The Lamar register., 1921-07-06
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Llou khlutioa III a. hokSA ~ Dethe -
heard one of the quartet outline a plan
to paralyze Great Britain and at the
same time seize world power. The other
three, Hooking. American. and Steineman
and Won Graft, Germans. all miilionaires.
agree TO the scheme. providing another
man. Hiram Potts. American. is taken
In. The instigator OF the plot gives his
name as Comte de Guy. but when hs
Leaves for England with his daughter he
decides to use the name Carl Peterson
CHAPTER l. Capt Hugh tbulldoO
Drummond. retired officer. adyertises
for work that will give MIN excitemsnt
signing "X10." As u result he mess
Phyllis Benton. young woman who an
swered his ad. She tells him of strange
murders and robberies OF which she sus-
poets 4 band headed by Carl Peterson and
Henry Laidngton of being the lsadsrA
CHAPTER u.-Drummond decides -
60 to The Larches. Miss Benton's hous-
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 Phyi-
Lis Benton and her father Drummond
hears a terrible shrek At The Elms. Dur
ing the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The Mms. He ots-
covers Lakington and Peterson using
thumbscrew on an American who stgns
can after . struggle and takes him -
his homs The man 70 Hiram o. fottaI
CHAPTER IIL-Petsrson visits pruA-
mond the nsxt day. departing with .
threat TO return later and recover Potts
and also 4 torn paper which Drummond
ssissd the night Of the nght With ths
aid Of Peter Darrell. an old army friend
Drummond arranges To hide Potts. anA
substitute In his place one Mullings. d.
"a - txwD Dat
son and his gang and taksn 70 rhs Hluas.
along with Drumnond
CHAPTER w. whsn rsssrsen AAs-
covers the hoax Drummond 10 escorted
by IrmA to a room where he IL to say
for the night During the night Drum
mond Ia exploring the house when he gsss
In a strange room in which 10 a cobra
He escapes. but on the stairs has . nghf
in the dark.
your car IL a little early, Captain
Drummond," he said at length How
ever, perhaps II can wait two or three
minutes while we get matters perfect
ly clear. / should dislike you not
knowing where you stand" He turned
round and faced the soldier. You
have deliberately. against my advice,
elected to fight me and the interests
/ represent So be II. From now on
the gloves are on. You embarked on
this course from spirit OF adventure,
at the instigation Of the girl next
door. She. poor little fool. is con-
cerned over that drunken waster-her
father. She asked you to help her
you agreed. and, amazing though Il
may seem. up to now you have scored
u certain measure OF success. l sd-
init II, and | admire you for It i
apologize now for having played the
fool with you last night; you're the
type of man whom one should kill out
right-or leave alone"
He set down his coffee cup and care
fully shipped the end of II cigar.
You are also the type of man who
will continue on the path he has start
ed. You are completely in the dark
you have no idea whatever what you
are up against" He smiled grimly,
and turned abruptly on Hugh. You
fool-you stupid young fool. Do you
really imagine that You can beat mef"
The soldier rose and stood In front
of him.
II have few remarks of my own to
make" he answered, "and then we
might consider the Interview closed.
ask nothing better than that the gloves
should be off-though with your filthy
methods Of fighting. anything you
touch will get very dirty. AS you
say. am completely in the dark as to
your plans; hut have pretty shrewd
idea what I'm up against. Men who
can employ a thumbscrew on q poor
defenseless brute seem to me to be
several degrees worse than an aborigi-
nal cannibal, and therefore II l put
you down as one OF the lowest types
OF degraded criminal l shall not be
very wide of the mark. There's no
good you snarllng AT me, you swine !;
1t does everybody good to hear some
home truths-and don't forget 1t was
you who pulled OF the gloves"
Drummond lit a cigarette; then his
merciless eyes fixed themselves again
on Peterson.
There is only one thing more" he
continued. You have kindly warned
me of my danger; let me give you a
word of advice in my turn. I'm going
to fight you; If l can. I'm going to
beat you. Anything that may happen
to me is part of the game. But II
anything happens to Miss Benton dur
ing the course Of operations. then. ~