Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-26
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unusual series Of stories

unusual series Of stories
With the exploits Of Chinese
.ngton. a detective sent by his
rnment to British North BorneO
un to earth The Yellow Seven,
gang of Chinese bandits.
Pennington met Brabazon stand
hg outside the Rest House at Jes-
z8eIton, his hands stuck in his peck
lets, following with evident edmira-
8tion the easy, elegant gait of a
'SMalay girl who was making her way
howard the harbor.
s. pennington, by all that's Won
s5derfuI."
"a The taller man extended ahand.
a "Tve been here three solid months
s-and l didn't know you were on
island. How are you?"
81 Fit as a fiddle! Come IT. and have
"a sling"
"Chinese" Pennington looked at
his watch.
II can give you half an hour. old
son.s he told him. I'm due at the
commissioners at four"
s. He followed Brabazon up ricke.y
stairs to the veranda that overlooked
Lie road. He dropped into a chair
md his companion perched himself
bn the arm of it, beaming all over
Dis broad, handsome face.
still at the same game?' he tu-
1Gired, pushing forward his case.
Pennington nodded.
still hunting Town the world S
worst criminals! No thanks, l roll
mv own"
He produced a rubber pouch and
began manipulating the limsy paper
Brabazon tapped his cigaret on his
[thumb.
Three months!" he calculated
presently. That's a spell of time
for you to stop in one locality isn't
The tall man with the Chinese
eyes smiled grimly.
TT is" he admitted. 1T means
that I'm up against about the tough
st proposition I've ever struck.
How're things up your way?P
Rotten! I'm thinking of chuck
ing rubber-and turning my atten-
zion to oil. AT present I'm at Keta-
tan. Know it?"
Pennington started.
"Ketatan- That's where Allison
uas murdered by the Yellow Seven
Eangi"
Pennington was staring at a clus-
Ter of flies on the ceiling.
AOA v q AA11 AAO ~ 2AAA1@H w
threatening communications"
Nothing at all. Dawson rounded
up the assassins they tell me-"
yes" said the other without en-
Ehusiasm. Dawson did his job aud
&he Commissioner was pleased about
1t. There were five of the swine,
Ind we caught, tied and executed
Them with all due pomp and cere-
|mony; but we didn't succeed in get
hing n Information out OF 'em.
We're no nearer the solution of the
yellow Seven mystery than we were
when we started. You say your
erea'sl quiet. I'm glad of it. But in
almost every other district these
gang murders continue"
Br4bazon whistled.
! You'll pardon my ignorance on
he subject, | know; but what is this
Fellpw Severn"
The boy came in with the drinks
EBrabazon had ordered and Penning-
|ton smoked until he disappeared.
"The Yellow Seven is a card-like
|Rn ordinary Chinese playing card"
BE said. you know the things; as
Hong as my foreinger. with rounded
|ends, black on one side-and a Sc
|ries of dots on the other-some red, !
some black
And this one-2"
This particular card has a bright
face, with seven dots on II.
In all-four above a faint line-and
three below it. 1t cropped up some
time back, when Lady Stornaway's !
diamond pendant disappeared from
Hewitt's bungalow"
Il remember it," broke In Brab-
5on. But the Commissioner got
that back in a couple of days
Il got it back" continued Pens
nfngton. I'll tell you all about 1t
some day. There was another ca,d
connected with the Allison case, and
p knife, bearing the same grim SYM
Dol on its handle, preceded an at
Tempt to assassinate the Commits
Bsoner of Police himself. Now the
whole island is seething with the !
cursed things and Hewitt won't hear
of my leaving until I've secured the
body OF the ring leader-dead or
nliyei"
KNOW who he is?"
The most respected Chinese
gentleman in Borneo," declared the
Ather.
Brabazon dropped into a chair.