Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-28

He spun round suddenly with hard, urgent face.
know about that fighting unit you have, made up Of
surrendered communists. Well want to join Il later
But tonight want to 90 back and get that platoon COM
mander. know where he'll be and you can trust me to
get him. I'd have tried last night. but hopeless
They never said so. but was under guard. You see
the platoon commander never called meeting of the
platoon to denounce me. Why? Because he knows that
officers whose men surrender try to surrender and
have to be shot for deseron, get into big trouble at
Headquarters.
And he's ambitious so he was having none of that He
made show of laughing off what Lee Ian had told him
about me. Pretended to treat it piece of teen-aee
responsibility I'd have to snap out Of it, he said and
he'd find me job that would give interest Of
course, he's mad about Lee Ian himself and mostly he
wanted out of the way before he went off the
delegate tonight He wasn't going to leave Lee Ian for
two nights with me around"
The delegated" Loyd's interest had sharpened
From China" Buried deep in his love and shock and
hate the boy scarcely Of the sensation he
causing HE has idea knew about that. Two nights
ago couldn't sleep because had suspicion he'd called
Lee Ian to his bdSh0
80 crept along and got close enough to hear it
actually man in there with him. of messenger
from HQ, ordering him to meet this delegate and take him
over from the group that's guiding him through South
Siam and then hand him over to bodyguard twenty-five
miles farther SOUTH know where he's going to meet the
delegate and know the first part of the route he's going
to guide him over
Lloyd excited despite his tiredness What's this
delegates name?' he asked
Chang Choy shook his head. Hes some sort of VIP,
from the sweat it's put the platoon commander into Oh
yes. he's ambitious. that dey! He threw up his chin
again. Give me gun and I'll get him for YOU
Lloyd was his feet, stretching ghcramped muscles
with a frown He unrolled mapsheet that was almost
solid green north, south, east and west showed section
of the jungle border country east of Kroh and erik
Show the rendezvous and the first part Of the
SOUTH, he said.
They had moved FAST and for Lloyd this his second
night in ambush positions with days hard work in
between For Chang Choy nothing counted - sleepless
ness, hunger danger nothing but his hate The two Of
them, with pair of veterans Of hundred ambushes,
Corporal Jaafar and Constable Omar had crouched for
five hours in the cold upland valley down which the dele
gate to be led in the sunrise hour.
Chang Choy had impressed them on the march. There
nothing they could teach him in the way of jungle
ambushing. His movement almost silent and tire
less Dyak crackers and he showed not single sign
Of fatigue
Now, as the light from the dawn-yelow sky faded the
gigantic shadows overhangng the rivercrossng
they dominated with their fire. Lloyd turned glance
toward the face that close by his right shoulder 1t
grmy SET the eyes fixed the steep clay game track
that descended dagonally to the stream. There was
fire ant crawling up to his eye, pausing and singing as it
got caught in the black lashes but half blink was his
only reaction.
Their bodies covered with tiny wounds, ant bites