American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-28

Aigy Sald Hugh rising and tp..
him to keep his mouth shut. ia
come with you. but It occurs to me
that the 9retshed Potts, batbed In
tears ut the Carlton. Is In need OF
sympathy so long. old dear. You'n
hear from me In day or two"
Drummond sauntered along Pail.
Mall. He had told Longworth moro
or less on the spur Of the moment
knowing that gentleman's capabilities
to q nicely. Under cloak ~ as.
sumed iippancy he concealed an iron
nerve which had never yet failed
him and, In spite Of the fact that he
wore an entirely unnecessary eye
glass, he could see further into a
brick wall than most Of the people
who called him fool.
1t was his suggestion Of telling Toby
Sinclair that caused the smile. For
It had started train of thought In
Drummond's mind which seemed to
him to be good. II Sinclair-why not
two or three more equally trusty
sportsmenp Why not gang OF the
boys?
Toby possessed a v. C., and a good
,one--for there are grades of the V, O.,
and those grades are appreciated to
a nicely by the recipients brother
officers II not by the general public.
The show would At Toby like a glove.
Then there was Ted Jern.
ingham who combined the roles OF
an amateur actor Of more than aver
age merit with an ability to hit any
thing at any range with every con-
ceivable type Of frearm. And Jerry
Seymour In the Flying corps. &.
Not q bad thing to have a flying man
up ones sleeve. And pos
sibly some one versed In the ways Of
tanks might come In handy.
The smile broadened to grin !;
surely life was very good. And then
the grin faded, and something sus-
piciously like a frown took Its place.
For he had arrived at the Carlton.
and reality had come back to him.
"Mr. Potts will see no one. SIR" re-
marked the man TO whom he ad.
dressed his question. you are about
the twentieth gentleman who has been
here already today"
Hugh had expected this. and smiled
genially.
Precisely, my stout fellow" he re-
marked, "but I'll lay a small amount
OF money that they were newspaper
men. Now, I'm not. And think that
II you will have this note delivered
to Mr.. Potts, he will see me-
He sat down at table, and drew
q sheet Of paper toward him. Two
facts were certain: First, that the
man upstairs was not the real Potts
second, that he was one Of Peterson's
gang. The difficulty was to know ex'
actly how to word the note. There
might be some mystic password. the
omission Of which would prove him
an impostor at once. At length ne
took pen and wrote rapidly; ne
would have to chance It.
urgent. A message from heau
quarters"
He sealed the envelope and handed
Il with the necessary i've shii'ihs'
COR postage to the man. Then ne sa'
down to wait. After what seemed az
interminable delay he saw the mes
senger crossing the lounge.
"Mr. Potts will see you. SIR
Hugh followed his guide along Q
corridor, and paused outside dooi
while he went into a room. He hearc
n murmur Of voices. and then th'
man resppeared. j.
..This way, sir" he said, and Hug
stepped inside, to stop with an invod'
untary gasp Of surprise. Inc ma.
seated in the chair was Potts. to al
intents and purposes. The likeness
was extraordinary. and had he mo-
known that the real article was o
Goring he would have been com
pletely deceived himself
The man waited till the door wa
closed: then he rose and stusPeo
forward suspiciously. .
II don't know YOU" he said "h'
are your 49,,
.since when has every one ON
Moved at headquarters known ON
anotherY' Drummond returned guard
eddy. "And. incidentally, your IKE
ness to our lamented friend Is won
derful. 1t very nearly deceived ever
me-"
The man. not in.pleased, gave
short laugh.
Ttm pass, think. But It's risks
These cursed reporters have oee'
badgering the whole morning
And N his wife or somebody come
over. what them II wasn't ~.
Rosca to bungle In Belfast ne
never left a clue before. and he MAJ
plenty of time to do the JOB PROV
| erly."
"A name inside a breast'pocAs
might easily be overlooked remarAe'
Hugh. seixing the obvious clue
4 "Are you making excuses fof nun
snarlsd the other. Hes ta'ieu' n.y.
failure Is death. Such Is our ruiz
Would you have 1t alteredr'
most certainly not. The issues ar
far too great for any weakness