The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-06-09
YIN be discretion. itself, y s ~

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Vim be dissection itself. hs ~
sured her firmly.
suppose shall have 70 tr1st
you, !. she said. Have ron seen the
evening papers today 2.
looked ut the ones TINT come out
IA the morning labeled SIX 5. nj be.
fore I had lunch, he answered. is
there anything of interest ~
She handed him IS copy OF the
Planet. Read That little paragraph
lin the second column. \ she pointed
to It, as he teok the paper. and Hugh
read 1t aloud,
iram 9. Potts the celebrat-
ed American millionaire Is progress
Ing favorably. He has gone into the
country for few days, but IS suf-
fciently recovered to conduct business
as usual. He laid down the paper
and looked at the girl sitting opposite.
One IS pleased, he remarked III
puzzled tone, ssfor the sake Of Mr..
Potts. 70 be M and have q name
like tllass IS more than most men
could stand. &. But Il don quite
ssee =. !. II.
That man was stopping at the
Carlton. where he met Lakfngton,''
said the girl. HE Is a. multi-mil-
lionaire, over here In connection with
some big steel trust; and when multi
millionaires get friendly with Laking-
ton. their health frequently does suf-
fer"
"But this paper says he's getting
better" objected Drummond. !" tSnf-
ficiently recovered to conduct business
as a ]; i. !. =
IF he Is sufficiently recovered to
conduct business as usual, why did he
send his confidential secretary away,
yesterday morning on an urgent mis-
sion to Belfast? 2"
Search me-, said Hugh. Incl
dentally, how do you know he did?',
Il asked at the Carlton this morn
Ing" she answered. II said I'd come
after a job as typist for Mr.. Potts.
They told me at the Inquiry Office that
he was Ill In bed and unable to see
anybody. So asked for his secre-s
tary, and they told me what I've just
told you--that he had left for Belfast
that morning and would be away sey-
eral days. It may be that there's,
nothing in it; on the other hand, 1T
may be that there's a lot And It's;
only by following up every possible
clue" she continued fiercely, .'that Il
can hope to beat those fends and get:
daddy out Of their clutches
Drummond nodded grayely, and did
not speak. For into his mind had
flashed suddenly the remembrance of
that sinister, motionless figure seated
by the chauffeur. The widest guess
work certainly-no vestige of proof
and vet, having once come, the,
thought stuck. And as he turned IT.
over in his mind, almost prepared to-
laugh at himself for his credulity-
millionaires are not removed against
their will. in broad daylight, from one.
Of the biggest hotels in London, to sit
In immovable silence in an open car
the door opened and an elderly man
came in.
Hugh rose, and the girl introduced
the two men. San old friend, daddy"
she said. you must have heard me
speak Of Captain Drummond"
II don't recall the name at the mo-
| ment, my DEAR" he answered courte-
ously-a fact which was hardly sur
prising-"but fear I'm getting little
forgetful. You'll stop and have some
| dinner, of course
Hugh bowed. II should like to, Mr..
Benton. Thank you very much. I'm
afraid the hour of my call was little
| informal, but being round in these
parts, I felt ] must come and look
Miss Benton up"
His host smiled absentminde1ly
| and walking to the window, stared
through the gathering DUSK at the
| house opposite, half hidden in the
| trees. And Hugh, who vas watching
| him from under lowered lids, saw him
suddenly clench both hands in ges-
turei of despair. d
| 1t cannot be said that dinner was
a meal Of sparkling gaiety. Mr.. Ben
| ton was pllpably i'll at ease, and be-
yond a Jew desultory remarks spoke
| hardly at all while the girl, who sat
| opposite Hugh, though she made one
or two valiant attempts to break the
( long silences, spent most Of the meal
in covertly watching her father. If
anything more had been required to
convince Drummond Of the genuine
ness Of his interview with her. at the
Carlton the preceding day, the atmos-
4 phere at this strained and silent party
supplied it.
AS If unconscious Of anything pecu-
liar he rambled on In his usual in
consistent method, needless of wheth-
er he was answered or not; but all
the time his mind was busily working.
| He had alreaGy decided that a Rolls.