| Show I M BOO Z L ED 3 L I j 1 Uy lv J r y t II Hl M J-M k k P JI K ud- ud i I l 01 In hc Ii hi l lu u L n mIne mInd m of cf 1 VIII J 1 r tf I t k Uh It I a man Irian to o tc to I lh 1 l l e as not IDl or at 1 Jt 1 ht the tho he pu Jort but bUl butt knew Ime t It ft Cor Je he seless to from t of kind ind o Of on A A. 1 1 a Js Is ho la s I I lI l d n out th rl I I cay St WaHer In j Mr MI 1 w wn Jew J I I nd e la lit he V till tho H a High Ut up U ou UV Pear In a 10 tn th r-I r V bt but hilt In InV t V tH te V t I Jiu V j Waller aHer fou found him V J one Jug V and ami Simpkin knew kilt It nc LIt tt V baJ tl r-I r V sen V i od m the very v h lic o to act as 1 th the thI agent Vj fe h. h alvance ad al- al- al vance vanc of nr n un to olmo 1 U V ti J Jy Ul ii- ii I V lit In au ais atas ls tu S and far Car Q I V 1 ar su south a ae 16 Sumatra 1 i e had hart built I J an au immense fortune In fri those r V V ver vez- it I V the rIk s. s i V f few I V V VV It wa Va WU a U different nt I in th the case casCo I I V 2 ono tr JI 2 r i c h he had in I The war I Jap-in Jap and antI andi i Was at al an onil and J the thc island j 1 J eJ I been heen en 1 t IP the Japanese Now 1 V j o Chine Chinese se e living U tx Formosa were l f lo tu the bui the thO Jut uL o V r 8 inha inhabiting the hc I i 4 lands it Olti hostility und and I V a H republican form of ot f f govern govern- V 4 1 1 In this thiH l foresaw W a 1 splendid r ll l'- l' l y of Ul wealth w 1 l hy l I pIng cheap to the in gents 11 a did not nut tell f so much but 1 b V 7 t him lini the thc pOst of agent to to the th the I a i a L chiefs at t a a. salary JY of If one In fl V Mexican i dollars s a month iThe i 5 The he pay a was w gool good f the thc prospects F of ot excitement nl me-nl excellent and Waller Wailer ir V closed with the thc ill it tt once T Two o V hours 1 after lea leaving ng the Uie office oi ot Peter he wis was vAs on board bould a cargo tramp bound to for iOl the V I port of- of Killing l fr fIR and thirteen hours iI on later ter he set foot Coot on 1 V x Formosan soil 1 He lost lont no time in engaging V a Q native I i I I V guide anti and purchased sed a couple cO of pon- pon f V los ics and a few provisions for the Journey Jour Jour- V V ney ncy e lo to the the- town to sixty miles milts Ci I tg lU where lie CIC r Were ma ln V The The Journey td y took h him him 1111 i v. v of deep Zorie running up from flOm the sea e covered with I a go g variety of or tree and plant are tife Occasionally he parties par par- ties lies of Chinese to lO I lung and ht his aJI never nC failed Culled to exu ex- ex I Cites n bu z of excited comment And Ane 1 u If iC u Vallel valIer had tad known that among these I 16 W were Yere I JH pan esc e spies spIe i e eI d T a. a u he would pei perhaps haps I have paid them thenia a closer closel attention than thai I h he lid V The e conference with lh the cl Ciet's at l' l resulted 1 In WalN-t WalN a 0 on n 71 order for time delivery f c-f r thirty thousand m and antl anda a I many es cai-es of cartridges the money moncy to to be b- to Peter at Hong the ear o left port V i ei no safe means com com- ting with Simpkin direct from rom Takwan an so Waller to 1 return re- re turn tuPu to al at once oncan an and dispatch J ISIa l h i t Int theS Bag ge fn from m there by the thc cap call t tain ln of the Uw v wal which had hH brought rought him to fo the island He Rt and hl his servant meet fl oti oK an hour houi i before sunset Nightfall found them traversing one of the biggest t of or th gorgon IgI their pen ponies Ices Ce cantering n along I in n single file me In a ll narrow avenue windIng wind wind- 1 I Ing In n through ugh a bamboo bambou forest Pulling UV his puny pony to 0 light a e. Wailer Waller instinctively i became aware that tha he was wa being He lIt glanced back over oVer oVer-hl shoulder an anti and im In hl hla surprise sur sur- prise irIse IIri c dropped the lighted Cd m match from flom Y IK ii is lingers His servant wa va nowhere ih fi J n sight The There le was no nu one behind h him im In the tho grassy grass starlit aisle of the lh forest Otest IV Pt Chan V shouted S V Waller I Pc C han Mian 8 1 tJ are ere you ou The Ther was no answer but as Wailer looked ook d. d down the thc aisle h he bC saw D. the head ind nd sh shoulders s 's of a J. J man appear from a n bamboo not fifteen yal yards s Way teay The form torm vanished at once but lot nt before tore Waller alleJ had I m lil uk hI r re rO volver olver from flom the I leather case s t strapped PI tl l his waist Ing no more more of the apparition nl and d thinking that it might have bec nothing more than a 3 creation of his fancy Cancy h he rode on onward won wondering cring W lat had become of ot PC Pe Chan Sudden Sudden- Iy ly his pony oIw reared and jumped jumpe to one side dashing his right Jeg against the hard rough st stem m of a bamboo Clutching Clutching Clutch Clutch- ing at the reins to save himself from being thrown forward he lifted Clutch I his eyes and saw sav two faces one behind the Jhc other peering from ton the cover covel of ot the thc bamboos growing on the time left len side ol oj thu Uw path The Thc pony pony snorting with fright leaped forward squealed eald in ut agony asony gave save a n convulsive slitting into the air alt airan an and rolled sideways with u a loud Jou crash I V the against bamboos half hair a dozen revolver re IC re- re V volver shots h t-l t Ift Ii i Its vitals Sha Shadowy fI figures JUI rushed U upon upun poll Wallet Waller as as- ashe he shook his fet feet et a oleai elear Oat of the S1 sir sir- 1 V ups I-ups and reeled to lo the ground gi lIe He felon fell fel fellon fellon on his a Chinaman aimed a vicious blow nl at his h head a i n a short shor staI stabbing ins sword Waller fired over O v r his left shoulder and the time man dead Jn ju his tracks Hacks A A. deafening din dimi of wll wild yells cries anti and Siring firing broke broe out an and the patch of opening where e the thi pony POY hall lIall fallen became became be Le- came the scene of or a a. whirling struggle c. c It was the 1 very anxiety t of each aeh of his assailants l 1 to J be hn the first to lo seize him hium that lint enabled Waller to elude them an angain and gain the time of the lit forest At the leap Jeal he almost himself his coming Into lutu violent contact with the enormously thick stem dr fr n n. bamboo lh The bamboos us grow glow W. W lose together that a It way siy between th was wa only made by w I r V l f through ilie narrow f V V i UI r 1 M 1 t. t 16 i-ct i f lUnn see ee 6 the thel gloamIng l avres t oi or their revolvers rc pointed tit at him Once one giant of or a R man loomed i up Im In tn front frunt of or him and Waller allor could JH hear al' al the thu quick Intake u of his is as ho he w up hi hl his hand clutching the tho knife He lie never breathed again for Coi Waller altor shot hot him through the heart hearl Still on fl followed the Chinese their thell num numbers s seeming to 0 the tho circle circie thE they had formed to grow and nd more mOle compact How was that circle to tobe tobe be broken That was MUS the question that V Wailer Waller asked himself H He Ue set et hl his teeth tight light lifted d his revolver and pu pulled ed edthe V the trigger It Il snapped down but there was no answering report i Every barrel I was discharged and aid I he had no fresh cartridges s with him rhey They were in s a su L Nearer Nealer and nearer the flitting figures e u approached cd taking no precautionary P covet cover now that they knew the man mat I was practically doC defenceless Waller hem L watched the c advance with a curious fascination lIe He began to CO count the lie I L rapidly le lessening number I of bamboos s Intervening between him and life JJ ii near nearest arP arI ar- ar I P est et t foe Coe Twelve eleven ten nine r cI eight six seven se n seven six five vc four tim three ice I 4 A hand shot out and anti cau caught ht Waller b by the tho throat rh Tho touch him to lo a iasI pas pas- I Ion slon of action lie Slipped tIme tC rj vrist t with his hili left heft hand gaVe lc a tt Il l a sharp twist anti and brought down thc the butt of r the tho revolver olvI on Oil the ibm lento mu muscles below be be- low the thc elbow Joint Thc Tue Chinaman- Chinaman reeled back with willi a as s of if aon agony and Waller a a. red reel mu mist t sn-i sn og before Ii his is e eyes es Ii hit it out al nl the time next man But Bitt a club chub wun behind fell with rut fearful force foice on omi hN his shoulder amid the lie straight I lines hues of or towering toweling baum bam boos th tin the savage a e races ace acell tho ho tho blazing sin start rs disappeared etI I In III mm a a. black da dark jalli k i-k- 11 ness s It wa ivan early carly Waller a II CI opened d his eyes conscious of ur a pun In his lux nil and amid u u. Japan soldier watching over 01 him bUn this ald muting to tu tul l Jib bi feet Ceel a d li I Why U lucres lucre's the tho s sea hut a-hut but r-but what whal arc ale All ail e J at Ii a V V W of or tho time I iciL u was l ift W ir U r- r amidi and amid IJ i MT tutu tho h Jl t W aP ErlY r. r V f o oi lr-cm lr di V VErlY f a f i mild Ci little f i n j r Yip i ships cumo caine during the tha night But nul how did IlL I J got get t hr here 1 naked thu Uw I hew lidded I l J Il ht 1 wa I attacked and Dull amid and left f i- i r dead I II t I shOuld 1 1 1 think h lul Y You Ya Oil were wert I In U Jl gi gleam Ie eat In last l I night continued the Japanese and If some of ur our Hoops 8 ha had not limit been In Inthe Intile tile the bamboo COI forst sl you 1 0 would hine i been killed by tio the Ch lie slopped lOIl d and looker looked closely at Wailer Waller for rOI a mom moment nt Then ho si spoke kc again A ship tI for COl hung Hong Kong Kong- Kongal at al midday I 1 have orders to see seo that you yon IU I go b by that ship hll An And to lu teV you rO that thal the chiefs will ill nut require the t th thousand usand rUles rilles Steps arc arc- being taken to secure c their thell peaceful submission WaIl Waller all r I stared 1 at the lUe facas face fac as one would do in iii a u. trance trances Bamboozled 1 he lie murmured I Bamboozled V |
