Show t Y I A f t Ot L 1 t KL i AM yn I w tJ M mc ca-mc in BEGIN nERI TODAY Captain John Hewitt Commis Commissioner of o Ponce Police at Brit British ish North Peter letor Penning Penning- Pennington ton Penning ton Is detailed by the tho t to capture the leader leador of ot The Ye- Ye Ye Yeow low Ye-low low ow Seven a a gang gong of ot Chinese ban bandits Hung Chal-Hung Influential Chi Chinese nese Is suspected by Of o being leader of ot the tho gang Pen warns warne a 0 rubber plater of ot to beware of ot the Yellow Seven Brabazon I Is an nd- nd ad of ot beautiful women and falls fall fallan an easy e victim to their charm V loO GO O ON WITH TIn Tilt STORY He was as still standing standing- In the thi same position when the boy cawi camoIn In with the lamp bozon squaring his hia broad shoulders un- un uncorked uncorked un uncorked corked the the bottle HII fl He poured hImself hini self eIf out a II tot He was waa gazing at an on arrow wit a a toe JIbe metal barb Its butt I split to admit a 0 lonG lone narrow atI Of pasteboard On the side aide toward Brabazon was Mae a bright yellow sur- sur surface ace eur face tace ornamented with a series of black black circles He crossed the ver- ver veranda ver veranda anda and plucked the thing from the woodwork The boy was slip slip- slipping slipping ping past him but the planters planter's hand band shot out and swung wung him round to face him He held the symbol almost under the nose What do yo you yon know of the Yel- Yel Yellow Yellow Tel low low Seven he ho demanded rough rough- roughly ly Jy The Chinaman shivered Nothing tuan he lIe stammered fearfully stuck his legs wide apart and nodded his head bead several times a grim smile pla pia placing Ing on his lips BIla la he be said presently Clear out outi Mindful of ot Penningtons Pennington's warning and 1 with Ith an unea uneasy ry feeling grip grip- gripping gripping ping Ing his spine he sent a 0 watch watch- watchman watchman watchman man with an urgent note to Wal Wa- Wal- Wal one lace lace one of ot his bie juniors request request- requesting ing lug him to join him Immediately and and be ba prepared to stop the i night While waiting for or the re- re return return re return turn of ot the messenger he ha scrib- scrib scribbled scrib scribbled bled a note to Pennington and en- en encloSed en enclosed closed with It the Yellow Seven Dear Deor fenn Penn enn ho he wrote I have just received the tho enclosed per ar- ar ar Im I'm not scared at things I understand but I this has bas come as ne somewhat of ot a shock Cheerio G 0 Brabazon Wallace a Wallace a genial youth 1 Ith sandy hair and freckled face face-ar- face ar arrived rh rued rived ed at the foot of the oranda steps at about nine folios followed ed by a 0 coolie carrying a long bamboo polo ole with a basket of o clothes suspended tt at one Ofle end and nd a 0 pair of ot field field- field boots mote boots at the other He was accompanied accompanied moreover by a 0 large hound haired haired short and boisterous Evening Dont Don't mind me ie bringing Ing my dog I hopeT hope What's In the wind He dropped Into a chair and do- do de deposited posited hat and stick on tho floor Help to a drink In- In In Invited Brabazon To tell you the truth ruth Im I'm glad youve you've trotted that y i LW I If f j 4 I fix Ant Ani the Daughter r of ot Chat hung nameless beast along Some hun hun- hungry hun hungry gry cry Chinaman or othe other purloined my terrier fox-terrier a week ago Ho roo rooi ro ro i leased the glass stopper of ot a 0 bot- bot bottlo bottie bot bottle tie tle o of s soda da da water prater ater and handed It Ii across to Wallace You remember ber her the Allison affair Of ot course It II appears that his assassination wasby b by no means an ordinary act of 01 highway robbery but Abe ie e deUber- deUber deliberately ed portion of ot an exten exten- extensile sh she sile e campaign maneuvered by it II secret society I have very good reason to believe that an attempt Is about to be made against my my- my- my myself myself self and that is precisely why I I thouGht it advisable blo to send for you iou Wallace Vallace grew Brew his hia chair closer and for more than an hour they sat talking Almost a 0 a week dragged on who Wallace Wallace who was blessed wIth considerable Inventive sus genlue-sus- genius sus suspended an ingenious burglar alarm burglar from the bushes that encircled the bungalow a network of ot cotton and made home made bells bolls that the dog suc- suc succeeded suc succeeded in agitating so 80 often they hey compelled to tie him up ip 1 On the seventh day Brabazon yoke to find becoming with regard to the whole affair That afternoon he sent Wallace allace back ack to his bungalow dog and luggage and everything and gave the ho watchman Instructions instruction to cease his nocturnal perambulations perambulation and land hand In his bis rifle He would have lestro destro ed Wallaces Wallace's burglar alarm burglar If t ho he had noticed It but he didn't and at a 0 few minutes after mid mid- night It rang Swearing softly to himself he h took the hurricane lamp lomp and the th re olver that recent occurrences had brought to light and went out The line oC ot tinkling bells ran rans- rans for a 0 second time and ho he held the Ut lamp well above his head peering Into the tho night Suddenly ha ho start start- started started started ed back In amazement and quick quickened ened his hie steps In the direction If Ifa ita a a crouching trembling figure lIgure that tha shrank back from hIm him as he lIe approached ap- ap approached ap approached The hard bard lines of ot his hi race face softened as he went and pres pres- presently presently presently ho stooped and lifted the tb slim form of a 0 girl to her feet S was simply Imply clad In a 0 long sleeved long jacket of light-blue light silk bordero Ith black and quaint trousers trouser o othe of othe I the same material It II dawned up- up upon up upon on oil Brabazon as he surveyed her herIn he heIn herIn In wonderment that she was of ot d class superior to that to which he h was accustomed that her skin was Wa rather white than olive and that tha she was possessed of a a D beauty ho h had ne neer ne er Imagined possible In a i Chinese girl Her hands were small and well-formed well and Who are you 7 he demanded In is I Malay She replied to him softly Suey Koo he thought she sal sail said 1 I 7 Where do you come from She uttered a little nervous laugh I am ant the daughter of Chal- Chal Chal Hung Chal-Hung Hung The police poUce have driven my m father from his home They came cant and searched the house and house and I ran away In the darkness I saw the thi lights of your windows 18 He Ha took her cold trembling fin fin- fingers fin fingers gers gets between his own and forced her unwillingly halt up the steps to a II comfortable chair She sat on or onI I the tb extreme edge staring with childlike surprise at the tho unaccustomed unaccustomed 1 tomed surroundings You must have liae something to Ic eat Suey Suey-Koo he said eald She shook her head I am not hungry I only want to go himo Ho He remembered that he be was clod clad only In the sarong and In ir which ho he was accustomed to sleep Bleep Walt Wait Just a 0 little while he told her and I will take you As 1 he changed with feverish en- en energy energy en energy ergy Into the suit of khaki drill lie he had bad so recently discarded tho th wave vave of feeling that her coming comin lied had provoked swept like Uke an over ever welling ever swelling stream throughout his hole being overwhelming the th voice of Reason In Forgotten Forgotten In his his wild lid eagerness for tor conquest of this thit timId fragile creature lovely as the were lotus lotus flower were the immutable Immutable able aLle laws of and west the of Pennington her ery ery connection In fact fot with the bandit nho 1 ho controlled the dread move move- movements movements ments monte of the tho Yellow Seven Seen Koo had tumbled stumbled Into the alarm Ill burglar burglar alarm arm that Wallace bad made and yet It never occurred to te Brabazon secure In the fool tool I paradise that his own frailty had built that up-that up that tho the unerring finger or the great Hung Chal-Hung was as ae be- be behind hind bo-hind hind bind all this and that this seem seem- seemIngly bigly helpless girl was but hut another of the astute Oriental Orientals Oriental's cunning In- In Instruments In Instruments Instructed to decoy the planter to her her- fathers father's lair A girl In Kuala Lumpur had told Pennington that Brabazon was irresistible Ir- Ir Ir Irresistible resistible Whatever the signIficance significance significance cance of ot Suey Suey-Koo's midnight mis- mis mission mis mission don sion may have havo been with the homeward Journey barely Ii all herself nest nest- nestling nestling nestling completed she found ling contentedly within the Eng Eng encircling arm for tor all the world orld as If It that that member had hod every right to be bo where It was From behind him the planter heard himself called by byname byname name nante JIG IIo released the girl and wung lound Standing In to th the J pen space be- be between be between tween tho the hutment hutment- that ho he had Just left he saw Wallace and the watchman Brabazon wait walt waited ed d until they had caught him up What Is It he Wallace de- de demanded de demanded Look here Brabazon Im I'm sorry to butt In and all that but Isn't this a trifle unwise The area be beyond yond ond our wires wire's simply swarming aith Ith Chal Hung's men started Who told you thaU that Pennington returned the thc as- as assistant assistant as assistant Ive Ie just seen Been him He told me to advise you to send the watchman sith Miss Hung Chal-Hung Pennington Brabazon's brain reeled How the devil did he be know He bit his lip hp I sup sup- suppose suppose sup suppose pose hes he's hanging around on one of his stunts Of course Chat Chat- Hung's Chal-Hung's Hung's men are about They're looking for the girl She's lost He faced Wallace defiantly The assistant dropped a hand on his shoulder Dont go any tonight farther farther farther- Its It's too risky Barbazon felt for his pipeRe pipe He Re strode back to where the girl waited My lily watchman will see soe you home he said L Her face fell foil Her hands stole to his sleeves The look she be- be bo bestowed on on- on him stirred the fires within Trembling with an emotion that was utterly beyond his to suppress he pressed her fing- fing fing fingers ers era to his lips In n all this monotonous monotonous monotonous onous existence of ot which he ho was last fast growing tired Suey-Koo Suey was the brightest thing he had encountered encountered encountered You will come and see me she whispered presently Where can I find fIDd you and you when 1 When Brabazon again Joined Wal- Wal Wallace Wallace Wal Wallace lace the latter noticed that the cheeks of the manager were flush flush- flushed flushed flushed ed beneath the tan of years UntIl they parted at the spot where two paths met mot neither spoke a word ord The residence of ot Hung Chal-Hung as surrounded by a high There were ere three gates set close together together-II a larg portal with nar nar- nar nar flower entrances entrance on either side The tall Chinaman In greasy black who leant against this effective screen was roiling rolling a 0 with practiced skill using tobacco which he fish fish- fished fished ed from the Inner recesses of Ii a rubber pouch He clipped oft off the stray ends with Ith a a pair of ot folding scissors shielded the match with his hands then reached up and swung himself over on to the other side dropping on to the soft earth within a 0 bare twenty feet of a bam barn bamboo bamboo boo joss joss-hous with an open front There were tiled steps stepa leading up to a long altar Illuminated with paper lanterns and on the tho altar itself rested two bronze 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