Evening star., 1921-04-07
Bull Dog f.Drunlnond
= By CYRIL MaEuE (Sapper
A Novel Of Mystery, Love and Adventure.
tospsusAe laHs b, Geo<ss n. Ds.. CA)

NoSAOs oAJ " ~
An Involuntary smile lowered round
her lips for a moment; then she grew
serious again. IT'S very dangerous
for you to come here" she remarked
quietly. If once those men suspect
ANYTHING. God knows what will hap
pen."
It was on the tip Of his tongue to
tell her that it was too late to worry
about that: then he changed his mind.
And what Is there suspicious" he
asked, "in an old friend who happens
to be in the neighborhood dropping
in to call? Do mind If 1 smoke p
The girl beat .er hands together.
My dear man." she cried, you don't
understand. You're judging those
devils by your own STANDARD. They
suspect everything-and everybody"
What q distressing habit" he
murmured. 'Is 1t chronic, or merely
due to liver? I must send 'em a bot
tie of good salts. Wonderful thing
good salts. Never without some in
France"
You're hopeless" she remarked
absolutely. hopeless"
absolutely" agreed Hugh. blowing
!. out cloud OF smoke. Wherefore
! worry?'
She bit her lip and drummed with
her fingers on the arm, Of her chair
IT tell you" she said. at length.
will you promise me, on your word
OF honor, that you won't go blunder-
ing in to the Elms. or do anything
foolish like that?"
"At the present moment I'm very
comfortable where I am. thanks" re-
marked Hugh.
II know" she said: but I'm so
dreadfully afraid that you're the type
OF person who-who-" She paused,
at loss for a word.
Who bellows like a bull, and
charges head down." interrupted
him, and just for a moment their eyes
met and she read in his something
quite foreign to the point at ISSUE In
fact, 1t is to be feared that the Ques-
ton OF Lexington. and his companions
was not engrossing Drummond's
been, to the exclusion Of all else.
They're so utterly unscrupulous." T"
she continued, hurriedly, so fiendish.
| " clever. that even you would be
like a child in their hands"
Hugh endeavored to dissemble his
pleasure at that little word "even,"
| ribly
Il will be discretion itself" he as
sured her, firmly. 81 promise you"
Il suppose i shall have to trust
ye. you.n she said Have you seen the
| Il looked at the ones that come out
! IN the morning labeled pm. before
| lunch" he answered. IT'S there any,
| thing Of interest?'
She handed him copy of the Planet.
Read thai little paragraph in the
as he took the paper, and Hugh read
| it aloud:
'Mr. Hiram c. Potts-~the celebrated
American millionaire-s progressing
| favorably. He has bne ipto the
| country for q few days, but is sum-
as usual He laid down the paper
and looked at, the girl sitting oppo-
site. Zone, Is pleased" he remarked.
! In q puzzled tone, FOR the sake Of
Mr.. Potts. To be i'll and have a name
IKE that Is more than most men could
stand. But don't quite see
That man was stopping at the
Carlton, where he met ,Lakington.' %
said the girl, He is a multf-mfl-
lionaire. over here in connection with
some big steel trust; and when multi
ml!ionaires get friendly with LAX
suffer-"
But this paper says he's getting
better. objected Drummond "Sum-
ciently recovered to conduct business
az usual What's wrong with that =
II ne Is sufficiently recovered to
- G1rf0
he send his conhdentiaI seoretary
away yesterday morning on an argent
| mission to Belfast?'
Search me- said Hugh. Incident.
ally. how do yon know he didr'
Il asked at the Carlton this morn.
ing" she answered. IT said I'd come
after a job as typist for Mr.. Potts.
They told me at the inquiry omce that
he was i'll In bed and unable to see
anybody. So ! 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
sral days It may be that there's
nothing in it: on the other hand, it
may be that there's lot And it's
only by fol10wing up every possible
clue" she continued nercely. "that
can hope to beat those fends and get
daddy out of their clutches"
Drummohd nodded gravely. 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 yet. having once come, the
thought stuck. And as he turned 1t
over in hia mind. almost prepared to
laugh at himself for his credulity-
millionaires are mot removed against
their will In broad daylight, from
one Of the biggest hotels in London.
to sit In immovable silence in an open