New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 15, 1923, Page 10

ELLOW SEVEN HINA-TEA! - Ohea service mc.gry. ‘Monica Viney, sister of Captain John Hewitt, commissioner of police At Jesselton, British North Borneo, is éngaged to marry Reter Pennington. Pennington is detailed by the govern- mént to capture Chai-Hung, leader of The Yellow Seven, a gang of Chinese bandits. Major Armitage comes to Jesselfon and announces that he means to run Chai-Hung to earth in ¢he week. Hewitt has Pennington disguisc himself as a Chinese inter- preter and accompany Armitage on the expedition. “I expect everybody here to remain in'their quarters after lights-out and | I've instructed the sentries to shoot without question at anybody who is found prowling around after dark. Gur next move is to get on the track | of Chai-Hung with the least possible delay. Get a half-a-dozen picked men scouting for traces of the as sasging and report to me as soon as anything definite transpires.” “Very good, tuan. And you—?" “I shall remain here.” * There was a fallen tree trunk at the edge of the clearing farthest from the 'squatting bearers and Major Armitage settled himself down at the end which appeared to offer the most shade. The interprater glanced back over his shoulder twice as he crossed to the men, but the apostie of blood and iron was pressing tobacco from an oil-skin pouch into an exceedingly new-looking briar and did not look up. Pennington was frankly puzzled and rot a little perturbed as to the un- comfortable proximity of the agents of Chai-Hung. It was one thing tracking down the bandit by his own meéthods—and quite another scouring the country at the heels of so unrea- sonable a leader as Armitage. The Yellow Seven were swarming some- where close at hand, taking advan- tage of the shelter the jungle offercd and picking off those who lagged be- hind. By this method they were re- ducing the strength of Armitage's force. Taking with him a native sergeant, he embarked upon a reconnalsance. They were returning a couple of hours later through a narrow defile between rocky banks half hidden hy ferns, when a figure appeared on the path not ten yards in front of them. Pennington's hand swung round to his hip-pocket, but Sergeant Danudin caught his arm. “Bi-la, tuan! It is Rabat-Pilai.” Pennington stopped dead in his tracks. Thé newcomer was he to whom the man with the Chincse eyes was wont to refer as his chief of staff; a short, lithe individual avith an eye and an ear missing and his mouth slit on either side. s ‘What is it, Rabat-Pilai?" The creature saluted as he came np"GRal tuan, I have followed Chai- Hung to this place. He has many of his men with him—and he has taken the white soldier with the glass eye.” Pennington started. “You are sure of this manded. “Perfectly, tuan. 1 came from the direction of the Tuan-Besar Varney's house—which is by the river, be- cause of something that a man had told me. I found the soldiers and the men who carried the barang; after that I saw the white lord, who was sitting on a tree. I did not enter e clearing, but skirted by way of the ‘forest—and the thing happened as I passed. A man dressed as you , are dressed spoke to the soldiers, who followed him presently into the jungle. The white lord had fallen asleep with his head in his hands— Chai-Hung came softly.” ow long ago was this?” ‘“Ten minutes, perhaps, not more.” Pennington’s eyes blazed. “Sergeant Danudin, round up those men and follow. Bring all the pro- visions you can lay your hands on. What direction are they taking, | Rabat?” “Due east, tuan. There are others who came with me who could wait at certain points until the soldiers found the path.” As Pennington followed upon the heels of Rabat-Pilal, he found time to be sorry for Major J. Lacy Armi- tage and the inevitable failure of his expedition; he was sorry, too, that the' man who preached efficiency could not have been there at that moment to appreciate the caliber of the network he himself was fast drawing round Chai-Hung; little, brown, inconspicuous mortals, each cherishing a special hatred for their quarry and assisted by a jungle tele- graph coded and adapted by Chinese | Pennington. *At-a bend in the track Rabat-Pilai fouched Pennington gently “They are not far ahead, tuan They are making for the house in the rocks, for Chai-Hung is tired— and his arm pains him.” “They will not have ?" he de- killed the | taken | Major James white man?" Rabat-Pilai shook his head *“Not yet—or they would have left | his body for us to find.” | The corners of Pennington's mouth | turned down and he examined the | elip of cartridges in his automatic. “The Chinese, Major Armitage, are | inherent gamblers. Therc are few among us, in fact, who would not easily be tempted to hazard their| entire fortunes at a game of chance.” Chai-Hung =at bolt upright in his high-backed chair and smiled “S8o0 I believe,” returned the Eng- lishman coldly. Now that his limbs were freed he was beginning to get | over that feeling of injured dignity | that had accompanied his capture. | “May 1 ask what you intend doing| with me 2" | It was apoarent that the bandit | was equally capable of affecting deaf- | “Hence the Yellow Seven,” he con- | tinued. “It is I who decide upon our | victims, - but the hand that carries| out the death-penalty is rarely mine The matter is decided by a form of lottery. The Yellow Seven is mixed up with other cards and those who | &t that moment form my bodyguard . for it in turn. The thing is quite openiy and the sign of B2Y EDMUND SNeLL., IAYSTRATED By RMLSTIRFIBLD our society left pinned to the vie- The major’s throat had gone sud- denly dry. Hls glance dropped from the broad yellow face to the black sling in which the bandit's arm reposed. Chal-Hung began speaking again, with a gutteral metallic harshness that jarred on Armitage. “Whatever my enemies may have told you, Major Armitage, I am at heart a sportsman and, although T must frankly confess the insult to my intelligence the nature of your expedition against me seemed to im- ply offended me deeply, there still re- mains enough that 18 good in my na- ture to appreciate your daring.” The eyes that fixed themselves upon Armi- tage's monocled countenance glowed like live coals. “I was sorely tempt- ed to return insult for insult—and let you go free; for 1 do not fear you, you poor fool, nor—if this were my only stronghold—would 1 be afraid you could find your way here again. I was tempted, I repeat—until I re- membered my left hand. Tt was from me, as you may have AMES LACY ARMITAGE TABLE, MAJOR J DIVED UNDER THE heard, by one of your agents—one Rabat-Pilai. You can hardly blame me, Major Armitage, if I tell you I have sworn an oath to sever the left hand from any British agent who may tall into my hands!"” Armitage did not lack courage. returned the other's gaze. “I see,” he said reflectfully. “You propose turning me adrift in un- known territory-—minus my hand! And you claim to be a sportsman! 1 tell you what we'll do, Mr. Chai- Hung. My Chinese interpreter— Sing-Ho—introduced me to a pleas- ant little game of chance, which should not be unknown to you. You will find it on the top of that cup- board where your man deposited my effects, 1'll play you for my hand, Mr. Chai-Hung! It is the game of the little black and red cube and the brass box! The red shall signify my hand. May I trouble you for my pen- cil and one of those folded sheets of paper I carried?” The high-backed chair creaked as Chai-Hung’'s back met it, “You are a brave man, Major Armitage. We will play this game.” He touched a brass gong at his side and the attendant entered quietly. “Bring me the game that you took from the English gentleman, the pen- cil and his note-book." Without a tremor Armitage set the little brass box squarely in the center of the paper®and drew lines from each corner of the thing to the cor- responding corners of the sheet. Round the box itself he marked a square and lifted the lid to show the cube. resting firmly in its slot in the inner portion. He slid back the top and turned the box over and over be- tween his fingers. “The red. will face this square,” declared Chai-Hung, indicating the section with a fingernail of enormous length. Taking the cover and thumb, Armitage lifted slowly. He paused midway, conscious that the man who sat opposite had turned sharply toward the door. Suddenly the Oriental sprang to his feet—his whole being consumed with fury— and clutched with his single hand at a sword that hung from a gilded screen, “We do not continue the Major Armitage,’” he hissed, *be- cause your men are at my gates.” He swung the weapon aloft. “It is they you must thank for this Throwing all dignity to the winds, Lacy Armitage dived under the table, and the blow de- scended upon its upper surface with terrific force. As Chai-Hung strove to disengage the weapon, a bullet shattered a mirror behind him. Armitage crawled from his to find the room empty, the sentry gone and the amiable features of the interpreter—gsing-Ho—regarding him $ALESMAN $AM He between finger game, refuge VERH- | GOTTR KEDOCE DOWN T0 90 FORNDS FOR THAT "BIG E RACE" THATY COMING OFF NEXT WEEK OR | WONT BE- ALLOWED TO RIDE. SUPERSTITIONS NE'\vv'fiRiTAlN DAILY ‘HEQ.ALD, v FOREIGN TITLES IN GAPITAL SOCIETY \Hostesses i Capitl Have Per- plexing Names to Remember Washington, Aug. 15.—Many and serious are the tribulations of the hostess to official soclety in Washing- ton, and not the least of her worries is the necessity of keeping at her tongue's end the proper title and pre- fix for those of her guests who are members of the diplomatic corps. In deference to the customs of a democratic country, many of tpe for- eign ambassadors and ministers, to: gether with the members of their staffs and families, have adopted plain “Mr.” and “Mrs” and “Miss" as the only titles by which they are to be addressed. Others have not, however, und the official diplomatic list of the state department presents an odd mix- ture of prefixes gathered from the ends of the earth. In some cases there even appears to be a paradoxical di- vergence among the representatives of & single country. J. J. Jusserand, the French ambas. sador, who as dean of the corps heads the diplomatic list, eschews she “Mon- sieur” of his nativity and styles him- self “Mr. Jusserand.”” But the next name is not that of “Mrs. Jusserand.” Instead the list reads “Madame Jus- serand,” and there follows a string of “Madames” and ‘Mademoiselles."” The eye of the seeker after correct- ness next encounters “Senor Don Juan Riano y Gayangos,” the ambassador ' of Spain, and his wife, “Senora Dona Alicia Ward de Raino.” “Senors,"” “Senoras” and ‘‘Senoritas” rule gen- crally among the Latin-Americans, al- though the Argentine list is headed by “Mr. Felipe A 'Espil,” the charge d’affaires, while the Uruguayan min- ister and his wife style themselves “Dr. Jacobo Varela” and “Madame Varela." With the Japanese it is “Mr.” and “Madame.” The Chinese minister is Mr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze,” and his wife is “Madame Sze,” bu the counselor of the legation is “Mr. Yung Kwai” while Lis wife is “Mrs. Yung Kwai.” Every man except two on the German list has the prefix of “Dr.” and of the two exceptions one is a “Baron” and the other, according to the official list, is to be addressed as “Herr.” The fem- inine prefix is “Frau.” Among the Italians it is “Signor” and “Signora.” In addition, of course, there are the diplomats and their wives who belong to the nobility, and who can be called by none of these tities. The Belgian ambassador is “Baron de Cartier de Marchienne,” the British ambassador is “The Right Honorable Sir Auckland Geddes,” the Hungarian minister is “Count Laszlo Szechenyi,” and thc Roumanian minister is ‘“Prince A. Bibesco.” The Persian list, in which only an expert can separate name from prefix, is as follows: “Mirza Hussein Khan -Alia, minis- ter; Bagher Khan M. Kazemi, coun- selor; Abdullah Khan Entezam, secre. tary; Hadi Khan Khatiblou, attache; and Sultain Mahmood Khan Amerie, attache.” HIS HONEY GETS ICE WATER BATH 'Pig" and ‘Puddin’* Not So Happy as It Seemed New York, Aug. 15.—Mrs. Lila Du Val Moore, a Kentucky belle, and her husband, Thomas Brent Moore, an ac- countant in the Internal Revenue of- fice, were known to their friends as “Pie” and “Puddin’,” respectively, be- cause of their apparently happy mar- ried life. In affidavits filed in the supreme court yesterday, Mrs. Moore, suing for a separation, asserted her hus- band several times poured ice water on her after she had retired, once or | twice dragged her out of bed to beat her and several times asked her to consent to double suicide. Moore, who revealed the “pic” and “puddin’ " sobriquet of their friends, while denying the alleged cruelties, declared their trouble arose because his wife refused to discontinue dc- cepting the escort of malé companions of whom he disapproved, stayed out until 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning, and indulged in poketr and liquor parties, “I still ardently love her,” says Moore, “and hope for her return. There is no reason why we cannot continue our ‘pie and puddin'’' rela- tionship.” The Moores were married Aug. 26, 1914 at Georgetown, Ky. They lived at 452 Riverside Drive until their sep- aration, March 7. Mrs. Moore asked for $300 a month temporary alimony and $1,000 counsel fee, asserting her hushand’s income at $9,000 a year. Justice Lydon refused to make an award, saying she failed to verify her complaint and substantiate her charges of crueity. through the window. Still crouching on his hands and knees he blinked up at the face. “‘Sing-Ho!" Pennington smiled. “Qr, in other words"* mured ‘ sweetly, “the man who s bungling this Yellow Seven affair hopelessly—Chinese Pennington!" T SR R B, (vorces v THE AIR | KDEA (Westinghouse—Edst Pittsburgh). he mur- 6:00—Baseball scores, 6:15—Dinner concert by the KDKA Little Symphony orchestra. - 7:00—Baseball scores and continua- tion of dinner concert. 7:80—Literary period conducted by Marjory Stewart. 7:45—The children’s period. §:00—Baseball scores. 8:05+-Address. 8:20—Concert by KDKA Little Symphony orchestra assisted by Ple- tro Crescinni, tenor. 9:45—National Stockman and farm- er reports. 9:00—Baseball scores. 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LETTER FROM COOLIDGE President Will Be Unable To Attend Portsmouth Celebration Washington, Aug, 15. — President Coolidge will send a letter to be read at the celebration at Portsmouth next Monday of the 300th anniversary of the settiement of New Hampshire. Mr. Coolidge, while serving as vice- president, agreed to make the princi- pal address at the celebration. His clevation to the presidency makes it impossible to go. DEVIL’S GRIPP Richmond, Va., Aug. 15. Health authorities have ordered the isolation of sufferers from “devil's grippe,” a painful and mysterious malady which is spreading in this vicinity and which appears very infectious. The disease caused severe abdominal pains and is accompanied by pleurisy and other| maladies. Planning I 50RE CAN- 1Y ) GONNA GET OUT9IDE- HELP BND SHE SANS SRE'LL GET ME DOWN TO WEIGHT OR BUST WHY tMAaN, vou WEIGH 140 NOow! 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