Show I St e W f l tf ft t A c y f S t Lay Jj Layr t r MW fM m ti tS w M t l Fbi This unusual series of ot stories deals with the tho exploits exploIt ot of Chi Chi nese Pennington a detective sent by hs h's government t tx tu a n North orth Borneo to run to earth The Tel Yel- Yellow Tellow Yel Yellow low Seven a gang ot of Chinese ban ban- ban bandits Sits Pennington met Brabazon stand stand- standing standing In ing outside the Ret Rest Re t House Houe at J Jee- Jee selton Jen-selton e- e selton lelton his hands stuck In Isis pockets following tollo with evident ad- ad admiration admiration ad admiration the easy elegant gait fealt ot of ota ofa ofa a Malay girl who was making h herwy her r rw way wy w y toward the harbor Pennington Lyall by all that's won won- wonderful wonderful wonderful The taller man extended a II hard Ise 1 e been here three solid and months and I didn't know you were on the Iland liland How are you Fit all as a a fiddle Come In and ha hate hae e a sling Chinese Pennington at athis athis hi his watch atch I can give iou sou ou hour halt oM old son he told him hint Im du-a du at atthe th the Commissioners Commissioner's at tour four He followed Brabazon up rickety ty staIrs to the veranda oranda that over over- overlooked overlooked looked the road He I-fe dropped dropped Into a chair and his companion perched himself on the arm of o It beaming all 11 0 over oser er his broad handsome face tace at the same SIlme g game gAnie me he ho In- In inquired In Inquired pushing forward his case Pennington nodded Still hunting do down don n the worlds world's Worst criminals No thanks I roll Nil my own He produced a rubber pouch and began manipulating the flimsy paper Brabazon taped his on his bis thumb I Three months he be ejaculated pr That's a spell of time for tor ou to stop slop In one locality laa Isn t tIt tIt It The tall m man mn n with the tha Chinese I eyes eye smiled grimly It It I Is he admitted It means I that Im I'm up against about the toughest proposition Ive I've ever struck How're things up your way Rotten I m in thinking of ot chuck chuck- chuckIng chucking ing lag and rubber rubber and turning my at- at attention at attention to 10 oil At present I m at Know It If Pennington started That's where here Allison SeI was murdered by The Yellow Seten Se Set I c n en I i was waa staring at a clus clus- cluster cluster ter of ot tiles files on the ceiling You Youve e had no trouble since No threatening communications Nothing at all Dawson round round- rounded rounded rounded ed up the assassins they tell me Yes Yes said the oth other r without en- en enthusiasm en enthusiasm Dawson did lila Is Job and the Commissioner r was isas pleased about It There were ere th five fite 0 of the swIne and we caught trl tried d and executed them with all due pomp and ceremony but ye ie didn't sue sue- suc-cee suc cee In getting an any Information out ot of em Were We're no nearer the solution solution tion of the Yellow Sevell mystery than we were V Then hen we started You Tou say lay sour our areas area's quiet I m glad of It But in almost every other othi oth r district these murders gang-murders con continue Brabazon whistled pardon my Ignorance on the subject I know but what Is this Yellow Tellow Seven The boy came InIth In with Ith the dunks Brabazon had ordered and Pen Pen- Pennington smoke j until h b he had dig dig- dis disappear appear The Yellow Seven Is a card card- card like an ordinary Chinese playing playing- playing card card he said You know the things as aa long as my tore fore fore with rounded ends black on on one and side and a series of ot dots on the theother some other some red some black And this 1 one one- one This particular card has a 11 bi bl yellow face with seve seven dots dotson dotson dotson on It In all tour all four above a faint and line and three below it It cropped up some Bome time back when hen Lady diamond pendant dis- dis disappeared disappeared dis disappeared appeared from Hewitt Hewitts bunga bunga- bungalow bungalow bungalow low low- low I I remember remember It broke In Bra Bra baron huon But the the Commissioner that back In a couple of ot das da s I got It back continued Pen Pen- Pennington Ill tell toll you all about It some lome day There was another card connected with the Allison case and nd a niPs nite bearing the same anlO sans grins grim symbol on Its handle preceded an attempt to assassinate the Commis Commis- Com Commissioner Commissioner mis- mis of Police Pollee himself Now the whole Island Islands Island's seething with the cursed cuned things thing and Hewitt wont won t thear hear of ot my lea leaving leasing Ing until Ive I've Se- Se Secured se secured cured the body ot of the ring leader ring ring-I ad r dead or Know Knows who he be I Is The most moat respected Chinese Chinen gentleman In Borneo declared red theother theother the tho other Brabason Brabazon dropped chair Not Hung Chal-Hung he ho whispered hI pored Why not dem demanded Penning Penning- Pennington ton tOD Good Lord Lordi I Ho He hangs hns out within a throw stones of ot usi Id I'd have staked taked my last dollar o oft Mr Hunt Chal-Hunt Brabazon emptied h his lii glass Why dont don't you collar colinI him 1 lse e been be n within an are of do- do doIng doing do doing ing so more than a II score core of t time but lies hes be found a way ay out each ch time Br b xon felt tor for another clr- clr cig-ar cig aret t I 1 ran cro across him only yester yeater yesterday day he drawled PennIngton sprang to hI his feet Tou m You Runs met t Chal Hung Chal-Hung Certainly I 1 was up In the Us Tamil looking for a pony I 1 wu was bargaining with a Batou Bajon thIef when uni Chal-uni un Chal-un strolled up We tt d for tor hour halt chatted together Did he Is n ask uk which wa way you were going Pennington demanded I fancy tincy he be h did but I changed rny my mind at the last moment and anoS dropped In at the tha Dutch padres padre's The Daughter of Hung Hun Im more than glad you OU changed your route old son assured him hint Because If yOU hadn't you fOU wouldn't be here her now and and andor for or all 1111 our faults youre you're one of ot the few rew man men I shouldn't car cara to 1 lose sight of Brabazon's broad race face ace bore sn an expression of ot surprise and amuse use amusement mont merit that My 1 faults ton Penning on cant 01 k r the floor e I II I II I F Something Stuck Quivering In the the all All Behind Him and dropped d a hand Iland on his friend frIcDa s I refer reter to the women omen God bless bIen blessem em em he told him that Ohl OhI that You were ere positively ogling olIng one when I met you Barb Barbizon crimsoned I When hen you came up You Tou don t mean that Malay girl My y dear dearold dearold dearold old Idiot surely a fellow tellow can all all- admire ad admire mire a certain regularity of ot e without being called to account for tor tort t It forIt forIt- Pennington laugh laughed d Youre a t terrible man Braba Braba- Brabazon Zen zon he said I remember r a girl girlIn girlIn girlIn In Kuala Lumpur telling me thit you were Irresistible How Ion long ale aie you stopping In town to Going back by the morning train I i I wa wai only going to warn OU that If it iou OU do happen to m meet t the Commissioners Commissioner's sister just juit irs tr- and restrain that abnormal flow or of personal magnetism for magnetism or my sake Oh bo remarked the planter raising his eyebrows s at ht her r name Vine Vines said aid Pennington Pel Moni Moni- Monica ca VI Vines ne She B ii a widow Ido Brabazon winked I thought you said Itao it was ao wa Chat Chal Rung Hung who kept you In Jes Je's It Is Pennington assured him earnestly but I m ni not or sorry about It all the sime I I 1 bet youre you're not noti When's hens It coming of oft f Pennington gazed c d dreamily 0 oser oserthe er erth th the rail Pos Possibly not at all I asked her opinion on the subject itt at Good hea en heavens man IS What hat hat on onearth onearth earth oarth are you waiting for Pennington turned Im 11 waiting until Ive I've nallE Hung 1 Hung Chal-Hung ho he declared Brabazon scrambled to his te feel feeland feeland and Joined him Want ant any help 1 Possibly Then call cal on me for It Im I'm just about fed tM up with the life lire Im I'm leading A thundering goed B d about clear my head I Thanks returned Pennington warmly I fancy you'll he be in on I before long Good Good enough I Brabazon rubbed his hands ds toe lot to ether gether In anticipation In In the meantime ke keep kerp p eye yeu yeul weather eye open tor for Hung Chal-Hung He lie pause paused and looked to where tho waters ot of the bay glistened In Inthe inthe the light of o a n sun that was as low In Inthe Inthe Inthe the western hea heavens heans ns Its It's a weary verd he continued I I used to delight alIght In the the nocturnal wanderings these wild up country up treks I It was because f had nobody to worry orry bu bum m self I fano that If I mAnage to pull this through I ball hand handin handIn In my resignation I wonder wORder It I you'll understand me lilt They kid hid kid Hewitt and his ter pi-ter I ter came eUne c with me to look for far him A subtle change chanCe has crept over o me ever er sInce I find myself o a great deal deat too solicitous about mv my own wel wei tare we-tare fare fre Qu Queer er Isn't It Brabason Brabazon went aback back to by the morning Ho had not seen Pennington since their meet meet- meeting meeting ing ing- at the Rest House but he had run Into a lively crowd crot lit of e brether planters and government men the climax of ot the celebration I that toll followed owed had been something In tho the nature ture of a A dull throbbing at et II his temples reminded him of ot this was a 1 planter lit ef B ca ell He lIe knew juit bow how much mucha a 1 coolie could be peeled expected to do da In Ina Ina a day A As he wont w nt the tha rounds on hI his BI pony he nothing but ut veiled DS l noe and tasks halt half doneIt doneIt done dene It was on sun down whan he h regained M lii his bungalowS bungalow He stumbled U up thi th steps and anil dropped Into u a cane o no chair He was ws wonder wonder- wonder In ins who It ii was wu h hd d sown BOwn the th seeds ot of rebellion reb In the th minds mind ft t f III his hism men amen n By sheer heer force toree ot of habit he reached for tor his gla glass glau and as a he lie did so 0 something pa passed pas ted ed hi his cheek so PO closely that ho he felt th the wind of ot It and nd stuck quivering erInI In the wooden wall b behind him Continued in Our Next Nut Issue I su I |