Show n wey kew eu M WW s v S THE TE SI fRH ND 9 I KU 4 4 mo 9 ay 9 R NtA nS BEGIN nEIlE TODAY Peter I In is engaged to marrY Viney sl te ot of Cap Cap- Captain CaPlain Captain tain lain John Hewitt Commissioner of Police at t British North Borneo Pennington Is la detailed b bythe i ithe the government to apprehend Chat Chat- Hung Chal-Hung Slung leader of o The Th Yellow Tellow Sevena Seven a gang ang of ot Chinese bandits bandit DentS Denis district receIves a call from a dusky Dyak uk D bell belle belie who dances before the chiefS at the rice harvest harest Moorhouse t at tendIng this thia festival notices notice that the girl vears wears wonderful sliver silver gauntlet NOW GO ON WITH THE TUE STORY And still Denis Deni Moorhouse felt hopelessly at sea He lie ie glanced back backover ovet ove hl his Boulder the living room and hi his hia neither halt meal then drew the tha tumbler from the arm of hi chair and sent dent the tho th SOdA biasing Into the amber fluid All the tho time while he strove to Ush a mental balance he ho felt that Ithe the girls girl's eyes were fixed on hIm and the tha mocking light that played In in them made him hint uneasy 1 I am are a busy man he be protested and I am tired I do not ot yet un understand un- un understand understand the motive that has brought you here Again that Intoxicating smile She leant backward over the tho rail so 0 that the tightening folds of ot her herI I sarong accentuated the graceful curves of her form the garment seemed to have become part of her like the plumage of a a bird or orthe orthe the down It lit a gorgeous butterfly that flutters tor for a brief moment In the sunlight and Is gone Moor Moor- Moorhouse Moorhouse Moor louse house knew that she he would go- go go knew that she must go but a strange uncontrollable desire was wall swiftly building itself up within him to ta postpone the moment ot of her hes I I I I J depart departure re The Tuan ruan-Hakim will remember ber that when I left the tho clearing I ran quickly Into the forest I I II had gone but a little way through I the trees when Ihen hien something tripped me and I fell One of the things that A chief had made for fos forme tome me slipped from my hand and I I L looked l up presently to see that a a L great China orang orang a yellow man mart tall and very had tat fat had picked the th i t thing hing from the grass and was look lookIng In i ng at it I sprang at him like a a cat tiger cat but a second man held hel helmy I heldI my arms front from behind so BO that I I I could not move moe There 1 acre nere eTe other othes in the Jungle for tor I could I hear the bushes ag u they moved The Tbt Theman Thiman I man who held the silver hand I carried one arm ann In 8 a a black cloth L and hIs hia face tace wa was waa very ver oiL ell After Arter a little while he drew hi his arm front from I the cloth and thrust under my eyes s I the stump where a hand band had ha I been been- been Which hand was It Interrupted Interrupt Interrupt- t ed Moorhouse Quickly The left Idt tuan You are sure turo of this It had come back to the D Os Oi s 's g memory that Pennington had told tol I him how one of ot his men had sev- sev ered fOred Chal Chat left lert hand at tho thi writt I I ha have hae e reason to be sure be- be be beI cause the silver afler sheath that I lost lost I wu was from my left hand I who I am afraid of reared nothing nothing eared this thi thiL thiman S man Black Bl Ck girl the orang ChinA L said I I 1 have hava more need of thi thu this thuI S thing than you therefore I shall I keep it Presently from the S or of his coat he produced a knife Bring me the head of or the tho English English- Englishman Englishman i man who sat in the clearing when I I you danced and danced and you shall havi hait S IS your our hand He Walked away haitI Into I the trees and It was a D long while I before he returned Listen he hi S said sold again There Is a white mar man I whom hom the tho natives call lie He Who whit Wh I Sees In the Dark Kill him and him and I will III give gite gh e you hands of gold gold that thai all other dancers may envy you The magistrate grimly The Chinaman said that did die dic I he llie 1 he girl nodded It Is a difficult thing the she add add- added add ed gravely cravel tor for unless I kill you you- you I lose the tho sliver silver hand lland forever and If It I kill you I lose a I You You will also stand Bland a very good gool 1 I chance of ot being strung up by th the thu I neck fleck for the crows to peck at at Dk Did Dicho 3 I he ho tell you ou where here hare to take the head I of the white man I 1 must go to a certain house houst I I where theY at opIum and opium and ho he au i 1 take me with Ith him to the orang orang- China Moorhouse grunted It 1 la Is not such auch a difficult thing after all he told her lien Ono Ono One day dai soon when I hen I shall toll toil you lou ou I nil wll III 1 give yon a II parcel to take to thIs thu thuI 3 Chinaman You You Bill niH III say to the man manat ma maI marat I at the opium-house opium that the head I of the white l man Is la there but you yot youcan I can only show It to the orang orang- China who nho ho has bas the silver er hand H Iii He I III vi take you with him and at a a e L little distance I shall follow care care- carefully fully rully Come to me e every ery 41 until With that day day Goodnight She left lert the rail and came camo to- to toward to ward him hesitantly her arms outstretched out out out- outstretched stretched In front of her I hae have no home she said sort soft ly Iy ly Will not the Tuan Tuan-HakIm let 11 le mo tue stay stoy There was nas as a choking sensation In it I his throat as Moorhouse avoided her gaze lie He shook his hia head It would be neither good tor fol you nor for tor me little silver sliver hand he ho he stammered He lie turned abruptly to onard t the door ot or tho the inner room t to o indicate that the palaver wax was at al atan atan an end Presently something clattered to tc tche u the t he floor and floor and the girl was as gone He swung Iy round on his heel eel and taw saw the thing that she elm had dropped It was a knife auth Ith Itha a long steel blade and a ae at yellow handle ornamented with with black dots He stooped and recovered It as u he so he recognised the grim i ign ot of the Yellow Seven I S Moorhouse was ass not a little lur stir Bur when emerging front from his hia at shortly after orter seven he lie sight of ot a long youthful comfortably Installed In the easy chair the bungalow pos- pos Morning Moorhouse I The D 0 laughed Hullo PennIngton When the th deuce did you roll up Chinese elf and sat up Oh somewhere in the early carly hours hour Met your black chow In the th He wa was barking a at t the tho th moon moon and and the few tow odd shouts he h on my account didn't appear appeal r make much difference He lie moved hl his hll legs to one ons on side ld 16 the tho magistrate d down rn the too foot rest Not too bad I hail had 18 an Inter Inter- piece of ot news last night vo struck a black girl 1111 Vho who's to guide us to Cha t Pennington pursed pureed up his lipa lip t Women are UI arthe the vcr very dere delC h he hi declared Id 14 like like to be res- res rea rell reasonably sure before sure before I embark upon this that campaign campaign that your lady friend Isn't contemplating leadIng us to the devil The Tb Orle Oriental tal eyes that had hall somehow found their way Into Int S pUrel purely Anglo Saxon countenance wandered slowly round the walls Im Int Inclined to put my shirt on thu this thia particular Moor house girl said Bald Moor Moor- house and told him him the he story ot of the silver hand All through the narrative the theman kc man with the Chinese eyes cyca kept pt them fixed upon his host hoat So your heroine he re re- re wT I i I I She Sho came me toward him hint hesitantly m marked as the other concluded The magistrate started Know her herI g 1 rather imagine I do She's a i DJ-ak DJ b gIrl who drifted Into B N r 1 B 3 from Sarawak A rather rathor unique c character Yo with aith Ith a touch of ot white b blood lood In itt her vein veins As far tar as ts I r remember she had a billet once w with onel- onel ith the Sultan of Brunei Brunel and ani p possibly boned those lianas fron fronis his h is treasure house when wIlen he en- en engaged en g aged another premiere danseuse Why Why did he lie fire tire her I gather gathel she was rather a di t element clement In his his household w with ith a marked leaning toward In- In in t HewItt could tell ou more about her than I can He H Had h had ad her name on his books book to fo S flomo somo ome time but decide there was wasa wa a screw loose somewhere and somewhere and let leer Ie le lether h her er go Gua GUaya a She She's certainly a r remarkable woman oman Guaya her name name or or rather rathe r she e he rhe sa says salt s its it's her name Moorhouse's jaw dropped Alt All things considered I sup sup- sup p pose ose I wed ned ed wash nash ash her out of ot it al- al al t and try and get a smack at a t Hung Chal-Hung through other chine chan channels nela nels toi Chinese Pennington sprang to t h his i feet and began pacing the v veranda eranda That depends he jerked out s suddenly believe In In some gome respects I be- be be l lieve her to be ba straight She ap- ap ap- ap p pears appears ears to have taken a 11 o fancy to s our honest open countenance 11 TIle The district officer Pennington halted in the center o of f the loor centerI I Moorhouse As AB I told you ou before Moor Moor- Ioor- Ioor h house ouse women are aro the cry t cry ery devil devil- devil w when Guayas hen they're as us clever as Guaya I Is s and have taken a rooted dis- dis dislike l like ike to one ons You can take It fromme from me the knifes knife's authentic enough the tha t he only snag In thoI tho the I whole ahole hole proceed proceed- proceedIngs i Ings appears to be that Chat Chat- i- i Hung lung may have haie Intended her lIeI to tc bring b ring it here with nith the happy no- no no t tion notion ion of ot enticing us Into hIs c clutches lutches Wo Wb y could keep our eyes open f for or anything in the nature of an ar a ambush Frankly Penn Inclined Im I'm In- In d ined to give it a trial I saw the s sliver silver hands myself Hung Chal h had ad no reason rOllon to believe II I wai isas I as a aware ware of ot hi his presence In my area area- area a and nd he certainly would be the last to t o advertise it Pennington perched himself on t the he edge of the table Good enough rh he ho declared Well Well ell make the experiment and r rope ope In old Dason Daw son into the bar- bar bargain barain gain g ain Moorhouse left lert the veranda eranda fh fite e minutes later to complete his hia t toilet As he l drew the comb from t the he leather case where It reposed i In tt company with nith 1 Ith the tho brushes his fingers ingers f touched something that w was waa as wound In bet between een the teeth l He lIe ie released It gingerly and stepped t toward oward the open window Even in Inthe the t he dimmer recesses of ot the room he h e had understood the significance of the seven black daubed U upon pon a yellow ellow card the tho size and shape hape s of his forefinger C S a S a SAt At the spot I where here two forest foreM tracks track t crossed a II solita solitary squat h hut ut rose from the waist-high waist Ia- Ia lang l lang la-lang ang Pennington caught Moor Moor- h arm and pulled him down b beside eside him hint Steady on old old son eon Dont Don't take a any ony ny chances Dawson Dawson-a Dawson a short red-faced red mat mai of ot o f uncertain age ago and Inclined stoutness s to crawled up to them toI h his is hand hands and knees on Hanged If it I like this game Penn 1 Ie e collected about as as many thorns a 0 as a porcupine has q Continued In Our Next I uc |