The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-10-20
SYNOPSIS

P~ROLOGUE-In December, 1913. four men
gathered in a hotel in Berne and heard
one of the quartet outline a plan to paralyze
Great Britain and at the same time seize
world power. The ether three, Hooking
American. and Steineman and Won Gratz.
Germans. all millionaires. agree to the
scheme. providing another man, Hiram
Potts, an American, is taken in. The in
! stigator Of the plot gives his name as
| Comte de Guy, but when he leaves 20,
| England with his daughter he decides to
use the name Carl Peterson.
CHAPTER Capt. Hugh BULLDOG
Drummond, a retired officer, advertises for
work that Will give him excitement, sign
ing MO" As a result he meets Phyllis
BENTON. a young woman who answered his
ad. She tells him of strange murders and
robberies of which she suspects a band
headed by Carl Peterson and Henry Lakine-
ton Of being the leaders.
CHAPTER II-Drummond decides to go
to The Larches. Miss Benton's home. An
attempt is made on the road to wreck his
machine when another. occupied by Peter
son. Lexington and a strange man, blocks
the road. While dining with Phyllis Benton
and her father hears n terrible
shrek at The Elms. During the night
Drummond leaves The LarChes and explores
The Elms. He discovers Lexington and
Peterson using a thumbscrew on an Ameri-
can who signs a paper. Drummond reseucs
the American after a struggle and takes
him 20 his home. The man is Hiram c.
Potts
CHAPTER III-Peterson visits
the next day, departing with a threat to
return later and recover Potts and also a
torn paper which seized the
night of the fight. With the aid OF Peter
Darrol, an old army friend. Drummond ar
ranges TO hide Potts, and substitute in his
place one Mullings, a demobilized soldier,
who is seized by Peterson and his gan.
and taken to The Elms, along with Drum
mond. >,
CHAPTER IV.-When Peterson discovers
the hoax is escorted by Irma TO
a room where he is to stay for the night
During the night Drummond is exploring
the house when he gets in a strange room
in which is a cobra. He escapes, but on the
stairs has a fall in the dark.
CHAPTER V.-Drummond enlists the aid
Of AlCv ~Longworth. Toby Sinclair, Ted
birmingham and Jerry seymour, the latter
an aviator. after an encounter
with the pseudo Potts, meets Irma 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. darlington car
rics off Potts.
CHAPTER VI-When Drummond and his
friends recover they plan to again rescue
Potts. Drummond goes to see Phyllis and
besides learning Potts has been taken TO
The Elms also becomes engaged to her.
~Drummond is captured by the gang in the
attempted rescue.
CHAPTER NII--Drummond is held pris-
oncr in The Fins and he hears Peterson
making plans TO attend a conference at the
Ritz. He also hears Peterson and LakinG'
ton plotting 10 make Potts sign an agree
mont Drummond on the roof watches as
the TWO r~lotters begin to torture Potts with
2 thumbscrew. He yells through the sky
light and causes Lakington and Peterson
20 rush from the room.
CHAPTER VIII. - Potts follows Drum
mond's advice and escapes to The Larches,
where a waiting machine takes him away,
prummond is rescued when a crowd gain
ers because Of the commotiOn he makes
on The roof lie tells Phyllis he must at
tend the Ritz conference. Drummond has
learned that the gang is after the jewels