New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1923, Page 10

T9E SEVEN._ | CHINA-TEA! Ot strvice mc.ary - Captain John Hewitt is commis- foner of police at Jesselton, British North Borneo. Monica Viney, Hew- itt's widowed sister, is engaged to marry Peter Pennington, detectiv Pennington is detailed by the govern- ment to apprehend Chai-Hung, lead- er of the Yellow Seven, a grng of Chinese bandits, Major Armitage comes to Jesselton and announces that he is sent on a very important mission. He explains that his busi- ness will Keep him in Borneo for sev- eral days. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Armitage frowned. “You'll have to alter that, Hewitt. I should give him a week in which to improve and if by that time there's no sign of improvement-—fire him right away." Monica, catching the light in her brother’s eye and scenting danger, chimed in quickly. “Do you golf, Major Armitage?" . “My dear Mrs. Viney, the man who carries out his duties thoroughly has no time for games. Which brings me back to my original subject. 1 want to get away as soon after lunch as possible, Hewitt. I shall need some bearers, a week's rations and & platoon or so of native infantry, 1 shall require also an interpreter with . & thorough knowledge of Chinese | Malay and English.” ! "I see,”” said Hewitt. “Might I take the liberty of inquiring the na- . ture of the expedition you propose ' making into my country—and this tremendous haste?" The major hesitated and looked at + Monica, who had already risen from her chair, © “I'll see if I can hurry that boy,” she said. ' Major Armitage produced a cigar from an upper pocket of his tunic, bit off the end, and ignited it care- fully. , Presently the preposterous circle of glass fixed itself upon Hewitt. “Mrs. Viney mentioned the name . of Pennington just now,” he snapped. “] suppose this fellow’s still an your ! strength, wasting government money and making an infernal hash of this Yellow Seven business?” The commissioner flushed. “I'm afraid I must disagree with ! yeu,” he said. “Chinese Pennington is one of the most efficient men it's ever been my luck to meet.” Armitage had a knack of hearing only those people who agreed with his views. “I heard of this affair when I passed through Singapore. It didn't take me five minutes to see that the thing had been hopelessly bungled. The way that man was making our , status in the east look ridiculous sim- ply ate into my nerves. 1 could see * for myself that it wanted a soldier at the head of affairs. 1 offered my gervices and the offer was accepted. Captain John Hewitt gasped “They've sent you out here to rout out Chai-Iung?"” “Those are my instructions.” The commissioner’'s hand slipped suddenly across his and his shoulders heaved . sively. “Sorry!" he apologized presently. ! “Bit of 'bacca went the wrong way. | 'With an heroic effort he choked ' déwn the mirth that consumed him. « "So you're setting out this afternoon with, let's see, a week's rations, a platoon of native soldiers and some Learers. Oh, 1 was forgetting the interpreter. You'll scour the coun- had mouth convul- try, of course, until you knock across | isn't a the bandit and—. T say, trifie week's rations cutting it a fine 2" “When you know me better,” turned the other with dignity, “you'll understand that when I'm on a job- 1 go stralght at it.” “That's extremely comforting! 1 only wondered if you quite realized that the area of Borneo is roughly 290,000 square miles!” . Major Armitage waved his cigar in i the air. “Naturally I'm relying on glve me cvery possible assistance. T have a letter in my dispatch-case to that effect from Trevelyan. I shall want a pushing-off place, so to speak.” “Such as?" “The exact spot bandit was last located. - MRS, HICKEY - §0 WEAK COULD HARDLY STAND Tells How Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Restored Her Health Worcester, Mass. — “I had some trouble caused by a female weakness and got so run-down and weak from it that I could hardly stand or walk across the floor. The doctor you to where your pet A list of his gave me all kinds of | gills, but nothing elped me. I hap- pened to meet a friend whohad taksn Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- i)ound‘ 80 I thought would try it. After taking it a week I began to improve, and now I feel fine and am doing all of my housework, including washing, sew- ing and house cleaning. I have recom- mended your medicine to my friends, and I am willing for you to use thisletter as a testimonial, as I would like to hel any onesuffering the way I did from su —ng DELIA HICKEY, 4 upon ‘‘ Ailments Peculiar to Women will be sent you frce upon uest. Write to The Lydia E. Pinkham Medi- cine ‘Co., Lynn, Mass. This book con- fains valu~hle information. i BY EDMUND SKELL. ILUSTRATED BY RM.SATTERFIBLD places of refuge would be of service and a rough memorandum as to his appearance, personal habits, etc.” “You can have a photograph, if; you like, together wtih a copy of the circular I sent round to all white settlers, There's a slight amend- . by the way: Chai-Hung. has t his left hand during the last few v This gentleman was once the most respected Chinaman on the island. He enjoyed liberties only ex- tended to white people—and he would still be enjoying them if it hadn't been for young Pennington. Chai- Hung is a big, fat Oriental, speaking perfect English with a fairly gutteral raccent. He is unscrupulous, merci- | less and has a distinct aversion to Britishers. His sign is a yellow Chi- | nese playing-card with seven black dots npon it and he dishes these out as a warning of death or an indica- tion that the assassination of a vi tim was carried out by the Yellow Seven. With scarcely a single excep- tion every Chinaman on the archipel- i SUCH A CROWD COULD IL TO ATTRACT ATTE; NOT TION. ago is in league with Chai-Hung. It means that any undertaking against the bandit must be carried out with the utmost secie The other pressed the tips of his fingers together in front of him. “All exceedingly interesting, Hew- itt, I must admit; but, it I may say 50, a little far-fetched. Reading be- tween the lines, you're all scared to death of this Chai-Hung fellow be- cause you have every new outrage fresh on your memory. You men- tioned the area of Borneo just now. That has very little bearing on the present question, because more than half the place is under Duteh man- agement and the' Yellow Seven con- fine their activities to British North Borneo, the area of which—if con- siderable—is certainly not vast.” He emitted a little, self-satisfied chuckle, IFive minutes later, when the major had retired to the spare-room, the head of Chinese ¢ Pennington was thrust. through the office window fol- lowed almost immediately by that of Monica. “Oh, I -say, Jack, isn't it perfectly priceless. Chai-Hung'll eat him— eye-glass and all!” “He won't,” retorted the commis- sioner, “because you're going with him!" “Know any more jokes like that?" “I'm net joking. I'm deadly in carnest, Where d'vou imagine I'm likely to discover an interpreter who speaks Chinese, Malay and English— except among the Chinese population, and I've already explained to the gib- hering idiot that no Chinaman’'s to be trusted, Ring up the barracks, there’s a good chap, and get me on to Iyfe.” Monica caught her brother's sleeve. “ Are you really serious? “Rather! I can’t allow Armitage to make a fool of himself over Chai- | Hung. Penn’s got to act: as guide, { philosopher and friend to this already misguided lunatic. He's to change into suitable gear for the part and gently lead fhis disciple of blood and iron into all those portions of the island where the bandit's least likely to be.” * “Ye gods!” murmured Penningt this stunt going on indefinitely ‘Until he gets so confoundedly fed- up with the entire concern that he | decides to chuck his hand in. At any Il be back for rations within | insisted the | a week. “Before wa start,” other, “there are just one or two | | points 1'd like to mention. This Chi- | nese interpreter of yours is going to | | be of the high-brow variety; not one | jof the sort, you understand, that | squats round camp-fires with dirty | | Learers. He's entitled, moreover, to | {a tent to himself-—and full rations.” | Hewitt grinned. J ‘T think [ can manage that | you.” 1 Chinese Pennington carried out m,! fflr’ NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUES gtructions to the letter, It was no easy matter to avoid Chai-Hung's band of brigands, because a crowd such as Armitage insisted on taking with him could not fail to attract at- tention, There were other difficulties that beset their troubled path through the stunted jungle-wastes, difficuities for which Armitage was directly re- sponsible and which he treated with such fatuous unconcern that Pen- nington wanted to knock the offend- ing monocle into the eye that it adorned. Together with his other faults—Major Lacy Armitage grace. He was the exact opposite to that type of British officer men will follow to the ends of the earth, taking the smooth with the rough of it, rec- ognizing errors but still following, drawn on by their leader’s personality and persistent optimism. One by one the bearers began to drop out and on the morning of the fourth day it was apparent that two of the native sol- diers had deserted. The bearers took their load of supplies with them and the two defaulters were even- tually tracked to a clearing where they lay side by sidée, their throats slit from ear to ecar, and the sign of the Yellow Seven pinned to their breasts. It stands to Armitage’s credit that he did not turn a hair. The discov- ery had, as a matter of fact, the op- posite effect to that which Penning- ton had imagined. It merely whet- ted the other's appetite and encour- aged him to push forward, unmind- ful of the fact that he was ajready four days’ march from his original base—with about two and a half days' rations stil in hand. We'll get him yet, Sing-Ho,"” hé decared. “I may as well inform you, now we're on the subject, that up to this moment I'd regarded you as an unholy fraud.” The interpreter able surprise, “A fraud, tuan?" he echoed blank- Iy. “I'm not a man making mistakes. It has been grad- vally dawning upon me that you were out to earn your money easily: You never intended to encounter the countryman of yours and you had fully made up your mind to profit by my unfortunate ignorance of local languages. 1 have a habit of in- specting the camp before turning in. On three occasions recently . I've found your tent empty. (Continued in Our Next Issue) evinced consider- accustomed to (vorces o THE AR ] Tuesday, August 14, 1923, KDEA (Westinghouse—FEast Pittsburgh). 7:00 p. m.—Baseball scores and continuation of the dinner concert. 7:30 p. m.—Late news. 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