The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-09-08
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same time seize world power. The other
three. Hooking, American. and Steineman
and Won Sr4tZ. Germans. all milliOnaires,
agree 10 the scheme. providing another
man. Hiram Potts. an American, is taken
IN The insugator OF the plot gives his
name a. Comte de Guy, bat when he
Asaves for England with his daughter he
ascides 10 use the name Carl Peterson.
CHAPTER I. - Capt Hugh BULLDOG
Drumr4oud. 4 retired officer, advertises
for wor~ that Will give him excitement.
signing ''&lU." AS a result lie meets
Phyllis Benton. young woman who an
sWefSO ius al She tells hIIn OF strange
murders and robberies of which she sus-
poets q band headed by Carl Peterson and
Henry darlington OF being the leaders
CHAPTER u-Drummond decides to
80 TO Tie L.arcEes, Miss BentOns home.
An attempt IS made on the road 20 wreck
his machine Zen another, occupied by
Peterson. IA. iaf.tOn and strange man
blocks tie -oAi- While dining with Phyl-
ha Benton arc her father Drummond
hears = teTT-sl= Uhriek at The Z iuS- Dur
ing t;e night Drummoud leaves The
LArchos and xpIOres The Fins. lie dis
covers las Ing ton and Peterson using
thumbscrew o. Al American who signs
Q paper Drum nCnd reScGeS the Amerl-
can after a s.:ussIe and takes him to
his home NJ man Is Hiram &. Potts
CHAPTER IU.-Peterson visits Drum
1noud the Ec>t day, departing with a
threat 20 r---n later and recover Potts
and also trED sluCr wa-Ch DrummOud
seized tie u'SIt of the H-Ltr with the
aid OF Peter ariel, an OLD army friend,
DruUme-G arEau-rs 10 hide Po,ts. and
BuEs.J-ta ID h-= pace one NiUuil-S, q de-
mobI.zsI Soldier. who is seed by Peter
ART MS --rT- I'D t-TisC-I 70 'tt-r f=iT--S
along w.ta i'.u umoEd.
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covers the hoax DrvHmo-d g. escorted
by Irwa 10 "a room where he is 10 stay
for the NIGHT Daring the ulEAJ Drum
mend .s J--,-r'Eg tea house when Re gets
in a strange room in whis n IS q cobra.
He escapes. but on the stairs has fight
in the dark.
CHAPTER V-Drummord enl-sts tie
aid OF Algy LonEwOrIh. Toby Sinclair,
Ted birmingham and Jerry Seymour. the
latter an aviator. Drummond, after an
encounter with the pseudo Potts meets
1rna talking 20 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 carries on Potts.
Precisely. my stout fellow" he re-
marked, ''but I'll lay a small amount
OF money that they were newspaper
men. Now, I'm not. And think that
If you will have this note delivered
to Mr.. Potts, ne will see me-"
He sat down at a table. and drew
a sheet OF paper toward him. Two
facts were certain: First, that the
man upstairs was not the real Potts;
second, that he was one OF Peterson's
gang The difficulty was TO know ex-
actly how to word the note. There
might be some mystic password, the
omission of which would prove him
an impostor at once. At length he
took a pen and wrote rapidly; he
would have TO chance IT.
urgent. A message from head
quarters"
He sealed the envelope and handed
1T with the necessary five shillings
for postage to the man. Then he sat
down to wait. After what seemed an
interminable delay he saw the mes
senger crossing the lounge.
''AIr Potts viii see you, sir"
Hugh followed his guide along a
corridor, and paused outside a dOol
while he went into "A room. He heard
a murmur of voices, and then the
man reappeared.
This way. SIR he said, and Hugh
stepped inside. TO stop with an invOl-
untary gasp of surprise. The man
seated In the chair was Potts, to all
intents and purposes. The likeness
was extraordinary, and had he not
known that the real article was al
Goring he would have been com
pletely deceived himself
.fr Il,
closed: then he rose and stepped
forward suspiciously.
II don't know you" he said. 'Whc
are your"
"Since when has every one en-
ployed at headquarters known one
anotherT" DrummOnd returned guard.
edly. And. incidentally. your like
ness to our lamented friend is Won
derful 1t very nearly deceived even
me-"
The man. not Il-pleased, gave a
short laugh.
"It'n pass. I think. But it's risky.
These cursed reporters have been
Ibadgerlng the whole morning. /.
And If his wife or somebody comes
over, what then? It wasn't Ike
ROsca to bungie 10 Belfast He's
never left a clue before. and he had
sp1enty OF time to do the job prop
.erly."
"a name inside breast-pOcket
might easily be overlooked" remarked
Hugh, selling the obvious clue.
''Are you making excuses for him7''
snarled the other. Hes failed, and
Failure is death. Such is our rule.
Would you have it altered7"
Most certainly not. The issues are
far too great for any weakness. :"
You're right. my friend-you.re