Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-27
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Peter Pennington, detective, is
engaged to marry Monica Whey,
sister of Captain John Hewitt,
Commissioner of Police at Jes-
selton, British North Borneo.
Pennington is detailed by the gov
eminent to run to earth The Vel
low Seven, a gang of Chinese
bandits. Peter is known as Chi
nese" Pennington because of his
slant eyes and his ability to dis
guise himself and mingle with
Chinese without any one suspect
ting his identity. Pennington
traces Chat Hung to his latest
hiding place.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
The pack was gradually dimn-
ishing. There were only IL cards
left counted them as they lay
in the yellow light of the lamp.
There was a dramatic pause and in
the grim silence that followed only
one man spoke. 1t was Lai-Ho-
Hyde's old servant-and he spoke
so softly that | only caught one
single word-my own name! And
then a strange thing happened. The
arch bandit, who had lain still and
motionless as a corpse, raised
himself on one arm. His fingers,
emaciated with the fever that con-
sumed him, lowered over the table
then dropped on to a single card.
He was too weak to take it and the
thing fluttered to tie floor, falling
from where / waited"
THE Yellow Sevenw Hewitt's
lips formed the words.
Pennington inclined his head.
"The lot had fallen upon Chat
Hung himself to take my life. And
Chai-Hung lay like dead thing.
weakened even with the sheer exer-
ton of his effort, while his intend
ed victim watched unseenw
At the foot of the bamboo lad
der the Commissioner turned to
Pennington.
81 thought you'd like to know
that Monica insisted in coming with
me on this trip. To tell you the
honest truth, | hadn't the heart to
refuse her. We're staying at Daw-
sons bungalow Why don't you run
along and see herr"
A look of pain crept into the
others faces
Il daren't," he said thickly. q
want to see this thing drought
first"
The other nodded sympathetical-
ly.
When are you going to collar
him?"
Tonight. Come to me here at
nine-and come armed"
The Commissioners form was out
of sight before Pennington turn
ed on his heel and went back to the
bamboo bridge where Hewitt had
first found him.
The sun was already at its zenith
when Captain John Hewitt-Com-
missioner Of Police-halted abrupt
ly at spot where two Jungle paths
met-and realized that he had lost
his bearings. 1t was precisely at
that moment that he began to re-
greet that Pennington had not Of
Tered to accompany him. P@nning-
ton and uncanng knack of finding
his way through territory that was
that was absolutely unknown to
him. 1t was as if that extraor-
binary freak of birth that had pre-
sented him with the eyes Of an ORR
entail had gifted him also with the
mysterious instincts of the primeval
savage.
The track was imperceptiblv
growing wider and at intervals he
felt the raps of the sun that poured
down on him where the trees were
set farther apart. He glanced up
suddenly then, white to the roots of
his hair, darted behind the trunk of
a jack fruit tree, flattenind him
self against the bark. He knew
now that he had taken the wrong
path for straight ahead of him rose
wall of rock, sheer and frowning.
At the foot of the rock nestled a
broad, squat hutroofed with dried
sage leaves. Sitting TRANQUILITY at
has ease, his fat fingers interlaced
over an enormous paunch that even
fever had not succeeded in reduc-
ing to any appreciable extent, was
Chai-Hung.. he sat alone, wrapped