Show I we ye YA 8 W w s se W e I THE BARRI R Rj j 4 r OFF RE OF FIRE we- wey FIREY OJ Y O y J tu SHili Ke sy I L A A n n BEGIN TODAY BEGIN DId Eul Bromley daughter of Chard Bremley i la at the home of Captain John hewitt Hewitt Commission er er Cr ot Of f Police at British North Borneo Bromley Is io I new Dew DewI I mAnager of ot the tho Baniak ru rubber bu estate lute lie Issued lovita- lovita Invitations to a house bODES warming when ho hoopen opens open hi hlf pew new pew quarters Peter Pen Pen- In love with Hewitts Hewitt's ulster is- is ter Monica Viney y Is detailed hi by hithe bythe the government to apprehend dial Chai- Chal Boor HUDI Chinese bandit Jo Jocelyn elyn tells Pennington that hat Bromley has no daughter NOW liOW 00 GO ON WITH TIt TIm STORY rORY Chard was wax in his hIli tIc tIc- cle clement ment HI Uli Hii tall figure moved e esery- esery every everywhere cry cry- where Ho was wa undeniably hand hand- handsome handsome tome hand some and the dark hair going g gray at tho the sides aides lent an air of distinction distinction tion tine His ordinarily lly pale cheeks were slightly flushed and as 05 the meat meal w wore re on his flood nood of conver- conver conver conversation increased In volume until er eiery eye of the room was fI fixed cd upon him It seemed tp Ip Monica who lost nothing that he had hadI I caught something of the sparkle of the tho he be had bad unearthed but iut his glass remained as she aho had bad first seen Been and It-and it and 1 when hen he hc Joined In n a 0 toast his lips III's touched the stir stir- uce fitce of the fluid and ald that was all It is possible t that at Sirs Mrs frs Viney was Prejudiced She had started d with a Vaguely conceived dislike for l nid and It was not altogether unnatural unnatural ural for her to extend this animos animos- animosIty animosity ity toward her father But quite apart from this there YoU sits M some some- something something thing Bomo-thing thing about Chard Bromley that repelled her He JIll seemed to be act act- acting act acting ing leg a part to be assuming a cul- cul cul cultured accent cent rather than talking naturally and and- and eyeing him fur tur- fur he Bhe ghe lIoU noticed cd that he lie glanced at frequent Intervals at his w watch Enid pale Enid pale glittering and ly Ing am amazingly turned out greeted Hewitt with affected warmth The meal finished During the pushing back backof back of lal c chairs Monica found Dawson at her SIde Its all wrong Mrs Viney Vinci he WAS saYing He re cant can't possibly ex- ex expect us to dance darce after arter this Two Two- thirds of the men are bottled ol- ol alreadY already readY or writ well on the way ay toward It The rest of em cm haic hae laid sucha such a solid foundation that the care about Indulging in serious ex- ex ex exercise Hullo Heres Here's young GWYnne What an unholy hour to roll up Hes Bes brought ht a friend too Monica turning slightly to scrutinize a 8 a dapper man In Im- Im immaculate im maculate whites who ho had not troubled to remove his Suddenly a a woman screamed It tas at that moment Mrs Viney saw that held Chard Bromley businesslike like covered with a business business- like looking automatic Dont move moye Mr he said coldly Captain Hewitt do You mind seeIng that Miss MaIne MIloe doesn't clear The Commissioner started to his hIe feet his bis forehead wrinkled led I 1 mean the woman vroman who calls herself helf If Enid Euld Bromley flOW were we're all aU here lere perhaps you'll be good enough to tell teU us why Chat Chat- paid YOUr passage paSsage to Dot Dot- why neo why y you u the real whY Chard C hard Bromley and dumped him In i n a a cellar cillar Jn In n the Chinese Quarter at arid a t nd what you and an y ya your our conf confederate hope to gain by byall b a all ll byll this He concluded with an eloquent e sweep of his free hand Women Woman looked from one to the theother other o ther with frith startled eyes men s sf prang from their seats Beats and roped groped for f or their pockets hip What all ILI this mean Gynne d Hewitt I i ia A dark form shot Mot front from the WA- WA WAter water wa water ter lucked ducked to avoid Soa fire then hen Wl dl 1 upon him The younger man beckoned to his hie companion This Is the real rell Chard Chard Bromey Bromley Bromle But nutT But 7 gasped Dawson Tue Tho I sentence was never concluded tor fot forwith with surprising suddenness every lit light wen went put out At time a distant distant muffled explosion rent tile louler Outer air There followed a scene of Inde hide Indescribable Indescribable pandemonium confusion of pandemonium ium him a above ove which Gwynne voice cOul l be bo heard shouting for tor some some- somebody somebody body to stop Hewitt Bothered his bis scattered wits Keep quite still sUII eve ody he ho ordered Dawson find that switch After an appreciable Interval the fhe light came caine on revealing a 0 a chaotic mingling of overturned tables table and scattered or broken crockery There was no sign of o Enid or 01 or 01 th the nath native natle 0 walters waiters In Inthe inthe inthe the white coats coata The man who had bad been nearest the actor had bM van van- vanIshed vanished van vanished too He Ho returned almost im immediately m- m mediately wild-eyed wild and breath breathless reath- reath less Its the 1 YelloW he pant panted ed excitedly excited fired tired the I forest That swine swine- roust must have known all about it hes he's been Ins fell fell fell- fellIng I Ing tre trees s for weeks The whole es- es estate's es estate's tates tate's surrounded by is II a circle Of flame It'll be upon us before we e know where we are arc The real Chard Bromley came forward T The e assistants assistant had better get men out at once he said and begin clearing a line round tile the outer boundary of the tha As far as Ive I've been able to gather the outer sections have been more recently planted Theres There's still II a sporting chance If it they all pull together of sating sa sa ing the tile bulk of the rub rubber er Which is Mr ZIlch ZIlch- ards arde t A man standing close behind Hewitt held up his arm I i Is there a boat to get et the ladles ladies I away in There There was a motor-boat motor sir but buIm I Im I'm afraid this feller will hae e taken It iL it Get tet down after him as as IOU ou can Turn out the coolies coolies- 9 you and othor and nd get busy bury He rapped out the words like a man accustomed to command lon Dav said the Commission pr Cr hoarsely collect the ladles and an get them do doan n to the short shore The Tho rest of us had better hurry to the scene of action right a 8 aw ay sy S I Dawson amiable undisturbed conducted his lIs ladles ladies through th the l lavenue avenue of waving rubber chatting all the while with the ot of a Cooks Cook's guide The light from the encircling conflagration aided theIr progress and they emerged on onto o i to 10 Po a a narrow strip of sand Band to seo see two figures knee deep in the shallows shalloW In the tho act of It launching a boat As Dawson dashed forward i J adark dark form shot from t the e ate lucked smartly to avoid fire then fell upon him with the tho sv and judgment Judg of a pan pan- ther panther The two men closed in fren- fren frenzied combat and the actors actor's pistol spoke ania The bullet must hav havi singed his assailants assailant's so hide go closi did the flash seem and seem and the girl I who called herself Enid uttered a little gasping cry Sh She Sho fell tell against the boat one han hani 1 pressed her side then rolled awkwardly downward f beneath the undulating surface of cof the Incoming n sea ell There Yo nero aero ero two things upper upper- uppermost uppermost I most In Dawsons Dawson's mind to aid th thi J man who had bad ta tackled an anto I 1 Ito to rave save the vessel from capsizing lie He was relieved from the former formo dut duty hovver hov ever by the sound of an ai au Got Got you you-my you my friend ti Ll ho came camo up with them Pennington I You Vou can bet pct your life Ufe I the other snapping something ov wrists I started out wit young Gwynne but hut fancied be the locality where some of the th take place Ii Ho He paM paid me rae to do this he S J gil dully Pennington nodded nodded nodded- I I 1 dont don't think I care pare what h happen hap hap- happens Lp pen pens to tile nov me now Every ery ban han I Iwas Iwas was against me 0 over oer 01 there I didn't let myself Yo shat hat all this preparation actually meant It IC I 1 tl d 1 been baen normal Id I'd neer nc or haic hae Richards Richards-or Richards or her A man came racing from the darkness Ho lie tripped oser 0 er a root recovered himself and r recognized You he swine screamed You darned swine I The have struck They're on theli thel ales aies Chal down ther there now Hung Chal-Hung told lold them to and aDd they're doing nothing till ho he tells them otherwise This Is your doing I It came to Pennington In a Shut up Bourne ho he said qui etly I think t Ive I've found a way out The other choked don down hi his wrath broke in Pennington e you got sot your mate up mae up ma up tc-up box bohandy handy started Its Ita in m mt f kit somewhere Then come on for the love of heaven Bourne nip down don and it'll Hewitt Im I'm here herc I S I S SInto Into the light of the lion Ilon where white men stripped to t the th tolled toiled like fiend lends and and tIng swart stood sullenly re rest t- t log Ing on 01 their Implements there walked with placid an mu- mu ImI Immense I mense Oriental with white tunic I and baggy black trousers A gold across his In a scarf that was knotted behind I I his neck At I t sight of hIm hini the th I coolies ers era remained fell prone momentarily and the British I mo- mo motionless Incredulous staring before them in In in- in incredulous credulous amazement My God said gald Hewitt dial Chal Hung Hune Chal Out One On single phrase guttural and I andI penetrating the pursed up lips of the arch bandit Obe Obey arch your white masters Ha I Ho He paused only to watch the tho electrical effect of his utterance I then strode back bach through the trees bewilderment Hewitt sar ne after him In be wit wit- I derment dorment saw Gwynne slip alter after him revolver in hand I dont don't know what hi his game same is II he shouted b back ck over his shoulder I lt b hes he's not getting a aay an ay with It like ilK that The dropped hs h J axe an x and ud ran In r n for tor f r ill ali he jue WM was worth I He Ito was sits qs ten tepi en yards from front Gwynn when he fired with deadly accuracy accuracy acy When Hung Hune pitched for for- forward forward for ward on his Ius face race Hewitt was as a aware ware of an enormous weight lifted from Iron his mind He was glad somehow fromI I that he done it but hut Chol Chal Hung dead dead- dead It would mean liv th beginning of or a new era Gwynne ties vaa on his knee II lE turned suddenly Its not I Hung Chai-Hung Its It's Its It's Hewitt are we wo all going mad 7 The Tho Commissioner a choking chokin sensation In his his- throat l that had played his lal t part The Ibe W I lom of or I Ithe the nel t ode episode of tills this grippin will Martin start in our next t la ue I |