The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-12

placed 1t in his pocket And his face
as he took the drink from his man
would have left no doubt In an onlook.
er's mind as to why, in the past. be
had earned the name OF Bulldog
| Drummond.
CHAPTER u.
In Which He Journeys to GodaIminu
and the Game Begins.
ONE.
I II almost think, James, that could
toy with another kidney" Drummond
looked across the table at his servant,
who was carefully arranging two or
| three dozen letters In groups. I've
got a journey In front Of me today,
and / require large breakfast"
James Denny supplied the def
cheney from a dish that was standing
on an electric heater.
Are you going for long. sir?"
II don't know, James. 1t all de-
ponds on circumstances. Which,
when you come to think Of it, is
undoubtedly one of the most fatuous
phrases in the English language. Is
there anything In the world that
doesn't depend on circumstances"
"Will you be motoring, sir. or going
| by tramp asked James prosaically.
Dialectical arguments did not appeal
to him.
by car" answered Drummond.
"Pajamas and a toothbrush"
You won't take evening clothes.
sir?'
mo. 1 want my visit to appear I'M
premeditated James, and If one goes
about completely encased In boiled
shirts, while pretending to be merely
out for the afternoon, people have
doubts as to ones intellect"
James digested this great thought In
silence.
"Wfn you be going far, sfr?" he
asked at length, pouring out second
cup of coffee.
/ believe, though I've never been there.
Charming Inhabitants, too, James. The
lady I met yesterday at the Carlton
lives at Godalming."
Indeed, sir" murmured James nom
committally.
"You id old humbug," laughed
Drummond, 'you know you're itching
to know all about it. / had a very
long and interesting talk with her, and
one of two things energies quite clear
~ from our conversation. Either,
James, am congenital idiot, and
don't know enough to come in out of
the rain; or we've hit the goods. That
is what propose to find out by my
little excursion. Either our legs. my
friend, are being pulled till they will
never resume their normal shape; or
that advertisement has succeeded be-
yond our widest dreams"
There are lot more answers In
this morning, sir" Denny made a
movement toward the letters he had
been sorting. Zone from a lovely
widow with two children"
Lovely" cried Drummond. slow
forward Of herl" He glanced at the
letter and smiled. "Care, James, and
accuracy are essential In a secretary.
The misguided woman calls herself
lonely, not lovely. She will remain so,
as far as / am concerned. until the
other matter Is settled"
"WilI 1t take long. sir, do you
think?"
ITO get 1t settledT Drummond lit
cigarette and leaned back In his
chair. Listen, James. and 1 win out
line the case. The maiden lives at a
house called The Larches, near God
aiming. with her papa. Not far away
is another house called The Elms,
owned by gentleman Of the name
Of Henry Lakington-a nasty man,
James. with nasty face-who was
also at the Carlton yesterday after
noon for short time. And now we
come to the point. Miss Benton
that Is the lady's name-accuses Mr..
darlington Of being the complete IT
In the criminal line. She went even
so far as to say that he was the sec
ond most dangerous man In England"
Indeed, sir. More coffee, sirY'
aaWin nothing move you, JamesT
remarked his master plaintively.
'This man murders people and does
things like that, you know"
Personally, sir, I prefer picture
palace But ] suppose there amt no
accounting for 'obbies. May I clear
away. sir?"
No, James, not at present. Keep
quite stih while go on, or 1 shall
get it wrong. Three months ago there
arrived at The Elms, the most dam
gerous man in England-the 1T of
IT'S. This gentleman goes by the
name of Peterson, and he owns
daughter. From what Miss Benton
said, I have doubts about that daugh-
ter, James," He rose and strolled over
to the window. Grave doubts. How
ever, to return to the point, it ap-
pears that some unpleasing conspiracy
is being launched by IT, the TT Of
IT'S, and the doubtful daughter, into
which Papa Benton has been unwfli-
ingly drawn. As far as can make
out, the suggestion Is that I should
unrayel the tangled skein Of crime
and extricate papa"
In a spasm Of uncomfortable ex-
element James sucked his teeth
"Lumme, IT wouldn't 'alf go on the
movies, would lit" he remarked. aBet-
ter than them Red Indians and
things"
Il fear, James. that you are not In
the habit OF spending your spare time
at the British museum. as I hoped,