The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-10-06
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| as he came BACK lDtV the 'olnei tSSy
Dam all, as they say in the yer.
.nacular. Have you bllghters finished
the beer?" - pr
~Probably," remarked Peter Oar
rail-. whats the program now!
Hugh examined the head On ms
glass with professional eye before
replying. =.
| sTwo things" he murmured at
length, fairly leap to the eye. Inc
first is to get Potts away to a place
Of safety; the second is to get over
to Paris"
swell, let's get gay over the nrst'
a. a kickoff" said birmingham. ris-
ing. "There's car outside the door |;
there Is England at our disposal.
! Wen take him away; you pad the
hoof to Victoria and catch the boat
train"
1T sounds too easy" remarked
Hugh. "Have q look out Of the win
dow, Ted. and you'll see q man fright
fully busy doing nothing not far from
the door. You will also 80 racing
car Just across the street. Put q wet
compress on your head, and connect
the two" ...
A gloomy silence settled On the A.
sembly, to be broken by Jerry Sey-
mour suddenly waking up with q
start. -------.-..-...
1--WE got the stomach ache" he an
noupred ,rOudly
His listeners gazed at him un'
moved. 4.s
"You shouldn't eat 80 fast" re-
marked Algy severely. "And you Ger
tainly oughtn't to drink that beer"
To avert the disaster he immedi-
ately consumed It himself, but Jerry
was too engrossed with his brain
storm to notice.
"rve got the 'stomaci,-ache.' he re-
peated, sand she ought to be ready
BY now. In fact I know she is. Ny
last crash wasn't q bad one. What
about itT' -f--.
"You mean -. r said Hugh.
staring at him. -
Il mean," answered Jerry. shat
I'll 90 Of to the airdrome now. and
get her ready. Bring Potts along in
half an hour, and I'll take him to
the governors place In Norfolk. Then
ri take you over to Paris"
"Great!-simply great!" With .
report like a gun Hugh hit the speak
er on the back. inadvertently knock
ing him down. ION you get. Jerry.
BY the way. how many will she hold1''
1.-TWO beside me-" spluttered the
proud proprietor Of the Stomach ache.
"And I wish you'd reserve your en-
dearments for people Of your own
size, you great. fat, hulklng mon
strosity."
He reached the door with moment
to spare. and Hugh came back laugh
ing.
"verily-an upheaval In the grey
matter" he cried, carefully refilllng
his glass. snow, boys, what about
Paris7" H
as It necessary to 90 at all?" asked
Peter.
ut wouldn't have been II the Yank
had been sane" answered Drum.
mond. "As 1t is, I guess I've got to.
Now listen-all Of you. Ted-On you
go. and raise a complete writer's out.
fit. dicky and all complete. Peter
you come with me to the airdrome,
and afterward look up Mullings, at
Is Green street, Hoxton, and tell him
to get In touch with at least fifty
demobilized soldiers who are on for q
scrap. Algy--you hold the fort here,
and don't get drunk on my ale. Peter
will Join you. when he's finished with
Mullings, and he's not to get drunk,
either. Are you all orr
Ten minutes later he was at the
wheel cf his car with Darrell and the
millionaire behind. But Hugh seemed
in no Ereat hurry to start. A within.
steal smile was on his face, A. on,
Of the corner Of his eye he watched
the man who had been busy dolns
nothing feverIshly trying to crank hill
car, which, after the manner Of the
brutes. had seized that moment to lib
Still smiling. Hugh got out and
walked up 70 the perspiring driver.
"A warm day" he murmured
Don't hurry; wen wait for you
Then. while the man. utterly taken
aback. stared At him speechlessly. b.
strolled back to his own car.
"HuEh-you'rs mad. quite mad
said fetsr reslsnedly. a. with q splut
tering roar the other car started, bu,
Hugh still smiled. On the way 4
the alrdroms he stopped twice after ,
block In the trafic to make quite sur,
that the pursuer should have q.
chance Of losing him, and. BY the tim,
they were clear Of the traiiic and spiu
ming toward their destination, the esn
tleman In the car behind fully agree
with Darrell.
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