Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-07
THREE

Ted JerrninghaIlnn, hii whioi;s51as lounglng
In G chair, at Half Moon street, with
his feet on the mantelpiece.
Awe got him right enough" an
:swered that worthy. "but he doesn't
strife me as being Number One value.
Hes gone off the boil.y Become quite
gugga> again. -,
8. 'iEI-l!" said Hugh, "I thought we
might get something out Of him. I'll
60 and have a look at the bird"
=, o.. He. left thej room, ,7and went along
the passage to inspect the American.
Unfortunately birmingham was only
toe right The effects Of last nights
Injection had worn on completely, and
/: the, wretcheds man; was. sitting motion
less In chair, staring dazedly in
front Of him. - s,a'.' !"
: Thoughtfully Hugh stood in front
sof the millionaire, trying In vain. to
catch some CLEAN Of sense in the
vacant eyes. '.''- = =. =; =:
{ what luckT,'. birmingham looked up
as he scame back fsinto the other room.
"Dam' all, as they say in the ysr.
nacular. Have you blighters finished
the beer?" -. =:
aProbably," remarked Peter Oar
rail. whats the program now?"''.
4: Hugh examined jths: head on his
glass With q professional eye before
!: !: 'srwo things he: murmured at
length, 'ifatrlySl leap ofthe eye The
- first<is to get .Potts' away to place
Of safety; the seeondEisr to get over
. to Paris" ~,.< 49,,
~. :<"lVesll, LET'S get gay over the hlst,
ae. a Kickoff" said birmingham, rls-
ing. There's: car outside the door;
there IS England at:lonr disposal!
d Wen take him away ;'you pad the
hoof to Victoria and catch the boat
train; 4. {. " 'T>> ". -. d d
: +1t Sounds: : too !. easy" %: remarked
Hugh. Have 4 look out of the win
dow, Ted, and you'll see man fright
'"nfhl4t busy doing nothing not far from
the door" you wifi also see a facthg
car JUST across Me7 street. Put:a wet
compress; on your hedd, sahd connect
the twe.p.: .',.': -: .3t35o* -.
.:A: gloomy silence settled, on the az
eenbly, TO be broken BY Jerry Sey-
rmour suddenly waking up with ~
start; "''"' - - -
.I've got the istomach-ache,' he an.
nounced proudly ~S, -
His, listeners ,gazed at him I'M
moved. :Y.,.:. -.
: +" "You. shouldn't. eat so FAST" re-
marked Algy. severely. sand you GER
tsihly oughtn't't6 drink that beer"
= To avert the disaster he immedi-
ately consumed 1T himself, ''bus Jerry
was too engrossed with his BRAIN
storm to notice. j: ~.
"Eve got the 'stomacl,-ache,' he re.
;peated, '"and she ought to be ready
by now. In fact know she is. My
last crash wasn't bad one. What
about it," ,~ -. ~..,.-
You You n mean s', E;.;t :; TF' saId Hugh
II mean: answered Jerry, ''that
I'll go off to the airdrome now, and
get her ready. Bring Potts along in
half an hour. and I'll take him. to
the governors place; IN Norfolk. Then
Til take you.,GIer to Paris
"Great simply great!" With, a
report like gun. Hugh hit the speak
er on the back, Inadvertently knock
Ing tshim down. Tofk sou;>get, Jerry.
By the way, how many will she holds"
''Two beside me,ns spluttered the
proud proprietor Of the Stoma ch:ache.
"And Il. wish you'd reserve your en-
dearments for people Of. your own
size, you great, fat, hulking mon.
strosity."t, =, -
BE; reached the door with a moment
to spare, and ;Hugh3came back laugh
ing.f: {. :" ''' ="
s"verily-an upheaval in. the grey
natter: ne cried, ;carefuily .re6lllng
his glass Now, boys what about
Paris?"; -. : ''',' - - ..-'
"Is 1t necessary to go at all?" asked
Peter.
ut wouldn't have been II the Yank
had been sane" answered Drum
mond. "As 1t Is, I guess I've got to.
Now .listen-all Of you. Ted-off you
60, and raise a complete walters out
flt, dlcky and all complete. Peter
you come with me to the airdrome,
and afterward look up Mullings. at
.1S Green street, Hoxton. and tell him
to get in touch with at least fifty
demobilized soldiers. who are on for
scrap. :Algy-you hold the fort here,
and don't get drunk on my ale. Peter
will join you. when he's finished with
Mullings, and he's not to get drunk,
either. Are you all on?"
Ten minutes later he was at the
wheel of his car with Darrell and the
millionaire behind. But: Hugh seemed
In no great hurry to start. A whim-
sfcal smile was on his face, as out
Of the corner Of his eye he watched
the man who had been busy doing
nothing feverlshly trying M crank his
car. which, after the manner OF the
brutes, had seized that moment to 1ib.
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