Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-13
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This unusual series OF stories
deals with the exploits of Chinese
Pennington, a detective sent by his
government TO British North Borneo
to run to earth The Yellow Seven, a
gang of Chinese bandits.
1t was one or those gray, close,
unhealthy days that Major Armitage
came to ~Jesselton, B. N. B.
He stood in a commanding posi-
ton in the center of the first-class
deck of the little Barudu-moored
alongside the white jetty-a tall fig
ure with an aristocratic stoop and a
monocle that delighted all native be-
holders. When Captain John Hewitt
Commissioners of Police-obseryed
him through his binoculars from the
veranda of his bungalow-the new
appeared to be giving orders
to everybody within hearing.
Jack called Monica from her
chair; who is it?"
Her brother glanced back.
You're merely guessing" he re-
torted. You couldn't possibly see
from where you are"
IT can. Wourd you like me to
prove it? A long, lean, stoopy man
with a funny puggaree and red tabs"
"And-there you arei" interpolat-
ed Chinese Pennington through the
office window. Monica has the
eve o. an 'awk!"
Pennington climbed through the
window and took the glasses from
the others hand. Monica gave a
little impatient toss to her shock of
fair curls, folded down the page of
the book she had been reading and
Joined them by the rail.
THAT" said Pennington, pointing
down the hill, lis Major James Lacy
Armitage-"
I'd. S. o." murmured Monica.
II fancy you're wrong there. He
has three ribbons-almost as broad
as they are long: One is for going
to Messina just after the earthquake,
the second 1 don't know, and the
third he obtained by giving up his
seat in a bus to a Russian Grand
Duchess!"
Monica laughed.
THE question is" said Hewitt,
what's his particular object in COM
ing here.
whats his particular stunt?"
BLOOD and front Addresses a
dinner-party as If he were back on
parade with the umpteenth hussars.
Armitage is one OF those men who
talks until they give him a job simp-
ly to get rid of him"
~ see," said the Commissioner.
You don't happen to know, 1 sup
pose, what o. of billet they've fixed
him up with this time"
Chinese Pennington was engaged
in rolling a cigaret.
.Hhey couldn't find him a vacancy
Athey made a job for him. He's
srt of travelling inspector"
yOh!" gasped Monica. You don't
INK they've sen him here to take
ick's placer"
mot on your lifei Armitage don't
like work. He's on the cushiest
fnrs-r.,s ever strickland nothing
short 81 an$drthquake'll induce him
to chuck it up. He'll inspect the
barracks, parade all the native
troops, drill them himself, nose into
the cook-houses, waste everybody's
time-and write a sinking report
home to England condemning every
Monica Ciney's forehead wrinkIed. |
Wont that be rather serious? 2"
Pennington smiled.
It'd be disastrous-if anybody at
home took Armitage seriously. As
far as 1 can make out, to be con-
demned by friend in the monocle
is the finest recommendation for pro
motion and increase of pay a police
officer can have!"
The Commissioner wound the
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!
Monica1l have to entertain him,
that's all"
II like that"
II thought you would. Our visitor
,ppears to be a perfectly harmless
ort of idiot, although a bit of a
Jore."
You have to be a bore II you wear
a monocle," asserted Monica wisely.
II warn you, Peter, that If you at
tempt to conspire with Jack to leave
me alone with that mani shall flirt
with him outrageously." J