The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-28
5NG yGGl0W SEVEN!
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"You must have something to eat
Suey- he said.
She shock her head.
II am not hungry. I only want to
60 home"
He remembered that he was cih,l
| only in the sarong and singlet in
which he was accustomed to sleep.
Wait just little WHILE" he told
her, "and I will take you"
AS he changed with feverish energy
into the suit of khaki drill he had
so recently discarded, the wave of
feeling that her coming had provok-
ed swept like an ever-swelling stream
throughout his whole being, over
whelming the voice of Reason. For
gotten, in his wild eagerness for con-
quest of this timid, fragile creature.
lovely as the lotus-flower-were the
immutablc laws of east and west, the
warning of Pennington, her very con-
nection, in fact, with the bandit who
controlled the dread movements Of
the Yellow Seven.
Suey-Koo had stumbled into the,
burelar-alarm that Wallace had
made, and yet it never occurred to
Brabazon--secure in the fools para
dlse that his own frailty had built
up-that the unerring finger of the
great Chat Hung was behind all this.
and that this seemingly helpless girl
was but another of the astute Orien.
tails cunning instruments, instruct
ed to decoy the planter to her faith
er's lair! $50 'SF"''i
A girl in Kuala Lumpur had told
Pennington that Brabazon was ire
slstible! Whatever the significance
OF Suey-Koo's midnight mission NAV
have been, with the homeward Jour
ney barely half completed, she found
herself nesting contentedly within
the Englishman's encircling arm. for
all the world as If that member had.
every right to be where it was.
"Barbazon"
From somewhere behind him. The
planter heard himself called by name.
lie released the girl and swung
round.
Standing in the open space be.
tween the hutments that he had inst
left, he saw Wallace and the Pathan
Waterman. Brabazon waited until
they had caught him up.
What is it, Wallace ?" he demand
ed.
Look here, Brabazon, I'm sorry to
butt in and all that, but isn't this
trifle unwise? The area beyond
our wires simply swarming with
Chai-Hung's men,"
Brabazon started.
who told you that?"
remington" returned the assist
ant I've just seen him. He told me
TO advise you to send the Waterman
with Miss hai-Hung."
remington" Brabazon's brain
reeied. "How the dew! did he
know" He bit his lip. II suppose
mes hanging around on one of his
stunts. Of course Chai-Hunr's mkn
are about. They're looking for the
girl. She's lost"
He faced Wallace defiantly. The
assistant dropped hand on his
Don't go any farther-tonight. It's
too risky"
Barbazon felt for his pipe.
he strobe back to where the girl
waited.
my Waterman will see you home"
he said.
Her face fell. Her hands stole to
MS sleeves. The look she bestowed ON
nm stirred the fires within. Tremb-
ling with an emotion that was utter
y beyond his power to suppress, he
pressed her fingers to his Inns. In
al this monotonous existencek of
Shich he was fast growing tired.
suey-koo was the brightest thing he
had encountered.
You will come and see me ?" she
whispered presently.
where can find you-and when?"
when Brabazon again Joined Wal
ace, the latter noticed that the
'heeks of the manager were flushed
'eneath the tan of years. Until they
parted at the spot where two paths
net. neither spoke a word.
The residence of, Chai- Hung was
urrounded by high palisade.
mere were three gates, set close to-
'ether-a large portal with narrower
Entrances on either side. The tall
;hinaman in greasy black who lcant
gainst this effective screen, was
oiiing a cigaret with pra cticed skill.
!sing tobacco (Which he fished from
ne inner recesses Of rubber pouch
lie clipped off the stray ends with
pair Of folding scissors, shielded
ne match with his hands, then reach
d up and swung himself over on to
ne other side. dropping on to the
OFT earth within bare twenty feet
bamboo joss-house with an open
ront. There were tiled steps lead
ng up to long altar, illuminated
nth paper lanterns, and on the altar
sell rested two bronze urns in
hitch charcoal was burning.
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