The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-09-24
BULLDOG
DRUMMOND
The. Adventures of q
Den10bilized Officer
Who Found PeQceD Dull
Bv CYRIL McNEILE
"SAPPER"
Copyright by Geo. II. Doran CO.
"SAPPER'
Copyright by Geo. II. Doran Co.

"A friend of the management elected
to spend the night on the top Of my
cupboard, Mr. Green" answered Drum
mOnd, land got cramp halfway
through"
The American gazed at the wreck
age in silence. Then he looked at
Hugh, and what he saw on that
worthy's face apparently decided him
to maintain that policy. In fact, 1t
was not till the night-pOrter and his
attendant minions had at last, and
very obviously, withdrawn, that he
again opened his mouth.
Looks like hectic night" he MUIR
INJURED. "What happened" Briefly
Hugh told him what had occurred and
the detective whistled softly.
"Blowpipe and poisoned darts" he
said shortly, returning the tube to
Drummond. Marrow escape - ID
narrow! Look at your pillow"
Hugh looked embedded in the linen
were four pointed splinters similar to
the one he held in his hand; by the
door were three more, lying on the
floor.
IAN engaging little bird" he
laughed; 'but nasty to look at"
He extracted the little pieces of
wood and carefully placed them in an
empty matchbox: the tube he put in
to his cigarette-case,
Might come in handy: you never
know" he remarked casually.
''They might if you stand quite STILL"
said the American, with sudden,
sharp command in his voice. "Don't
move"
Hugh stood motionless, staring at
the speaker, who with eyes fixed on
his right forearm, had stepped for
ward. From the loose sleeve of his
pa jana coat the detective gently pulled
another dart and dropped it into the
matchbox.
Not far off getting you that time,
captain" he cried cheerfully. Now
you've got the whole blamed outfit"
It was the COmte de Guy who
boarded the boat express at the Care
du NOrd the next day; 1t was Carl
Peterson VINO stepped off the boat ex-
press at BOulOgne. And 1t was only
Drummond's positive assurance which
, convinced the American that the two
characters were the same man.
He was leaning over the side of the
boat reading telegram when he first
saw Hugh ten minutes after the boat
had left the harbOr; and If he had
hoped for a different result to the in
cident Of the night before. no sign OF
1t showed on his face. Instead he
waved a cheerful greeting to Drum
mOnd.
"This is a pleasant SURPRISE" he re-
marked affably. "Have you been to
Paris, tOo?"
For a moment Drummond looked at
him narrowly. Was it stupid bluff.
of disguise that he assumed with GER
tainty he had not been recognized
And it suddenly struck Hugh that,
save for that one tell-tale habit-a
habit which, in all probability, Peter
son himself was unconscious Of-he
would not have recognized him.
"Yes," he answered lightly. II came
over to see how you behaved your
self"
What a pity i didn't know said
Peterson, with good humored chuckle.
He seemed in excellent spirits, as he
carefully tore the telegram into tiny
pieces and dropped them overheard.
1--WE might haves had another Of our
homely little chats over some supper.
Where did you stay?"
"At the Ritz. And yon?"
II always stop at the Bristol" an
swered Peterson. "Quieter than the
Ritz, think"
| FOUR
walk right in. Mr.. Green" said
Hugh, as, three hours later. they got
out of taxi In Half Moon street.
This is my little rabbit-hutch."
He followed the American up the
stairs, and produced his latchkey. But
before he could even insert it In the
hole the door was flung open, and
Peter Darrell stood facing him with
evident relief in his face.
Thank the Lord you've come, old
son." he cried, with brief look at
the detective. There's something do
Ing down at Godalming / don't like
He followed Hugh into the sitting
room.
. AT twelve O'Clock today Toby rang
up. He was talking quite ordinarily
you know the sort of rot he usually
gets off his chest-when suddenly he
stopped quite short and said. My God
What do you want?' could tell he'd
looked up. because his voice was muf-
lied. Then there was the sound of a
scuffle, heard Toby curse. then moth
ing more. rang and rang and rang