Show i f y c w V N NI I Tit I lyM y RIM RA Wt tJ A U IC DEGl BEGIN lIERE TODAY Peter ton Penning known knowl as Chinese Pennington or of his his- slant Blant eyes is detailed by the government to run to earth arth Tho Yellow Seven a gang Bang of ot Chinese bandits Ho iso suspects Hung Chil influential Chinese of ot being bein loader leader of the gang Ban Pennington Is in inlove inlove Inlove love with Monica Vinci Vincy sister of Captain John Hewitt Commission CommIssion- Comm Commissioner slon- slon er of ot Police at North Borneo Monica receives a Siamese kitten tor for a present and names It Peter reter after ton NOW GO ON WITh T THE STORY held a roving corn com commIssion com commission mission The extraordinary acci accident dent of birth had condemned him to go through life lite with two onal dlag-onal silts for tor or eyes had been mainly responsible for tor the unusual career ho he had selected When occasion demanded ho be assumed tho gul guise guile e ot of ota ofa ofa a half casto trader a ChInese keeper se shop keeper a coolie or even a mandarin And In his wanderings the tho natives who had dubbed him he who sees In tn the dark had endowed him also with I sundry other powers As far tar as was humanly Pennington worked alone and the tho Commissioner of ot Police was never surprised when he disappeared for weeks at a time Ume nor bothered his head about this extraordinary youth until he turned up again It was shortly after his Interview with Chinese Pennington however that certain incidents occurred that gave food for tor reflection On visiting the of ot the shop of the YIn YIn the agent notorious Hung Chal Hewitt found It closed and none of ot the neighboring traders appeared able to supply him lith ith the Information tio tion he as to the where where- whereabouts whereabouts of ot Yin Lien himself Hewitt returned to the bungalow In search sarch of Pennington only to learn that ho lie had llad gone out half haltan an hour before and had left no message The Commissioner swo-e swo swo softly to himself and sent the boy boytor for tor Monica It occurred to him that his sister might be ot of help At any rate the she he was probably the thelast thelast thelast last person who had seen Penning Penning- Pennington ton Penning Iton ton The servant returned with a mes sacs message sage that Monica was suffering tram from a severe sevens headache and that he was nas not to wait walt lunch for tor her The Chinese servant shuffled In Inand Inand Inand and placed a small tray on the table before him The Commissioner rc reached ched out for the glass looking down all the while at the mans man's bare toes What did you buy at the shop of Yin Lien thIs thia morning he do- do demanded de demanded with sudden fierceness The Chinaman started violently Nothing tuan he ho stammered eVidently taken off ort his guard I Hewitts Hewitt's brows converged What were you doing there there-If there you bought nothing The creature opened his mout but no sound came camo He lIe stood be before be- be before before fore the Englishman twisting his fIngers together glancing from one object to another as sa If it In search ot of Inspiration The Tho shop of ot Yin Tin is closed he announced suddenly The Commissioner sprang to 1 Is his fort feet Ho crossed to the rail and called to an orderly on duty out out- outside outside out outside side I am going to arrest you my friend he said grimly The servants servant's eyes dilated with terror and he shrank tack hack ack a against the wall both hands outstretched In front of him But wh tuan Because I have seen a certaIn man who was in Lien Yin's shop when ou went He Be paused to observe the effect ot of o this feat teat of Imagination He lie heard you warn Yin Yin Lien that my roen were com com- comIng com com- coming coming ing to take him The features of the swarthy face hardened a sa the Chinaman's ey eyes s stell tell fell upon the figure of the orderly who lurked Inquiringly on the threshold It It is a lie Ito tuan the servant protested sullenly because ul there was nobody in the tho shop when I went Hewitt turned abruptly to eon con conceal con conceal ceal the smile that played at the corners of his mouth Take Tako him away he command command- commanded ed and and dont don't let him out of ot your sight Ight It wa was wai on the tha ev evening of o the tho fourth day after Penningtons Pennington's d da that the new enga bo-enga bo ed edIn In place of ot the tho one ono who was waa under arrest cause came In with the an- an announcement announcement an announcement that a deputation was waiting In the garden The and Mrs Irs Viney riney were at dinner Hewitt looked up Who are they 7 The boy shook his head There Thero are six ix of ot them tutu and they ha e come a long dis- dis distance distance dis distance tance The Commissioner shrugged iI shoulders Ho He passed a hand ho-ad through his hair and vanished through the open doorway The night was unusually dak kand da-kand and a n coo cool b breeze ze met him as ho he reached the tho open veranda A broad rectangle of ot light coming from froni tile tho house fell upon the soft Boft earth ut sit atthe the foot of the steps and just be- be beyond beyond be beyond yond It he ho saw the forms of ot six men their white garments contrast contrast- contrasting log Ins weirdly with the Intense black black- blackness blackness blackness ness without A short uniformed figure in f a l round hat bat and bare feet came smartly to attention as ashe ashe ashe he approached Well what is it Hewitt Before Defore the native non commis noncommissioned I officer could reply a tau n pushed to the top of the step Steps and stood before the Com Corn Commissioner I missioner Great Orent tuan tUlln he began speak speak- speaking speaking ing rapidly in Malay I am Lien Lien- Yin I Yin the agent of or the great grent Chai- Chai Hung Chal-Hung who flung who la is dead dond Hewitt HowItt looked up Go on he commanded Pre Pre I shall ba hate bae e something something- to say to you Yin Lien Chal Hung Chat Hung Is dead pursued the other unperturbed So I believe put In the PIng Ent- coldly Ho He wn was glUing gazing toward a outlined dimly-outlined case BUS sus- suspended sus suspended from two poles ton the tb extremities tlC ties of which rested on the shoulders shoulders ders dotS ot or four men How did Han Chi Hang hi die Ho He He aa ILI poisoned tUIl tuan I can can- cannot cannot can cannot I not tell you the manner of or hIs death b I Ms as not there II You will wilt understand that I was wa the tho agent of or Hung Chat paid t-o t o do his bidding It Is la to further carry out his hili wishes that I have come to you OU tonight There I Is a boat leaving for Singapore tomorrow tuan and It is la desired that the th remains of my late master should be conveyed In It to the tomb ot of his hla ancestors The commissioner The remains of ot Hung Chal-Hung T lie he echoed Yah tuan Where are they There tuan He pointed along a along along long nail finger toward the garden Indicating the case Hewitt had bad al- al already aready al already ready seen The commissioner drummed on the woodwork of ot the table with I the tips of his fingers He found it difficult to reconcile the enormous enormous enormous ous figure of ot the Chinese bandit when alive with alive with the rIdiculous box that was supposed to contain all that was left ot or him when whon dead How do you there mean mean there ho bo demanded presently What does doea that case contain It contains a bronze jar said w LIli vi I Vs w I I A tall Chinaman ChInman pushed to the top of ot the steps Llen- Llen Yin Lien calmly and In the jar are the ashes or of o Hung Chal-Hung Hewitt sprung ng to his feet teet and be- be began began be began gan pacing the veranda What nonsense is this he Jerked out over his hia shoulder Since when have hae ou commenced burn burn- burnIng burning ing tug your dead For the first time Yin Lien Lien smiled His evil pock marked pock face tace puckered up into innumerable and wrinkles and he groped in the depths 01 0 a voluminous e lIe produced a yellow wound on en a rod of or black blaek wood with tassels or of o red silk sill at either end These are the last abt wishes ot of the great Hung Chal he ho said bald State Stale them briefly commanded comm Hewitt That because I have havo li ed both bothIn bothin bothin In the West Vest and In the East Bast anti ana have seen customs that are bad and some that are arc good I would wish my body to be d disposed of ot in a manner that I believe bellev to 10 be bo That in the event ot of my death In any place outside China my body shall be burnt and th the thu ashes placed In an urn made by my people and suitably inscribed and shall l be e transported with as sa little delay as possible to the home of my ances ances- ancestor ancestor I tor f 5 I 1 see sec broke in the commis commis- commissioned commissioned I taking the scroll from tram his hla hand You will come como to me mc in the morning Yin IJen for tor my decision ion lion In the meantime both this and the package must remain here Do you understand 7 The Chinaman appeared to hesi hesi- hesi hesitate hesitate tate They are the ashes of the dead he reminded the commissioner Precisely agreed Hewitt But you forget torget Mr Yin Lien that I hold a warrant tor for the arrest arresto of dead Hung Hung ChaJ-Hung dead or alive S He stuck the tho thing on the top ot of the safe sate in his office CoptAin John Hewitt had long longI I ago given up collecting curios ana anO yet this great bronze jar fascinated I him If It indeed the a ashes hes of ot the tho great Hung Chat reposed within thoI I hi own troubles were at an end Pennington was free tree to return to Singapore and the whole of the scattered white community of the Island were at liberty to retire tranquilly to rest Moreover I It seemed as It if within the funeral urn of o Hung Chal lay the key to Monicas Monica's happiness He rose presently and lifting the Jar from its perch turned It round and round in his hands be I thing was a masterpiece of ot Orl- Orl Ori Oriental craftsmanship and the Itt Itt- Itt that he had believed to be i painted on the bi blonzo onze surface surface was waa Inlaid d L process that must have taken years ot of patient toll toil to accomplish And et Hung Hune had only been boon dead for lor a matter ot of days Ho He found himself wondering what the Inscription implied anti ana wishing that Chinese who could have speedily enlightened enlightened ened cued him hOod him had chosen any ny other time but this to be away some Bome reason ion or other he began to feet dissatisfied with time tile way In which the trophy had bad come como Into his hl slon It was a perfectly na- na natural natura na natural tural tura sequence or of o events after all alland anti and perhaps It was that which wor wor- worried wor- wor worried I ried nod him most 11 Hewitt flicked licked the ash uh from hIs turning abruptly he ho saw Monica standing In the iho doorway She was wearing the kimono as when Pennington had surprised them In the office and the Slam Slain Siamese ese em kitten was waa tucked snugly under one arm It seemed to the tho corn com commissioner com missioner that she was unusually and there thero were darK lInes linea un un- un under under der her eyes that be he had not no- no noticed noticed no noticed bet before ore in la Our OUI Next Issue roe |