The Lamar register., 1921-08-10
SYNOPSIS.

PROIO9UE-In December. ISIS. four
men gathered in hotel in Berne AND
heard one of the quartet outline a plan
to parslyze Great Britain and ut the
same time seize world power. The othsr
thres Hooking. American. and Stsineman
and Won Graft, Germans. all millionairss.
agree to the scheme. providing another
man, Hiram Potts. an American. is taken
in. The instigator OF the plot gives his
name as Comte de Guy, but when he
leaves for England with his dAughtsr ne
decides TO use the name Carl Peterson
CHAPTER l. - Capt Hugh (BulidoO
Drummond, a retired officer. adverttses
for work that viii give MIN Excitement
signing ''xl0." As result he meets
Phyllis Benton. q young woman who an
swerea his ad. she tells him OF strange
murders and robberies OF which she sus-
pects a band headed by Carl Peterson and
Henry Lakington of being the leadsrA
CHAPTER u--Drummond decides 70
20 to The IArches, Miss benton's home
An attempt 10 made on the road to wreck
his machine when another. occupied By
Peterson, LAkington and strange man.
blocks the road. while dining with Phyt-
Lis Benton and her father Drummond
hears u terrible shrek At The Elms. Dur
ing the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The Ems. He dis-
covers LaIIington and Peterson using .
thumbscrew on an American who siGns
. paper. Drummond rescues the Amss1-
can after . struggle and takes him -
his home. The man u Hiram @. rs<ts-
CHAPTER III-Pstsrson vtsits Drum
mond the next dAy, departing with .
threat to return later and recover Potts
and also q torn paper which Drummona
seized the night of the nght With the
aid of Peter Darrel. an cid army fr1snA.
Drummoud arranges 70 hide PottA and
substitute In his place one Auilinga. d.
nobiiizsd soldier. who 10 ssizsd By Peter
son and his gang and taken 10 Ths E1mA.
along with Drummond-
CHAPTER ~. when Pstsrson as
covers the hoax Drummond is escorted
by Irma 10 q room where he II to ekAy
for the night During the night Drum
mond Is exploring the house when hs gses
in q strange room In which 10 . cobrA
He escapes, but on the stairs has . aSAf
In the DART
CHATTER v.-Drummond snlists the
aid of Aigy Longworth. Toby Sinclair.
Ted birmingham and Jerry Seymour. the
latter an aviator. Drummond. after An
encounter with the pseudo Potts. meets
Trma talking to the marquis of Laidley
and suspects the gang is plotting for the
I.aidley Jewels. Drummond and his friends
are gassed as they sit In his apartment
Lakington carries OF Potts.
CHATTER vI.-when Drummond and
his friends recover they plan to again res
cue Potts. Drummond goes to see Phyl-
lis and besides learning Potts has been
taken to The Elms also becomes engaged
to her. Drummond is captured by the
gang in the attempted rescue.
CHAPTER VII. - Drummond is held
prisoner In The Elms and he hears Peter
son making plans to attend conference
al the Ritz He also hears Peterson and
Lakington plotting TO make Potts sign
an agreement Drummond on the roof
watches as the two plotters begin to tor
ture Potts with "A thumbscrew. He yells
through the skylight and causes Laking-
ton and Peterson TO rush from the room
''Peep-bo." came a well-known voice
from the skylight. clip him one over
the jaw, Potts, my boy; but don't you
sign"