The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-25
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."You must remember, Mrs. Whey
he told her between the mouthfulls,
"that l have made it my business to
study the movements of our arch
bandit. 1t would be impossible for
me to know all his hiding places, but
I have discovered good few of
them, sufficient, feel convinced, tot.
assist me in sitting fact from fiction.
Wong See-the intelligent youth l
collared in the act Of making hur-
ried exits a poor sort of creature.
when brought face to face with the
serious problems of this life. BY
dint Of dire threats and much pa--
thence, l gathered he was on th'a
point of proceeding to Chai-Hung's
lair, to the place where your brother
has been taken. In effect, we have
arrived at delightful compromise.
Wong-See is between Scylla and
Charybdis: If he fails to join Chai-
Hung-the vengeance of that gentle
man will fall upon him, swiftly and
surely, whether he seek refuge in
China or any old island in the archi-
pelago. The remaining horn of the
dilemma is He stuck his tongue
in his cheek. death by the most
horrible. torture imaginable-at the
hands of he who sees in the dark
otherwise myself! Now comes the
compromise. He is to proceed to
Chai-Hung's hiding-place, as he had
originally intended, only with PEN
nington in his immediate rear. In
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chance of lodging horrible end at
the hands of either"
He reached for his hat.
Monica slipped between him and
the door.
you're not going alone?"
"Most certainly"
She stamped her foot impatiently.
"You mustn't do that" she cried.
"It's positively absurd. Surprising
there are others waiting for Wong
See in the junglc?'
give been in tight corners before
Mrs. Whey" he reminded her gently:
"and I've managed to squirm out of
'cm somehow. If l attempt to start
out with crowd Of native soldiers,
the information will be tapped out
on some native telegraph-system al
most before the men have left the
barracks. Hewitt will be spirited
away and the chances of rescue will
become thousand times more re-
mote"
zone more couldn't possibly do
any HARM" protested Monica.
"I'm not taking any chances" said
Pennington.
"Take mel" said the girl, flushed
to the roots Of her hair.
"You!"
"Why not? ! shall be at my wits
end if you leave me here alone" Her
voice broke. eff Chai-Hung is plot
ting against one Of US, why shouldn't
he send for me while you are awav,
looking for Jack?"
Pennington glanced hurriedly at
his watch and Monica, realized that
her argument, had gone home. ShY
seized his jacket impulsively with
both hands.
Pennington's one weakness lay in
his utter inexperience of the opposite
sex.
"Come on, them" he said, with a
gruffness that was new to her.
"There's an electric torch in the
| right-hand drawer of your brothers
desk. We may want it,"
Trembling with excitement, she
hurried in search of it, joining him
a few seconds later at the foot Of
the veranda steps. Almost at the
exact spot where she had seen the
man who had impersonated Penning-
| ton, the cook-boy awaited the order
to proceed.
Soon they had left the beaten track
and were threading their WAY
through tangled underground, under
branches so closely interviewer as to
exclude the stars, the humming of
countless legions of insects in their
ears. the bright light of the electric
torch describing an illuminated circle
on the back of Wong-See.
The night air blew suddenly chill
and a slight SILVER ran through
Monica.
Her companion brought his head
almost to level with hers.
"Cold?" he demanded softly.
She smiled up at him.
~"Not really. Actually, I'm su-
premely content"
They relapsed into silence again,
and Pennington, conscious of a
smoldering. inconsumable fire. with
in. glanced covertly at the trim fig
ure OF the attractive widow who kept
pace with him. and was glad that he
had let her come. He quickened his
step. until Monica found herself
compelled to run to keep up with him
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