The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-07-14
CHAPTER II.
In Which He Journeys to Godalming
and the Game Begins.
ONE.

~ almost think, James, that l could
toy with another kidney" DrummOnd
looked across the table at his servant
who was carefully arranging TWO or
three dozen letters in groups. I've
got Il journey in front of me today,
and l require Il large breakfast"
James Denny supplied the def
cheney from a dish that was standing
on an electric heater.
Are you going for long, sir?"
II don't know, James 1t all de-
ponds on circumstances. Which,
when you come to think Of Il, is
undoubtedly one of the most fatuOus
phrases in the English language. Is
there anything in the world that
doesn't depend on circumstances?'
"Will you be motoring, sir, or going
by train?" asked James prOSaically-
Dialectical arguments did not appeal
10 him.
by car" answered DrummOnd.
"Pajamas and a toothbrush
You won't take evening clothes,
slr?"
mo. l want my visit to appear I'M
premedltated James, and if one goes
about completely encased in boiled
shirts. while pretending TO be merelS
out for the afternoon, people have
doubts as TO ones intellect
James digested this great thought in
silence.
"Win you be going far, sir?" he
asked at length, pouring out a second
cup of coffee.
ITO Godalmlng. charming spot.
I believe, though I've never been there.
Charming inhabitants, too, James. The
lady l met yesterday at the Carlton
lives at GOdalming."
Indeed. sir" murmured James non
committally.
You ID old humbug," laughed
DrummOnd, you know you're itching
to know all about it. l had a very
long and interesting talk with her, and
one of two things energies quite clear
~ from our conversation. Either,
James. l am n 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 a lovely
widow with two children
" oria1
forward of her!' He glanced at the
letter and smiled. Care, James, and
accuracy are essential in a secretary
The misguided woman calls herself
lonely, not lovely. She will remain So
as far as I am concerned. until the
other matter is settled"
"Wfu 1t take long, sir, do you
thinkT'
ITO get it settledT' Drummond lit
a cigarette and leaned back in his
chair. Listen, James. and 1 will out
line the case. The maiden lives at a
house called The Larches, near God
aiming, with her papa. Not far away
is another house called The Films,
owned by a 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 a short time. And now we
come to the point. Miss Benton
that is the lady's name-accuses Mr..
Lexington OF being the complete IT
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. sirT'
''Wnl nothing move you, James p
remarked his master plaintively,
This man murders people and does
things like that, You know"
Personally, sir, prefer a picture
palace. But suppose there amt no