The Lamar register., 1921-07-27
SYNOPSIS.

PRoLOaUE-In December, 1918. four
men gathered In = hotel In Berne and
heard one Of the quartet outline a plan
to parsIyIs Great Britain and at the
same time selze world power. The other
three, Hooking. American. and steinsmsn
and Won GraA, Germans. all millionaires.
agree to the scheme. providing another
man, Hiram Potts. an American. IL taken
in. The instigator of the plot gives bis
name as Comte de Guy. but when ne
leaves for England with his daughter he
decides TO use tho name Carl Peterson
CHAPTER L - Capt. Hugh (BulldoGD
Drummond. a retired officer. adverttsss
for work that will give him excitement
signing 'sxl0" AZ result he meets
Phyllis Benton. . young woman who an
swsrsd his ad- She tells him of strange
murders and robberies of which she sus-
poets . band headed by Carl Peterson and
Hsnry Lakington of being the lsadsrA
CHAPTER u-Drummond decides -
20 to The LArches. Miss Benton's houaa.
An attempt 10 made on the road to wreck
his machine when another. occupied By
Peterson, LAktngton and strange man.
blocks the road. while dining with Phyl
liz Benton and her father Drummond
hears Q terrible shrisk At The Elms Dur.
ing the night Drummond leaves Ths
LArchss and explores The nmA He lis-
Govern Lakington and Peterson uang .
thumhscrsw on an American who sig11
Q papsr. Drummond rea1uss The ADss3-
oaA after . struggle and takss hin -
his homA The man 70 HIRAM Q. pe<fA
CHAPTER IrL-Pstsrssa visits Dsunr
mond the nsxt Aay. departing vftA .
threat 70 return later and recover Potts
and also . torn paper which DSu00onA
ssissd the night Of ths fight with he
aid Of Peter Darsi. ~ old army n1sa4
substitute in his place enc AullingA. -
mobiiissd soldier. wAe n ssissd by Petsf-
son and his gang and eAksn - Ths nDA
along VIII DsunmoaA
CHAPTER Iv.-wnsn Psessssa o.
covsrs The hoax DFummond 10 sscertsd
by frma 70 . room whsrS he 70 - ~
for the night During the night psum-
mond is exploring the house whsn - ~
In . strange room In which = . eohrA.
He escapes. but On the statss has . Au41
CHAPTER v.-Drummond sniists The
sd Of Aisy Longworth. Toby Sinclair.
Ted JsrninGham and Jerry Seymour. the
lattsr an aviator. Drummond. aftsr an
encounter with the pseudo Potts. meets
Irna talking to the marquis Of LAidley
and suspects the gang is plotting for the
Laidley jewels Drummond and his friends
are gassed as, they sit In his apartment
Lakington carries on Potts
CHAPTER vL-when Drumuond 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 Eims also becomes engaged
to her. Drummond is captured by the
ganG In the attempted rescue
him the strange night noises-noises
which play pranks with mans
nerves-were whispering and mutter-
ing. Bushes seemed suddenly to come
to life. and move; eerie shapes
crawled over the ground toward
him-figures which existed only ia
his Imagination. And once again the
thrill of the night stalker gripped
him.
He remembered the German who
had lain motionless for an hour In a
little gully by Hebuterne. while he
from behind a stunted bush had tried
to locate him. And then that one
creak as the Boche had moved his leg
And then the end on that
night. too. the little hummocks had
moved and taken to themselves
strange shapes: fifty times he had
imagined he saw him; fifty times he
knew he was wrong-in time. He
was used to IT: the night held no
terrors for him. only a fierce excite
ment. And thus IL was that as he
crouched In the bushes, waiting for
the game to start. his pulse was as
normal. and his nerves as steady as
II he had been sitting down to supper.
The only difference was that In his
hand he held something tight-gripped.
At last family in the distance he
heard the hum of car. Rapidly II
grew louder. and he smiled grimly to
himself as the sound OF five unme-
lodious voices singing Justify struck
his ear. They passed along the road
In front Of the house. There was
sudden crash-then silence; but only
for moment.
Peters voice came first:
You priceless old ass. you've
rammed the blinking gate"
It was Jerry Seymour who then
took up the bawl. His voice was In
tensely solemn-also extremely loud.
"Preposhterous. Perfectly preposh-
ferrous. We must go and apologize
TO the owner. Il -
absolutely musht apologize.
Quite objectionable. :.
You can't 90 about country :.
knocking down gates. Out o.
Queshton. -.
Half-consciously Hugh listened, but.
49,, ,h., tho ,noment for action had