Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-27
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women and falls an easy victim to
their charms.
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He was still standing in the same
position when the boy came in with
the lamp. Brabazon, squaring his
broad shoulders, uncorked the bot
tie. He poured himself out a stiff
tot.
He was gazing at an arrow with
a fine metal barb, its butt-end split
to admit a long, narrow strip of
p~asteboard. On the side toward
Brabazon was a bright yellow sur
face, ornamented with a series of
black circles. He crossed the veran-
da and plucked the thing from the
woodwork. The boy was slipping past
him but the planters hand shot out
and swung him round to face him.
He held the symbol almost under
the creatures nose.
what do you know of the yell
low Severn" he demanded rough
".
The Chinaman shivered.
Nothing. tuan," he stammered
fearfully.
Brabazon stuck his legs wide
apart and nodded his head several
times. a grim smile playing on his
lips.
"Bi-la," he said presently. "Clear
out!"
Mindful of Pennington's warning
and with an uneasy feeling gripping
his spine, he sen a Waterman with
an urgent note to Wallace-one of
his juniors, requesting him to join
him/ immediately-and he prepared
to stop the night. While waiting for
the return of the messenger, he
stribbled a note to Pennington and
%nclosed with it the Yellow Seven.
: Dear PENN" he wrote. II have
Just received the enclosed per ar
rowpost. I'm not particularly scared
at things 1 understand, but this has
come as somewhat of a shock.
"Cheerio! G. Brabazon."
Wallace genial youth with
sandy hair and freckled face-ar-
rived at the foot of the veranda steps
at about nine, followed by a coolie
carrying a long bamboo pole with a
basket of clothes suspended at one
end and a pair of field-boots at the
other. He was accompanied, more
over, by a large hound, short-haired
and boisterous.
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me bring my dog, 1 hope? What's
in the wind?"
He dropped into a chair and de-
posted hat and stick on the floor.
Help yourself to a drink" invited
Brabazon. ITO tell you the truth,
I'm glad you've tTotted that nameless
beast along. Some hungry China
man or other purloined my fox-ter-
rier a week ago." He released tile
glass stopper of a bottle of soda
ate and handed it across to Wal
lace. You remember the Allison
affair. of course. 1t appears that his
assassination was by no mea an
ordinary act of highway robbery,
but the deliberately connlved por-
ton of an extensive campaign man
euvered by a secret society. 1 have
very good reason to believe that al
attempt is about to be made against
myself. and that is precisely why l
thought it advisable to send for
you"
Wallace drew his chair closer and
for more than an hour they sat talk
Ing.
Almost a week dragged on.
Wallace-who was blessed with
considerable inventive genius-sus-
pended an ingenious burglar-alarm
from the bushes that encircled the
bungalow, a net work of cotton and
homemade bells hat the dog sue
ceeded in a~gitating so often that
they were compelled 10 tie him up!
On the seventh day, Brabazon
woke to find himself becoming scep-
teal with regard to the whole af-
fair.
That afternoon, he sent Wallace
back to his bungalow. dog and lug