The Lamar register., 1921-08-03
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PR0LO0UR-In December, U1. four
mn Rathsrsd In Q hotsl In Berns and
heard one of the quartet outline . plan
10 paralyss Great Britain and AZ tns
sams time ssixs world power. The otnef
thrsa, Hooking. American. and btsinsmAa
and Won Qratx, Germans. AL miiuonsiies.
agree 70 the scheme. providing anotnsf
man Hiram Potts, an American. 10 taken
In. The instigstor of the plot givss bis
nAms a. Comts de Guy. but whom hs
Leaves for England with his daughtAr -
dso1dss 70 use the name Carl Pstsrsoa-
CHAPTER L - Capt Hugh BulidoO
Drummond. q retired officer. Advertaeeo
for work that will give him exeitsmsuts
signing ''xl0" As a result he meets
Phytis Benton. . young woman who an
swersd his sd. She tells him Of strange
murders and robberies Of which she sus-
pscts . band headed by Carl Peterson an1
Hsnry LAkington Of being the lsAdsrA
CHAPTER H-Drummond decides -
20 70 The LArches. Miss Benton's home.
An attsmpt u made on the road to wreck
his machine when another. occupied bv
Fstsrson, LAktngton and . strange maA.
hlooks the road. while dining with Phy1-
~ Benton and her fAther Drunmoo4
hsAss . tsrribls shrtsk II Ths EluA pass
ing the night Drunmond lsavse Ibe
Govern Lakington and Pstsrseo us1n8 .
thunbssssw On an American w 49,
. DAose DrumDond rsacues - A00s.
80 aftsr . struggle and takes ~ -
hAs Aeoa. fhs MAJ = mraa q bOeA
CUAYrR In-psssrssa visits nyu0-
osaA IL ssxt ~. lsparthg w@ 2
eArsAs b rstum laasr aAd recover feSo
and also . torn paDeg WAieh psaA0eo4
ss1nsl ths night Of IL dgAe WIN u
ei1 q Pstsr parrsa. e - eEy @e1
DrunmeoA asfanSss - h11s 1oetA -
substitute b his piass - Huin.& -
nsA1lissl ssa1iss. W. = osass1 ~ Heess.
go aad ~ gang anA oahaa - ~ -
aasas vsaA bruaDsaA
NAPTR U.-Whsa rseasa -
oovsrs tAs hosx prummend y seosrsa
b. Irma - . rpem vhsre hs = - -
fus sAs uaGAt During the nAght w.
mnad 10 szpasrins the houss whsa - -
= . strease rsem z vnssa
CHAPTpR V.-Drvmmend snlises Dc
AID Of Alsy L0ngworth. foSy Sinclair.
Ted ysrninghAm and Jerry Seymour. tAo
Latter an aviator. Drummond. aftse a.
snoountsr with the pssudo Potes. msees
IrmA talking To the marquis Of LAidlsy
and suspects the gang IL piotting for ths
LAidlsy jewels. Drummond and his friends
are gasssd a. they sit In his kpArtmAnA
LAhinGton carries on Pests-
CHAPTER vL-when Drummond ana
his friends recover they plan to again res
cue Potts. Drummond goes to see Phyl-
lis and besides learning Potts has been
taken 70 The Eims also bscomss engaged
10 her. Drummond 10 captured By the
gang In the attempted rescue
the Russian; and everyone ceased talk
ing. you poor id boob! You-and
your new earth. IN Petrograd today
bread Is two pounds four shillings .
pound: tea. fifteen pounds q pound. Do
you call that freedomr' He gave .
contemptuous laugh.
Too surprised to speak. the Rus
sian sat staring at him; and II was
Peterson who broke the silence with
his suave voice.
''Your distress, l am glad to say.
II not likely to be one of long durs-
tion," he remarked. ''In fact, the time
has come for you TO retire for the
night, my young friend"
He stood up smiling; then he walked
over to the bell behind Hugh and rang
IL.
Dead or mad-I wonder which"
He threw the end of his cigar into
the crate as Hugh rose. while we
deliberate down here on various mat
tiers OF importance We shall be think
ing OF you upstairs-that is to say.
II you get there see that Lakington
is even now beginning to- gloat In
pleasant anticipation"
Not a muscle on the soldiers face
twitched; not by the hint of a look
did he show the keenly watching au-
dience that he realized his danger
Lakington's face was merciless. with
Its fiendish look of anticipation, and
Hugh stared at him with level eyes
for a while before he turned toward
the door
Then / will say Good night" he
remarked casually. "Is II the same
room that I had last timer"
NO." said Peterson. "A different
one-specially prepared for you. II
you get to the top Of the stairs a man
win show you where 1t is" He opened
the door and stood there smiling.
And At that moment all the lights
went out.
TWO.
The darkness could be felt, a. real
darkness inside q house always can
be felt. Not the faintest glimmer
even Of greyness showed anywhere,