The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-28

This unusual series of stories deals
with the exploits Of "Chinesc% Pen.
nington, detective sent by his gov.
eminent to Bri'4h North Borneo ia
run to earth The Yellow Seven, q
gang Of Chinese bandits.
A lean face was thrust into the
opening of the tent and man, who
was sitting alone over sN,ne papers
spread on case around the base of
a hurricane-lamp, looked up sharply.
"Are you Pennington?
The man with the Chinese eyes
rose to his feet.
That's my NAME"
An expression of relief spread over
the newcomers countenance.
"I've been searching for your head
quarters for the best part of two
hours. I'm Clay. arrived in this
forsaken Inland a matter of five days
ago. pattin' myself on the back ut
havin' knocked across soft billet
and here l am in the wilds of Bor-
neo, with a company of black devils
and a fifteen FOUNDER gun that I
haven't the remOtest idea what to do
with! I've instructions from Cap
tain Hewitt-Commissioner of Police
at Jesselton-to report to you, for
duty"
He squirmed through the narrow
aperture and, STOPPING low to avoid
humping his head, unconcernedly dis
posed six feet three inches of man.
hood on length of sacking that COW
cred neat pile of kerosene tins.
Good man! l was beginning to
wonder when you were going to turn
up. Where are your men?
"Standin' very much at ease out
side. split 'em up into platoons
and spread EN- out a bit. We'd have
been here earlier if it hadn't been for
that COMPOUNDED gun. 1t got stuck
regularly every half hour. Last
night we had to hack down a tree to
get it out. Forty-seven and half
hours forced marchin', my boy, and
every man present!' ,rfs, !,
Pennington laughed. He tacitly
admired Hewitt's good taste in Sc
lecting Clay for the job. He sat for
some moments, stroking an unshav-
en- chin, then, removing a portion of
the case, extracted square bottle
and pair Of tumblers.
I've sort of skeleton force of NV
own scattered round the base of the
HILL" he said, measuring out the pre-
clous fluid with generous exactitude.
They're tough little chaps who can
find their way easily in the Jungle.
we've installed telegraph system bv
means OF Dusun gongs hung in trees"
If you're pouring that out for
me-" broke in the other, an have an
inch more soda. So Chai-Hunp,s IN
there, is hep
Pennington nodded,
we've cornered him at last-and
tomorrow's got to see the end of tho
Yellow Seven"
Clay shifted his long legs into a
more comfortable position and tap
ped pipe on the heel of his riding.
boot.
"D'you know" he confessed sud-
denly, beyond the fact that Mr..
Chai-Hung's not nice sort of chan
to meet, l remain in sublime ignor-
ance OF the real reason of all this ex-
pended energy. You don't CLEAN
much from a sudden phone call from
a harassed official, y'know. What
I'm tryin' to get at by all this is:
VINO is Chai-Hung, when he's at home
and what in the name of all that's
holy is the Yellow Severn"
"The Yellow Seven is the name of
a secret society the members Of
which are exclusively of Chinese
origin, and whose symbol is a yellow
Chinese playing-card ornamented
with seven black dots. Hewitt cabl-
ed Tor me when the trouble had
grown too big for him to cone with
formed little band of native en-.
tnasiasts and secured the country
from one end to the other, posing
sometimes as Celestial, at Others
as tribesman. You see, Clay. the
organization was too vast to suppress
by sheer force of arms, the island
swarmed with Chat Hung's spies and
the only possible method of achiev. !
ing success was to separate the bril-
gand from the bulk. of his followers !
mem him in at a spot where tho
chances of egress were remote and
converge upon him from all points
az once. Chai-Hung and his imme- !
date bodyguard have been driven
from the forest into a smDu arid
plateau. A few of his disciples stiu
cling to him, but the vast ma ior;tv
obeying false signals arranged hv
myself, are concentrating in remote
portions of British North Borneo
wnere Hewitt is on the lookout for j
them" Ao'
A Few moments later native in a !
greasy velvet jacket and rusty
sarong entered silently and stood at
attention before his chief. Clay, OBJ !
serving him curiously, noticed that
the man was minus an ear and an
aye, that his mouth was slit at eth.
er side and that he carried an enor.
nous parang in q wooden sheath
pound with bamboo.
"Rabat-Pilai, the Tuan CLAW has
brought with him many soldiers. You
will guide them to the points I ind;.
'ated this afternoon. There is also
With them The - -,