Hugh 1 II y Then that bird I saw easy lust last night sleep sleep- In lag ng It off on the pavement was Flash Jim Precisely ly answered Sir Bryan nut Hut what Is far more to the point old man Is that the two t birds you ou think you would be belble able to r recognize n I and aDlI who were Jn In the car ar are two of or orthe the masked min men who first of ot oil all nil laid haiti out Mclver and subsequently surrounded Sill sur rounded Flash Jim and hits his pals In In- side lIle nut Hut what did they thy want to do tie that for asked Hugh In bewilder lle l 1 ment t. t what find Ond Is Just we want wont to I out replied Sir Br Bryan nn As s s fur fill fillIS as IS I we cnn can see lee nt at the moment they lire are n not t criminals In the lie accepted sense of the word They rhey flogged two of the themen themen men who were thieve there last lust night oo n there Me ate no two men nien In who ell deserved It more richly They two others other cne of of or whom win wathie the we particularly wanted I I nun Ii to Ut U up I I pI I u itO I rut i IU i ui t II Jim as mis Ive I've told you ou let the others go mind and brought Mclver tr and all his bis men tIlen back baek to Mclver's where they left lert them to to 10 cool on the tIme pave e mont And Anti what I want to know Is this If Ir Ire we e give gl you warning would you ou care to go with Mclver Mciver the next nest titus time he lie has bus any nay Job joh on whore where be lie bethinks thinks It Is likely this Kiln r may rany turn up We have 1 e n II pretty shrewd Idea as 1111 to the type of thIn thing they specialize special ize In Hugh passed his hand dazedly over o hIs bis' forehead Sort ot of ri lI help you vou m mean II n I anti ond M Mclver frowned fro horribly the bird I rui hilTs burs Mclver I I biff bItT the tIme bird Is tl that III the not Iou r F That 1 Is in t the s d Sir Ury liry nil all Of course you'll have e to do exactly exact I ly what Iut McIver tells you yell anti the whole thing thIn Is most Hutin In lew siew of the special F ten fen of M tile the cas case What I Is It II It MIu I lie glanced U up nt ot I 61 who was standing In the dt n with a 11 slight alight ross it II lie He Insists on seeing you ou at lit once onee Sir Bryan She mime forward with n II card 1 Sir fir lIr Bryan an tOlk t I Latter The fhe frown deep f cite ened What the deuce does docs he want I Irhe The Thue answer was US supplied by hy Ute Uie I gentleman himself 11 f who appeared nt lit that IU moment 0 Ill I'll t III In the doorway lIe He lits evidently In n a Suite of gr great t l ad 1111 anti Sir Bryan roseI roseI rose I am ama engaged m nt It the moment Mt Mr Latter be lie said coldly My business wont won't lake take you a 11 ml ute Sir Bryan Brynn he cried lint hut what hut I 1 want to know nosy Is III this Ihla Is this country country coun try civilized or Is III It IL not Look at ot what I 1 received by the he afternoon post I I If it Bulldog Drummond II Is II going to mix up In the sass eats II things thing certainly will be Interest Interest- Ing And who's who Charles Latter eTO TO 08 OI CONTINUED |