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THE FAYETTE FALCON. SOMERVILLE. TENNESSEE BULL-DOG DRUMMOND -Y0U DARLINQl" Bynopsls. In December, 191. tour men fathered In a hotel In Berne nd heard one of the quartet, Carl Peterson, ouUlne a plan to paralyse Oreat Britain and at the aame time else world power. The other three, Hocking, American, and Stelneman and Von Grata, German, all mil lionaires, agree to the scheme, pro viding another man, Hiram Potts, an American, la taken In. Opt Hugh (Bull-Dog) Drummond, a re tired officer, advertises for work that will glva htm excitement, sign ing "X10." As a result ne roeei Phyllis Benton, a young woman who answered his ad. She tells him of strange murders and rob beries by a band headed by Carl Peterson and Henry Laklngton. She (ears her (uther Is Involved. Drummond goes to The Larches, Miss Benton's home, next door to The Elms, Peterson's place. During the night Drummond leaves The Larches and explores The Elms. He discovers Laklngton and Peter son using a thumbscrew - on Potts, who signs a paper. Drummond rescues Potts and takes him to his own home.- He also gets half of the paper torn In the fight Peter son visits Drummond, departing with a threat to return and recover Potts and the torn paper. Hugh substitutes Mulltngs for Potts. The band carry off Mulllngs and Hugh to The Elms. When Peterson dis covers the hoax Drummond la made to stay all night. Irma, Pe terson's handsome daughter, warns Hugh he will be killed. He goes exploring during the night, runs Into a cobra, escapes mysterious death and refrains from breaking Peterson's neck. Drummond enlists the aid of Algy Longworth, Toby Sinclair, Ted Jerningham and Jerry Seymour, the latter' an aviator. Drummond discovers a man Imper sonating Potts and beats him up. The band gas Hugh and his friends and carry off Potts. Hugh plans to Invade The Elms. CHAPTER VI Continued. 10 I THREE. nugh stopped his car at Guildford station and, lighting a ' cigarette, strolled restlessly, up and down. He looked at his watch a dozen times In two minutes; he threw away bis smoke before It was half finished. In short he manifested every symptom usually displayed by the male of the species when awaiting the arrival of the opposite sex. Over the telephone he had arranged that she should come by train from Godalmlng to confer with him on a matter of great Import ance; she had said she would, but what was It? He, having no suitable answer ready, had made a loud buss ing noise in&'catlve of a telephone exchange a pnln, and then rung off. And now he waf waiting In that pe culiar condition of mind, which reveals Itself outwardly In hands that 'are rather too warm, and feet that are rather too cold. , "When Is this bally train likely to arrive?" He accosted, a phlegmatic official, who regarded htm coldly, and doubted the likelihood of its being more than a quarter of an hour early. At length It was signaled, and Hugh got back Into his car. Feverishly he canned the faces of the passengers as they came out Into the street, until, with a sudden quick Jump of his heart, he saw her, cool and fresh, coming toward him with a faint mile on her lips. "What Is this very important matter you want to talk to roe about?" she demanded, as he assisted her Into bis car.,, "I'll tell you when we get out on . the Hog's Back," he aald slipping In his clutch. , "It's absolutely vital." He stole a glance at her, bat she was looking straight In front of her, and her face seemed expressionless. "You must ,stand a long way oft wtien you do," she said demurely, "At least If It's the same thing as you told me over the 'phone." Hugh grinned sheepishly. "The exchange went wrong." he re mained at length. "Astonishing how rotten the telephones are in town these days.' "Quite remarkable," ahe returned. "I thought you weren't feeling very well or something. Of 'course. If It was the exchange "They sort of butt and blow, doot you know," he explained helpfully, "That must be most fearfully Jolly for them." she agreed. And there was silence for the next two miles. Once of twice he looked at her out of the corner of his eye, taking la every detail of the tweet profile so near to him. Except for their first meeting at the Carlton, It was the 1 only time he had ever had her com pletely to himself, and Hugh was de termined to make the most of it, He felt as if he could go on driving for ever. Just he and ahe alone. It was then that the girl turned and looked t him. The car swerved danger ously. . "Let's stop," she said, with the sus picion of a smile. "Then yon can tell ne.' Hugh drew Into the aide of the road, and switched off the engine. -you're not fair." he remarked, and If the girt saw his hand trembling a .t. ..v. rt.n4 tha Ane aha ran atga. Be came and stood beside her, and tali right arm lay along the seat Just behind her shoulders. "Tell me about this Important thing," she said a little nervously. He smiled, and no woman yet born could see Hugh Drummond smile with out smiling too. "You darling!" he whispered, under his breath "you adorable darling 1" His arm closed around her, and, al most before she realized it, she felt his lips on hers. For a moment she sat motionless, while the wonder of It surged over her, and the sky seemed more gloriously blue, and the woods a richer green. Then, with a little gasp, she pushed him away. "You mustn't . . .oh I you mustn't, Hugh," she whispered. "And why not, little girl?" he said exultantly. "Don't yow know I love your His face was still very close to hers. "Welir "Well, whatr she murmured. "It's your turn," he whispered. "I love you, Phyllis Just love you." "But it's only two or three days since we met," she said feebly. "And phwat the Alvll has that got to do with it, at all?" he demanded. "Would I be waiting longer to de- 1 She Found Herself Lying In His-Arms, With Hugh's Eyes Looking Very Tenderly Into Her Own and a Whim sical Grin Around Hia Mouth. clde such an obvious fact? Tell me,' he went on, and she felt his arm round her again forcing her to look at him "tell me, don't you care littler "What'a the user She still strug gled, but, even to her. It wasn't very convincing. "We'v got other things to do. . . . We can't think of. And then this very determined young man settled matters in his usual straightforward fashion. She felt herself lifted bodily out of the car as If she had been a child: she found herself lying In his arms, with Hugh's eyes looking very tenderly In to her own, and a whimsical grin around his mouth. Cars pass, here," he remarked. "with great regularity. I know you'd hate to be discovered In this posl tics." "Would ir she whispered. wonder .... .She felt, his heart pound mad against her; and with a sudden quick movement she put forth her arms round his neck and kissed him on the mouth. "Is that good enough r she asked. very low : and Just for a few moments, time stood stilL . . . Then, very gently, he put her back In the car, "I suppose," he remarked resigned ly, "that we bad better descend to trivialities. We've had tots of fun and gamea since I last saw you year or two ago." Idiot bov" she said hspplly. "It was yesterday morning." . "The Interruption U considered trivial. Mere facta dont count when It's yon and me." There was a fur ther Interlude of uncertain duration. followed rapidly by another because the first was so Bice. , "To resume," continued Hugh. regret to stste that they've got Potts. The girl sat up quickly and stared at him. "Got him? Oh, Hugh! how did they manage Itr -rm d d If I know," he answered grimly. "They found out thst he was In my bungalow at Goring during the afternoon by sending round a man to see about the water. Somehow other he must have doped the drink or the food, because after dinner we all fell .asleep. I dont remember any thine more till I woke this morning with the most appalling head., Of course. Potts had gone.' I -I Mard the CST OrtV UP IB UJO . . . I middle of the night," aald the girt The Adventures of a Demobilized Officer Who Found Peace Dull By CYRIL McNEILE "SAPPER" CopyrtfM by Gea. H. Dona O. thoughtfully. "Do you think he's at The Elms nowT "That Is what I propose to find out tonieht" answered nurtu "We have staged a little' comedy for Peter- son s especial benefit, and we are hop ing for the best." "Oh, boy. do bo careful r She looked at him anxiously. Td never forgive myself If anything happened to you. rd feel It was all due to me, and I just couldn't bear It" "Dear little girl," he whispered ten derly, "you're simply adorable when you look like that. But not even for you would I back out of this show now." His mduth set In a grim line. "It's gone altogether too far. and they've shown themselves to be so completely beyond the pale that It's got to be fought out And when It has been," he caught both her hands In his . . . ''and we've won . . why then, girl o' mine,-we'll get Peter Darrell to be best man." Which was the cue for the com mencement of the last and longest Interlude, terminated only by the sud den and unwelcome appearance of a motor-'bus covered within and with out by unromantic sightseers, and paper-bags containing bananas. They drove slowly back to Guild ford, and on the way he told her brief ly of the murder of the American's secretary in Belfast, and his Inter view the preceding afternoon with the Impostor at the Carlton. Ilt's a touch proposition," he re marked quietly. "They're absolutely without scruple, and their power seems unlimited. I know they are after the duchess of Lampshlre's nearls: I found the beautiful Irma consuming tea with young Laldiey yesterday you know, the dukes eld est son. But there's something more in the wind than that. Phyllis some thing which, unless I'm a mug of the first water, la an Infinitely larger proposition than that." The car drew ud at the atatlon, and he strolled with her to the plat fnrm Then tha train came in. and he nut her Into a carriage. Ana two minutes later, with the touch of her lins warm on his. and her anxious litm cry. "Take care, my darling! take care I" still ringing In his ears, he got Into his car and drove off to an hotel to get an early dinner. FOUR. At a Quarter to ten he backed his car Into the shadow of some trees not far from the gate of The Elms. Save for a light In the sitting-room and one In I bedroom upstairs, the front of the house was In darkness, and, treading noiselessly on the turf. he exDlored all round it There was one bedroom light at the back of the house, and thrown on the blind he mild im th shadow of a man. As he watched, .the man get up and moved away, only to return In a mo ment or two and take up his old posi tion. ( 'It's one of those two bedrooms. he muttered to himself, "If he's here at aU." Then he crouched In the shadow of some ' shrubs and waited. Through the trees to his right he could aee The Larches, and once, with a sudden ouickenlng of his heart he thought he saw the outline of the girl show up In the light from the drawing-room But It was nly for a second, and then It was gone. . . . He peered at his watch: It was Just ten o'clock. The trees were creaking gently In the faint wind ; all around htm the strange night noises noises which Dlay pranks with a man's nerves were whispering and mutter ing. Bushes seemed suddenly to come to life, and move; eerie shapes crawled pver . the- ground toward him figures which existed only In his Imagination. And once again the thrill of the night stalker gripped him. He remembered the German who had lain motionless for an hour in a little gully by Hebuterne, while he from behind a stinted hush had tried to locate him. And then that one creak as the Boche had moved his leg. And then ... the end. On that night too, the Uttle hummocks had moved and taken to themselves atranre shanes: fifty times he had Imagined he saw him; fifty times he knew he was wrong In .time. He was used te It; the night held no terrors for him, only a fierce excite- menL And thus It was that as he crouched la the bushes, waiting for the game to start, his pulse was as normal, and his nerves as steady as if h had been sitting down to supper, The only difference was that In his hand he held something tight-gripped At last faintly la the distance he heard the hum of a car. Rapidly It grew louder, and he smiled grimly to himself as tha sounj of five unme- lodlous voices singing lustily struck his ear. They passed along the load In front of the house. There was a sodden crash then silence; but only for a moment Peter's voice came first: "Tea priceless old ass, you've rammed the bflnklng gate." It was Jerry Seymour who then , took vp the bawl Hla voice was in tensely solemn also , extremely louL "Preposhterous. Perfectly preposn- terous. We must go and apologize to the owner. . . .1 . , . . I absholutely . . . jnusht ' apologize. . . Quite unpardonable. . . You can't go about country . . . . knocking down gates. . . . Out of queshtlon. . ." Half-consclously Hugh listened, but now that the moment for action had come, every faculty waa concentrated on his own Job. He saw half a dozen men go rushing out into the garden through a . side door, and then two more ran out and came straight toward him. They crashed past him and went on into the darkness, and for an In stant he wondered what they were doing. A little later he was destined to find out. ... Then came a peal at the front-door bell, and he determined te wait no longer. He darted through the gar den door, to find a flight of stairs In front of him, and In another moment he was on the first floor. He walked rapidly along the landing, trying to find his bearings, and, turning a corner, he found himself at the top of the main staircase the spot where hetiad fought Peterson, two nights previous ly- He walked quickly on to the room which he calculated was the one where he had seen the shadow on the blind. Without a second's hesitation he flung the" door open and walked In. There lying in the bed, was the American, while crouched beside him. with a re volver In his hand, was a man. . . For a few seconds they watched one another In silence, and then the man straightened up. - "The soldier r he snarled. "You young pup!" Deliberately, almost casually, . he raised his revolver, and then the un expected happened. A Jet of liquid ammonia struck him full In the face, and with a short laugh Hugh dropped his water-pistol In his pocket, and turned his attention to the bed. Wrap ping the millionaire In a blanket, he picked him up, and, paying no more attention to the man gasping and chok lng In a corner, he raced for the back stairs. " Below he could hear Jerry hiccough ing gently, and explaining to the pro , . . pro . . . pritor that he per- shonally would repair . . . lnshlsted on repairing . . . any and every rate nosht he nosshessed. . . . And then ha reached the garden. . Everything had fallen out, exactly as he had hoped, but had hardly dared to expect He heard Peterson's voice, calm and suave as usual, answering Jerry. From the garden In front came the dreadful sound of a duet by Algy and Peter. Not a soul was In sight; the back of the house was clear. All that he had to do was to walk quietly through the wicket-gate to The Larches with his semi-conscious bur den, get to hla car. and' drive off. It all seemed so easy that he laughed. . But there were one or two factors that he had forgotten, and the first and most Important one was the man upstairs. The window waa thrown up The Soldlerl" He Snarled. You YounflPupr ' suddenly, and the man leaned out wav ing his arms. He was still gasping with the strength of the ammonia, but Hugh saw him clearly In the light from the room behind. And as be cursed himself for a fool in not having tied him up, from the trees close by there came the sharp clang of metal, With a quick catch In hla breath he began to run. The two men who had rushed pat him before he hsd entered the house, and whom, save for a pass ing thought had disregarded, had become the principal danger. For he bad heard thai clang before; he re- mnhrwl Jem Smith's white horror mexuucrcu rui -... v. . - struck face, and then hia aifik of re - WW: Uef as th thing whatever It waa was shut In Its cage. And now It was out dodging through the trees, let loose by the two men. He. heard some thing' crash Into a bush on his right and give a snarl of anger. Like a flash be swerved into the undergrowth on the left Then began a dreadful game". He was still some way from the tence, and be was hampered at every step by the mad glung over his back. Ho could hear the thing blundering about searching for him, and sudden ly, with a cold feeling of fear, he realized that the animal was in front of him that his 'way to the gate was barred. The next moment be saw It . . . Shadowy, Indistinct la the darkness, he saw something glide between two bushes. Then It came -out Into the open, and he knew It bad seen him, though as yet he could not make out what It was. Cautiously he lowered the million aire to the ground, and took a step forward. It was enough; with a snarl of fury the crouching shambled toward him. Two hairy arms shot out toward his throat, he smelt the brute's foetid breath, hot and loath some, .and he realized what he was up against It was a partially grown gorilla. For a full minute they fought in silence, save for the hoarse grunts of the animal as It tried to tear away the man's hand from Its throat And then encircle him with Its powerful arms. And with his brain cold as Ice Hugh saw his danger and kept his head. It couldn't go on; no human being could last the pace, whatever his strength. And there was only one chance of finishing It quickly, the pos sibtlity that tfca grip taught him by Olakl would serve with a monkey as It did with a man - He shifted his left thumb an Inch or two on the brute's throat, and the baboon thinking he was weakening, redoubled its efforts. And then, little by little, the fingers moved, and the grip which had been tight befoae grew tighter still. Back went its ,head; something was snapping In Its neck. With a Bcream of fear and rage it wrapped its legs round Drummond, squeezing and writhing. And then sud denly there was a tearing snap, and the great limbs relaxed and grew limp. For a moment the man stood watch ing the still quivering brute lying at his feet; then, with a gasp of utter exhaustion, he dropped on the ground himself. He was done utterly cooked; even Peterson's voice close behind scarcely roused bim. "Quite one of the most amusing en tertalnments re seen for a long time." The calm, expressionless voice made him look up wearily, and he saw that he was surrounded by men. Tha In evltable 'cigar glowed red In the dark ness, and after a moment or two he scrambled unsteadily to hla feet "I'd forgotten your d d menagerie, I must frankly confess." he remarked. ".What's the party for?" He glanced at the men who had closed In round him, "A guard of honor, my young friend," said Peterson suavely, "to toad you to the house. I wouldn't hesitate . . It's very foolish. Your friends have gone, and, strong aa you are, don't think you can manage ten." Hugh commenced to stroll toward the house. "Well, don't leave the wretched Potts lying about I dropped him over there." i CHAPTER VII. , In Which, He Spenda an Hour or Two on a Roof. . 4 , ONE. Drummond paused fora moment at the door of the sitting room, then with a alight ahrug he stepped past Peter- son. During tne last iew aays ne nnu grown to look on this particular room as the private den of the principals of the gang. He associated It In his mind with Peterson himself, suave, impas sive, ruthless; with the girl Irma, per fectly gowned, lying on the. sofa, smok, lag Innumerable cigarettes, and manl curing ber already faultless nails ; and In a lesser degree, with Henry Laklng ton'a thin, cruel face, and blue, staring eyes. But tonight a different scene con fronted him. The girl was not there her accustomed place on the sofa was occupied by an unkempt-looking man with a ragged beard. At the end of the table was a vacant chair, en the .right of which sat Laklngton regard lng him with malevolent fury. Along the table on -each side there were half a dozen men, and he glanced at their faces. Some were obviously foreign' ers; some might nave oeeu anyimng from murderers to Sunday school teachers. There was one with spec tacles and the general appearance of an Intimidated rabbit while hla neigh bor, helped by a large red scar right across his cheek, and two bloodshot eyes, struck Hugh aa being the sort of roan with whom one would not share a luncheon basket Peterson's voice from Just behind his shoulder roused him. "Permit me, gentlemen, to Introduce to you Captain Drummond, D. S. 0 M. C the originator of the little 'en tertainment we have Just had.' Dad or saad ! woaeW wkickT JTO BS CONTINUED.) Heavy lee. By ue of high presire water has been converted Into a new Ice we 1o tMrT that It sinks In water lot i - - - j 1 stead of Coating. The Arffwiaa- r KIDD HOT PIRATE And His Treasure a Fable, Says Archivist - Massachusetts Authority Asserts That Lord Bellomont Was Arch Scoun drel High-Placed Adventurers. Ron and storv are wrong. Cantaln, KIdd was not a pirate and his fabled treasure does not exist Prlvateers- man he was, but of good repute. Hia hanging as a Dlrate and murderer oa execution dock at London In 1701 was to satisfy the political exigencies of the time. These are the findings of John H. Edmonds, state archivist for Massa chusetts, as announced In a lecture at the old Scuth Meeting house. Archivist Edmonds was discussing "Lord Bellomont and the pirates." Bellomont he said, was appointed governor of New England in ltXtt witn a special mission to suppress piracy. "Before leaving England " Mr. Es monds contended, "he agreed with Capt. William Kldd, a prlvateersman of good repute from New York, to nroceed against rlrates In a ship called the Adventure, galley, on a no-capture-no-pay basis. The adventurers Included Captain Kldd. Robert Liv ingston, Lord Chancellor Stmers, the earl of Oxford, first lord of the ad miralty ; the earl of Romney, and the duke of Shrewsbury, secretaries of state; Bellomont and the straw men, to whom the king's sjrant of treasure was later made, did not contribute a cent. "On September 6, 1600, with a crazy vessel and a crazier crew, Captain Kldd proceeded on his mis sion," the archivist said. "He picked up ' several pirates, Including, ."a Moorish ship of 200 tons and a Ben gal merchnntman of 500 tons, both having French passes and being law ful prizes." ne came to New York and tnen to Boston "through the trickery of Bello mont, who promised him safe con duct. With the remnant of his crew he was arrested, sent to England, tried for murder and piracy, convicted and hung on Execution dock Friday, May 23, 1701, to satlRfy the political ex igencies of the times. "It was either Lord Bellomont tne lord chancellor, the first lord of the admiralty, the secretsrles of state or Captsln Kldd, and under this circum stance he had no chance, wiusion and perjury are plainly evident In his trial ; the French passes which would have cleared him of the piracy charge, though produced In parliament, were suppressed In the Admiralty court The least said about Belloraont's ac tion In the matter the better., ne. fooled Kldd, he fooled his council, and me worn i vi ii ib, ne his letters to the lords of trade. ' The Captain Kldd of today Is a fomposite pirate made up of all who frequented our shores from 1637 to 1837. Propaganda of the worst kind blackened the reputation of a, man of whom a recognized French author, it invi! It mav be well doubted whether any ' man in equally trying circumstances has ever been truer to "And yet the great American public persists In calling Captain Kldd a pirate and in searching for hla treas ure, which does not exist" - .1 "Boy Behind the Voice. A business man who was In a great hurry called up an establishment that had failed to dellveroods as ordered, A tiny boyish voice was heard at the other end of the line: "What la It that you wlshf ' "Mr. Jones, boy, and. hurry." "AH right" and the receiver was hung up. In a few minutes It was taken down and. the small voice re plied: "Mr. Jones Is not In. Can I help your "See here, boy," snapped the man who was In a hurry. "I want to talk with some one who can do business. When I need the office boy I will call for him. The way for you to get along Is to let the other things alone and attend to your own duties." "That's what I am trying to do," meekly said the small voice. "I am the president of the company." Phil adelphia Ledger. Isolated Police Post A new farthest north Royal Cana dian mounted police post has been established at Pond's Inlet In the ex treme north of Baffin's land. This Is noW the most northerly post held by the force of scarlet riders, the nearest to It being those at Chester- field Inlet and Cape Burweit at tne i entrance of Hudson's straits. A sole ! staff sergeant will be full police an j thority at Pond's Inlet and will have fall charge of customs and Judicial control of Baffin's land and the ter . rltory about It Only a few Eskimos are to be found there and It Is tho occasional port of call for traders. Logical. . Six-year-old Nellie came home from the corner much excited. "Oh. moth er," she bVgan. "I saw the biggest crowd of people and I went over, but I couldn't see anything except a wagon and a lady said It waa a go- I sip wagon and for me to listen j and " Thpn mother Interrupted her. Closer Investigation disclosed the fact that the wagon was a gospel wagon. "But." mother wisely shook her head. It might have been a gossip wagon from the way Nellie says they crowded around It"