Evening star., 1921-04-09

recipient to nod his head in satisfac-
tion and order the Rolls Royce.
Meanwhile, unconscious of :, this
sudden soIcitude for his Health.
cupied with the piece of baper he
had been studying on the doctor $
entrance. Every now and then he
ran his fingers through his crisp
brown hair and shook. his head in
perplexity Beyond establishing the
condition was Hiram c. Potts, the
American multi i-millionaire, he could
make nothing out of it.
If only I'd managed to get the
whole of it," he muttered to himself
for the twentieth time.
That dam fellah Peterson was too
quick" The scrap he had torn off
was typewriter. save for the Amer
leans scrawled signature, and Hugh
knew the words by heart.
plete paralysis ''
ade of Britain
months I do
the holder of
of five million
do desire and
earl necklace and the
are at present
chess of Lamp
no questions
blamed
AM G. POTTS.
AT length he replaced the scrap in
his pocketbook and rang the bell
James. he remarked as his .serN-'
ant came in, will you'whisper Very,
little meat and no alcohol. In your.
Wife's ear. so far as the bird next
door is concerned? Fancy paying a
doctor to come round and tell one
that" =.
Did he, say nothing more. sir?" (
"Oh. lot But that was the onlW
thing of the slightest practical use,
and L know that already" He stared
thoughtfully out of the window
You'd better know he continued at
length. that As far as l can. see we're
up against remarkably tough prop
osition."
indeed, sir" murmured his serv-
ant. Then perhaps l had better stop
any further insertion of that adver-
tisement 1t works out at six shil-
lingS a time"
'Drummond burst out laughing.
What would 1 do without you, oh.
my James," he cried. But you may
as well stop it. Oar hands will be
quite full for some time to come, and
hate disappointing hopeful appli-
cants for my services"
The gentleman is asking for you,
sir" Mrs. Denny's voice from the
door made them look round, and Hugh
rose.
rs he talking sensibly. Mrs. Den
n.y. he asked eagerly, but she shook
her head.
Just the same, sir, she announced.
Looking round the room all dazed
like. And he keeps on saying Dan
GER"
Hugh walked quickly along the
passage to the room where the mill
lionaire lay in bed.
How are you feeling?" said Drum
mond cheerfully
The man stared at him uncompre-
hensively. and shook his head
DO you remember last night" ?"
Hugh continued. speaking very slow
ly and distinctly. Then a sudden
idea struck him and he pulled the
scrap of paper out of hs-case DO
you remember signing that?" he ask
ed, holding it out to him.
For a while the man looked at it;
then. with sudden cry of fear, he
shrank away.
No. no." he muttered, mot again."
Hugh hurriedly replaced the paper.
bad break on my part, old bean;
you evidently remember rather too
well. It's quite all right" he con-
tinued reeassuringly; mo one will hurt
name Hiram c. Potts?'
The man nodded his head doubtfully
and muttered Hiram Potts once or
twice. as if the words sounded ia
miliar.
do you remember driving in mo-
tor car last night?" persisted Hugh.
But what little flash of remem-
bEance had pierced the drug -clouded
brain seemed to have passed: the man
only stared daZedly .at the speaker
Drmmond tried him with a few
more questions, but it was no use.
and after a while he got up and
moved toward the door.
"non'f yon worry old son no said
with a smile. wen have you jump
ing about like a two-year-old in a
couple of days"
Then he paused: The man was evil
dsntly trying to say y, ssomething.
over the bed.
Danger. danger" Family the
words came, and then. with a sigh.
he lay back exhausted.
With a grim. smile Drummond
watched the motionless figure.
I'm afraid" he said half aloud,
attendant. Your only contribution to
the sphere of pure knowledge is
something I know already"
He went out and quietly closed the
door. And as he re-entered his sit
ting room he found his servant stand
tains, watching the street below.
There's a man, sir" he remarked
without turning around. watching
the house"
For a moment Hugh stood still.
frowning. Then he gave a short
laugh. "The devil there is.'' he re-
marked. 1.-The game has begun in
earnest, my worthy warrior. with the
first nine points to us, for posses
sion, even of a semi-dazed lunatic, is
nine points of the law. is it not,
James?"
His servant retreated cautiously
from the curtain and came back into
the room. "Of the law-yes, SIR he
repeated enigmatically. ut is time,
sir, for your morning glass of beer"
CONTINUED in Tomorrow's Star.)