Show we f Y ye ww- ww N k kiER V TH THE BARRIer SA iER R RV I A 43 R OF fIRE fY o S SY S Y y Y tu SHet- SHet fy y RM f 1 n 0 I i I NA l tRYl v t- t t us BEGIN HERE TOD TODAY Y Captain s Johp John Hewitt Commis Commis- of ot Police at British North Borneo has hu as guest Drom daughter ot of o Chard Drom- Drom Icy ley new manager ot of the Baniak Belak rubber estate Peter Pen Pen- Pennington Pen engaged encased by the go ern got em- em emment ment to apprehend Hung Chat Chal leader or of o The Yellow Seven a gang gangi of Chinese bandits loves Hewitts Hewitt's elster sister Monica Viney Jocelyn Gwynne comM comes to and tells Pennington that he lie knows d Chard Bromley and that Bromle Bromie A 5 ht aD La w au NOW GO 00 Oil Or WITH TI THE PUt STORY STORI Anyhow I bad had been having bating i 0 spot with Ith Chard Bromley at the thi hotel Just as I was WI thinking nf o pushing oft off a notorious bad hat ha tried to touch him for tor monet monel Bromley's a pretty decent chap taking taking- him all round and 1 I thought my Interference was sas jus- jus jua Jue titled hadn't h heard rd hat wha Id I'd said to Bromley but I gath- gath gathered gathered ered from flom the look he ho e gate me when he cleared that he under under- understood understood stood what had come corns between the th planter and his generosity I fol- fol followed to fol followed I lowed him ou out partly out of or curios curios- curiosIty curiosity curiosity ity and partly because I wanted anted tn LD excuse for going and goIng and leaning against a the stone parapet I saw Hung Hung Chal-Hung He lIe was In pukka c ote- ote kit kit ning-kit and his hia shirt froM Immaculate About halt half a a docen 1 paces from him a large car w s waiting Sonnies walked Balked straight up to him and before I could col- col collect collect col collect lect my senses they had driven I off ate together and Hung Chat mur mur- murmured mur- mur murmured murmured Pennington I don dont t thInk I remember rather actor rathna Oh hes he's an actor feller a clever cleer cle deter er Impersonator as S a ot of fact who tact who washed out of ot a vuo c vuo vue company while they were play play- playing ing lug at Singapore Drugs Drues were ere hIS chief trouble I understand Chard s ot 0 over er cr here now nov said the Commissioner By Bythe the wa way ou referred to him as a little feller teller I should hardly call Bromley little would you son Daw-son Daw Daw- Daw Dawson son Dawson Da shook his head ponder ponder- ponderously ponderously ponderously Scarcely Gw Gwinne looked from one to the theother theother amazement other in Are you sure I positive The Commissioner smiled condescendingly at the I man who had bad crimsoned to o the roots of oC his hair Ills I daughters laughters staying at m my place now Dau Daughter PeoPle People do have daughters you know put In Dawson Pennington laughed Come along Gwynne Gynne Were We're going to rope you In for dinner with us You'll be able ble to see lee for your your- yourself yourself self telf then Youve You've got sot hold of the wrong man old son done It my- my my scores of or times I tell you I met Chard Bromley In n the bar at Raffles He was as a little ittle man and Im I'm prepared to wager he hadn't a daughter with him urn Hev rose to his feet reet the oth- oth others oth others ers ms following following- suit been pulling our leg eg he ho told him Chard Brom- Brom BromIe Bromel's eia Brom Ie els el's s 's here all right I happened to 0 see his credentials myself and they hey were perfectly In order Hes He's talking about arranging a gigantic house by the bye In the bungalow the nev never r 11 el to see Bee completed I suppose I everybody who's be bethere bethere there here J Pennington ton affected surprise You going Jack JackI I dont don't see why not said the theom CommIssioner om mission or And Monica ses se's pretty keen on the tho no- no noThey noton no notion tJ tion ton They left lett the clubhouse and de- de descended de descended the steps that led lei to the road oad Dawson and Gwynne walked In a front Bromley's areas area's still restless said aid ton Penning after atter a prolonged pause ause If he raided the estate while rhile you were dancing Chal- Chal Chai stand a fair chance of bag- bag I II I i He Swept EnId Ehid Into Waging Wa Aims ging every Important in Borneo Hew Hev Itt laughed I Twenty or thirty whites whiten would woul eive gl your friend a al I deuced warm warn rec reception I Im m not forgetting tin tho Ui Yellow Seven Se and Ill I'll make mako it ml my m I business to Insure nobody goes goci empt hand handed d S S C I Captain John Hewitt stretched himself wearily pushed flom In ii if front of him the documents at a which he had hd been working attel atte and strolled out on to ro the th veranda v mi the living room and the ve- ve ve vt veranda randa were deserted Ho He cast a L quick glance g round him and re- re remarked remarked re remarked marked that one of the most moat com com- corn chairs chaira was w missing Thirty seconds later he had succeeded li ii In i tracing the dim outline of ot the mis- mis missing mis mi sing ping piece of not furniture furniture not a i yards arda from the foot of or the steps A d single tingle glowing growing spot accentuated spot the blackness blackness that the chair was waa as occupied He went down That you Peter Tho The pleasantly contralto tones ionee of 0 Sold Enid replied to him him him- No Its It's I Captain Hewitt The Thi others have gone down to the thi coast Mrs Mn Viney Vincy Mas as anxious to ti dIscover how bow the native fishermen spiked fish He lie took the flight at a couple ot 0 strides and selecting a wicker stool placed It In the immediate immediato proximity ity ty of Miss Bromley Why didn't you go and see aee the thi fishing by lamplight Miss Brom Brom- Bromley Bromey Bromley ley- ley ley ey She tossed the end of ot her Into nto the tho darkness It didn't seem altogether going out to enjoy ourselves while you rou were slaving away In there So Sc Soi 1 slopped stopped I There was something something- about Duk Bromley that was ws w far tar more intoxicating ting cating than the contents of the de- de deI decanter de decanter I canter anter That was Wu really very nice of o you rou Hewitt contrived to r respond I Ini Im sorry you missed the show on oi ormy my fly account Its It's quite an Interest Interest- InterestIng Interesting ing ng spectacle The fish comes up u to 0 see what the light Is I anci and nd Mr Dlack Man jabs his spear into it The rhe girl r laughed Couldn t we wo go tonight Certainly If It youre you're not t i tired ired Would auld you II like ke to Awfully On the way to the coast he took her arm ann because it seemed a 0 per per- per natural and permissible thing king to do They stood for tor a while applauding the efforts of men In im cloths loin cloths and laughing girls tucked upwell up well welt abo aboia abote 0 their knees flees until a more wae-inore waie more ous 3 than its predecessors threat predecessors threat threatened ened ned to encircle thornIe thorn them He Tie swept Enid into his arms arias and deposited her er presently on a 3 convenient grown lass grown n bank banI am among ng the trees They hey talked in disjointed sentences wIthout either cither appearing to notice Suddenly the girl sighed Its wonderful 1 Why t you OU tell me Didn't you know now it was like this I IA A voice that Hewitt dimly un- un unI understood un understood was WI his hia hi own replied I It a wasn't nt like until this this until you came ame I It a was as too dark for tor him to see seethe seethe the he look 1001 of triumph In her eyes ees hey had closed moreover by the theme I time me he had realized that her part part- parted I ed d lips III's were tantalizing near his own and and had bad bridged the distance with an Impetuosity that was new to 0 him hint him He awoke at last to the bitter itter knowledge that the hour hourglass glass gl lass of ot their exquisite pl pleasure ure was ms fast running out that Monica would be wondering what had bad hap hap- hap happened ened to them At the foot toot of or the garden Burt made tade him stop j I Jack she whispered you n tell yet unless them yet unless you lUke ke I shah shall lla hate ha e to he said Therell Therel be no end of a E scandal If itI I dont don't I L see flee I had a note from father this his evening Ive I've cot got to join him ImmedIately Hes He's lonely up there You ou 11 Ii come to our wont warming house house sc arming ont iou OU and bring everybody you youcan youcan can an I want it to be a big success And Ar And Captain Hewitt promised Dawson Dason had gone back to The house house rest and Monica was evi- evi evidently evi evidently dently In the act of o for Cor forshe she ho contented herself with calling to 0 them thorn over the partition that separated operated her room from front the ye- ye veranda ve veranda randa anda Ho How late you you are are you two We Ve caine down to meet you vou aid Enid I dont don't know Inow how we e sed you Are there two ways way There are and are and nd Jack knows bern both He ought to have rc re- re me red that we never take tako the path ath through the trees I l suppose bats bat's how ho iou ou missed in liS she added with a touch of m lee There are decided drawbacks to talking through h a 0 wall even wall oven ven It if only a wooden on one on-e Hewitt felt this his Arent you coming out No I 1 cant can't You can slip Blip on a dressing eown gown own Be Bo a sport Not me laughed Monica Pt Pe ers er's han hanging ng about somewhere somewhere- and and ml Ive lye more respect self than to let it him see me with my war war punt oft ft Ive something to te tell you ou He checked chocked him him- him almost Id we but self elf in time I l can hear henr you perfectly tI from What Shat hat it here em ri li is In some respects Hewitt was wa son son- Sen sen He lie was D keen seeing tor for himself the effect of oC ohis his on statement upon his sister Npr pr satisfied that was he ho altogether ether Monica liked Enid Miss inid Enid Bromle a s going up- up upcountry upcountry country up-country country tomorrow he lie said sud- sud suddenly sud suddenly inspiration In- In in inspiration denly endowed with a happy the ex- ex ex exasperating asserted In which thich case cule voice which might have been at the far end of a long long-dis- she ehe gets tanco e phone the sooner train he better The to the bed bed leaves just ju t breakfast The Commissioner ent to hIS walking with unnecessarY room emphasis 18 Enid paused outside her own door and blew a- a S to him from the tips of her fingers S 5 S As M Hewitt had predicted almost e who mattered v went pent Int to warming house Chard Bromley's The Commissioner and Monica were among the first arrivals Dawson putting In an tin appearance an hour or so later laler In company with district officer at Iban Iban BukU-Iban Chinese Pennington was presumably keeping II a watch watch- watchful watchful ful tut eye ee on the movements of ot the Yellow Seven for tor neither he nor Jocelyn Gwynne Gynne showed up dt at dm- dm din dinner oem nero Besides Enid Bromley and Monica there were wre seven other women wives of ot planters and LIld of- of of officials The meat meal me l was wall wa served undera under a vast tast at awning Illuminated by means of t an electric light plant In- In In Installed stalled by the late lale manager manag-cr Continued In Our heat est 8 1 |