Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-07
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I en- in and the rolls of fat that hung
.rGm his jowl were suspended Ike
tie shapeless lines of a debating
balltcn.
The bandit rose to his feet with a
sudden effort, clutching at the pole
for support. Presently he steadiet
himself and came slowly toward the
spot where Hewitt was hiding, his
beady eyes blazing with 4 light that
was almost supernatural. The Com
missioner fumbling for his hip
pocket, swayed sideways and broke
the spell that held him. Scarcely
conscious of what he was doing, he
left the trees and covering hair Il
distance that separated them, Law
eled his automatic deliberately
at Chai-Hnug.
The Oriental did not finch. He let
the blanket slip from his broad
shoulders and returned the others
gaze with a placid smile.
You want to see me, Captain
Hewitt? ?" he inquired with that oily
smoothness he could pour over the
habitual harshness of his information
when he chose.
Il want you to put both your
hands above your head, Mr.. Chai-
Hung, and to come with me imme-
diately."
The bandit smiled again.
May l ask where you propose
taking me? 1t would be unkind per-
haps TO remind you that you have
lost your way!'
He lifted both arms as he spoke,
apparently in accordance with
Hewitt's request, and at tina mo-
ment the commissioner felt himself
p~inioned securely from behind. So
suddenly and cleVerly conceived was
the attack that the Englishman was
overpowered without a struggle,
bound hand and foot with leathern
thongs swiftly and securely knotted.
And, as he lay helpless at the
bandits feet, Chai-Hung signalled
for the stool of carved blackwood
that still remained outside his tenn
pUrary residence.
Il am going to take you into my
confidence, Mr.. Commissioner" he
said. Il am a desperate man, driven
by your agents into a corner, forced
to suffer privations that do not al
together agree with a man of my
HABITS. l am i'll, you see, but | am
going to recover. My wings have
bEEH GllRDtd u lily - d.
again. The Chinese Dragon, Cap
tain Hewitt, is many-headed-and
each head has a fang" The corners
of his evil mouth turned down.
Have o ever heard of a sixth
sense "a mysterious intuition that
indicates when one is being spied
upon?-I felt the promptings of that
sense-last night. The man they
call He Who Sees in the Dark
came to my house and you will
Understand me fully when ! tell you
that [ returned the call. The man
who brought this Pennington to me
I have dealt with. : have put out
his eyes, so that he will never see
again: l have removed his fingers
so thai he may never point out tbs
way. There are only three people
in existence who stand between Chat.
Hung and the freedom of movement
I he desires. You know them all, Cap
tain Hewitt. There is Chinese Pen
nington, your sister-and yourself
Now, observe how cleverly | have
separated them. You are already in
my power, Pennington is waiting for
nightfa1l-down by the sago-swamp,
and Mrs. Whey is alone nj Dawson's
bungaloW-alone, because l have ar-
ranged that Dawson shall be kept
away until I think it fit for him to
return He paused for a moment
and a preposterously exaggerated
|unger-naIl pointed toward the COM
missioner. Each shall perish in his
turn, and each in a different manner.
I am ~reserving you for the last, be-
cause l should like you to live long
enough to realize the power of Chat
Hung, the inevitable triumph of the
Yellow Seven. l think 1 can safely
assure you that you will not have to
wait long,"
He reached for a branch and pull
ing himself to his feet, went slowly
back to the hut. a hunch-backed
coolie following him with the stool.
Hewitt, a prey to a host of I'M
pleasant reflections. tore feebly at
the thongs that held him. A sudden
movement in his immediate vicinity
caused him to jerk his head pain
fully round. He saw a short, thick
set Oriental with a parang hung
from his waist, leaning truculently
against the jack-fruit-tree.
You will remember me, oh