The Indianapolis times., 1923-08-13
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far as can make out, to be con-
demned by our friend in the monocle
is the finest recommendation for pro-
motion and increase of pay police
officer can haver'
The commissioner wound the
leather sling carefully round the BIZ
noculars and consigned them to the
cockroach-eaten case that hung from
the wall.
"And all this" he complained,
when I'm up to my eyes in work!
Monica'n have to entertain him,
that's ALL"
''I like that!"
ct thought you would. Our visitor
appears to be a perfectly harmless
sort of idiot, although a bit of a bore"
You have to be a bore if you-wear
a monocle," asserted Monica wisely.
"I warn you, Peter. that if you at
tempt to conspire with Jack to leave
me alone with that mani shall fiirt
with him outrageously."
"Sorry-but while the dashing ma
jor is explaining to you what he did
when he served with the nth hussars.
shall not improbably be wandering
in the wilderness in search of Mr..
Chai- -Hung's latest hiding-place. True
enough, our pet bandit was badly
winged by Rabat-Pilai and the activi-
ties of the Yellow Seven have been
temporarily suspended; but while Chai-
Hung exists there's going to be trou-
ble> on this island, and it's up to me
to stop it"
''Where is Chai-Hung?"
Chinese Pennington spread out his
hands.
Vanished from the face of the
earth"
Lost his left hand in your last
stunt, didn't hep" queried the Com
missioner. wherever he happens to
be, Chai-Hungll be thirsting for your
blood"
A heavenly smile spread over Pen
boyish features.
"I didn't do it. I only wish l had.
It was nay chief Of -Pilai
who accomplished the dirty deed.
He's dried the grewsome relic over the
fire and carries it about with him.
'And the ring" said Monica eager
ly: the ring with the green stone?"
"Ie wears that. I hadn't the heart
to deprive him of it, seeing that the
bandit robbed him of an ear AMI an
eye on their last encounter"
Monica retreated to her chair and,
folding her hands over one knee.
yazed through palm-clad slopes to the
road below.
|'I wish with all my heart you
could catch him, Peter. I hate to
think Of you roaming about in the
jungle with every Chinaman's hand
against you; it gets on my nerves
''I wonder if he's heard that I'm
still in the land of living" unused
Did I ever tell you
that Varney buried me with all due
pomp and ceremony-and placed a
suitable inscription over my head"
Peter" Hewitt said earnestly. do
your damdest, but for Heavens sake
take precautions. \Chai-Hung's terri
BILE enough under ordinary circum-
stances, but Chai-Hung deprived Of
one hand viii be like a wounded
wasp"
Il know" returned the man with
the Chinese eyes. He smiled across at
Monica. But he's still the same
delightful, yellow-skinned scoundrel
whose habits I've made a life-study.
I came here to get him and, although
I've failed to do so scores of times,
I've kept him on the run. There'd
been the deuce to pay in Borneo if
he'd been left quietly to his own re-
sources"
And yet" said Monica. still un-
convinced. you haven't a notion
where he is now"
mo. but my men are beating the
island pretty thoroughly and, from
what I gathered this morning, they're
getting warm"
This morning! But you haven't
been outr'
Pennington's S face wrinkled
I'm going to let you into a state
secret. Did you happen to hear
Dusun gong beating between nine
and ten?"
Yes" said the Commissioner; Il
had half a mind to send an orderly
down and have it stopped. only
permit gong-beating in the vicinity
of my house on feast days and times
of national rejoicing"
That would have been a pity" re-
turned the other, because 1 should
have lost the interesting portion of
most breezy dispatch from the zone
of war"
Hewitt grabbed his hat from a peg.
The worthy Major has found his
way to our slope. All things con-
sidered. it would be as well perhaps
if 1 went to meet him"
You don't want me, by any
chance?" inquired Pennington.
Not unless you particularly want
to come
Il DON'T He waited until the
Commissioner had gained the soft
earth outside, then dived for the pas
sage-way. I'm off," he added to
Monica.
"Coward!<
mot in the least. AS a matter of
fact. 1 once took a hundred dollars
from our monocled friend at poker
and he doesn't altogether cotton to
mei''
A second later and he had disap-
peared altogether. Mrs. Viney came
forward to greet Major James Lacy
Armitage.
Delighted" said the owner of the
monocle