American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-09-17

After a while the millionaire recoy.
cred his composure, and with many
breaks and pauses the slow. disjoInted
story continued
darlington! That was the name NJ
the man ] met at the Carlton. And
then there was another Peter
Peterson. That's Il. We nil
dined together. remember. and II
was after dinner, In my private sitting
room. that Peterson put up his propo-
siti0n to me. II was a sugpes-
ton that he thought would appea! to
me as business man. He sai,l-.what
was itf--that he could produce a ri.
gantic syndicalist strike In England
revolution, In fact; and that as one OF
the biggest shlpowners-the biggest,
In fact--outside this country. should
be able to capture lot of the British
carrying trade. He wanted two hun.
dred and fifty thousand pounds to do
II, paid one month after the result was
obtained. Said there were others
In II. :"
ION that valuation" interrupted the
detective, thoughtfully, ut makes one
million pounds sterling" and Drum.
mond nodded ayes, Mr.. Potts; and
them"
IL told him." said the millionaire.
that he was an Internal scoundrel,
and that I'd have nothing whatever to
do with such a villainous scheme. And
then-almost the last thing | can re-
member saw Peterson look at LAX.
ington. Then they both sprang on Inc,
and l felt something prick my arm.
And after that can't remember any.
thing clearly. Your face, sir"--he
turned TO Drummond-"comes to me
out Of a kind Of dream; and yours, too
he added to Darrell "But 1t was like
a long, dreadful nightmare, In which
vague things. over which I had no
power, kept happening, until l woke up
last night in this gentleman's house"
He bowed to Ted birmingham. who
grinned cheerfully.
"And mighty glad was to hear you
talking sense again, sir" he remarked
''Do you mean to say you have no rec
objection Of how you got thereT
"None. sir; none," answered the mil
llonairc. ut was just part Of tn
dream"
ut shows the strength OF the drui
those swine used on you" said Drum
mond grimly. "You went there In M
airplane, Mr.. Potts"
"An airplane" cried the other II
anazement. II don't remember II
I've got no recollection OF 1t whatever
There's only one other thing that ] cal
lay hold Of, and that's all dim ant
muzzy. :. Pearls. A great rop'
of pearls. | was TO sign a paper
and ] wouldn't. i did once, AM
then there was shot and the ligh
went out, and the paper disappeared
ITS at my bank at this moment, MI
Potts" said Hugh; 81 took that paper
or part Of II, that night"
"DId your" The millionaire looke'
at him vaguely. IL was to promis
Them n million dollars when they ha'
done what they said. l rememDe
that. And the pearl necklace
the duchess OF :" He pause
and shook his head YEARLY.
"The duchess Of Lampshiresf
prompted Hugh.
That's It," said the other IN
duchess OF Lampshire's. II was say
ing that | wanted her pearls, thini
and would ask no questions as to nov
they were got
The detective grunted.
"Wuufed TO incrimnate you proper
Iy. did theyi Though 1t seems 10 III
That II was blamed risky gam'
There should have been enough none
from the other three TO run the sho'
without worrying you, when the
found you weren't for II.
"Walt," said the millionaire, una
reminds me. Before they assaulted III
M the Carlton they told me the othei
wouldn't come In unless did,
For while there was slehc'
broken at length by Hugh
"WelI. Mr.. Potts, you've had a mold
fine and I'm very glad It's over ID