Show Ve w S SY V 3 3 r- r A CercY CE fy y U L by l y y r 11 l S D This unusual series serle of deals with the exploits of o Chi nNa ne Pennington a detective scat ent by hIs bla government to British North Borneo to run TUn to earth The Yellow Tellow Seven a 8 PD ga-ar ga of ot Chinese bandits It was one of those gray Iray ray close unhealthy days daya that Major Maor Armi- Armi Armitage Armi- Armi tage tags came caine to B B N B I It He stood In a c poal- poal position ion tion In Sn the center of the tho first cIa first deck of ot the little Baru moored u-moored alongside the white jetty tall to fIgure with an aristocratic and a monocle that delighted all li native beholders When Captain John HewItt CommIsSiOner Hewitt Commissioner of ot po- po Po Police observed lice lice observed him hint through hi binoculars from the veranda of hi his the the newcomer appeared a to be he giving orders to everybodY within hearing Jack called Monica from her chair who Is it Her brother glanced back Youre merely guessing he re- re retorted retorted re retorted You couldn't possibly see from where you are Would to I I can you like me prove It A long lean stoop man with a funny and andred andred andred red tabs there And And there you OU are ed ed ad Chinese PennIngton through the theoffice theOffice Office window Monica has the eye of ot an nn awk Pennington climbed through the and took the glasses from I the others other's hand Monica gave a little ImpatIent tors toes to her ber shock hock of fair curl curls folded down the page ot Of the book she he had been reading and joined them by the rail raU Th That Thit t- t said point point- pointIng pointIng pointing ing down n the hill hili is Major James Jamesl- Jamesl LaCY acy Armitage- Armitage D D S b O murmured Monica I I 1 fancy youre you're wrong there He Helias has ha three ribbons almost ribbons almost as broad broadas broadas as as they are long long- longOne One I li Is for goIng to Messina just after the earth earth- earthquake earthquake earthquake quake the second I dont don't know and the third he obtained by giving up hIs seat in a bus to a RussIan Grand GraDd Duchess i Monica laughed The question Is said Hewitt what his particular stunt Blood and Iron IronI I Addresses a party party dinner as If he ho were re back on parade with the umpteenth hue hus- hus hussars liars ears Is one of those men who talks until they give him a 0 job simply to get rid of o him I i see set said the Commissioner You dont don't happen happeD to know I sup sup- suppose suppose sup suppose pose what tort sort of billet they've fixed him up with this time Chinese Pennington was wu engaged In rolling roiling a II cig-aret cig They couldn't find him a va- va va vacancy so cancy-so cancy so they made a job joh tor for h hint Hes He's a sort of traveling Inspector Ohl OhI Oh gasped Monica You dont don't think they've sent him here to take talce Jacks Jack's place Not on your life Armitage dont don't like work Hes He's on the cush- cush cushIest lost cush-lost lest Iest thing hes he's eer e er and struck struck nothing short t of if an Induce him to chuck It up Hell Hll I Inspect the barracks parade all the native troops drill thorn thom himself nose into the tho cookhouses cookhouse waste ev- ev everybody's ev everybody's I Inose and time time and write a II stink stink- stinkIng stinking stinking ing report home to England con con- condemning con condemning everybody Monica VIney Vincy's Viney's forehead I I wrinkled Wont that bo be rather serious Pennington smiled be dIsastrous It disastrous it anybody at home took too Armitage seriously As Asfar Asfar far as I can make out out to be con con- con can AsI I condemned by our friend in the mon mon- monocle ode ocle ode Is the finest recommendation for promotion and Increase of ot pay paya paya paya a police officer can con have The Commissioner wound the tho leather leother sling Gling carefully round the binoculars and arid consigned them to the eaten cockroach case easo th t hung from the wall And all this he complained when Im I'm up to my ey eyes in work have to entertain him that's all I i like that I I thought you would Our vial vial- visitor visitor tor appears to be a perfectly harm harm- harmless harmless harmless less sort of idiot although a bit ot of ota ofa ofa a bore You have to be a bore If it you yon wear a monocle asserted Monica wisely I i warn iou ou Peter that It if you attempt to conspire with Jack to leae o me alone with that man man-I man man- I flirt with him out out- outrageously outrageously out outrageously Sorry hut Sorry but while the dashing Major l Is explaining to you yon what he did when hen hen he served with the nth hussars I shall ahall not improbably be In the wilderness In bearch ot of Mr Hung's Chai latest place hiding True enough our pet bandit was badly winged by Rabat Rabat- Rabat Pilai and the activities of ot the Y low 1 low Seven ha hae ha e been temporarily suspended but while Chai Hung Chat exists exist there s a going to be bo trouble on this Island and Its It's up to me to stop it Where Is Js Hung Chat Chinese pennington spread out his hands bandS Vanished from the face of ot the earth lost his hia left hand in your l last st stunt didn't he hc queried the Com Com- Commissioner Corn Corn- Commissioner missioner Wherever he happens happen to be Chal Chai be thirsting for your Tour blood A heavenly smile smila spread over I Penningtons Pennington's boyish features I I I didn't do It It I only onty wish I II I had It was my chief of ot stAt staff start R who bat KAbat who accomplished the dirty deed Hes He's dried the grue grue- gruesome grue- grue gruesome gruesome some relic oer over the tho fire tire and carries It about with Ith him And the ring said Monica eAgerly the the ring with the tho green greenstone stone He wears that I hadn't the heart hart to deprive him of ot It tt seeing that the bandit robbed him of an anear anear ancar ear and an eye on their last en- en encounter encounter en encounter counter Monica retreated to her chair and folding her bands hands over one knee gazed through palm clad palm slopes to the like liko road bo- bo below bolow low bo-low low t I I wish with all my heart you could could catch him I hate to thInk of you roaming about In the jungle with every Chinaman's hand against you It gets on my nerves neMes I 1 1 wonder If tt hes he's heard beard that Fin Im still In the land of ot living mused ton Penning Did I ever tell you that Varney Vorney buried me with all duo due pomp and end ceremony ceremony placed a suitable Inscription over my head bead Peter Petr Hewitt said earnestly do your damndest but for Heaven en s a sake take precautions Chal- Chal Hung Chal-Hung Hung Hung s s terrible enough under t nary Chal circumstances ut Chat Chat- Hung willbe deprived of ot one ono hand will be like a wounded wasp I know returned the tuna mall with the Chinese eyes He Re smiled across at Monica But hes he's still sUti yellow the same delightful scoundrel whose habits Ive I've mado made r i E The major deposited himself in the int comfortable chair with wIth- wIthin with with- within within in reach a study life-study I came canto here to get him todo and although Ive I've failed to do so 80 scores of times Ive I've kept keN him on the run Therod There'd boon been the deuce to pay In Borneo tt tJ hod hed been left quietly to his own re- re re resources sources And yet said Monica still un- un un convinced unconvinced you haven't a notion her aher a her ho he Is ts now No o but my men are beating the Island prett thoroughly and front from what I gathered this morn morn- morn morn- ing lag morning they're gLUing getting warm This morning But you haven't I been out out tons Penning face wrinkled Im going to let you Into II a state secret Did yo you you happen to between hear a Dust in gong beating heating be- be be tween nine nino and anti ten 7 Yes said the Co Commissioner r 1 had half II a a mind to tend Send an orderly down and have It stopped I only permit gong beating In the vicinity of ot my house on days feast feast and times of national rejoicing That would have been a pity returned the tha other because I should have lost the tho interesting portIon of a most moat breezy patch dispatch from the zone lone of war Hewitt grabbed his hat bat froma from a peg Tho The worthy Major has fauna fonna his way to our slope All things considered It would be as well perhaps It If I went to met him You dont don't want me roe by any chance Inquired Pennington unless IDIN'S you particularly to come I 1 dont don't He lie waited until the Commissioner had bad gained the sort soft earth outside then dived tor for the pasa way way way ge-way Im off h he added to Monica Coward Not in the least least- As Aa a matter of fact tact I once took a hundred dollars front from our friend at poker and poker and he doesn't alto alto- altogether alto gether cotton to mel me disappeared A second later and ond he had dis- dis dis appeared altogether Mrs Vinet came caine forward to greet Major ajor James Lacy Icy orthe Delighted said the owner ot 0 the monocle Wont Vont you sit down inquired Monica Invitation The Tha Th major accepted her tion and himself In the most comfortable chair within reach demanded Where er can I stow my kIt de- de de Armitage having satisfied himself that nothing ass nas missing like to keep it all 11 under your eye I suppose Ill I'll get flay boy to see it Into your lour our room I t hope be bo with us some time sometime added Monica anxious to satisfy her curiosity The major started Im I'm I er Im I'm rather afraid not hereon Mrs Viney Vincy Ive I've been heen sent hero here on a rather Important mission and andI I dont don't count on remaining tn in Borneo for more than a few tow days Armitage turned to the Com Coin Commissioner missioner What time dyo lunch 7 One One s slid said ld Hewitt promptly Jacks a II bit of ot an lu explained the girt girl To To tell tel you atthe the th real truth were we're helplessly at the mercy Of o our Chinese e boy Mr Ir principally ton Penning got hIm for tor us pally because hes he's somehow man man- man man-j aged managed arA 1 to earn the of the Yellow Seven and seven and of course he safer sater under the roof root of ot the Commissioner of P Police PelIc Ies Hes good at his work but he hasn't remotest Idea what punctuality Conti Continued In fan Our Ow Next Issue |