Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-03
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rs that all?"
He followed her to the top OF the
short flight.
Just one other thing. II a China
man should offer you a fan, accept
it without comment. 1t will be In a
silk case. On no account remove
that case. Bring 1t to me, as 1t is"
She held out a slim hand.
You don't explain very clearly
why a fan should be offered to mel"
Its merely a superstition on my
part, based on two things. The first
being that, unless my calculations
are sadly at fault, III oriental friend
has chosen this territory for his next
area of operations"
The girl started.
"And the second?"
Pennington smiled queerly.
There have already been two re-
cipients of these fans in Borneo," he
said, land both Of them were singu-
larly beautiful womenl"
It was toward the end of the sec
ond week of Pennington's stay at
Hyde's bungalow that he began to
display signs of impatience. In des-
peration, he cast around for some
tangible clue that might serve to
assist him In his search for Chai-
Hung-and his eye fell upon Lai-Ho,
the servant who had dropped the
tray.
There was a certain amount of
sickness in Hyde's coolie-lines and,
for that reason, Lai-Ho had been
told off to attend to the wants of
both the genial planter and his
guest, an arrangement which-if 1t
were not altogether agreeable to the
Chinaman-gave Pennington ample
opportunity Of observing closely the
man through whom he vaguely
hoped to trace Chai-Hung.
They were sitting one evening
over their after dinner cigars, when
Hyde, who was cropping for some
thing in a trouser pocket, uttered a
muffled exclamation and withdrew
his hand. The thing that he held
between finger and thumb fluttered
to the cloth and both men, springing
to their feet bent in speeches.
amazement yer a Chinese playing
card. The black back of the thing
lay uppermost and Pennington
turned it over with his nail.
1t was Hyde who broke the sill
ence.
THE Yellow Seven!" he muttered
hoarsely. II wonder"
Before he could complete the SEN
tence, Pennington had wrenched
open the door, sending Lai-Ho, who
had been listening on the other side,
pitching forward on his face. Some
thing shot from the region of his
waist and rolled to the planters feet.
1t was a knife with a long, thin
blade and a handle of buffalo-horn.
Hyde stopped to pick it up and
Pennington, his hands resting light
~ on his hips, surveyed the pros
trate oriental with interest.
Get up, my friend" he advised
him coldly. There are many ques-
tions I would like to ask you" He
pointed to the card which still lay
on the table. who gave you that
yellow Seven?"
Lai-Ho scrambled to his feet and
backed toward the doorway, his
eyes blazing fury. Suddenly, as
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the entire expression OF the swarthy
features changed, and the English
man realized that Lai-Ho was look
ing beyond him. At the same mo-
ment. a cry from Hyde brought PEN
nington round on his heel in time
10 see a bamboo pole propelled from
without, shatter the lamp glass and
the room into darkness.
The faint light from a match the
planter held shaded between his fin
gers was sufficient to assure them
that Lai-Ho had disappeared.
What are you going to do ?" de-
manded Hyde, striking two together
and mounting a chair.
Pennington had already reached
the veranda rail and was peering
the blacknees Of the tropic
Follow, old SOM" he shouted back
his shoulder. Follow for all
I'm worth"
He vaulted lightly to the soft earth
below. and the planter, relinquishlng
his attempt to re-light the lamp,
him.
Seen anything?"