Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-29


ing motionless behind one Of the cur
tains watching the street below.
"There's a. man, SIR" he remarked
without turning, around, watching the
| house."
For a moment Hugh stood still,
frowning. Then he gave short
laugh. 1.-THE devil there is!' he re-
marked. "The game has begun In
earnest, my worthy warrior, with the
first nine points to us. For possess
sion, even Of q semi-dazed. luuatic, is
nine peints Of the law; Is it not,
b yJames?n. ,,.t ,.::..l.:
49, TWO.
At twelve o'clock precisely the bell
rang, announcing visitor, and Drum
:,mond looked, up, es his servant came
into the room.
Eyes; James,. he remarked, II
think; we: ere st: home. want you to
remain within call, and under no cir
cwnlstanees' LET our sick visitor out
of your sight for more than a minute.
IN fact, I think you'd better sit in
his ROOM"
, James. with a curt "Very good,
SIR left the room. Almost at once
ne returned, and finging open the
door, announced Mr.. Peterson. 81
Drummond looked up quickly and
rose with a smile. -.
Good morning." he cried. "rhis is
q. very pleasant surprise, Mr.. Peter
son." He waved his visitor to a
chair: Hope, you've had no more
trouble with your car" q ..a.
q Glr. Peterson drew OFF his gloves
smiling' amiably. "Nohe at all, thank
you, Captain Drummond. The chauf-
.feur, appears to, have. mastered the
defect" ~ i'%..,:..
:, SIT was your eye ION iilim that did
1t. Wonderful .tllinss--the human
optic, as I said TO your friend, Mr.:
MIR. Laklnston. I: hope that he's quite
we'll and taking nourishment." "
soft food only" said the other
genially. "a1r: Lak!ngton had most
unpleasant accident last nlght-most
unpleasant"
Hughs face expressed his sympa.
thy. "How very unfortunate! he
murmured. II trust nothing serious"
81 fear his lower jaw was fractured
In two places" Peterson helped him
self to cigarette from the box be-
side him. 1.-THE man who hit him
must haye been a boxer"
Mixed up in a, brawl, =as heT'
said Drummond, shaking his head. II
should never have thought, from what
little I've seen of Mr.. Lakington, that
he went In for painting the town red.
I'd have put him down as q most
abstemious man--hut one never. can
tell, can one? !. once knew q fellah
who used to get fighting. drunk on
three whiskles, and to look at him,
you'd have put him down as parson.
Wonderful amount of cheap fun that
chap got out of life"
Peterson flicked the ash from his
cigarette into. the CRATE. "Shall we
come to the point; Captain Drum
mond?", he remarked affably.
Hugh looked bewildered. "The
point, Mr.. Peterson? Er--by all man
ner Of means" g.
Peterson smiled even more affably.
II felt certain that you were young
mar of discernment," he remarked,
"and l wouldn't like to keep you from
your paper minute longer than nec-
essary."
"Not Bit" cried Hugh. MY time
is yours-though I'd very much like
to know your real opinion Of The
Juggernaut for the Chester cup. It
seems to me that he cannot afford
to give Sunatra seven pounds on
their form up to date"
"Are you interested III gambling2"
asked Peterson politely.
"a mild fiutter, Mr.. Peterson, every
now and then," returned Drulnnond.
Strictly limited stakes
IF you contine yourself to that
you will come to no harm," said Pc
terson. ut is when the stakes be-
come unlimited that the danger Of a
crash becomes unlimited too."
"That is what my mother always
told me- remarked Hugh. "She even
went further, dear good woman that
she was Never bet except Oh Il GER
tainty, my boy was her constant adj
rvice, and then put your shirt on!
can hear her saying it now, Mr..
Peterson, with the golden rays OF The
setting sun lighting up her sweet
face"
Peterson leant forward in his chair.
young man," he remarked, we've
got to understand one another. Last
night you butted in on my plans, and
/ do not like people who do that. BY
an net which, 1 must admit, appealed
to me greatly, you removed something
require-something, moreover, which
l intend to have. Breaking the elec-
tric bulb with revolver shot shows
resource and initiative. The blow that
smashed Henry Laklngton's jaw In two
places shows strength. All qualities
which admire, Captain Drummond--