Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-18


obtained. f. Said there were others
in it. :"
''0n that valuation" interrupted the
detective thoughtfully. 1T makes one
million pounds sterling" and Drum
mond nodded. "Yes, Mr.. Potts; and
them"
II told him." said the millionaire,
that he was an internal scoundrel,
and that I'd have nothing whatever to
do with such villainous scheme. And
then-almost the last thing l can re-
member saw Peterson look at LAX
ingtOn. Then they both sprang on me,
and | felt something prick my arm.
And after that l can't remember any
thing clearly Your face. sir''-he
turned to comes to me
out of a kind of dream and yours, too"
he added to Darrell. But it was like
a long, dreadful nightmare, in which
vague things, over which I had no
power, kept happening, until woke up
last night i'll this gentleman's house"
He bowed to Ted birmingham, who
grinned cheerfully.
"And mighty glad l was to hear you
talking sense again, sir" he remarked.
DO YOU mean to say you have no rec
objection of how you got there?"
None sir; none" answered the mil
lionaire. at was just part of the
dream"
TT shows the strength of the drug
those swine used on YOU" said Drum
mond grimly. You went there in an
airplane. Mr.. Potts"
can airplane!" cried the ether in
amaZement. II don't remember it.
I've got no recollection of it whatever.
There's only one other thing that / can
lay hold of, and that's all dim and
muZZy. Pearls. A great rope
of pearls. :. was to sign d paper;
and / wouldn't ] did once, and
then there was shot and the light
went out, and the paper disappeared.
IT'S at my bank at this moment, Mr..
Potts" said Hugh; Il took that paper,
or part of it, that night"
Did y0u?" The millionaire looked
at him vaguely. Il was TO promise
them a million dollars when they had
done what they said. l remember
that. And the pearl necklace.
=. the duchess of :" He paused
and shook his head YEARLY.
''The duchess of Lampshire's?"
prompted Hugh
That's it." said the other. "The
duchess of Lampshire's. 1t was say
ing that 1 wanted her pearls. l think,
and would ask no questions as to how
they were got"
The detective grunted.
WANTED TO incrminate you proper
ly, did they? Though it seems to me
that it was blamed risky game.
There should have been enough money
from the other three to run the show
without worrying you, when they
found you weren't for it,"
wait" said the millionaire, that
reminds me- Before they assaulted me
at the Carlton they told me the others
wouldn't come in unless / did"
For while there was silence,
broken at length by Hugh.
"WeIl, Mr. Potts, you've had "A moldy
time, and I'm very g!ad it's over But
the person you've got 10 thank for
putting us fellows on your track is
girl. If it hadn't been for her I'm
afraid you'd still be having night
mares"
y would like TO see her and thank
her" said the millionaire quickly.
You shall" grinned Hugh, "Come
to the wedding; it will be in a fort
night or thereabouts"
Wedding" Mr.. Potts looked lit
tie vague.
Yes! Mine and hers CHASTITY
proposition. isn't it,"
'',rhe last straw" remarked Ted Jer-
ningham. "A more impossible man as
a bridegroom would be hard to think
Of. But in the meantime / pinched
half a dozen of the old mans Perrier
Jouet 1911 and put EN- in the car.
What say yca?"
''Say" snorted Hugh. idiot boyl
Does one speak on such occasiOnsY
And 1t was so.