Show Y St THE TillE UT I tf 4 3 TH o CLEARING LEA HG 1 Sly I E MU scant a t ay t R S fA tR GIN BEGIN IGLi nERI HERI TODAY Chal Hung Influential calls roUs at tho the homo home of ot John Hewitt Howitt Commissioner ot of Police at Jessel Jessel- ton ton British North Borneo to no tellof tell tellof of tho the death of ot Mr AtIl on victim of a t gang I murder Peter Poter Penning Pennington ton Is la detailed by the government to run to earth The Tha Yellow Seten Re a rang of bandits Monica Viney lives with her brother CaP CaP- CaPtain Captain Cap Captain tain Hewitt Pennington suspects Hung Hung Chat of at being leader ot of the bandits Howitt Hewitt procures a war war- warrant warrant warrant i rant for tor tho the arrest of Chal GO 0 ON HW t Hung Chat called call d hero here this af- af afternoon afternoon af afternoon Hewitt started This This afternoons afternoon's afternoon he ho echoed In- In Incredulously In cr credulously She nodded Ho He Ho asked it IC you were isaid said he lie was going away aay a ay for sour time Mr Pennington 1 was nas as hers here too hell liell tell toll you all about It The commissioner passed a pear hand hald over his black hair Where Is Pennington now I 1 haven t seen him hum since sinco tel tea A A sudden Budden mo movement ement In the tho wild garden outside attracted her atten atten- attention attention tion She stepped close up to hi tho rail and pored pred Into the blackness halt half In the shadow of a stunted palm she saw a tall gaunt gaun figure wearing a loose costume o ot pale blue material Monica caught caugh her brothers brother's sleeve and pulled him bun for tor ard ord Theres a man out there Jack she told him softly The commissioner looked Its Pennington I 1 suppose h he growled Presently present What What the devil s he want to hang about the tho house se like that for tori fori At Ate hat moment the thc scarecrow raised an arm and beckoned How are we wo for tor time She Rhe consulted her watch wrist wrist Youre twenty minutes before out too long dinner Dont Don't stop Hewitt looked at Monica Thirty seconds later he had passed down do n the steps making his way tov toward ard the tree Mrs JIrs Viney went In to dress for dinner The toned deep-toned gon gong ro- ro re reverberating In the stillness of ot the tho nl ht brought her back to the no- no noranda randa 10 e- e eranda randa Her brother vas stas as nowhere to be seen She hurried down down the I passage to his room tapped on the tho thedoor thedoor door then getting no response looked In The room was empty and a glance sufficed to tell her he had not been there since Ills The neatly piled plied clean clothes Were ere still where the tho servant had put them Her mind slightly troubled she Invaded his office As she stepped toward the writing table writing writing-tablea dIsaster a grim sense of ot impending BY wept over h het 1 She thrust It tram from her resolutely and pressed onward Both hands resting on the tho wooden surface she gazed stricken horror horror before her at a dagger nith Ith a gilt handle that stuck upright In the tho table Its thin steel blad Impaling a heap ot of o torn paper as her powers of ot reasoning stole back to her she realized that the tho war war- warrant war war- warrant warrant tha th tattered document nas nos rant tor for the arrest ot of Hunt Hung Chat I and that the handle of ot the dotson dots dotson dotson knife bore seven distinct black II on the side that wp was turned toward her tour tour on the tha upper halt half ana I three below I I II Suddenly she became aware that immaculate Immaculate- l serene Pennington-serene serene I was was at her elbow She swung round on him fierce fierce- fiercely fiercely ly Iy Mr Pennington what does all thil mean Where Is la Jack have havo you iou ou done with him Pennington was frankly Jack Jaek Captain Hewitt I 1 seen him Isn't he ho back yet 1 Monica caught her breath I Somebody beckoned to him rom from the garden she raced on wildly We both thought It was waa you Jack went out He lIe t dressed for tor an mak-an a and d theres there's that on n his table For Gods God's sake tell roe me what It all means Pennington guided her fo to a chair then hen bent over the dagger A sec sec- second sec second he be had rushed from the ond nd later Inter room toward the tha quarters kitchen-quarters She Sho heard the voluble tones ot of the tho boy boy look a 0 yell of ot pain the drag drag- dragging dragging the heavy body along ging ing ot of a loor Cloer and the servant b was flung like Ike a sack into the office stilt BUll clinging to a flimsy tJ box with a meal moal the handle handle tho only luggage he had gad brought with him when he ar- ar arrived ar arrived rived slammed tho the door and leant against It IL It saidi aal l Get Oct up you ou swine he sternly Get up and find your y 9 i 8 The Tho Was Flung Like 1 aSack Stel Into the he Office tongue or by heaven Ill I'll Clay la layou I you alive i iThe The boy scrambled to his teet- teet fee and stood sullenly In the renter center enter c ot the bare room You will lead me to Cha- Cha Chat Hung Chal-Hung Hung hissed At tho the very sound of at the nom name the Oriental trembled visibly The englishman caught him by b byboth both bolh shoulders and shook him 10 tic vio violently A volume of Inarticulate grunts followed Pennington plucked the knife from the wood wood- woodwork woodwork woodwork work Mrs rs V y he said over his hl do 10 you iou OU mind waiting tor torme to tome torme me In the room dining At the entrance she looked back What hat are you going to do she sh demanded fearfully tearfully He lIe shrugged his shoulders help help- helpless helplessly less lessly Please Pleasa go ho he whispered Ive pot got to use every method I know to t tenable enable me to get on the tho trade track ot e your voile before brother brother before Its It's too late Collecting herself with Ith an effort she crept from tram the room c the he door after her I Tn In the tho grim hour halt h hour lf-hour that tol- tol fol followed lowed owed she lost all sense of ot time The She looked up suddenly to see soe Pen rington before her Im just just off oft be he said quietly Then you know know- know Ho He has told ne noe as much as I anted to know She regarded him doubtfully It IL all sounds so 50 utterly hope hope- hopeless hopeless less ess she declared Pennington was leaning tho ho table eating bread and cheese chees tely You must remember Mrs Irs Viney he lie told her between the the mouthfuls tula that at I 1 have made roade f It my fly business I to study the tha move move- movements ments nests of ot bandit It 1 be o Impossible for mo ma to know now all allI al I his ils places hIding but I 1101 have e dis dl discovered covered a good few tew of ot them HUf- HUf suf sufficient I 1 feel convinced to lo me ne In sifting Bitting tact fact from fiction Sec tho Wong tho Intelligent youth south 1 i collared in the act of making a s hurried exit Is exit Is a poor sort of ot crea erea creature ture ore when brought face to t with the serious problems of this fe By dint ot of o dire threats and much patience I 1 gathered hj wash was wason on h the tho point of ot proceeding to Chal- Chal Hung's Chal-Hung's Lungs Lung's lair to tp the place whore re our brother has been taken taleen In pHed feet we have arrived at a II tie tie- delightful de delightful compromise So Soo Is between Scylla and Ife If Ithe he e tails falls to join the hung Chal h vengeance of that gentleman will fall ill upon him swiftly and sure surely whether hether he ho seek refuge in China Chinar or r any old Island in the tho archipelago ago go The remaining horn born of the mma Is Is- Is He stuck hl hi hi- hi tongue In t his cheek cheal death death by the tIe most I horrible torture Imaginable Imaginable-at imaginable at the theand hand and of he be who sees In the dark I otherwise otherwise-m myself mi sel self Now conies COUles the He lie la is to proceed d to toI I hal hiding lI place ce aa ns he hei head i had ad originally y intended only with ll in to bl his rear farIn i this manner he hI stands a 1 sport sport- sporting ing ig chance of o dodging a n II end rid at the hands of at o either cither He lie reached for his hat Monica slipped between him and tho to door Youre not going alono alone Most lost certainly Site She stamped hilt her h r foot toot impatient Impatient- impatiently ly You mustn't do that th hit she Ahe cried Its its it's absurd lero are others walting tor for Rong- Rong See ong- ong See ee In la the jungle v Tao o 1 10 0 been in tight corners De- De Defore oe tore oe-tore fore ire Mrs Viney ho he reminded her er and No I vo managed to out of em cm somehow It If J I attempt to start out with a crowd or r nt e soldiers the tile 1 be ho tapped out on some native almost before the I system Of 0 LII I men yen have left the barracks Itt Ile ill bo ho spirited away and the chances fiances of ot rescue will a 0 1 thousand tousand times Umes more remote One more couldn't possibly dony do ny harm barm Monica Im I'm not taking any c cl I said Lid Pennington me said saM the girl ned to the roots of her hair You Why not I 1 shall be at my wits end If It you leave leavo mo roe hert here alone tier lIer olce olee broke If It Hung Chat Is plotting against one of us whY he ho send for tor me mo while you are away looking for tor Jack Pennington glanced hurried athis at athis his watch and II Monica omea realized that her argument had gone Iono home She bho seized his bis jacket Impulsively pith Ith both hands tons Penning one weakness lay In his utter uller inexperience of he opposite sex bex Como Come on then he said with witha a gruffness that was wal new to her Theres an electric torch in the hand right hand drawer of ot your our broth broh brother's cr's ers de desk k We Vie may want it Trembling with excitement she he hurried In search of it joining him lum hima luma hima a few tew seconds later at the tho foot ot of the cranda eranda steps Almost at the exact spot where she had seen the theman theman theman man who bad had Impersonated Pen Pen- Pon the cook cook boy boy awaited the he order to proceed Soon they had left leet the tha beaten track and were threading their 1 way ay through tangled undergrowth under branches BO so closely Inter biter Interwoven woven as to exclude the stars bUrs the humming of ot countless lesions legions of at insects in their ears cars the ht tight light of the tho electric torch describIng describing describing ing an nil Illuminated circle on the he back of Wong See The night air blew suddenly chill and a blight slight ran through h Monica Monic Her companion brou brought ht his hta head almost to a level with hers hersi Cold 1 he demanded softly She smiled up at him Not really Actu Actually ly Im I'm supremely su- su su supremely content They relapsed Into silence again and ton Penning conscious of a smoldering fire within glanced covertly at the figure of the tho attractive widow who kept pace with him and was gad that he had let Itt her come He quickened his bis step until lonca found herself compelled to run to keep up with him Continued In Our text Ia ue le-ue |