Show DO IMO md the adventures of A mobilized demobilized De officer who found peace dull ia CYRIL fla SAPPER by MYERS copyright by geo H doran co concluded film last issue SYNOPSIS PR 01 0 GUF in be cember 1013 tour four pion men B in A lintel tit in lern a and d heard one of the 1 I u urle arte catline a plan to paralyze great and at ali the same bum time t 11 1 seize world power izower the tha other three 1 hot 1 0 belting lel king ting and and von cordtz Gei beimans mans alt ail agree to the scheme providing another nian man lo 10 rolls tto un an american Is taken in the instigator ot of the plot gives given bi ills name us aconite co te de guy but when h leaves lor for leigland with tile lilu daughter he h dociles to use ue the iodine carl peterson Peter uon CHAPTER Cli ATEn I 1 hugh t druin Dru inmond ond a dedred officer a advertises for work that will voll give him excitement gning LI As AB a result he met meets benton a young woman who an ilia ad bile aclin tells hlin him of strange murders and robberies of which she he sun lui pacts a band headed by carl peterson and henry lAki nuton of being the leaders CHAPTER ll II drummond decides to go to the marcles laria es miss Den dentone dentons tons home an attempt ti is mude muda on the road to wreck his machine ma c hine when another occupied by P Pete at e arso raon n JA I k ington and a strange strai iBe man blocks th tha a road title dining with phyl its benton bea i t 0 n and her father drummond Drui imond hears a terrible t e rr ble s brick at the elms during the A night ight drummond leaves leates the th larches barches and explores tile the elms ila he dis dl covers La kington and peterson using a thumbscrew on ati an american who signs a paper drummond rescues the american america ca 11 a after a struggle gIC and takes him to his home tho the man Is hiram C pott CHAPTER III peterson visits drum the tha next day departing with a throat threat to return later and recover potts and also a torn paper which drummond e d the night ot of the fight with tile tho ild aid of reter peter V V i A il on an old army friend drummond Dru romond arranges arran geB to hide bids potts and subs guba loute in his hin place one a de mobilized soldier ler who la Is seized by peterson and his gang and taken taked to the elmi along with drummond CHAPTER IV when rhen peterson Pet erBon discovers cove a the hoax drummond la Is escorted by irma to a room where he Is in to stay tor for the night D the night drummond Is in exploring the house when he gets in a room in which la Is a cobra he escapes but on the stairs has a fight in the dark CHAPTER V drummond enlists allt the th aid of ct algy longworth liong worth toby sinclair ted je r n I 1 and jerry seymour the latter a an n aviator drummond after an encounter wi with t 11 the pseudo potts meets irma talking tall ting to the marquis of haldley and suspects the gang Is plotting for the jewels and hla his friends are gassed as they sit in his apartment carries oft off potts CI TArTEn VT VI When drummond and his recover they plan to again rescue ell potts potta drummond goes to see phylus llund and besides learning potts tibb ban been taken to the I lima ilima also becomes engaged to her drummond drimmond Is captured by tha ga gang n g in the attempted rescue CHAPTER VII drummond 1 in held prisoner in the elms and he hearm heard peterson a on mI tIrIng plans to attend a conference at t the hit lie he also hears Peter wn and Lait ington plotting to make potte sign an agro agreement ement drummond on the root roof wa wat telles clies an aa the two plotters begin to torture potts potta with a thumbscrew ile he yells through the skylight and causes laking conand ton and peterson to rush from the room chapton VIII potts follows follow drum mends advice and escapes to the aare lies where FL a waiting machine takes him away drummond la in rescued rhen hen a crowd gathers Rrt beza bei adise tise of the commotion lie he makes on the root roof ile he tells tella ahl phyllls its he musk attend the ibitz con conference conferee feren ce drummond has learned that the gang Is after the levels jewel of the duchess of I laidley ald lie ho meets jerome green an american detective in paris green has come to find potts potta tor for his relatives jelfo alte adly aru s ri not of ilie ali d way for a walter suiter to leave lease the hotel even ll if lie lilt laiful just JIM been wl ml us rn fin tor und find on oil the spot pot and undoubtedly it if tic he lanil ad beeta 11 walter alter tt this large boly of belting would hale ren loved him expeditiously through scone home T buttery anti dropped li win in on oil the pavement out ota ot if a bick back tn trance just opposite ailigh Il iiii lip lie 11 1 ed and in ili it alej aloir r bolt itt t 1 l no ito one in particular youre spotted look aut ut lebder at then engulfed once more in tile the crowd lie he continued lilt majestic pro RI find finally a n little abruptly from view cryptic the american hut but some ind geel gee TIC he had that bunch brinch gu tile ledger tit nt Ind alining amid langh thoughtfully q 1 I apter fron tigh the skylight kyl lelit lust last night getting gay with lint flint ledger ain nt thinking well lime have to look dinst lii le ife it sir mr green what A little dinner nt at ann im thinking wove woe found out till nil likely to fand until WP e call jet to flint ledger ali and thanks to your knowing thop hose liard lil rd sir green our trip rip to paris lins has been of con value 11 tit the american nodded 1 I hueit im ilu on tie he remarked slowly I 1 but if you 1011 inke my advice cap loiell loi ill look nippy I 1 I 1 Mould nt linger around cor bornert nert aamir nani r luff jig the file mild things klaid kando 0 o happen at corners comers TWO nut but on oil ti particular the dot dottice tive proved wrong they reach reached ed luni ey ennd an till american showed himself to ile he A horn horil coave arsa t iona list us As well us its 11 shrewd ninn of tile the world ali over oer the coffee and liquors hugh gave 11 him lin it brief outline of f what had taken place lie he first got up tit in III tile affair the american listened in III silence though arnaze amazement luent shone honn on oil lilt his face ns am the story pro pi weeded only when vilt ll hugh lind had finished find em early ly arri arrivals v for supper were beginning to till nil tile tie restaurant did he fum up ill the matter as lip he saw it A tough proposition il 11 d tough potts Is ovir biggest shipping nion hut but where he comes on the plea 9 4 q r b 11 tough rough proposition captain dd D d tough ture lure nt fit flint inot moment tient has ine ili hent beat As for the old girls jewels they dont sevin to lit fit lit in fit t nil fill all we call to do Is to put our noses inside that ledger and see tit alio hook book of the words sure mire help sonie sonic and as hugh switched off on tile the electric light lit in his bedro bedroom orn having first seen een that ins ills torch was rendy ready to liand hand in case of enter goncy he was thinking of tile the detec thes words getting hold lioyd of the ledger was not going to b IK VII anny ity far front from it hut but the excitement of the clinic chase hall fairly obsess fd od him film hv by tle he lily lay in lied til mIng over in ills his mind every possible and lilt possible pos jelleme hy by aich which lie he could vet pet into tile lift jerret ecret center room tit at tit tin E alnis I 1 III R ito 1 anen nei the safe the led lads oi IV aas if 9 kept in but tres tire awkward aw karri noH lons for ille flip ord ordinary hinry mortal to 10 anckle anyway it it thing ihns rould romild ile he done in if vis allt it he bould have to ini Ina inage liage nt at eat blat ea t a quarter or of half tin an hours undisturbed list curbed search earch tile thought of which with alth hist knowledge of the habits of the hou household sebold almost made liliu him laugh out loud ali and at that motu moment ent a fly aly pinged hinged past hit his bellil head tie ile felt singularly and after a while lie he erre up attempting to KO go to sleep the new development which had find come to liblit that evening was uppermost upper in his thoughts and na he lay there covered only with A clipet for the night was hot the whole vile scheme unfolded itself tie he fore his the american waa right in his main idea ida of thai he had no debt anti and in his hij minds eye lie saw the grent crowds 4 of idle foolish fool ni ine men n let led hy by a few hotheaded and paid blackguards black guards to lher no 10 utopia starvation In Isery ruin titter fand complete lurked in ills mental picture specter ed as great ideals hut but grinning latr ln tr r their inake and once again lie he seen sed to 0 o henr the trw oc toe of machine runs gunst as lie had henn heart ight after night during I 1 lh h years gone one hy by hut this ills time th were mounted oil tilt he of 0 the ana towns jig of figland gland and tile swish of the bullets In illets which had sweep like swarms of nf cock chafers over 10 to ann manx g land now flow whistled down th ill I 1 street tir pett brows of squalid housea lio iise and once again a fly pinged hinged past 1 hi 1 I hend fiend with it ft gesture of annoyance ir h waved ilk arm ami it wan wail hot fernely ho lot anti and lie ho wax was beginning tu t regret that lip hp had followed ill barnest advice of tho to steel sleep mil its his w inflows shut anti and bolted alin till in earth could Peters do 14 to win him in a worn nt at lie file hut but lie he imil prom ivd the detec delp the etive ard and there it vt wn ax ruit nini drawn window bolted door lockom loc kid I 1 moreover More li forem a and nj lip hp sniffed girl grimly mer to as he remembered it he had and pen men pone gone so ito far its as to emulate the maiden lady of fiction a aai cs clr alt ul ai L P d i u the next moment the smile censer abruptly abrupt y anti lip lie iny rigid with every nerve alert something hud moved in ohp room it hod had only been a tiny movement more like the raeta ofa of n piece ot of furniture than anything nn thing elst else but it WAR not quite tike like it A gentle tilli berIng sound lind preceded precede tl the lie prenk creak the sound such ns nil it ft ninn man would ninke make who with infinite precaution against making a dolse was waa moving in a lark dark room a stealthy uncanny nolie hugh dwerl into the darkness tensely after tile lie first moment of 0 surprise ills brain was quite cool lie ho had looked under the tied bed lie had hung ills font cont in tile the cupboard till and hie five for those two obvious places there mere was dp cover for a mt cat and apt et with the ort rort r of sixth sen that flint four yearn of pitr war lind and given ghen blin lie knew that noise lini litell teen filli luide by some home ii li gency linnian I 1 tilt the thought of tile the cobra fit t tile alnis linseed into ills nind anti ills his mouth set more grimly vant it it if ter oil lind imd introduced some home if f ills his at menagerie into lie room n then one once more ire tile lit tiling thing like it ly fly soun sounded deI inrid in ili ills his eor anil lid ans its it ills 1119 loll 1011 or r hild lie he heind heard it balut sibilant hiss just before suddenly it truck struck him that lie he was at if terri terrible lile disadvantage the tiling thing inteer whatever it was knew at liny fifty rato rat his position lip lie lind fail not the slightest notion where it wal win ali and it 11 blind mail boxing it inan who could sep see would liine have felt just enst os safe with hugh suell a conclusion meant instant action act lo it might inight he be dangerous Inn germis on the door it most certainly was arns for far more so lit in bed lip lie felt for ills hn torch and then with one holi hound tid lip lie ans stoin standing dIng by tile floor door with fill ills hand annd on oil ill lie electric light sw switch itell then lie paused civi nivi listened intently not IN ot n R pound r could lie 1 I hear bear the thins thing whatever hat ever it was lind bad become motionless nt at his sudden movement mo ement foi or an all appreciable time lie he stood there his eves searching the dar darkness knoss but even if lie could see nothing und find he cursed the american under ills breath lie would have given anything for wen cen th ltv faintest fin falli test grey light so that in ho could have some ide idea of what it was and ami where it was now lie felt utterly helpless while everi moment lie imagined some slimy y crawling brute touching ills his hare barp feet creeping up on him ile he pulled himself together sharply light wax was ests estial tind and tit nt once lint hut it if lie he switched switch pl it on there would be a moment when the tiling thing would see free him before lie he could see sec the thing and such moments tire not helpful there only remained his torch and on oil the ancee on oil one nue occasion it he lind hid aved his UP life iv by its judicious ludl clous ui ilso the man behind one ot 0 those useful implements Is in blackness far more impenetrable than tile black blackest esit night rr for the he mull ivan in ili front Is dazzled ile he ca cain n only t hoot sit lit the torch g hold it to one side and in front of you ou the eglit I 1 ait out olit darting round llie 1 room ieng something lilt hit tile lie sleeve eve of its ills lm jalilah bill stilla lie could see nothing tile the bed with will the clothes thrown finck back the tand tile the chair with his trousers and shirt was w as it find bcd ben n when lie turned in ili and then lie heard it a see MC bild sound distinct anti and clear it enilla from high up tip near tho the ceiling and tile the iphill beam caught the he big clipboard mid traveled ill up it reached the top toll and rested there fixed and steady framed in the middle of it peering over the edge was a little hairless brown race holding ant looked like a tube tilbe in Us jim mouth hugh had one glimpse of a lark dark skinny hand putting something lit in the tube tilbe find then lip lie switched olt the alip torch and ducked just juat it is another lly fly oler over hs fils head and lilt hit the wall behind one thing at silly any rate was cert certain nin the other occupant of the room wast was human and with flint realization fill all his nerve returned thero would lie ile time enough inter filter on to find out how he got there anti and ant those pinging noises ila had been caused hy by just jurt nt at that moment only one tiling filing was wag on oil the pro pr iain and without a sound he crept round tile the lied bed toward tho the to put that one thing into effect in his usuna direct manner twice did tie lip beair the little whittling hiss from phane but nothing sang rast past his hend head H ardently tile ansin hart had lost him nud anti vas probably still alining at the door and AM then with hands that hint barely touched it ho he felt tile outlines of the cupboard it was standing an ail inch or two from froin the wall and lie slipped clipped ills fingers behind the lie hack back on one sille side lie ile listened bened for a ino moment ment tilt hut no ito movement time ame front from above then halt half facing tile the wall wal lie put one leg it thero there wits one quick tremendous lepave a crash which sounded deafening then silence and once again lie swit switched chud wi on his torch lying on the floor by the window was one of the lie smallest men lip he lind mtr wn lie was it native of sorts i and hugh turned him over over with his foot ile he was quite quit unconscious find the aile bump on ills his head where it hail had tilt hit the floor was rapidly mv swelling ellIng to tho lie size of a large orange in ili lilt ills I 1 land hand ho he still cint clutched elied the lie little tube find hugh ging gingerly pirly removed it placed in position tit nt one end was at a loep loll 1011 splinter of 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