The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-09-08
SYNOPSIS

PROLOGUE-In December, 1918, four men
gathered in a hotel in Berne and heard
one of the quartet outline a plan to paralyze
Great Britain and at the same time seize
world power. The ether three, Hooking
American, and Steineman and Won Gratz.
Germans. all millionaires, agree to the
scheme, providing another man, Hiram
Potts. an American. is taken in. The in
stigator Of the plot gives his name az
Comte de Guy, but when he aleaves ,oi
England with his daughter he decides to
use the name Carl Peterson.
CHAPTER Ii Capt. Hugh (Rllldog)
Drummond, a retired officer, advertises for
work that will give him excitement. sign
ing "XlO." As a result he meets Phyllis
Benton. a young woman who answered MS
ad. She tells him of strange murders ana
robberies of which she suspects a band
headed by Carl Peterson and Henry Laking-
ton Of being the leaders.
CHAPTER U-Drummond decides to go
to The Larches, Miss Benton's home. An
attempt is made on the road TO wreck his
machine when another, occupied by Peter
son, Lexington and a strange man, blocks
the road. While dining with Phyllis Bentsn
and her father Drummond hears a terrible
Shrek at The Elms. During the night
Drummond leaves The Larches and explores
The Films. He discovers Lexington ana
Peterson using a thumbscrew on an Ameri-
car who signs a paper. rescues
the American after a struggle ana taxes
him to his home. The man is Hiram c.
Potts.
CHAPTER TI-Peterson visits
the next day, departing with a threat to
return later and recover Potts ana also a
torn paper which seized the
night of the fight. With the aid OF Peter
Darrell. an old army friend. Drummond ar
ranges to hide Potts, and substitute in MS
place one Mullings, a demobilized soldier.
who is seized by Peterson and his gang
and taken to The Elms, along with Drum
mond. f.
CHAPTER IV.-When Peterson discovers
the hoax is escorted by Irma to
a room where he is to stay for the night.
During the night Drummond is exploring
the house when he gets in a strange room
in which is a cobra. He escapes, but on the
stairs has a fall in the dark.
CHAPTER V.-Drummond enlists the aid
of Algy ~Longworth, Toby Sinclair Tea
BIRMINGHAM and Jerry Seymour, the latter
an aviator. ummon after an encounter
with the pseudo Potts, meets lrma talking
to the marquis of Laidley and suspects the
gang is plotting for the Laidley jewels.
Drummond and his friends are gassed as
they sit in his apartment. darlington car
ries off Potts.
CHAPTER VI-When Drummond and his
friends recover they plan to again rescue
Potts. Drummond goes to see Phyllis ana
besides learning Potts has been taken to
The Elms also becomes engaged TO her.
Drummond is captured by the gang In the
attempted rescue.
CHAPTER VII-Drummond is held pris-
oner in The Elms and he Fears peterson
making plans to attend a conference at the
Ritz. He also hears Peterson ana LaklhE-
ton plotting to make Potts sign an agree
ment. Drummond on the roof watches as
| the two ~plotters begin to torture Potts with
a thumbscrew. He yells through the sky
light and causes Lexington and Peterson
to rush from the room.
CHAPTER VIII. - Potts follows Drum
mond's advice and escapes to The Larches'
where a waiting machine takes him away.
Drummond is rescued when a crowd gath
Org because of the commotion he makes
on the roof. He tells Phyllis he must at
tend the Ritz conference. has
learned that the gang is after the jewels
of the duchess of Laidley. He meets Je-
rome Green. an American detective, in
Paris. Green has come to find Potts for
his relatives.