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were compelled to tie him up!
On the seventh day Brabazon awoke
to find himself becoming skeptical
1 with regard to the whole affair.
| That Afternoon he sent Wallace
back to his bungalow, dog and lug
! gage and everything, and gave the
Waterman instructions to cease his
nocturnal perambulations and hand in
! his rifle. He would have destroyed
| Wallace's burglar alarm if he had no.
! ticed it, but he didn't, and at a few
I minutes after midnight 1t rangi
| Swearing softly to himself, he took
the hurricane lamp and the revolver
to light, and went out.
The line Of tinkling bells rang for
a second time and he held the lamp
we'll above his head, peering into the
night. Suddenly he started back in
amazement and quickened his steps
in the direction of a crouching. trem-
| bling figure that shrank back from
| him as he approached. The hard lines
OF his face softened as he. went, and
presently he stopped and lifted the
| slim form of a girl to her feet. She
was simply clad, in a long. sieeved
| jacket of light blue silk, bordered with
black, and quaint trousers OF the same
material. 1t dawned upon Brabazon
as he surveyed her in wonderment,
that she was of a class superior to
that to which he was accustomed
that her skin was rather white than
olive, and that she was possessed of
a beauty he had never imagined pos
sible in a Chinese girl. Her hands
were small. and well formed.
who are your" he demanded In
Malay.
She replied to him softly.
''Suey-Koo," he thought she said.
Where do you come from?"
She uttered a little nervous laugh.
L am the daughter Of Chai-Hung,
The police have driven my father
from his home. They came and
searched the house-and I ran away.
In the darkness. saw the lights of
your windows -"
He took her cold, trembling fingers
between his own and forced her, half
unwillingly. up the steps to a com
Portable chair. She sat on the ex-
J IRENE edge, staring with childllke sur
prise at the unaccustomed surround
! ings.
You must have something TO eat,
! Suey-Koo." he said.
She shook her head.
II am not hungry. 1 only want
to go home"
He remembered that he was clad
only in the sarong and singret in
which he was accustomed to sleep.
wait just a little while" he told
her. and I will take you"
AS he changed with feverish
energy into the suit of khaki drill
he had so recently discarded. the
wave Of feeling that her coming had
! provoked swept like an ever-swelling
stream throughout his whole being.
overwhelming the voice of reason.
Forgotten-in his wild eagerness for
conquest of this timid, fragile crea-
| ture, lovely as the lotus-flower-
were the immutable laws of east and
west, the warning of Pennington,
her very connection, in fact with
| the bandit who controlled the dread
! movements Of the Yellow Seven
OuSy -hOO udu SLuIDDi6u INTO the
| burglar alarm that Wallace had
made, and yet it never occurred to
Brabazon-secure in the fools para
disc that his own frailty had built
up-that the unerring finger Of the
| great Chat Hung was behind all this,
and that this seemingly helpless girl
was but another of the astute Orien-
tails cunning instruments. instruct
ed to decoy the planter to her IA
theirs lair!
| A girl in Kuala Lumpur had told
| Pennington that Brabazon was ir-
resistiblei Whatever the signifi-
canoe Of Suey-Koo's midnight mis-
sion may have been, with the home.
ward journey barely half completed.
| she found herself nesting contented-
| ly within the Englishman's encir-
| cling arm, for all the world as il that
member had the right to be where
| il wasl
'Brabazonw
From somewhere behind him. the
planter heard himself called by
name. He released the girl and
swung around.
Standing in the open space be-
tween the hutments that he had just
left, he saw Wallace and the Pathan
Waterman. Brabazon waited until they
had caught him up.
What is 1t, Wallace?" he demand
ed
Look here, Brabazon, I'm sorry to
butt in and all that, but isn't this
triie unwise? The area beyond our
wires simply swarming with Chat
lungs men,
Brabazon started.
Who told you that2'
Pennington" returned the assist
ant. I've just seen him. He told me
to advise you to send the Waterman
with Miss Chai-Hung."
Pennington , Brabazon's brain
reeled. How the devil did he
known" He bit his lip. IT suppose
he's hanging around on one of his
stunts. OF course ChaI-Hung's men
are about. They're looking for the
girl. She's lost"
He faced Wallace deflantly. The
assistant dropped. a hand on his
shoulder.
Don't go any farther-tonight.
It's too risky"
Barbazon felt for his pipe.
He strobe back to where the girl
waited.
my Waterman will see you home"
he said.
Her face fell. Her hands stole to
his sleeves. The look she bestowed