The Lamar register., 1921-06-01

long and interesting talk with her. and
one of two things energies quite clear
iy from our conversation. Either.
James, | am congenital idiot, and
don't know enough to come In out Of
the rain or we've hit the goods. That
is what I propose to find out by my
little excursion. Either our legs, my
friend. are being pulled till they will
never resume their normal shape; or
that advertisement has succeeded be-
yond our widest dreams
There are a lot more answers in
this morning. SIR" Denny made a
movement toward the letters he had
been sorting "One from II lovely
widow with two children"
Lovely" cried Drummond. How
forward OF herl" He glanced at the
letter and smiled. Care, James. and
accuracy are essential In secretary.
The misguided woman calls herself
lonely, not lovely. She will remain so.
as far as | am concerned, until the
other matter Is settled"
"wIl IL take long. sir, do you
Think"
Il cigarette and leaned back In his
chair. Listen. James. and | will out
line the case The maiden lives at a
house called The l.arches near God
aiming. with her papa. Not far away
Is another. house called The Elms
owned by gentleman OF the name
OF Henry Lakington-a nasty man,
James. with a nasty face-who was
also at the Carlton yesterday after
noon for short time And now we
come 10 the point. Miss Benton
that is the lady's name-accuses Mr..
LakIngton OF being the complete 1T.
in the criminal line. She went even
SO far as to say that he WAS the sec
ond most dangerous man in England"
-Indeed. sir. More coffee. sirf'
will nothing move you. Jamesr
remarked his master plalntivrly.
This man murders people and does
things like that. you know"
PERSONALLY. sir. prefer n picture
palace. But | suppose there amt no
accounting for 'obbies. May | clear
away. sir?"
''No. james not mt present Keep
quite still while go on. or l shall
get ii wrong. Three months ago there
arrived at The Elms. the most dan
gerOus man In England-the 1T OF
ITS. This gentleman goes by the
name OF Peterson. and lie owns
daughter From what Miss Benton
said. l have doubts about that daugh-
Il
to the window. Grave doubts. How
ever. to return to the point, il up
pears that some unpleasin conspiracy
Is being launched by 1T. the IT Of
IT'S. and the doubtful daughter. into
which Papa Benton has been unwill-
ingly drawn. As fur us | cun make
out. the suggestion is that l should
unravel the tangled skein OF crime
and extricate papa"
In spasm OF uncomfortable eI-
citement James sucked his teeth.
"Lumme. 1t wouldn't 'alf go on the
movies, would If" he remarked. Bet
ter than them Red Indians and
things"
Il fear. James. that you are not In
the habit Of spending your spare time
at the British museum, as l hoped"
said Drummond. ''And your brain
doesn't work very quickly. The
point is not whether this hideous sf
fair is better than Red Indians end
things-but whether it's genuine. Am
l TO battle with murderers. or shall
/ ind house party roaring with
laughter on the lawn?"
"As long as you laughs like ell
yourself. sir. don't see as 'ow It
makes much odds" answered James.
The first sensible remark you've
made this morning." said his master
hopefully. Il will go prepared to
laugh"
He picked up pipe from the man
telpiece. and proceeded to ill 1t,
while James Denny waited in silence.
"A lady may ring up today" Drum
mond continued. Miss Benton. to be
exact. Don't say where I've gone,
II she does: but take down any mes
sage, and write II to me at Godai-
ming postoffice. II by any chance you
don't hear from me for three days
get in touch with Scotland Yard, and
tell 'em where I've gone. That COW
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