Evening star., 1921-04-29
Bulldog Drum1nond
BY CYRIL McNEllE ("Sapper'')
Novel Of Mystery, Love and Adventure
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! ;Iere. his eyes searching the darkness
--b:t even he could seq notlinx. Ind
Al:e.y nd: his orea:n. H> woA!i
hss.e gwen aLy:h:ns f1c e.en me
Ial:t.s. gray i:Elt, So taaI hs cou.c
ha:s some de-. o. wia- II was a..G
~ue"e !. wts. Now he felt utterly
Es.piesS whi.s e:Gr, n:uneN. !.> !ni-
ag.at4 some SHAY, craving brute
toIch!HS Us 1.>-a -Se.-St.o-1H op
..c ...-.d ...I.s.Ii together Sharply.
Lisn, was rssei.-Ial. and Ut once. Bul.
If ne sw w.tcned il oI, tne-e would DC
! momen, when the tag would see
; him before he cou.d see the tA.ne-
! and such mo.ne..,s axe ..ot neip.u..
There on'y remained h.s torcn: and
on the Ance. on one occasion, ..e' htd
saved his life by jud.c.ous use. Inc
/ man behind one of tnuss useful I'M
! p:eneuts is m blAckness "a: more
i'm peretrab!e than tbs biackest n.gnt,
for the man in fion; is daz2led. He
, can only shoot at the torch; W w.ere1oie
.old it to one side and in front OF
| lou.
The light flashed out, dartinK around
| he room. Ping: Someta!ns hit the
| sleeve of his pajamas, buL s;iI ne
| could see nothing. the bed, with the
clothes thrown back: the "aslstahd.
! the chair with his trousers and shirt
everything was as II had been When
he turned in. And then he heard
! second sound-dis;inct and clear. II
| came from high up near the ceiling
| and the beam caught the big cupboard
| and travelled up. 1t reached the top
| and rested there. fixed and steady
Framed in the middle Of II. peerlng
! over the edge, was little halrless
| brown face. holding what looked IKE
a tube in it's mouth. Hugh had one
| glimpse of a dark. skinny hand put
ting something in the tube, and then
just as another hytpinged over MS
One thing. at any rate. was Ger
tain: the other occupant of the room
was human, and with that realization
all his nerve returned. There would
! be time enough later on to md out
how he got there. and what those
strange pingng noises had oeeh
caused by. Just at that moment ohiy
oee thipg was on the program: anu
without a sound he crept round the
bed toward the cupboard. to put that
one thing into effect in his usual
direct manner.
Twice did he hear the little whis-
thing hiss from above. but nothing
sang past his head. Evidently the
man had lost him. and was probably
still aiming at the door. And then.
with hands that barely touched IT,
he feI, the outlines of the cupboard.
1t was standing an inch or two from
the wall, and he slipped his fingers
behind the back on one side. he
!listened for a moment. but no move
ment came from above: then. half FAC
ling the wall. he put one leg against
it, There was one quick. tremendous
heave; a crash which sounded deafen-
ing: then silence. And once again
he switched on his torch.
Lying on the floor by the window
was one Of the smallest men he had
ever seen. He was a native OF sorts
and Hugh turned him over with his
foot. He was quite unconscious. and
the bump on his head. where 1t had
hit the floor. was rapidly swelling TO
the size Of large orange. In his
hand he still clutched the little tune
and Hugh gingerly removed it
Placed in position at one end was a
long splinter Of wood. with sharp
ened point. and by the light Of his
torch Hugh saw that it was family
discolored with some brown stain.
He was still examining 1t with in
terest, when a thunderous knock
came on the door. He strolled over
and switched on the electric light;
then he opened the door.
An excited night porter rushed in
followed by two or three other people
in varying stages of undress. and
stopped in amazement at the scene
The heavy cupboard. with great
crack across the back. lay face down
ward on the floor; the native still
lay curled up and motionless.
Zone Of the hotel pets? queried
HFIugh pleasantly. lighting a cigarette
"If it's all the same to you I wish
you'd remove him. He was-ah-
finding it uncomfortable on the tor
of the Cupboard
CONTINUED in Tomorrow's Star.)