Bull-Dog Drummond The Adventures of a Found Peace Dull by CYRIL McNEILE IR.WTN MYEBS CHAPTER riVC. W mien Tn tn u Tf?ubi? ? awwi. | ONE. The ear slowed up before the post - afllc?_ and Jjujb sot oat There were gpe.-tfc.jvp tEtogs hp r>roiK?Hwl in ii*T?raetkMi with bar, and decided that he too would ?eod a wife. And then, after a long and thoughtful paaae at the wrldng beoch, she distinctly heard aa unmis takable ~D ? n." Then be walked out, I ami she saw him no more. ~ Moreover, It la to be regretted that the perfectly ordinary man told a He ? llrtlw later- la the day, when giving hla report to some ope whoee neck ap parently Inconvenienced tilm greatly. But then a lie la - frequently more { tactful than the truth, and to hare announced that the aole result of his morning's labors had been to decipher a wire addressed to The Elms, which contained the cryptic remark, "Stung [-ajfln. atMT-nark ararig mln' arinld not have been tactful. So he lied, as baa been stated, thereby showing hla wisdom. . . . = But though Drummend chuckled to himself as the car rushed through the fresh Illuming air, . once or twiee ? gleam that #ai not altogether amuse ment anone in his eyesl For four | years he had played one 1 no mistakes wer? Incident of the poetofflce had helped to bring to his mind the certainty that he had now embarked on another | wfteitt- -t& the same. That he bad scyred up to_ds?eJ was luck ^rattier than good manage- I ment, and he was far too shrrfwd not to realise it. Now be was marked, . and tMfc with a marked man cannot ' be tempted too far. Alone and practically unguarded ha had challenged ? gang of International criminals ; a gang not only utterly un scrupulous, but controlled by a mas ter mind. Of Its power as yet he had TO clear Idea ; of Its slse and imme diate object he had even less. Per haps it was as well. Bad he realised even dimly the Immensity of the is sues he was up against, had he had bat an inkling of the magnitude of the plot concelvedlb the sinister brain of his host of the previous evening, then, cheery optimist though he was, even Hugh Drummond might hava j wavered. But he had ao such inkling, and so the gleam in bis eyes was bat transitory, the chuckle that succeeded It more whole-hearted than before. Was It not sport In a land flowing with strikes and profiteers ; sport sjjch V till sbul Hiiedl , "1 am afraid. Mailings," he said dob, "that the kindly gentleman with whom we spent last night has re pudiated his obligations. He refuses I to meet the bill I gave htm for your services. Just wait here a moment-" He went inside, returning In a few moments with a folded check. "Bound the corner. Mullings, and an obliging fellah in & hlart foat Will shovel vou ont p~"* bWJS." -r ? ? ' . The man glanced at the check. "Fifty _ pounds, sir!" he gasped. I "Why? I ft tao~ ' I "The laborer, Mullings, is worthyl of his hire. Too have been of the I very greatest assistance to me ; and ? laditaaUy, It U Bora ttu llkaty that I u; waat r? >|tla. - Now. ?kM can I |? bold of your* 7 ' "It Oraco Street, 'Oxtoo, air. 11 al waya find me. And any time, atr. aa 7?c wants me. I'd Uka to coma Jaat for the a|>ort of the thine." Hugh grinned. **?oo& tad. in) H at; kt anatr than you think." TWO. Inside the Junior Sports club, Hugh Drummond was burying hi* Dose la a large tankard of the ale for which that cheery pot-house was stilt fam oua. A waiter was arranging The first editions of the eveplng papers oo a table, and Hugh beckonad to bin to bring one. Cricket, racing, the >Ktt llT-fr strike ? all the usual headings were there. And be was Just putting down the paper, to agalo concentrate on his problem, when a paragraph caught his eye. -STRANOK MI'UDER IN BELFAST | m.r. wh/we body wag dlscor ered In such peculiar circumstance# near the docks ha? bee? UtallM -a* secretary tQ Mr. Hiram Potts, ttje American multl-mllllonalre. at prca^lt In this count rvV^The unfortunate victim of this dastardly outrage? his head, as we fspflftgfl ? In ? oar ? Fast night's Issue, was .pearly severed from his body? had arjp&rently been sent over on business by Sic. Potts, and had arrived The preceding Q?y. What he wns <".Otng In tbe locality lb which he was found Is a mystery. "We understand that Mr. Potts. wlw has recently been IntlLjpotM-d tu? r? tunied to the Carlton, and la greatly upset at the sudden tragady. ?The police are confident that they will shortly obtain a clue, though the rough element in the locality where the murder was committed presents great difficulties. It seems 'clear that the motive was robbery, as all ths I murdered man's pockets were rifled. But the most peculiar thing about the I case is the extraordinary care taken by [ the murderer to prevent the Identifi cation of the body. Every article of | clothing, even down to the murdered man's socks, had had the name torn I out. and It waa'oniy through tKe Crim- | the Inner breast-pocket of Mr. Grang er's coat that the nollce were enabled to Identify the body." Drummond slid down the paper an his knees, and stared a little daxedly at the club's immortal founder. "Holy smoke ! laddie," he mu ?MH?d. "t hat maa Pptoroea aajht tn J be on the committee here. Verily, I [ believe, he could galvanise the stair { Into some semblance of 'activity." "Did you order anything, sir?" A Vftllfr pau^l beside hlH. "No," murmured Drummond. "but | I will rectify the omission. Another Thp^ u ill fei ^departed. and Hugb-j plckeO. up the paoec^agaln. BRING YOUR TOBACCO TO LOUISBURG I And Help Us Make It The Best Season We Ever Had. And After The Sales Gome Straight to S J. W. PERRY'S STORlf3? % He will be glad to see you and sell you as cheap as anybody, if not cheap er. I am going to make prices interesting on Shoes. I am getting new ship ments every day. Be sure to come to see me before you buy. I will also be in position to take care of you on Groceries and Feed at all times. To those that owe me I invite you to come to see me, if you can't pay me, I will be glad to see you anyway. ' ^ I have got to do business or go Broke, so take advantage of your opportunity. YOURS TRDLY, tjj. W. PERRY 4.0UISBURG, North Carolina Report o t the Condition of THE ?U!IK BARKING CO MP AH T I At Uuiu. la thj State ot North Car olina. at the cloM ot butineas on S?pt. (th. 1M1. ? - RESOURCES oana and Dlaconnta 1 63 .7.15 If Over^^I&. UMCUIWI ... 47.30 Liberty Bond* 400 00 Furniture and Fixtures ? 1.132.7$ Cash In vault and net amts due from Banks. Bann ers and Trust Com panies -v 5,825.34 Checks for clearing 1.460 .31 Total 73.605 20 LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid lu .. $10,000,80 Undivided Proflts, less current expense*, and taxes paid 448.30 Notes and Bills Redls counted 5.865.93 Bills Payable 15.000.00 Deposits suoject to check 28,824 ,65 ding 682.62 ?lime certificates of De !"?? n"*? "" AfWr _ 30 Days 1_ 42;783-.7tr Total $ 73,605.20 | State of North Carolina ? County of FVanklln. ss: of thg ahnve named Rank, do solemnly ,s*ear that the above statement Is true to the best ot my knowledge and beliefs Cashier . Correct ? Attest : C. T. CHEVES, D. T. HOLLINGS WORTH. | Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me. | this 19th day of Sept. 1921. D. E. CONE, J. P. Be of good cheer, brother. Knick- , erbockers for women. wilL not remain knickerbockers. Next Reason they | will be trunks. And still, when a frenzied financier gets caught It Is but natural, that he { should become frenzied. It may be true that love comes un- . bidden, but It generally takes a fat | bank account to hold It. CX0WNS, ELEPHANTS AJTD BE WITH US SOON Pictorial Jungles on billboards, pos ters of clowns, riders, elephants, span gled 'folk and freaks herald the coming of the circus ? Howe's Great London Circus and Van Amburg's Trained Wild Animals. The gal la date la_ Tuesday. September 30th, and with the dawn of that dayjwill_roIl Into the city Tour trains of se^nty-foot steel cars, ai^rt already amall hnyg have arrant. ed their circus day schedules to begin wjth the meeting of the first section ? ! the flying squadron, carrying cook house wagons and the menagerie, with | ted animal g w hl^'h fph-A pflrt '? ? thw ftfternnnn and night porfnrman ces. The Howe- Van Amburg combination is new. but the shows are we^-known In Rnglnnri Canada and IttC TTnltert States, and the Van /fmburg zoo equals in Importance and sue any in the country, while the ^educated jungle beasts are withouf'rivals, it is claim ed. There ara^early four, hundred circus star^fn the big three ring-two -ataze?program. with two steel arenas filled with the Van Amburg wild ani mal acts serving as a contrast to the aerial, riding, acrobatic, gymnastic and wire dancing displays. A seven pole big top, seating 12,000 people, one of the largest tents ever constructed, is used for the ;paln show. The can vas city covers eleven acres of ground. There are eleven hundred people, five animals with the combined organiza tions. Nineteen performing elephants will be seen in the lengthy and attrac tive parade, which will Inaugurate the circus day program. v . 'T Veteran of Civil War Still Hale and Hearty GEORGE D. SHAW. M "To say that I fed twenty-fire rears younger. twenty-fire yetrs healthier and twenty-fire years stronger express what Tanlac has done tor me better than any other way 1 can pat it," *a George D. Shaw, veteran o f the CI Til I street, Springfield. Mass. "I am now seventy-eight years old | and 1 don't hesitate to mt I hare mt er known a medicine to ?U-tf - , Mrs. K