The Farmington times., 1922-03-17

the wretched man was sitting motion
less in a chair. staring daxedly In
front Of him.
Thoughtfully Hugh stood 10 front
of the millionaire, trying In vain to
catch some gleam Of sense In the
vacant eyes.
"What IuckT birmingham looked up
as ne came back into the other room.
Dam all, as they say In the ver-
nacular. Have you blighters finished
the beerf"
Probably" remarked Peter Oar
rail-. whats the program nowr'
Hugh examined the head on his
glass with q professional eye before
replying.
"Two things" he murmured at
length, "fairly leap to the eye. The
first is to get Potts away to a place
Of safety; the second IL to get over
to Paris"
swell, let's get gay over the tirst,
as a kickoff" said birmingham. ris-
ing. "There's a car outside the door;
there Is England at our disposal.
Wen take him away; you pad the
hoof to Victoria and catch the boat
train"
at sounds too easy" remarked
Hugh. "Have q look out Of the wtn-
dow, Ted, and you'll see man fright
fully busy doing nothing not far from
the door. You will also see a racing
car just across the street. Put wet
compress on your head, and connect
the two"
A gloomy silence settled on the as
sembly, to be broken by Jerry Sey-
mour suddenly waking up with q
start.
"I've got the 'stomach-ache.' he an
nounced proudly.
His listeners gazed at him un-
moved.
"You shouldn't eat so fast" re-
marked Algy severely. "And you GER
tainly oughtn't to drink that beer"
To avert the disaster he immedi-
ately consumed 1t himself, but Jerry
was too engrossed with his BRAIN
storm to notice.
"I've got the 'stomach-ache,' he re-
peated, 'and she ought to be ready
by now. In fact know she is. My
last crash wasn't q bad one. What
about itT"
"You mean r said Hugh,
staring at him.
Il mean," answered Jerry, shat
I'll go off to the aIrdrome now, and
get her ready. Bring Potts along in
half an hour, and I'll take him to
the governors place in Norfolk. Then
I'll take you over to Paris"
"Great simply great" With q
report like a gun Hugh hit the speak
er on the back, inadvertently knock
ing him down. "Off you get, Jerry.
By the way, how many will she hold"
1.-TWO beside me-" spluttered the
proud proprietor Of the Stomach-ache.
"And I wish you'd reserve your en-
dearments for people Of your own
size, you great, fat hulking mon
stroslty."
He reached the door with moment
to spare, and Hugh came back laugh
ing.
"VerIly-an upheaval in the grey
matter" he cried, carefully refilling
his glass. "NOw, boys. what about
Parisw
as it necessary to 60 at allT' asked
Peter.
ut wouldn't have been IL the Yank
had been sane" answered Drum
mond. "As 1t Is, guess I've got to.
Now listen-all Of you. Ted--off you
go, and raise complete walters out
fit, dicky and all complete. Peter
you come with me to the airdrome,
and afterward look up Mullings, at
13 Green street, Hoxton, and tell him
to get in touch with at least fifty
demobilized soldiers who are on for
scrap. Algy-you hold the fort here,
and don't get drunk on my ale. Peter
will join you, when he's finished with
Mullings, and he's not to get drunk,
either Are you all onT
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, as out
Of the corner OF his eye he watched
the man who had been busy doing
nothing feverishly 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" he murmured.
Don't hurry; Wen wait 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 splut-
tering roar the other car started, but
Hugh still smiled. On the way to
the airdrome he stopped twice after
block In the traffic to 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 car behind fully agreed
with Darrell.
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