The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-01-12

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two beside me sliaitered tie
proud proprietor ~ ihr stomach ache.
vAud wish you'd reserve your e..
dearments for people u your own
size. you great fat hulEng mon.
sfrnsity
He reached tie door with q moment
"a spare. and Hugh came back laugh.
ing
verify an upheaval ~ the grey
matter he cried. carefully reilling
hls glass. "Noa. boys. what about
Parish
Is il necessary to 20 at sllr' asked
Peter
III wouldn't have been ~ the Ysnk
had been sane. answered Drum
mond "As II is. ! guess I've got 70.
Vow listen all 81 yon rsd-of you
70. and raise complete walters out
NJ dicky and an complete Peter
YOU come with me 10 the airdrome.
aud afierward look up hullings, at
~ Green street Hoxton. and tell him
10 get 10 touch with 81 least nifty
demobHlzed soldiers who are on for
scrap. Algy-you hold the fort here,
and don't get drunk on my ale Peter
viii ioin YOU. when he's finished with
Mullings. and he's not 20 get drunk.
either Are you ail onT'
Ten minutes later he Was al the
wheel Of his car with Darrell and the
millionaire behind But Hugh seemed
IN no great hurry 10 start whim-
steal smile was on his face, as out
Of the corner OF his eye he watched
the man who had been busy doing
nothing feverlshly trying 10 crank his
rnr. which, after the manner Of the
brutes. had seized that moment 10 tib.
Sul smiling, Hugh got out and
walked up to the persplring driver.
"A warm day" he murmured.
Don't hurry: wen walt for you"
Then. while the man, utterly taken
aback. stared at him speechlessly he
strolled back to his own car.
"Hugh-you're mad, quite mad :"
said Peter resignedly. as with a spfut-
tering roar the other car started, but
Hugh stll smiled. On the way 10
the alrdrome he stopped twice after a
block In the traffic 10 make quite sure
that the pursuer should have no
chance OF losing him. and, by the time
they were clear Of the traffic and spin
ming toward their destination, the gen
tleman In the ear behind fully agreed
with Darrell.
AT first he had expected some trick,
being a person Of tortuous brain; but
as time went on. and nothing unex-
pected happened he became assured.
His orders were to follow the mil
llonalre, and inform headquarters
where he was taken TO. And assured
~ at the moment II seemed easy mon
ey Then. quite suddenly. the hVm-
ming stopped and he frowned. The
eur I'm front had swung on the road,
and turned through the entrance of a
small sirdrome What the devil was
he 10 do now, Most assuredly he
could not pursue an airplane on mo
tor-even a racer Blindly, without
thinking. he did the first thing that
came into his head. He left his car
standing where # was. and followed
the others into the airdrome on foot.
Perhaps he could find out something
/ from one OF the mechanics; someone
/ might be able 10 tell him where the
| plane was going.
There she was with the car beside
her. and already the millionaire was
being strapped into his seat. Drum
mond was talking to the pilot, and
the sleuth. full Of eagerness, accosted
passing mechanic.
"Can you tell me where that air
plane Is going tor he asked lngrati-
atingly
II was perhaps unfortunate that the
said mechanic had just had large
spanner dropped on his toe, and his
answer was not helpful. II was an
education in one way and at any 9th
or time the pursuer would have treat
cd II with the respect u deserved
But. as Il was, Il was unfortunate
that Peter Darrell should have chosen
that moment to look round. And all
he saw was the mechanic talking ear
,as,lv 20 The sleuth Where,
upon he talked earnestly to Drum
mond.
In thinking Il over after that un
happy sleuth whose Job had seemed 50
easy. found II difficult 10 say exactly
what happened All Of a sudden NJ
found himself surrounded by people
all very affahle and most convere
tional. II took him quite I'VE minutes
to get back to his car, and by ina
time the plane was speck IN th'
west. Drummond was standing o.
the yates when he got there, win
look Of profound surprise on his face
zone ! have seen often" remarked
the soldier "two soeetimes thre'
rarely: four never Fancy four pune
tures-aU ~ the same time Dear
Hcar. positively insist on giVini
bon uft--
TIE felt himself IrresistIhly propelled
toward Drummeud's car with only