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squeezing and writhing. And then sud-
denly there was a tearing snap, and
tie great limbs relaxed and grew
limp.
For a moment the man stood watch
ing the still quivering brute lying at
his feet; then, with gasp of utter
exhaustion, he dropped on the ground
himself. He was done-utterly
cooked; even Peterson's voice close
behind scarcely reused him.
"Quite one of the most amusing en-
tertainments I've seen for long time"
The calm, expressiOnless voice made
him look up wearily, and he saw that
he was surrounded by men. The in
evitable cigar glowed red in the dark
ness, and after moment or two he
scrambled unsteadily to his feet.
"Td forgotten your id menagerie,
I must frankly confess" he remarked.
"What's the party for?" He glanced
at the men who had closed in round
him.
"a guard of honor, my young
friend" said Peterson spavely, ito lead
you to the house. 1 wouldn't hesitate
it's very foolish. Your friends
have gone, and, strong as you are,
don't think you can manage ten."
Hugh commenced to stroll toward
the house.
"Well, don't leave the wretched
Potts lying about. 1 dropped him over
there"
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Variation in Flower Colors,

Variations in flowers are like varia-
tons in music, often beautiful as SUCH
but almost always inferior to the
theme on which they are founded
the original air. And the rule holds
good in beds of flowers if they be not
very large. or in any other small us.
semblage of them. Nay the largest
bed will look well. If of one beautiful
color, while the most beautiful vari.
eties may be inharmohiously mixed
up. Contrast is good thing. but we
must observe the laws Of harmonious
contrast. and unless we have space
enough to secure these, it is better to
be content with unity and simplicity,
which are always to be had.-Leieh
Hunt. N
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Jerry. From the garden in front came
the dreadful sound Of duet by Algy
and Peter Not a soul was in sight;
the back of the house was clear. All
that he had to do was to walk quietly
through the wicket-gate to The
Larches with his semi-conscious bur-
den, get to his car, and drive off. 1t
all seemed so easy that he laughed. :.
But there were one or two factors
that he had forgotten, and the first
and most important one was the man
upstairs. The window was thrown up
suddenly, and the man leaned out wav-
ing his arms. He was still gasping
with the strength of the ammonia, but
Hugh saw him clearly in the light from
the room behind. And as he cursed
himself for fool in not having tied
him up, from the trees close by there
came the sharp clang of metal.
With a quick catch in his breath he
began to run. The two men who had
rushed past him before he had entered
the house, and whom, save for pass
ing thought, he had disregarded, had
become the principal danger. For he
had heard that clang before; lie re-
membered Jem Smiths white horror
struck face, and then his sigh of re-
lief as the thing-whatever it was-
was shut in its cage. And now it was
out lodging through the trees, let
loose by the two men. He heard some
thing crash into a bush on his right
and give a snarl Of anger. Like flash
he swerved into the underground on
the left.
Then began a dreadful game. He
was still some way from the fence,
and he was hampered at every step
by the man slung over his back. He
could hear the thing blundering
about searching for him, and sudden
ly, with a cold feeling of fear, he
realized that the animal was in front
of him-that his way to the gate was
barred. The next moment he saw
Shadowy, indistinct. in the darkness,
he saw something glide between two
bushes. Then it came out into the
Open, and he knew it had seen him,
| though as yet he could not make out
| what it was.
/ Cautiously he lowered the million
aire to the ground, and took step
forward. 1t was enough; with snarl
| of fury the crOurli1n.
shambled toward him. Two hairy arms
| shot out toward his throat, he Smelt
the brute's foetid breath, hot and lOath-
some, and he realized what he was
up against. It was partially grown
gorilla.
For a full minute they fought in
silence, save for the hoarse grunts of
the animal as it tried to tear away
the mans hand from it's throat, and
then encircle him with its powerful
arms. And with his brain cold as ice
Hugh saw his danger and kept his
head. 1t couldn't go on; no human
being could last the pace, whatever his
strength. And there was only one
chance of finishing it quickly, the pos
sibility that the grip taught him by
Olaki would serve with monkey as 1t
!. did with a man.
| He shifted his left thumb an inch
or two on the brute's throat, and the
| baboon, thinking he was weakening,
| redoubled its efforts. And then, little
by little, the fingers moved, and the
grip which had been tight before grew
tighter still. Back went its head ;
something was swapping in its neck.
With scream of fear and rage it
wrapped its legs round DrummOnd,
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The Adper1tureS OF a
Den1ObiliZed Officer
Who Found PeQceDuU
By CYRIL McNEILE
''SAPPER"
Copyright BY Geo. b. Doran Co.
SAPPEK
Copyright by Geo. b. Doran Co.

1.-The soldier.'' he snarled. "1ou
young pup!"
Deliberately, almost casually. ne
raised his revolver, and then the un-
expected happened. A jet OF llquld
ammonia struck him full in the face'
and with a short laugh Hugh dropped
his water-pistol in his pocket. and
turned his attention to the bed. Wrap
ping the millionaire in a blanket, he
picked him up, and, paying no more
attention to the man gasping and chok-
ing in corner, he raced for the back
stairs.
Below he could hear Jerry hiccough-
ing gently, and. explaining to the pro
= pro pritOr that he per-
shOnally would repair inshisted
on repairing any and every
gate posht he posshessed. And
then he reached the garden.
Everything had fallen out exactly
as he had hoped, but had hardly dared
to expect. He heard Peterson's voice.
calm and suave as usual, answering
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CHAPTER VII,

In Which He Spends an Hour or Two
on a Roof.
ONE.
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"YOU OARLING!"

Synopsis.-In December, 1918, four
men gathered in hotel in Berne
and heard one of the quartet, Carl
Peterson, outline plan to paralyze
Great Britain and at the same time
seize world power. The other three.
Hooking, American, and Steineman
and Won GratZ, Germans, all mil
lioraires, agree to the scheme, pro-
viding another man, Hiram Potts,
an American, is taken in. Capt
Hugh Bull-Dog Drummond, re-
tired officer, advertises for work
that will give him excitement, sign
ing "Xl0." AS a result he meets
Phyllis Benton, a young woman
who answered his ad She tells
him of strange murders and rob-
berries by band headed by Carl
Peterson and Henry Lakington.
She fears her father is involved.
Drummond goes to The Larches,
Miss Benton's home, next door to
The Elms, Peterson's place. During
the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The Elms.
He discovers Lakington and Peter
son using thumbscrew on Potts.
who signs a paper. Drummond
rescues Potts and takes him to his
own home. He also gets half of
the paper torn in the fight. Peter
son visits Drummond. departing
with a threat to return and recover
Potts and the torn paper. Hugh
substitutes Mullings for Potts. The
band carry off Mullings and Hugh
to The Elms. When Peterson dis
covers the hoax Drummond is
made to stay all night. Irma. Pc
terson's handsome daughter. warns
Hugh he will be killed. He goes
exploring during the night, runs
into a cobra, escapes mysterious
death and refrains from breaking
Peterson's neck. Drummond enlists
the aid of Algy Longworth. Toby
Sinclair, Ted birmingham and Jerry
Seymour. the latter an aviator.
Drummond discovers a man imper-
sonating Potts and beats him up.
The band gas Hugh and his friends
and carry off Potts. Hugh plans
to invade The Elms.
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richer green. Then, with a little
gasp, she pushed him away.
"YOu mustn't oh! you
mustn't, Hugh" she whispered.
"And why not, little girl?'' he said
eXultantly. Don't you know l love
you?" His face was still very close
to hers. "WelI:'
"Well, what?' she murmured.
Its your turn" he whispered. Il
love you. Phyllis-just love you."
But it's only two or three days
since we met" she said feebly.
"And phwat the divil has that got
to do with it, at all?'' he demanded.
"WOuld l be waiting longer to de-
eide such an obvious fact? Tell me-
he went on, and she felt his arm round
her again forcing her to look at him
tell me, don't you caEe
httle?'
"What's the use?" She still strug-
gled. but, even to her, it wasn't very
convincing We've got other things
to do. We can't think Of. :"
And then this very determined
young man settled matters in his
usual straightforward fashion. She
felt herself lifted bodily out of the
car as if she had been child: she
found herself lying in his arms, with
Hugh's eyes looking very tenderly in
to her own, and whimsical grin
around his mouth.
Cars pass here" he remarked,
with great regularity. l know you'd
hate to be discovered in this posi-
tion."
"Would II" she whispered. Il
wonder
She felt his heart pound madly
against her; and with a sudden quick
movement she put forth her arms
round his neck and kissed him on the
mouth.
rs that good enough?' she asked,
very low: and just for few moments,
time stood still. Then, very
gently, he put her back in the car.
81 suppose" he remarked resigned
ly, ''that we had better descend to
triyialities We've had lots of fun
and games since l last saw you year
or two ago"
Idiot boy" she said happily. 1T
was yesterday morning"
''The interruption is considered
trivial. Mere facts don't count when
it's YOU and me-" There was a fur
ther interlude of uncertain duration,
followed rapidly by another because
the first was so nice.
"To resume" continued Hugh, II
regret to state that they've got Potts.
The girl sat up quickly and stared
at him.
"Got him? Oh, Hugh! how did they
manage it,"
I'm ID if l know" he answered
grimly. "They found out that he was
in my bungalow at Goring during the
afternoon by sending round man to
see about the water. Somehow or
other he must have doped the drink
or the food. because after dinner we
ali fell asleep. l don't remember any
thing more till l woke this morning
with the most appalling head. OF
course, Potts had gone.'
Il heard the car drive up in the
middle of the night" said the gir
; thoughtfully. do you think he's at
The Elms now?"
'That is what 1 propose to fine
out tonight" answered Hugh. "We
have staged a little comedy for Peter
sons especial benefit, and we are hop
ing for the best
"Oh, boy. do be careful!' Sht
; looked at him anxiously. I'D never
forgive myself if anything happened
to you. I'd feel it was all due t
me, and just couldn't bear it."
, Dear little girl" he whispered ten
, derly. you're simply adorable whel
You look like that But not even fo
you would l back out of this shov
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on Roof.
ONE.
DrummOnd paused for moment at
the door of the sitting room, then with
slight shrug he stepped past Peter
son. During the last few days he had
grown to look on this particular room
as the private den of the principals of
the gang. He associated it in his mind
with Peterson himself, suave, impas-
sive, ruthless; with the girl Irma. per-
fectly gowned, lying on the sofa, smok-
ing innumerable cigarettes. and mani
curing her already faultless nails; and
in lesser degree, with Henry Laking-
toms thin, cruel face, and blue, staring
eyes.
But tonight a different scene con-
fronted him. The girl was not there !;
her accustomed place on the sofa was
occupied by an unkempt-looking man
with a ragged beard. At the end Of
the table was a vacant chair, on the
right of which sat Lakington regard
ing him with malevolent fury. Along
the table on each side there were half
a dozen men, and he glanced at their
faces. Some were obviously foreign
ers; some might have been anything
from murderers to Sunday school
teachers. There was one with spec
tacles and the general appearance of
an intimidated rabbit, while his neigh
Dor, helped by large red scar right
across his cheek, and two bloodshot
eyes, struck Hugh as being the sort
Of man with whom one would not
share luncheon basket.
Peterson's voice from just behind
his shoulder reused him.
"Permit me, gentlemen, to introduce
to you Captain Drummond, D. S. o..
NJ. c., the originator Of the little en-
tertainment we have just had"
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lono-lived Dollars

The gold dollar had long life. 1t
was first issued in 1849, when the ex-
citement' over the California discovery
was at it's height, and was not dis
continued until 1889.
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now." His mouth set in grim line.
Its gone altogether too far, and
they've shown themselves to be so
completely beyond the pale that it's
got to be fought out. And when it
has been," he caught both her hands
in his and we've won
why then, girl O. mine, We'll
get Peter Darrell TO be best man,
Which was the cue for the COM
mencement of the last and longest
interlude. terminated only by the sud-
den and unwelcome appearance of a
notorious covered within and with
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Heavy Ice.

BY use of high pressure water has
been converted into a new ice so dense
and heavy that it sinks in water in
stead Of floating.-The Argonaut
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BULLDOG
DRUMMOND

out by unrOmantic sightseers, ana
paper-bags containing bananas.
They drove slowly back to Guild
ford, and on the way he told her brlef-
ly of the murder Of the American s
secretary in Belfast, and his inter-
view the preceding afternoon with
the impostOr at the Carlton.
Its tough proposition" he re-
marked quietly. "They're absolutely
without scruple, and their power
seems unlimited. l know they are
after the duchess of Lampshires
pearls: I found the beautiful 1rma
consuming tea with young Laidley
yesterday-you know, the dukes eld-
est son. But there's something more
in the wind than that, Phyllis some
thing which, unless I'm a mug OF the
first water, is an infinitely larger
proposition than that"
The car drew up at the station
and he strolled with her to the plat
form. Then the train came in, ana
he put her into carriage. And two
minutes later, with the touch OF her
lips warm on his, and her anxious
little cry, "Take care, my darling -
take care!'' still ringing in his ears, ne
got into his car and drove off to an
hotel to get an early dinner.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
Newly Ordained Priest To Celebrate
 Mass Wednesday
Especial to The TimeS4

Especial to The TiInesa
 4. New Rochelle. N. Y. May SS-Trin- Catholic world as Ordination Day. was celebrated in every diocese in the country last Saturday, May 21, by induction of large classes to the dra1, New York diocese, a class of 42 seminarians was ordained by Arch Bishop Hayes assisted by Monsig- neor Lavelle and a large body of priests and Seminarians from the
 At S:3o Saturday morning St Pat rick's Cathedral was crowded to ca pacity as the solemn services which were to send forth these young men to spread the doctrines of the Catholic Church to the faithful and made their last pledge of fadthfulness to the services of God.
 Many non-Catholics in attendance voiced their appreciation of the sol emn occasion and the services which brought them to the Cath edral The sending forth of these young men by the Catholic Church to labor in the vineyard of Christ, but added to their respect for the teachings of the Catholic faith.
 New Rochelle was represented in the class of 42 by John J. Flynn Jr., now Rev Father John Flynn son of MT and Mrs. John Flynn of 81 Davis avenue. Rev Father Flynn and his family have long been de voted members of Blessed Sacrament church ,this city, presided over by Rev Father Crowley. The pastor of Blessed Sacrament church spoke words of praise of both Rev. Father Flynn and his family. The newly ordained priest said his first mass yesterday at the local church.
 Rev. Father Flynn, who was or dained Saturday at St. Patrick's Cathedral, is not unknown to Bridge porters- He is a grandson of the late Capt Thomas c. and Mrs. Cath erGne Coats, of Arch street The new priest will read mass aft St. Augustine's church, Wednesday morn ing. His grandparents were among the first members of this church Many Bridgeporters attended the or dination, Saturday, and reception at the Flynn homestead, New Rochelle Sunday. The young priest prepared for his ordination at St. Joseph's Sem fnary, Yonkers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
ATTRACTIVE DANCE GIVEN IN HONOR
 OF MISS PERRY

Mrs. Richard Howell of Elm street Stratford, was hostess for a birthday dancing party on Saturday evening at her home, in honor of Miss Loretta Perry of Boston avenue. The Novelty Four, colored jazz orchestra, furnish ed music for the occasion. During the evening each guest performed a stunt Included among the clever stunts were fancy and eccentric dances, recitations, songs, instru- mental selections and sIeight of hand tricks.
 At a late hour a buffet supper was served in the dining room. In the center of the table was an illuminated birthday cake containing favors. Among those invited were. INT. and Mrs. Kenneth Ballard, Mrs. Mayla,h Morris, Mrs. Henry Raymond, MT. and Mrs. Emmet Beardsley Mrs. Fife Loring, Miss Mabel Perkins. Miss Irene Howell, Miss Hazel Thompson, Miss Elizabeth Hennesey, Mis- Harriet Allen, Miss Elizabeth Cox, Miss Rosemary O'Brien, Miss Cecile Beecher, Miss CorneHa Meachem, Miss Lillian Vel don, Mrs. L. Carroll, Dr. Rex King. Gurdon Williams, Henry and Stanley Meachern, J. Mccarthy, Jack Gun ningham, c. Thompson, Ralph Berg gren, Carl Ekhart, Al. Sperry, Harold
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
Making The Dumb to Speak.

London, May 23.-Criminals who endeavor, by acting "dumb' to escape the penalty of the law will have a poor chance in future.
 According to the bulletin of the Ma tiona1 Anaesthetic Research Society the man who shams dumbness can be detected by the use of anaesthetics.
 The society, whose work has been proceeding in America for some time, records the case of a man accused of murder who had refused to speak a word for two weeks. The doctors were not satisfied that he was dumb and made an experiment, which proved that he had been sham ming.
 First they gave him nitrous oxide, and afterwards excited his system with ether. The result was that he spoke quite loudly.
 Advertise in The Times
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
AUTOMOBILE SCHOOL

Bridgeport Automobile owners have felt the need of such a school ever since the automobile became a com mon conveyance.
 The purpose of this school is not to make automobile mechanics or engineers; but simply to give the driver an opportunity to get funda- mental information about his en- zine, chassis, lighting and starting systems, cooling and fabrication, etc
 The school will be conducted under he auspices of the Y. M. c. A. by the Douglas Bros, in their garage on John street extension. Classes will be given evenings and Saturday afternoons when no repair work is going on and every facility necessary will be avail able.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

Inc maIpractlCe case brOught against Dr. Fritz Carleton Hyde, of Greenwich, by Christian E. Hoffman. also of Greenwich, before a jury in Superior court, last week, will be Judge John F. KeeIer on the bench. Damages of S2,0OO are asked because of an alleged imperfect operation, en- tailing the setting of a broken arm in 1917-
 Medical Examining board
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23

Lany, John Pardoe. Se1den Tracy, Vincent Sexton, Frederick Graves. MT. and Mrs. William Hawkes., Miss Cletis McNamara, Ray Morris and A. Bishop.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
Standing of Teams.

NATIONAL. Pittsburgh s, New York 6- Chicago 6.B rooklyn i.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-05-23
BASEBALL RESULTS
AMERICAN.

Yesterdays Scores. New York 6. St Louis 5. \ Chicago 6, Washington ?. Philadelphia g, Detroit 6. leyeland 5. Boston o.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-17

credit and when the tax money Is
deposited with them 1t remains for
such a short time they can make no
use of it. 1t is drawn out in pay
ment of state and county warrants
in from one to several weeks from
the time of receipt of the money.
Road Bond Money
When the 100000 of road bond
money was placed in the banks OF
this county they gave additional Sc
curity till the money was spent by
the county.
The Board Wants to Know
The board said they wanted all
the information they could get SO
Mr.. Trego made the following state
ment: This morning l met w. w.
Thatcher, manager for the Mutual
Creamery company at the Blackfoot
station. He said that while the
county was going over this subject
of mileage for the county officers,
they better get information as to
how the matter was conducted by
commercial companies who had men
on the road all the time. Hhe said
George w. Bramen, who makes his
headquarters at Pocatello Is on the
road with a car all the time for the
Mutual Creamery company, travelling
over large scope of territory,
travelling every da1 regardless on
roads and weather conditions anu
that the company allows him ten
cents a mile for the use Of his car
and that covers the investment, gas,
oil and all upkeep. He started with
a second hand Dodge car two years
ago, has kept track of the income
and expenses on that car, and ten
cents a mile has repaid him the price
Of the car and all operating expenses
and accumulated fund Of $3.50.
The superintendents working for
the Elkhorn Creamery company and
for the Nelson-R Kicks Creamery COM
pany, have told him that they work
under the same arrangement and
said it is very satisfactory, that it
more than pays for the expenses and
the Investment. Each of them had
told him they had accumulated some
money plus the value Of the old car.
He further stated that w. w. Hayes,
who travels for the Mutual Creamery
company, started two years ago with
a second hand Ford car, works under
the same arrangement excepting that
he receives only seven cents q mile
and this income from mileage has
kept up the expenses and almost paid
the price of the car. It will take
him little over two years to accum-
ulate the value of the car, whatever
it is worth after that much use."
Mr.. Trego added, 81 give you this
information as it was given to me
and do not 3ouch for it's correct
ness, but leave it With you for what
1t is worth" Then there followed
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