The Lamar register., 1921-06-08
SYNOPSIS.

heard one OF the quartet outline plan
TO paralyze Great Britain and at the
same time seize world power. The other
three. Hooking. American. and Steineman
and Won Gratz, Germans. all millionaires.
agree to the scheme. providing another
man. Hiram Potts. American. is taken
In. The instigator OF the plot gives his
name Comte de Guy, but when he
leaves for England with his daughter he
decides to use the name Carl Peterson.
CHAPTER l. - Capt Hugh (Bulldog)
Drummond, retired officer, advertises
for work that will give him excitement.
signing 'xl0." As result he meets
Phyllis Benton, a young woman who an
swered his ad. She tells him of strange
murders and robberies of which she sus-
pects q band headed by Carl Peterson and
Henry LAkington OF being the leaders
CHAPTER U.-Drummond decides to
50 to The Larches. Miss Benton's home
An attempt ia made on the road to wreck
his machine when another. occupied By
Peterson, LAkington apd q strange man.
blocks the road. While dining with Phyl-
liz Benton and her father Drummond
hears a terrible shrek At The Elms Dur
ing the night Drummond leaves The
Larches and explores The E1ms. He dis
covers Lakington and Peterson using .
thumbscrew on an American who signs
. paper. Drummond rescues the AmeFf-
can after q struggle and takes him to
his home. The man Ii Hiram Q. Potts
He watched the Rolls-Royce start,
but seemed In no hurry to follow suit.
And his many friends. who were wont
to regard Hugh Drummond as mass
Of Drawn not too plentifully supplied
with brains. would have been puz-
zled had they seen the look Of keen
concentration on his face, as he stared
along the white dusty road. He could
not say why. but suddenly and very
certainly the conviction had come to
him that this was no hoax and no
leg-pull-but grim ana sober reality.
In his Imagination he heard the sud
den sharp order to stop the instant
they were over the HILL so that Peter
son might have u chance Of inspect
ing him; in a flash Of Intuition he
knew that these two men were no
ordinary people, and that he was sus-
pect. Two thoughts were dominant
In his mind. The irst was that there
was some mystery about the motion
less, unnatural man who had sat be-
side the driver; the second WAS u dis
tinct feeling OF relief that his auto
matte was fully loaded.
THREE.
At half-past five he stopped In front
Of Godalming postoffice. To his sur
prise the girl handed him wire, and
Hugh tore the yellow envelope open
quickly. 1t was from Denny. and it
was brief and to the point:
'Phone message received. AAA.
Must see you Carlton tea day after
tomorrow. Going Godalming now.
AAA. Message ends"
With a slight smile he noticed the
military phraseology-Denny at one
time In his career had been a signaler
and then he frowned Must see
you" She shouldn't once.
He turned to the girl and inquired
the way to The Larches. 1t was
about two miles, he gathered, on the
Guildford road, and impossible 10
miss. A blggish house standing well
back in Its own grounds.
''Is 1t anywhere near a house called
The Elms?" he asked
"NeIt door. SIR" said the girl. ''rhe
gardens adjoin."
up the telegram into small pieces. he
got into his car. There was nothing
for 1t. he had decided, but to drive
boldly up to the house, and say that
he had come to call on Miss Benton.
He had never been a man who beat
about the bush. and simple methods
appealed to him-a trait in his char
acter which many a boxer, addicted
TO tortuous cunning in the ring, had
good cause to remember. What more
natural, he reflected, than to drive
over and see such an old friend?
He had no difficulty in finding the
house, and q. few minutes later he
was ringing the front-door bell. 1t
was answered by a maidservant.
''Is Miss Benton inT" Hugh asked
with a smile which at once won the
girls heart.
"She has only just come back from
London, SIR" she answered doubtfully.
81 don't know whether :"
"would you tell her that Captain
Drummond called?" said Hugh as the
maid hesitated. THAT happened to
nnd myself near here, and came on
chance of seeing herr
Once again the smile was called
into play, and the girl hesitated no
longer. "Wiu you come inside. STRIP