Evening star., 1921-05-09
CONTINUED from Yesterdays Starr

tContinued from Yesterdays Starr
Dexterously he proceeded to sea:
up ever; crack in the safe door with
the soap. leaving a small gap. at the
top unseaied. Then around that gap
he built what wa 10 all intents ard
purposes u soap dam.
''If any of you boys" he remarked
to lae intent group around him,
'tlIink Of taking this UP as means
of livelihood, be careful Of this
stuff FROM another pocket he pro
duced an India rubber bottle. Don
drop ii on the floor j. YOU want /"
be measured for your coffin. Ther.Ii
'ust he boot and SOME bits to
bury"
TIA. group faded away, and the
American laughed
Might 1 ask what it is? muir
INJURED Hugh. politely. from the
neighborhood of ,ne door
sure thing. captain returned the
detective. carefully pourin. sofr" OF
the liquid into the soap dam. THAT
or. as the boys CAL it. the oil. It
runs right round the cracks Of the
. door inside the soap He added a
| little more. and carefully replaced
the stopper in the bottle. Now {,
detonator and a bit Of fuse. and |
, =
1T reminds one Of those dreadful
. barbarians. the Sappcrs. trying to
blow up things. remarked Toby.
stepping with some agility into the
garden. and moment or t"o later
the American joined them.
1t may be necessary to do it
, again. he announced. and as he
spoke the sound of a dull explosion
came from inside the house. ON
the other hand" ne continued, going
back into the room and quietly pull
/. ing the safe door open. "it may not.
/. There's your book. captain"
/ He calmly relit his cigar as if
safe opening was the most norma
undertaking. and Drummond lifted
out the heavy ledger and placed it
on the table.
60 out in relays. boys" he said
to the group of men by the door.
land get your breakfasts. I'm going
to be busy for a bit
He sat down at the table and be-
gan to turn the pages. The American
Chinese cabinet: Toby and Peter
sprawled in two chairs, Mnashamediy
snoring. And after while the de-
tective put down the cabinet and.
coming over, sat at Drummond S
side.
Every page contained an entry
sometimes half a dozen-of the same
type. and as the immensity Of the
nroicct dawned on the two men
their faces grew serious.
Il told you he was a big man, cap
tain" remarked the American. lean
ing back in his chair and looking at
the open book through half-closed
eyes.
"One can only hope to Heaven
| that were in time" returned Hugh.
i Damn it. man. he exploded. surely
| the police must know of this
The American closed his ewes still
more. ..-.......
Your English police know most
! things" he drawled. but you've sort
| of got some peculiar laws in your
man something happens. He kind
o ceases to sit up and take nour-
! ishmcnt But over nere. the more
| scurrilous he is the more he talks
: bloodshed and riot. the more con-
stables does he get to guard him
| from catching cold
The soldier frowned
Look at this entry here" he
! grunted. THAT blighter is a member
! of pa rliament. What's he getting
four payments of a thousand pounds
| for?" .-.....'--
| why. surely to buy some nice
warm underclothes with" grnned rhe
! detective. Then he leaned for. '.rl
/ and glanced at the name But u.
he some pot in one Of your btg
I trade unions?
Heaven knows" grunted Hugh. Il
: only saw the Brighter once. and the n
his shirt was dirty" He turned
over a few more pages thoughtfully:
"Why. if these are the sums of
money Peterson has blown, the man
must have spent a fortune. Two
thousand pounds to lvolsky. Incl
dentally. that's the bloke who had
words with the whatnot on the
/ stairs
/ In silence they continued their
study of. the book. The whole of
England and Scotland had been split
up into districts. regulated by pop
ulation rather than area. and each
district appeared to be in charge Of
one director. \ varying number or
subd districts in every main division
had each its subdirector and staff.
and al some of the names DrummOnd
rubbed his eyes in amazcment.
Briefly. the duties of every man were
outlined; the locality in which his
work lay. his exact responsibilities.
SO that overlapping was reduced 10