The Raymer enterprise., 1921-10-27


vacant eyes.
what luckr Jerningham looked up
a. he came back into the other room.
Dam all, a they nay In the yer.
nacular. Have you blighteB finished
the beeri"
Probably" remarked Peter Dar.
rail-. whats the program nowr
Hugh examined the head on his
glass with . professional eye before
replying.
1.-TWO things," be murmured 1t
length, '.fairly leap to the eye. The
nrst ID to get Potts away to . place
Of safety; the second b to get over
to Paris"
"well, let's get gay over the drst,
a. q kick-off.s said birmingham, ris-
ing. There's q car outside the door;
there Il 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 Z look ont 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 q 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. 10 be broken BY Jerry Sey-
mour suddenly waking uD with .
start.
I've got the stomach ache" he an
nounced proudly.
His listeners gazed at him un-
moved.
"You shouldn't eat 80 fask" 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 'stomach-ache.'" he re-
peated, "and she ought to be ready
By now. In fact know she II. Ny
last crash wasn't . bad one. What
about itT
you mean r said Hugh,
staring at him.
Il mean," answered Jerry, shat
I'll 60 OF to the airdrome now, and
get her ready. Bring Potts along In
half IN hour, and I'll take him to
the governors place In Norfolk. Then
I'll take You over to Paris"
"Greatl-simply grsati" With =
report like . gun Hugh hit the speak
sr On the back, Inadvertently knock
Ing him down. -O6 you got. Jerry.
By the way. how many win she holdr'
Two beside me-" pluttered the
proud proprietor Of the stomach-achs.
"And I wish you'd reserve your o.
dsarments for people of your own
size, you great fat huiking mon.
strosity."
Re reached the door with q moment
to spare, and Hugh came back laugh.
Ing.
"verily-an upheaval in the grey
matter" he cried, carefully renllins
his glass. "Now, boys, what about
Parish
"Is It necessary to 90 at alli" asked
Peter.
ut wouldn't have been II the Yank
had been sane" answered Drum.
mond. AS It ID, l guess I've got to.
Now listen-all Of You. Ted-off you
60. and raise complete walters out.
1T, dicky and all complete. Peter
you come with me to the airdrome.
and afterward look up Mullings, At
Is Green strest. Horton, and tell him
to get in touch with at least fifty
demobilized soldiers who are on for a
scrap. Algy-you hold the fort here,
and don't get drunk on my ale. Peter
will Join you. when he's finished with
Aullings, and he's not to get drunk.
either. Are you all onf'
Ten minutes later he was at the
wheel Of his car with Darrell and the
millionaire behind. But Hugh seemed
In no great hurry to start. A whim-
sical smile was on his face, a. out
Of the corner Of his eye he watched
the man who had been busy doing
nothing feyerishly trying to crank his
car. which, after the manner Of the
brutes, had seized that moment to jib.
Still smiling, Hugh got out and
walked up to the perspiring driver.
"A warm day." hs murmursd.
Don't hurry; wen wait for you"
Then. while the nan. utterly taken
aback. stared at him speechlessly, he
strolled back to his own car.
"Hush-you'rs mad, quits mad" I"
said Peter resimsdiy, o. with . splut.
tering roar the other car started, but
Hugh still smiled. On the way b
the airdrome be stopped twice after q
block In the trlinc to make quits sure
that the pursusr should have ~
chance Of losing him, and. By the tims
they were clear Of the trafic and spin
ming toward their destination, the gsn.
tleman in the car behind fully agrsed
with Darrell.
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