Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29
In Which Things Happen In Halt
: Moon Street.
cHAPTER.,.THREE

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rose to his feet as the doctor came
into the room. He then pushed sill
yer box of cigarettes across the table
and waited.
your friend" said the doctor, us
in a very. peculiar condition, Captain
Drummond-very peculiar. Can, you
enlighten ME at all rs to what he has
been doing; during the last few :daysf'
Drumlnond shook his head. Haven't
!: anstearthly, doctor.'!|$
+ g ."There is, for. instance, that very
; unpleasant. wound. in:his thumb" pur-
saed the other. Z: "The top. Joint Is
crushed to ra' pulF:Ss SSNEs ~ ~; -; :,
. II noticed that-last: night e answered
Hugh noncommittallys. .noks5 81 as:if 1t;
had been nllxed#:ap between a: hum
uler-; and an ,angil;s.doa!t# #dh?' ~ r.. .
But have ySu yiSs*io no idSafhto'v it oc.
cuired?''' ?''.'s: - =
I'm full Of Ideas" said the SOL
dler. "In fdct, If It's any help to you
In your diagnosis that. wound was
caused. by the, application Of an un-
pleasant medieyal INSTRUMENT known
as, a thumbscrew."
The worthy doctor looked at him In
annzement "A thumbscrew! You
must be joking, Captain Drummond:"
Every far from it, answered Hugh
briefly. If you want to know, It
WINS touch and go whether the other
thumb didn't share the same fate"
; He blew out cloud of smoke and
smiled inwardly as he noticed the look
Of 'seandalized horror on his compan-
IONS face. 1T Isn't his thumb that
concerns me-" he continued ;: ats his
general condition: What's the matter
with. him?" -"
The doctor pursed his lips and
looked wise, while Dru1nmond Won
dered that no one had ever passed q
law allowing men Of his type to be
murdered con, sight," a.: = ,"'. ter
'-"His heart seems SOUND" he an
swered after weighty pause, land I
found nothing wrong with him con-
stitutionally. In fact, I may say,
Captain Drummond, he is in every
respect most healthy man. Except
-cr-eXcept for this peculiar condi-
ton"
Drummond exploded. Termination
take it, man, what. on earth do you
suppose ! asked you to come round
for? It's Of no interest to me to henr
that his liver is working properly"
Then he controlled himself. II beg
your pardon, doctor; l. had rather a
trying evening last night. Can you
give me any idea as to-. what has
caused this peculiar condition.
His companion accepted the apology
with an acid bow. "Some form Of
drug" he answered
Drummond heaved q sigh of relief.
Now we're getting on" lie cried.
Have you any idea what. .drug?"
ut is, at the moment, hard to say"
returned the other. I'm q day or two,
perhaps, I might be able to--er-ar-
rive at some conclusion :"
(which, Mt present, you' kuve not.
Right; now we know where we are.
AS: you don't know what the drug is,
presumably you.don't know either how
long 1t will take for the effect to wear
off,"
"That-er-is. within limits, cor
rect" conceded the doctor.
"What about diet?"
"Oh! light. Not too much
meat. No alcohol :"
He rose to his feet as Hugh opened
the door; really the war seemed to
have produced distressing effect Oh
peoples manners. Diet was tue one
question on Which he always let him
self 60.
"Not much meat-no alcohol. Right.
Good morning, doctor. Down the
stairs and straight on. Good MORN
ing" The door closed behind him,
and he descended to his waiting car
with cold disapproval Oh his face.
Excuse me, SIR The doctor
paused aud eyed q well-dressed nun
who had spoken to him uncompro-
misingly. "Am I right in assuming
that you are IL doctor?"
You are perfectly correct. sir, in
your assumption
The man smiled: obviously gen.
tleman, thought the practitioner, with
his. hand on the door Of his cur.
Its about Il great pal Of mine,
Captain Drummond, who lives in
here" went on the other. II hope you
won't think it unprofessional. but
thought I'd ask YOU privately, how
you find him."
The doctor looked surprised. Cap
tain Drummond, SO far as am aware,
has; never been better. I-er-canA0t
say the same Of his friend" He
stepped into his car. "Why not 80 up
and see for yourself?"
The car rolled smoothly into Pic
cadilly. but the man showed no signs
of availing himself Of the doctors
suggestion. He turned and walked
rapidly away, and a few moments later
in an exclusive West End club
trunk call wns put through to
Godalning-a call which caused the
recipient to nod his head in satisfac-