Show T ULL DOG DRUMMOND D R ONI j vie the adventures of a mobilized demobilized De A r by CYRIL mcneile officer who found peace dull SAPPER by go geo B S dioria co to CHAPTER vill VIII continued 13 at first he be had expected some trick being a person of tortuous brain but ia as time went on n sod and nothing unexpected happened he be became assured hl ills orders were to follow the millionaire lion lio alre and inform headquarters where he be was wa taken to and assured ly at the moment it teemed seemed easy money then quite suddenly the hurn humming stopped and he frowned the car in front had swung off the roni road and turned through the entrance of a small mall airdrome what the devil was he to do now most assuredly ho he could not pursue an airplane on a mo tor even a racer blindly without thinking he old did the first hit carof came into hit his head ile he left his hl car handing where it was wag and followed fol owed me hie others into the airdrome on fool fo ol perhaps he be could find out something from one of the mechanics someone right might be able to tell him where the plane was going there she was wag with the car aldr her and already the millionaire wn wal being strapped into his seat feat drummond was wa talking to tile the pilot and the sleuth full of esger eagerness accosted it a passing mech mechanic sille can you tell me where that airplane la Is going to he be asked ingrati stingly it was wag perhaps unfortunate that the said bald mechanic had just jot had bad a lar largo spanner dropped on his top toe and his answer was wag not helpful it was sit an education in one way and at any other orber time the pursuer would have treated it with the respect it deserved hut but as it was tt it was unfortunate that peter darrell should have rare ansen that moment to look round and all he be saw gaw was the mechanic nie hanic talking earnestly to the sleuth whereupon he be talked earnestly to drummond in thinking it over after that unhappy sleuth w hose job had seemed so easy found it to say exactly what happened all of a sudden he be found himself surrounded by p people epli all very affable and most mort conier la a lional it look him quite five minutes to yet get back to ills his car or and tin by that time lime the plane was as a speck to in the went la ept drummond was wag standing by the gates ahen lie he got cot there with a look of profound surprise on his bis face one I 1 have seen often remarked the soldier two iwo sometimes three rarely four never fancy four punctures all at the same rome time dear I 1 positively insist on giving you a lift ile he felt himself irresistibly pro propelled lo toward drummonds car with only time for a fleeting glimpse at his own four flat tires and almost before he realized it they were away and it wag visa then that the man he had thought mod laughed Inu glied gently Is it all highl reter peter hugh asked AH AD ate tate t cattle came a voice from he be bind then dot him one the sleuth had bad a fleeting vision of if tare of all colors billich dont danced etri behe 4 0 re alls 0 must murt be B a popular sort of cove cov fw fore ill 11 elliis courlen alb walli a stun ing blow on 0 the back of the hend head lie be realized the car or was as pull arg up then blackness FOUR my dear fellow I 1 to fold you wed ret here tome liow hugh Ir ummond frechel his big legs luxuriously the fact that it was necessary to crash crall cra ll your blinking bus in a stray field in order to avoid their footling passport regulations la 19 absolutely imma imray te tenial jai abe only dar damage inage Is 1 a 8 dent in ted teda a dicky but aft 1 the best alters alter have that flint they ambur it with soup to show their energy uy my god I 1 here citren another an of them A was advancing to isol 1141 oll down the of the ritz liti waving oving protesting hands he addressed himself in a voluble crescendo to drummond who rose and bowed deeply hit his knowledge of french was vias microscopic but such trifles were made inane to ile he oer overcome come the frenchman produced a note book wk votre noni nom sll ous plait undoubtedly mon colonel remarked int hugh vaguely crash on ox ont t dans ile he dmn itt your name old dear murmured jerry weakly 1101 oh dom apt he hugh beamed on the gendar gendarme nip you ton priceless little bird sty my name Is captain hugh drummond and As a tie he spoke A miln man sitting clore liy by who had been an amused onlooker or of the whole scene stiffened suddenly lit in his chair binl stared hard bard at alingh it knits vi ns only for a second and then he wax 1814 1 onee ome more merely the po politely litel hil interested spectator rut but hugh had s eu that quick look though he gave carp no sign nod and alien at last the french frenchi onion mn deported apparently satisfied he leaned over and spoke to jerry see that man with the suit of hand me downs and the ibe dear cigar hp he remarked he in the anine im just wondering on dering on which aich eiffe tie he was not left long in douht doubt for barlay barely biad ad the lie swing iving doors door closed behind abe gendarme liben the ma man n in question rose and crime over to him excuse me sir lie he sad in a pronounced battal tuang but I 1 heard beard you say you were captain hugh drummond I 1 guess youre one of the men ive come across the nater to 0 o see sly card hugh glanced at the pasteboard pasie poste board lan ian mr jerome K green he murmured what a jolly sort of name see sec here captain went on the other oilier suddenly displaying a badge hidden under his enst coat Th ati put you oi wise ise that bridge Is the hade p of tile the police force of the united states of f america anil and that same force Is humming some at the moni moment ent he ant down beside liesl de hugh and bent forward confidently theres a prominent citizen of new york verb city apen miri meriald ald captain and from information weve got ue e reckon you know quite a lot about his whereabouts what shout about hiram C potts what indeed remarked hugh sounds like a riddle dont it youve heard of him film captain few people have not yes hut but youve met him recently said the detec detective tIlle leaning forward you know where he Is and he be topped tapped hugh on the he knee impressively 1 I want him I 1 want to take him back lit in cottonwood cotton wool mool to ills his wife and laughters m why by im over on this side captain just for that one purpose there seem to me to be a con bid erable number of people wandering around who mho share your ont opinion rilon about mr rott potts drawled hugh up ue must ile be a popular sort of co cove coe e popular aint the word for I 1 it captan said raid the other have you got him now 1 1 in a matter of speaking yes yea an sw e frfd rfd hugh beckoning to a passing viltres w biter three martinis where Is hel snapped the detective eagerly hugh laughed laii glied being up it II cotton nol by somebody eles el es wife and daughters you were a little too quick sir green you may be all at iou say on the other hand you may not and these das da I 1 trust no one tire the american nodded ills his head lr ir app approval quite right lie he remarked my ily motto and bet et im going to tru 4 you weeks ngo ago we ne heinl beerd things shingi on oil the other side through certain channels 1 as l to a show aich which was as on the rail overe here hugh alii nodded d then hiram potts got mixed up op in it exactly how e wise to in hut but it ins enough to bring me over I 1 ere two deys ago I 1 got or ahl ills pable able ile he produced a bundle 01 0 pap ra ant anil handed one to drum loona its in it cipher as you sie see si e ive put the lie translation hugl hugh tuck took the cablegram slid and alair ted at it it was short and to tile hie point Cop captain iain hush gitig h drummond of halt half moon littion street london Is our cour roan mail lie he glanced up tiro at tile the american who ubo trained drained ills his cocktail alth the air of a man lunn till Is satisfied with life Capi capiali aln blugh drummond of haf off ninon moon street london Is my man he well veil captain what about it now flow will you rou tell me wily youve come to paris I 1 guess its something to lo tin do with the business itu im on for ir few moments hugh did not reply anil and the american seemed to fin no BO hurry for an answer some early arrivals for dinner sauntered through the lounge and drummond watched them theiu idly as they passed the american detective certainly seemed all right but casualty casually hip glance rested on a mao man sitting just opposite reading the paper he took in the short dark beard the immick late though slightly foreign evening clotees ClOt clothes bes evidently a wealthy french mail inan giving a dinner party parly in we the restaurant by the way the head waiter nas hovering round around and then suddenly his eyes narrowed and he set fit motionless are you vou interested in the psychology of gambling mr greeny be remarked turning to the somewhat astonished american some people cannot control their heir eyes or their mouth if the stakes are big others cannot control their hands bands for ln lit awl old bean returned the waiter but dont hope tor for too much stance the gentleman opposite does anything strike you particularly with willi regard to him the detective glanced across the wrig lunge he be seems to like hitting bli bin knee with his left hand be said mid after a short inspection murmured hugh that Is 18 why I 1 cume came W c paris CHAPTER IX in which he has a near shave ONE captain you haloe hae me guessing tire tin americo american lt bt tire the end off anoche cigar and adi leaned back in his bis clair rl air you say that buell frenchman with tire llie waiters huering holier lug about like ream fleas round a doo ats s til tali Is tire the reason yup yop coule to ports Is lie he kind of friendly with hirers C Q clotts drummond laughed alie lie first oliue I 1 wet diet mr potts he remarked that s swell sell ell frenchman was as just to put a thumbscrew on his second thumb second the det ethe looked up quickly the first had becu treated earlier it in tire lie evening quietly it il was alien that abat I 1 rein tiled your tuillio are pu ciui the other lit it his elgria deliberately say tain lie he aou aint putting pulling my leg by any chalice ore are you 1 I au ain not suld short ly 13 1 I 1 mas tol loiti belvie lif uie I 1 inet lilla liim clat tle me g oer there was vish one of the buys boys lie he is most distinctly lit in tact though up to dule dan lunt leis luu 1101 bt en in ill it ii line I 1 glouid put him down as i it son ort of super I 1 odfer atilt intrude lie is imming imi ing under bere the Anie ceased fi putting at al ills his cigar do they abey ilaryi or T in england angland lie Is 1 cleall ahoi veil pom possesses u H daughter r and answers to carl Vee Ie lenou mou As tie is at preem pre em I 1 liall should li ull uever hae liim him but sw frie abut little trick of his fils it daughter for the first thue the displayed truces cruces of excitement holy 1 it ifill t be blin who hut but tire lie other did not answer out our u of the lh curner vt of his bin eye he waa iiii ing luen who vibo had bad just auf juf t joined tile die subject of their talk and on oil lilt his face was as a duding daw oica lr lit waited visited till the vo whole licile party hall goite nto into tire the restaurant chett aside ide his caution lon be turned excitedly on drummond Drum mood are you certain lie cried that thai lots the man who vilio has hren been with potts absolutely said eald hugh lie he rec me whether he thinks I 1 rec fd him hi or not dot I 1 dont know then what remarked tire the detective tec tive it is he be doing here daning dlo nc with hocking flocking our cotton trust mao man with abs tbs tb gernian german mat coal roan man and with that other guy whose face aw Is familiar but bol whose dame I 1 cant alace two of em cm at any rate raf cap fain boys got more millions million than were ever likely to have thousands thou rands hugh stared at their american Amert can last night lie said slowly be was vias foregathering fore gathering with a crowd of the mos mo at f atrocious ragged d revolutionaries its ever been iny ay luck luch to run up against were in it captain right in the middle of it cried tire the de detective teethe slapping his leg ill eat my fay hat if that frenchman l franklin franki li or lib or baron darritt or any oilier of the blamed no mis lie ile calls himself hes fies a genius ties fies the goods gee he whittled whistled gently under his breath if we ue could only luy lily him by the heels beels for a while abile he stored la in front of him lost in ills his dideum or of pleos plessant ant antici anticipation then with ith a short lough laugh lie he pulled himself together quite a few people have thought the hie same captain lie he remarked and there he Is 19 still drinking high balls vou too say lie was with ith a crowd of revolutionaries lavt lait night dight what do you mena mean exact lyT bolshevists anarchists Anarchist st n members ien ibers of the do no work and have all the money brigade answered hugh but excuse me a moment walter A man who ho had bad been hovering round came up promptly four of tern ein teti ted said hugh in ID a rapid undertone Frenchi llau with willi abeare B board a yank and two roches boches do your best right night o old bean returned the waiter but dont hope for too much tie ile disappeared unobtrusively into tile the restaurant and hugh turned with ath a laugh to the american who was utis staring at him in amazement who the devil Is that guy asked the detective ted jerningham son of sir patrick jerningham bart and lady jerningham of jerningham hall rutland england answered hugh still grinning we may be crude in our me lu ethod thoAs s mr green but you must admit mit we do our best besl incidentally if YOU want to litow know your friend sir mr potts is as at present tucked between the sheets at that very house ile he went there by airplane tills this morning he waved a hand toward jerry lip HP visa mas the pilot the 3 he american was wag stinking shaking his head a little dazedly weve got to get busy bury on what your friend petersons little ittle worry Is weve vieve then got to stop it some old how now does nothing sort of strike you he looked keenly at the soldier revolutionaries bolshevists paid agitators last night international financiers this why the broad outline of the he plan Is as plain as the nose on your face and it just the sort of same gome that roan man would love the detective stared thoughtfully at the lie end of his cigar and a look of comprehension begun began to dawn daan on hughs face groat scott mr green arpen he said 1 I to beginning to get you what iii was defeating nie me was why two mo men it like peterson and acid La Lington should be mixed up with last nights crowd chos Laking too asked the other quickly number Kur olier two in the combine said hugh and a nasty man well well leave him film out for the moment said the american it bitile aou on that there are quite a number of people in this world who ho would benefit if england became a sort son of second ru ku sia that such a thing would be worth orth money big money moneal that such a thing would ifould bp be worth morth paying through the lie nose nore for it would have to he be lone done properly your small strike here and your swall small strike there aint no kanuer of ue u e one strike ull nil oer our country what peteri ien i s for ill stake my iny bottom dolar how hes lie s doing it 1 Is 14 4 broiher mater ter but lies in fit aldi ili file hi hit big chitin clem alers and hos using g tile ill lul ing bolstler Bol Bolst stiles les as n tools gid its a hig sr heine he puffed twice at ills his cegur a dirtied lilg big scheme your tour little ill alil captain Is saving otte tire HIP finest oil owl a earth lint but sites it in a 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