Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-26

: It was on the tip Of his tongue to
tell her that 1t was too late to worry
about that; then he changed his mind.
"Apd what is there suspicious" lie
asked, "in an: old friend who happens
to be in the netghborhood dropping In
to call? Wherefore your telephone
message2 What's the worry?".
she BIT her lip and drumned with
her fingers on the arm Of the chair.
"If tell you," she said at length,
twill you promise me, on your word
of honor, that you won't 60 blunder-
ing into. The Elms, OF do anything
foolish like that?" :,,''' {
AT. the present moment I'm very
comfortable Where Lam, thanks" re-
marked Hugh: =
81 know she said;, "but I'm so
dreadfully afraid that you're the type
of person who,':. A.sawho .'."'
She paused, at "a lossi for word.
:; !'.Wl,o, :. bellows like a, bull, and
charges head down. interrupted
Hugh with a grin. She laughed with
him, and just for moment their eyes
met, and she read In his something
quite foreign to the point at issue.
In fact, It is to be feared that the
question Of darlington dnd his com!
panfons was not engrossihg Drum
mond's mind; as; It doubtless should
have been, to the exclusion Of all
else.
They're so utterly unscrupulous,"
she continued hurrledly, $50 fiendishly
clever, that even you would be child
in their hands"
Hugh endeay0red. to dissemble his
pleasure at that little word "even"
and only succeeded IN frowning .hor-
ribly.
II will be discretion ITSELF" he as
sured her firmly.
1"I suppose I shall have to trust
=, you," she said. "Have you seen the
evening papers today?" =,
II looked at the ones that come out
in the morning labeled six p. m; be-
r.. fore had lunch" he answered. us
there anything Of INTEREST,""
She handed him a copy Of the
=. Plapet, Read that little ,Daragraph
III ID tlle' Second FcoluiRn." "ShA pointed.
to it, as rs lie took tie : paper and Hugh
read 1t aloud.
"AIr. Hiram C. Potts-the celebrat-
ed American millionalre-is progress
ing favorably.. He has gone into the
country for few days, but 10 suf-
fciently recovered to conduct business
as usual" He laid down the paper
and looked at the girl Sitting opposite.
zone is pleased" he remarked in a
puzzled tone, "for the sake Of Mr..
Potts. To be i'll and shave a name
like that is more than: most men
could stand. =. But don't quite
see :" mi
THAT man was. stopping at the
Carlton, where he met darlington"
said the girl, HE is multi-lnil-
llonaire, over here in connection with
some big steel trust; and when multi
mlllionaires get friendly with Laking-
ton, their health frequently does suf-
fer"
.tBut this paper says he's getting
better" objected Drummond. 'Suf-
ficiently recovered to conduct business
as usual"
"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?"
Search me-" said Hugh. Incl
dentally, how do you know he did,"
1T asked at the Carlton this norm
Ing" she answered. "I said I'D come
after Job as typist for Mr.. Potts.
They told me at the inquiry Office that
he was III IN bed and unable to see
anybody. So I asked for his secre-
tary, and they told me what I've Just
told you-that he had left for Belfast
that morning and would be away sew.
eral days. 1t may be that there's
nothing in it; on the other hand. it
may be that there's lot And It's
only by following up every possible
clue" she continued fiercely, "that /
can hope to beat those f1ends and get
daddy out of their clutches"
Drummond nodded gravcly, 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 certalnly-no vestige Of proof
and yet, having once come, tle
thought stu elk. And as he turned 1t
over in his mind, almost prepared to
laugh at himself for his credulity-
milllonaires 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. IAN old friend, daddy
she said. "You must have heard ME
speak OF Captain Drummcnd."
II don't recall the name at The mo-
ment, my dear" he answered :ourte-
ously-a fact which was hardly sur