Evening star., 1921-04-23
Bulldog Drumm0nd
. BY CYRIL McNEnE ("Sapper)
A Novel Of Mystery, Love and Adventure.
Copyright. b Gess. ponnC o.
BY CYRIL McNEILE ("Sapper")


and walking over to the bath. "Th'
pearls. don't forget, are your job. Th'
big thing'-he turned to the other
and trace of excitement came int
his voice-"the big thing is mine.
Then. with his hands in his pockets
he stood staring at the brown l1quld
Our friend is nearly cooked, think.
| Another two or three minutes, sale
| Lakington, joining him. Il must con
feSs l pride myself on the discovery
of that mixture. Its only drawback i:
that it makes murder too easy"
The sound of the door opening made
both men swing round instantly: ther
Peterson stepped forward with q
| smile.
Back. my dear. I hardly expected
| you so soon
and stopped with a sniff of disgust.
| What a horrible Smell"' she re-
marked. What on earth have you
| been doing?''
Disposing of corpse" said Iaking-
| ton. Its nearly finished.
The girl threw off her opera cloak
| and. coming forward. peered over the
i edge of the bath.
It's not my ugly soldier?" she
cried.
Unfortunately not" returned La
kington. grimly; and Peterson laughed.
Henry is most annoyed, Irma. The
irrepressible Drummond has scored
gain
In few words he told the girl what
had happened. and she clapped her
hands together delightedly.
'Assuredly, l shall have to marry
that man." she cried. He is quite the
least boring individual l have met in
this atrocious country" She sat down
and lit cigarette. Il saw Walter to-
ght."
Where" demanded Peterson. quick
iy. Il thought he was in Paris
He was this morning. He came
you there for a meeting, at the Ritz
Peterson frowned.
Its most inconvenient." he rema rk-
ed: with shade of annoyance in his
voice Did he say why?"
amongst other things. I think
she answered. My dear man. you
can easily slip over for a day"
of course l can" said Peterson, ir
ritably: but that doesn't alter the
fact that it's inconvenient. Things
will be shortly coming to head here
and l want to be on the spot. How
ever Hhe started to walk up and
fully.
Your fish is hooked, mon ami" con-
tinued the girl to Lakington. He has
already proposed three times: and he
has introduced me to a dreadful look
ing woman of extreme virtue who has
adopted me as her niece for the great
otcdSioH
What great occasion?" asked La
kIngton. looking up from the bath
w by. his coming of age" cried the
girl. i am to go to Laidley Towers as
an honored guest of the Duchess of
hampshire She threw back her head
and laughed. What do you think of
that. my friend? The old lady will be
wearing pearls and all complete, in
honor of the great day. and / shall be
one of the admiring house party"
How dc YOU know she'll have them
in the house," said Lakington
Because dear Freddie has told me
So answered the girl. Il don't think
you're very bright tonight, Henry.
When the young Pooh-ba comes of
age, naturally his devoted maternal
parent will sport her glad rags. In
ctdentally, the tenants are going to
present him with a loving cup. or a
baby giraffe, or something. You
might like to annex that, too" She
blew two smoke rings and then
laughed.
Freddie is really rather a dear at
times. l don't think I've ever met any
one who is so nearly an idiot without
being one. STILL" she repeated.
thoughtfully. hes rather a dear"
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr