Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-07
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Peter Pennington, detective, IS
engaged to marry Monica Whey.
sister of Captain John Hewitt, COM
missioner of police at Jesselton,
British North Borneo. Pennington
is detailed by the government To
run to earth The Yellow Seven, a
gang of Chinese bandits. Peter =
known as "Chinese" Pennington be-
cause of his slant eyes and his
ability to disguise himself and
mingle with Chinese without n
one suspecting his identity. Pen
nington races Chai-Hung to his la
ties hiding place.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The pack was gradually diminish
ing. There were only 13 cards left
l 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
seryant-and ne spoke so softly that
l only caught one single word-my
W name. And then a strange
thing happened. The arch-bandit,
who had lain still anu motIonlesS
as a corpse, raised himself on one
arm. His fingers, emac1ated with
the fever that consumed him, how
ered over the table-then dropped
on to d single card. He was too
weak to take it and the thing fut-
tered 10 the floor, falling face-up-
permost not a yard from where I
waited"
THE Yellow Seven!" Hewitt's lips
formed the words.
Pennington inclined his head.
The lot had fallen upon Chat.
i n - Af@,.n1G -. I ...r FEF -
Chal-Hung lay like a dead thing,
weakened even with the sheer exer-
ton of his effort, while his intended
victim watched unseeni'
At the foot of the bamboo ladder
the Commissioner turned to Pen
nington.
Il thought you'd like to know
that Monica insisted in coming with
me on this trip. To tell you the hon
est truth, l hadn't the heart to re-
fuse her. We're staying at DaW-
son bungalow. Why don't you rul
along and see her?n
A look of pain crept into the
others face.
Il darent," he said tnickIy. u
want to see this thing through
first"
The other nodded sympathetically
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 turned
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-
plssioner of Police-halted abruptly
at a spot where two jungle paths
met-and realized that he had lost
MS bearings. 1t was precisely at
that moment that he began to re-
greet that Pennington had not offer.
ed to- accompany him. Pennington
had an uncanny)knack of finding
h@EaythroU2h territory that, was
absolutely unknown to him. 1t was
as IL that extraordinary freak of
birth that had presented him with
the eyes of an Oriental had gifted
him also with the mysterious in
stincts of the primeyal savage.
The track was imperceptibly
growing wider and at intervals he
felt the rays 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
ms hair, darted behind the trunk of
a jack-fruit-tree. fattening himself
against the bark. He knew new
that he had taken the wrong path
for straight ahead of him rose 4
wall of rock. sheer and fIowniug.
At the foot of the rock nestled a
broad, squat hut, rooted with dried
sago leaves. Sitting tranquility *
his ease, his fat fingers interiaced
over an enormous paunch that even
fever had not succeeded in reducing
to any appreciate extent, was
Chai-Hung. He sat alone. wrapped
in a blanket acquired In one y bis
numerous raids, his feet crossed in
front of him, his back resting
against one Of the poles that suo-
ported the building.
For a matter of seconds the Com
missioner of Police stared in auts
fascination at this apparition. y pro
longed scrutiny left n doubt ~ his
mind as to the accuracy of Penniny-
toms statement. Chai-Hung had
beer i'll. There were dark r.nes
under his eyes. his cheeks had fall