Show BULL DO I MO ad the T e adventures of a demobilized by CYRIL mcneile officer who found peace dull SAPPER 1 11 portico Port iiO tn th december 1318 four men gathered gal heril in a it hotel in its ileane and heard board one on of the quartet juar tet carl 1 I stormon outline a plan to paralyze areat liri arltain tain and at tl it a e mime name tim time Is s et lie 3 as world power the tile other three hocking ck ing american and and von drat orals german Ger marib all mil liono tires agree to the avro nidine another nian man gillrain I 1 iotti I 1 otts an amerl american an Is I 1 taken in caal hugh luah I 1 hull I 1 lu ll 11 V a drummond a re tired officer k Iver tiFf es for work that will give him filin excitement NJ eign 9 ing XIO As A N n result he lie m kneete beets phyllis denton a woman who answered his hi rd ad bhe she tell tells hl him of f curlers and rob be ries by a band heade 1 by carl Ie 1 tereon end and kenry rh she e fr fear he her jilber 1 I involved drummons Drum moni gie to tle tile marcles L arct mine ill im kenton Ilen torim tome ionia next door to t 0 the alms peterson s during the night ight drummond leave leaves the larch I arch as an ani I 1 explores th alie mini I 1 line lie ile disco v re lA lackington kIngton and I 1 son using A 11 amt screw on I 1 otto 11 who signa a paper drummond rescues I 1 otti otts end pod taken him blin to hix own home he ile aliw almo geli gets half 0 of t the he paper torn in n tie fight I 1 eter son on vials drummond departing with it threat I 1 return ard ai il recover I 1 iloilo ott ant n I 1 the torn jarer Mullin goo for I 1 otin 11 the ban I 1 carry off mulling and hugh to the rime flins when I 1 eterson dis ill cover tie ito hoax drummond I 1 is made to all ail night irma ile teron terso nr hando orne daughter ter warn warns jaush he mill III be killel ite lit goes exploring during the night into a antra entra mease death an refrains fraint re from creaking Ire aking 1 eterson neck enlists the aid ald of algy 1 longworth Lorg TongA worth orth toby sinclair led and jerry jorry seymour the latter an viator aviator drummond discovers a man imper Pona donating tIng I 1 otti oils CHAPTER V continued 9 bitch ie Is your rule and I 1 think ou limn failed Iti aunt aou ou ou un pleasant mi clinen of how will they kill you I 1 on dirT it ax nt at hut that moment 1110 rent that tile annn bonde his mi iio ile looked anny abny only for a jonii rit but lie looked it BY just nil 8 a 0 cat a nars hac aft it mill rind it looks round fur for nn in polle of csepp an did the crouch ini in mail inko from front laluh and anti quick as HD on IOK hugh PI biring rang mith ith ills 1119 lift ift ile the mans flat alth alth his ills right tie lie blaud ills thront lir ont then lie forced him film upright tho IK door and liell hill there ien inen hen inch by inch ho he lite ills arli on oil the tile aall a lillge bond ho ile limer awk ills os from hie his fulp ejen ft hen ben falth fill A sudden gasp of olony the man dropped hie ills knafo froni front finters il ilitch ilch of a sudden find becalm thu tile steady genre 1 still bored into hie ills brain not pry omer nt at it are vout vou said hugh dottl it mould be so capy to kill you now tion and except for the inconvenience I 1 should un stiffer it t bo be it bad iden hut but they know me lite and it uld malo it so ait when I 1 H anted to line bete again so taking into nt at count I 1 think there ans na n sudden lightning moie luent a beale find n quick jerk tie ot of pottie diml con i with his HI left hand he hit seized th the e mans right wrist with HIs HI right t me he seized his HI throat clous retells of flying through ho the nir air and if of hitting the floor borne some from front lie file door he ile nind made A frantic effort to rise but the lie pain was as too X int allt and he rolled tolled oer cursing ualle alle the soldier hie his hand on ott the doorknob laughed la ushel gentar Rint lr III 1 li keep hie the toothpick ho he re r marked as n nc Ane mento nie lwirt im bollent mol lent he tie uns striding alutin agoti UK the orr llor the cle ele eter stor As a abbt it hall I 1 lean een a n poor oae one bi but wit til oralo wet we luy busy with ith thy the luf inia 1 tion in fit inid bud baid I 1 lid arut li it 1 illel 1 tit I 1 ft t if 11 in illo ilia int rind 1 in n p rt had only confirma vint hit lit find mui nil lions hi find bien foully dim dint to death fir for no other nii tori than that lie he Is tile th at crt I 1 a ry hugh a jim it his buim of sport it i nan t na as if tl if poor I 1 I 1 lighter lind had drip onI un tiling hIng cintr 1 because he existed onil and link bak questions qUist ions it he had bin mixed and alto n nil th elevator shot and tic 1 P rt jilt in brance f the tile grim 1 strut li in ili hall hud had in fit tin ft of the 11 alnis anim the flight biafore coni hock back to his mind ho lie uin mon derd derid one niala if hf lie lind hall done 1 ili not lipkint lim kint tiek fleck title he lie find the tile hance lie jle mox still iltha tIng the tile lilt atlon in ili his ills na as he trussed the tile tia loungo hy Cop drummond aou ou look I 1 ansle ansis e A u mill tit kno known if olce froin front a ito tile lit tit hit ith ride made ailin look don und lie lit a little gristly irma Itt ireon triton uns re bearding arding hini ath matli a mucking mocking ife planed tir trued at fit hir ompa rilon n oung man iho ahoe e file tl inguld 1 familiar to blin and tin then ills ili OH cm r ansted sted once coiro moiro on oil ilia arl irl I 1 ieti vell ills hi could nil till Irtel nt the ln in n slightly foreign astl et of her clothes nil and as to hir banut ho hall un der liny fifty ilio carlton seems rather n fator faor ite ito report resort of ours she he continued blin through hulf closia ela 11 think couro oure iry try wise uise to make the moa of it ehtle alle ou call IN mille I 1 ann cnn cant sald hugli hugh that rather dip risKing ll 11 ie e done ni bist continued the kirl girl but mattara hae cassed out of my lay hands I 1 in norald again gl anctil nt at her coinman ion loll hut but lie find find as its talking 0 o sonic people ho lind just come collie in III la Is he lie one of tile inn firm he ro re marked ills his fac fact secina fain lilar oil not sold the tile kirl girl I 1 he ile Is just a fraind site leaned fori forward urd fudd lidd dily h dont don t join us its of so foolishly trang to flacht ITS me lite monsieur oa 01 it Is the lint thing that call poss lol ton IOU ou know too much ij la the initiation to Il clil or from front dour our on omi cha railing brain clodo on oil the spur of lie the moment fiali mild sold lightly lut but it may bo be rl rt I 1 ardt 1 I ne list lal 11 J in fit afraid it must bo be on abo pur spur of the lie moment ho lie nn an end in lit the ilia same tone and quill ly to be aa its ill uj wi lr ell tell mr air pegerto Peter to hom hon soro I 1 bin am to haci him film 1 I I will III mont answered ue tte girl 11 hut but thin mon nun anti iou u hlll lit he lie beking him again eoon soon doubt 11 mie title cuned A charming hand in fare nil and turned to lur bir companion lilt though ho he tnt into the bo hall outside did not immediately alln 1 the tile hotel instead he lie button holed in nil exquisite behig in gorgeous op anti ltd lid him film to a point of nn lou loll we hint that orl he malir Ml liR tn ton lilt a antin nt at the third anble the ho big point 11 0 0 call ou oil toll me file bo ito the mail Is 1 I seem to know knon Us his face but I 1 inn coil t put n to it tint thit air murmured the baling with fill the ican nt at euh such Is the mar auta of laidle ilia ills lordship lordi hIp Is fro fre lure litre 1 addly I 1 cried hugh in sudden ex a cl lenient I 1 y I 1 the duke ut lif le Lamp mash shree re a soul pon I 1 you priceless price cs old tomato the plot thickens I 1 completely rig regardless ardless of 0 the ann senn cnn dallied horror on the exquisite twinge being it face he smote him in the it nto and stepped into pall mall for clear before his ills memory had come three lined on the crop scroll of paper he had torn from the tile table at the finis flats that first night when he had grabbed the tinted dazed froin under a nos nose earl necklace net klace and the are at present chem chess of laira the dachekas of pearls were orld famous the marquis of aa uni apparently enjoying his and between the to there seemed to be a rather too obvious to be lie missed THREE im glad you two fellows came lowin mid mitt hugh thoughtfully I 1 fully aw an he entered the alli tIng room of hia its bunco bunsa low at boring dinner was nas oer and stretched chod in n thre chair chairs bere peter ln irrell algy aa and toby sinclair I 1 did you know kno lint a man come here thie this afternoon peter 1 I did bot aiho ho aras it itt alp denny hns just told ii p hugh reached oat a fined for hi hl alpe and to stuff it alth ith tobacco he came about the unter and nd he hc told her that I 1 had told him to come id done nothing of the eort sort lilt aj 10 OU OLI billau abaid rt alv I 1 Yn lair it its s oin lous old boi said lluis 1 11 I should say that about he hours ngo IL ilkerson terson found nut out that our one anil anti only C I 1 otts offs u ni as ua 1 dood lord splutter d darrall by fly now not er wide ode aaka 1 what diat do we e do to 1 1 e anke it in t irna tu 0 at tit a timeto time to alt sit up itil potts I 1 hug flanc tI at tit the other three 1 ln I L n it a oil blighters wake ups 11 1 I don dont t knon krim alint it Is darrell sold rubbing ills acts I 1 feel most in fer fernn nolly lly ell listen to me ine confound ou toby I 1 sorri old iann with a start bin clair salt up tip in his ills chair and blinked nt at thare certain to irv wa ind get him hlin went ent on hugh given ghen the show anny by iteming a clue on the wretched td secre must att it the tile reni real man ns as soon ne as possible it a for far too dang r OUR to lafke th alie alavo th the ills ilia lund mail droned ferard on his ills chest n short half strangled an snore 0 re came from froll his 1114 illy 11 it had lie the efat 1 of maling liidi for the moment and he stipend erid to his ills feit the othir three sp ramling in their chaiem mere openly boll asleep tecil the dors in 1 in fantastic attitudes breathing lienol lien ll inert like log anke ako cupl up shouted mildly I 1 lor or god lods a sake i wake ake up cupl I 1 N el ec e drugged I 1 an iron tight seemed to be press ing down doan on his the desire for grei stronger tr and stronger 1 for or n few moments more lie fought it despairingly while his legs epi uLd not to belong to him igind ta ei 0 was a foiring noise in his ills ears and then just before ailin there come to his ills temus d brain the sound of ti thrice repented repeated from out side the ih mandow idom with it last stu effort tie lie fought hl his q may ay to ard it nil and for a moment ho be stared into lit darkness 1 litre were dim ilin figurea moving through the shrub shrubs and ful iiii ono one seemed to detach itkis it came nearer and the light fell on the lie mail 9 face ills nose and mouth ero ere leered alth a sor of ind fail but the tile cold rIng acs were cro ie to I 1 11 I 1 if k ington I 1 gasped hugh and then the dolring nole in lit ills head his ills legs struck work ork nato ether lie ile colln isid on oil the floor and iny lay simm ling while title lackington la I 1 ills face pressed against the glass outside watched in lit til lence draw the tile mus his ills bolce 1 muffled be 10 lipid lie the pad and anti one of the nun did ns as ho lie said sold thre were four in all chith with mith it similar pad oer oner hie ills mouth anti nose 11 liere li cro did sou put the ilia bromilow Uro Milow I 1 in tile coil scuttle A man mrs denny would mould lime 1 fiat no biffl cult guiti in lit recognizing cen enell the mask on ott ills lite face carefully cun cart fully lifted a small i black box out of the scuttle from front I 1 cliine some coal and shook it kenti holding it to his ear its finished lie remar remarked bed and TAi lIngton nodded an ingenious invention Is gas lie sold addressing another of lie the inon men e owe oe lour our nation quite a debt of gratitude for the mea idea A grunt left no doubt ns as to what that nation nus and I 1 inking ton dropped tile box into hie his pocket go get him he ordered briefly and the others loft left the room La kington kickin one of the tile dohs it rolled over and 1 lay motionless la in its new position he ant wont in turn to each of the three men sprawling in the tile chairs with no attempt at gentleness is he turned their face faces up to the ugh and studied them deliberately then he let their heads roll back again with a thud ki binally nally he ie went to the window and stared down doin at drummond in his eyes mas a look of cold fury and he kicked the unconscious man any abely in the ribe ribs you oung swine 11 he lie muttered do you think III fort foret hut that blow on oil the tile ja law I 1 ho H took another box out of his pocket and looked at it ImI lovingly nily shall 11 1 aith ith a short laugh he lie replaced it it its too goo I 1 a it death for you Cap captain talt Drumm Drum onil D 80 M t C Q just to snuff out in lit i our sleep steel no 0 o my friend I 1 think I 1 inn onn demise delse something better than III t biome thing really ai 11 two other men comp in as he turned avay amay and cooled nt at them then 11 liell ell he aked ahne haie aou ou go the old woman hound bound and gagged in lie the kitchen nn answered sered one of the i laconically ilare re you gning to tin lila crowd in the speaker looka nt at the ancon scion scions men with anil in lit hie its aey rhey encumber up ile earth this bral of puppy ney will 03 not bumber it for lonar ald I 1 i atly bilut ih on one in ili th tho wl ml i A thare Is not golfi to illy tile KU 1 I 1 limo a beall score etli him hill all hie fils in hie tile car A olce ulce cuine come from front outside the lie indo nil alth etli a laet last look ut at liuti drum men I 1 al kIngton burnid ima rhen il 11 go be lie irked A au u reci renoir lr in n bluh 1 rini oung noung bull lie ile fore fare ie d wit ala ou out I 1 for inerd anil and ou won wont t ta it through th alio stall daht night BI nip eliere crime the thrumming of the tie of a powerful fuI car gradually it diet away nay unit there mus silence 11 and then lilt a n sudden craca peter dur dar nil rii A hind in nil rolled 0 oer er and hit it tie e arm f his ills chair CHAPTER VI in which a very old game takes place on the hogs hog bach back ONE A thick trey nilst lay oner the thames it cohered the tile and the to lov fields to the nett ne tt like a thick white carpit it drifted under the old briage alch malch spans the aler beleen goring and it ios tho the hour four before danti and alid 11 4 5 I 1 N P in his HI eye eyes was a look of cold curf fur and he kicked the unconscious man savagely passengers rubbing the win dow yog s of their carriages as the dy mouth boat rushed oil tobra london shivered and drew rugs cloer 1 around them it looked cold cold and dead slowly aimont imperceptibly ane apor rose and spread ou outwards up lie the wooded oci ded hills by Ba basilion Has lldon sildon it drifted through the shrubs and roe ro e bushta of f a little arden nr den which stretched from a bungalow down don to lie ibe maters aters edge until nt at length isar bispo of it bru ched gently round the bunga low lov itself budd lie tile window ando oi one of the downstairs down stair rooms was flu opan and a man with lit a white hag arird face leaned out drawing greet great guipe gulps of 0 fresh air into his lung lungs three other men lay spra sprawling uncouthly cout lily in lit chairs and two wo dogs lay lal motionless on the lie hearal rug after a moment or two NO the man withdrew only to appear again with one of the others in his arms and then having drol ped ills burden bur ilert through the window on to the |