The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-16

Denis MOorhousc -retreahed by a
bath OF hot water ladlcd over himself
f,om prcposterouS earthenwarc jsr
Of native manufacture, felt AZ peace
With an men. lie was a tall. thin.
analahlc specimen OF humanity with
fair hair that was Wearing thin on
the crown. Func;loning a. magis-
trate on the edge OF beyond. where
50 out Of 100 men would have warp
"a. become morbid. or drunk them
selves into oblivion. this CHEEKY phil
oSopher had succeeded IN steering a
middle course. Moorhousc-with his
black dog az his hcels--was as vel
come in Bornco long house as IN
the bungalow q the commissioner Of
police.
Under normal conditions. II might
not unreasonably be assumed that
Moorhouse- reclining In glorious
idieness after a strenuous day spent
in the swencring court house-was
dreaming % home or % the white
giri whose photograph occupied sole
and prominent position on his Dress
ing table: bat tho girl in the ebonired
frame was his sister and the district
officer had no home other than the
one he now occupied. As matter OF
fact. he was thinking OF the dusky
nyak belle who had danced before
the assembled chiefs IN the kampon
az The other side Of the valley when
the riee,harvest was completed: n
shapsly. alluring female with an In
dependent swing % shoulders and
features that would have done credit
10 a Western beauty Moorhouse had
heen present az this dance. showing
his white teeth when the young war
riors-drunk with samsu-urged
their water buffaloes across the open
wastes and mildly appiaudinE the
crazy posturing Of women who dane
Cd with human heads
Then. Just as he had made up his
mind 10 pay his respects 70 his hosts
and depart. the wonder-woman from
the forests had whiried into the fire.
light. He remembered her afterward
as vision cncased In a sarong OF
shimmerlng green. With a single
bracelet Of gold az either wrist. her
dark hair secured by dagger OF
which both the point and the jcwelcd
hilt we're distinctly visible. More
miraculous s,iIl. her hands were hid
den by wonderfully fashioned gaun;.
lets Of silver. each wrought TO re-
semhle the form OF the hand itself
Her dance had eliminated In 4 sort
a joyous stampede. she had fallen
PROSTATE before the semi-circlc OF
gaping headmsn. then crawied with
the 1.-THE. slnuous movements Of a
snake toward the spot where the
EngHshman sat Before he could
foreS,all her. two warm arms had en-
eircled his ankles and lus,rouS
hooking eyes were fixed upon his
face.
Great Tuan- Hakin. one OF these
days you may have need Of me-
The words flowed easily from her
lips. with the steady conviction OF a
sorceress-and Il was within the
bounds Of possibility that she pu; a
speG upon Moorhouse. because she
was gone. leaving him without a
memory Of the manner OF her going
and a golden bangle resting In the
folds o. his white iunlc. He gathered
a little later tina, her arrival and
departure constituted as much q
mystery to all as to himself
In the solitude Of his room he had
turned that bangle over and over be-
tween his sun-taunsd fingers. trying
discover some reasonable motive for
7uch a gift.
Accordingly. with due regard 70 the
tius Of the bracelet and to the fact
at white magistrates in black coun-