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ered MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1923, STAR AE YECLOW SEVEN: \— EVAN B FONTAINE AND SON AT PLAY | SCOINATCA!© sempre Buy Home Products BY EDMOND SweLL, Saas , ; : ee iz oe AND RWSTRATED By 73 °, 2 fr « , , Ouea service mccges RW SATTER FIELD his 0 ual series of stories deals with the exploits o . ( 4 se” Pennington, a detective sent by his government fae y to sh North Borneo to run to earth The Yellow Seven, a, ‘ 4 . 4 a g of Chinese bandits, ‘ 7 a ga a . . 7 A Chinaman leant warily on the rail of a bamboo bridge, gazing dow ne ard at an eine sea of black mud. Beyond sed e ; j * * * the narrow barrier of coco-palms, an ocean of azure was re ry i 1 5 i ceding, leaving an ever-widening stretch of glittering sand : 4 There are about 250 plants mn the State of where a turbaned syce exercised a Bajou pony. The bridge : : that spanned ik swamp served as a link between the shore t ¥ ‘ ea A : Washington in the various branches of the iron and the mainland and from the inner extremity an ill. : . “fis! ‘ ¢ } p ; j str P j defined path. wound thru stunted ‘Tae Cee an | hi | and steel industry. The annual value of their with chattering monkeys, Aer ete | . on production 1S around $40,000,000. b t ewitt followed Pennington up the ' i d | ° whoa Wh th ffs ene | Peal If all the iron and steel needs of the Home ter pushed forward a box, and possibly) squatting contentediy on the’ reurh — | Market were supplied locally the number of flooring, felt behind him in some Sockah’ te "bax ll pee yy : 7 | | plants would be doubled, and the output would re . 4p sald the Commissioner Py . ‘ ; , joots with smack, “I'm to be in at the death, | =| am ee Ode, | Think of the increased pay rolls and increase and a sol Chinese Pennington nodded topes of urorning whiteness con |, “TM admit ve been, ong tm ; as? eal a in taxable wealth, and by Home Products. trasted strangely with the swarthy/| ing of a pony's hoofs| Chinaman on the tal A e a x i : . : ¥ ry “ a sud- | thumb—once.” UE van Burrow 3 F ontaine, who recently lost a bre ach of promise suit for $100,000 against th t P d t C tt spon the | “Once? andl blankiy. | Cobtaliuls Vanderbilt Whitney, 48 having'a vacation sith her boy, “Sony on thé beach at|u. Coen ortnwes roaqucts ommittee and the Befo: Y into the back-| 4 tiantie City. | ppeared at 1 N., and brit es. He Cut off his source of supplies ettec- | | stood for noment ng round|tively. No of organization can | against me were too gre i cee. Pre ce fell upon | thrive om air!” blazed with a strange THE STAR'S | Gold Shield Coffee still form on the bridge. It was| He shifted his position on the bare|I've got him this time, Jack, t c | UTMOST: IN tas perhaps strange that at the very mo.| beards and felt for his pouch. the luck 1s on my sido at last.” x | Ny, CONFECTION ment the Englishman’s eyes were| “How's Monica? he inquired pres-| He broke off, trembling with emo- turned in lis direction, the Oriental | ently, screwing up his eyes until they | tion, and the Commissioner, observ ai Or or should become aware of the piercing |“!sappeared altogether behind those|ing him curiously, saw that great Impeortal,C aavk ot : and open the | Stfange diagonal slits that had been | beads of perspiration stood out on his | Seattle ich he had hitherto | directly responsib! the adjective | temples. “BEYOND UNDERSTANDING” JADYEWr iss that {avariably preceded his name “Where is he?" he asked ) “ | IFADQUARTERS The Commissioner smiled. Penningt clipping the stray By George P. Wilson id Blaauw-Hipple-Blaauw, wift strides un ETOy Ot Uve hote for you | ends of toby lg led | ANOTHER COMPLETE SHORT STORY TOMORROW . r INC, Sears moti te ses ch naive” ws boos pee The Union National Bank his handsome face harde aty| “in a hut ly with y OF SEATTLD “Always” Good ing. Hewitt.” said Cotes. | and ho began stroking hi k hair | wall of solid rock be 1 Aand ¢ heard a fellow make a specch | you usual some of the boys! xurprisingly good English.|With the flat of his hand. “Look|many of your agen nce and he claimed it was ¢sY|had some hootch with them and 1| “Glad you managed to roll up." here, Penn. When are you two going|ter watching t wibl It about women. All you) 404) | The Commissioner of Police start-|to get married? Monica's fretting fe |had to do was to study them, I've) .°°* — ed her soul out because. you're still ° o | wondered -since, how he got away|! 40n't do unless I'm all worked up} SS “Good Lord, Pennington! 1 didn’t | prowling about, carrying your life in| “s he pe timlst,” helfrom his keeper. Either he was|about something. It sure had al Buffelen The Largest Phe aces ag your hand. If you were actually the aly. “How many times have | nutty or Iam, It’s like this: Hazel! wicked kick and when it began to rers “That's precisely as it should be,” | Confounded idiot you appear to be|y in your Ind} got sore at me because I enid thatl ian hold, I began to “ye neal Lumber and Mfg. Co. \ ke i Racor be of returned the other. "I'm delighted to| Sometimes, I wouldn't tell you this,| 5 fas escaped it?" s heman wouldn't clerk tn a gre ere Mrenn up| | eens Main 3186 F, 0, Box 1008 FLOUR q ; wre in the Wie Se ete tl ng cien We mac ie hie on |. Pee ASA y0k. WHA eos | ee maybe I'd better muss Johns vin DOORS, CoLUMS - HENRY DISSTON & SONS, Inc. ike to be In at the death | dinary feller that a sister of mine was | I" e wn wi t ret a takes| 8 dit Tacoma, Wash. Ask Your Greeer Pie re Sores Sane * vr ienttlc, Portiand, a couple of shots, something another, I've a hazy notion | ™issing .m back of my mind that you|!'m counting ¢ n't altogether agree with my|™y motives. Monica’s had a deuce | 1” of w hard time up to now, and—I Captain John Hewitt raised his| Want to see her happy.” inale: akis 2 neat’ das ‘ #0 figured] helmet and mopped his forehead. Pennington's long fingers closedjentrap him, has all but succ I said, getting #0! h n little of the PLASTER Sldon't saythat," he returned, | Suddenly.) ever the Commissioner’s|to the common enemy of us a Soames Vokenien' a dark ta tad night 1 right with) % t give yourself a fair chance. It's "he whispered huskily.| until the box on which jhe sat tilted | Pm fe ne. Seen (fot mine tenn TOSSA. ge tnt tha chek eet tol y natural for you'to want all| “It’s uncommon good of you—-and I | dangerously. | Naturally having him thrown up| take a smoke and followed him in.| dos for the capture of Chal-| appreciate it’ It won't be long now.| “How do you know all this?” cas at a | ““Zoutve got yous necve with youll you ought to besin Ve lang lb abet pe el ocr 17) hom thane a “Meaning that very thing,” Haz-| bringing my girl to this dance," 1| 9 time that our murder- | Hung by the heels—and, by heavens hiness Pennington blew out oe 4. | not likely to. be caught |—I mean to’have him this time. You|thin wreath of blue smoke an agreed 1 ” Your gtrit he said, amiling at SEATTLE SKINNER & EDDY handed. Besides, this affair’s | UNderstand thé most of me, watched it as {t ascended roofward All right, o long. I'm gétting chits|buk you've minsed a certain side of| “Y-sedfited round tintit I bribed one | ™ ys. ap ' Biase liad eds os he LIGHTING CO. CORPORATION 3 aD got thru day from the Governor |™y character that ev js lair, It oot os aerabl's : peice rr’ SEATTLE the Yellow Seven gang |*Ware of—until I er. The white | his lair, Itewas a im ) 7 hoe J kely to be run to earth. You've|men that the cursed Chinaman has|proposttion, and if the - % Let mo get you right.” he sald two chances already, you must | murdered in cold blood Ie heavily on | guessed for a eee ee aa regen r— |my soul. In a queer sort of way, oman with the Chinese eyes|feel directly responsible for every-| pitched a piel Yon | frowned: thing Chal-Hung has done since Ijtho great bandit and had come all) | /* gon . hirer re bs, 8 T've had the Iuck of the devi,”|first came here. The feeling has|the way from Stngapore to settle n/ M14. looking | Cea Meceeerur an rz \ Seattle & Rainier he admitted. “but I'd like to impress | sown upon me until It's become an |dispute that had arisen as to whether| “7h wont» alias thread ces h P \ eer reE Valley Railroad you that, but for me, nobody | obsession. I’m no longer the instru.) su bs ene sae" Oyen Co. have {identified Chal-Hung | ment of a European power, using my | all h the gang at all. And,” he added | facial peou! jes and knowledge of| nate with more money there baye been a lot less | dialects fo wipe out a Chinese fac- ented on the fsiand since Ijtion: It's Pennington against Cha: ne ar Hung, his life or mine." He paused | my 4 be fewer still—if we| for a moment, the muscles of his face|thru a convenient wher . i sail > Chal-Hung to justice.” | twitcliing, the points of hia fingers |timbers had worked apart, Chal. | counter oe Siepmaaigiyes {fd 7 ed norm fo $6.55 FRR TON ft the bridge and, threading | pressed together. “I've worked y on a port of stret fe ne ee ; ry ; ps Paul T. ty F Ce. Black Di way through the trees, came |damhed hard since I came here. I've ver to s y e at thee <0 pre ae accep mmen | Hs 4 ; S ac! iamond . ently to a solitary: hut, raised | had a score of identities. I've posed no pe le deception. There NOK A Re aa talce Ae eeeihe r ‘a . Pe high panics a bamboo ladder giv-| as coolie, a Dusun trader, a man-| were a do > of his followe omorrow nigh tak Le rat we hea : pay Furnace Coal : F. Ss. LANG) ae: ‘Co. im access to a-hole in the wood-|darin, a rickshaw-boy—anythin, roo a pach Chinese pac ghd pe “aces PACIFIC COAST COAL co. work. It stood In a wide clearing,|¢verything . . . I'v been in the|playing-cards, spread face waist-high with Jalang, and both men hands of Cha!-Hung’s mercenarles— | on the table.” ; i peng wpe tierps atta i held their hands ator their heads! and wiggled out of them again. I've|” "I know,” broke In Hewitt grimly, | ¢ ‘m going to tho dance with oa ove oe rs WK he Dry-Sox and TODD DRY DO. - to avoid cutting them on the leaves| held the bandit twice—and lost him |"“They were drawing for the Yellow /James : oe ae sweety a a i b Billy Buster Shoes it CKS, of the treacherous weeds. | because I was alone and the odds!Seven, I'm not lMkely to forget te rid Pct fe Ree ne eee Sapa a, time when you pulled me out of al? 1 a. oak “at tre WASHINGTON SHOE MFG. CO. Seattle, Wash. dahht Obeciee, ethan” thag'd edt hau t the self, waiting to get enough strength gre. Ww ‘ hen ack to leave, Hazel came in. Shel SHIP ADVENTURES th were dav fois forthe lan |O0KOH ETUDE me. 1) back te Ioana Hamel cate 1. mnel(C __ pola oBEEAINS, ovm OF THE TWINS (Continued in Our Next Issue) | Has j teeny eps boot bails feadiy gaa ec ag Creosoted Douglas Fir Olive Roberts Barton Ado her = nln: WASH. BLDG. FRODS. CO. Fine Quality are ig there ahead of you? Noth pped back and began tak i “Mode Right in the West” 5115 Rainier Ave, g. but following a mule : tt s : 506 Mercer, Seattle AT THIRTY-NINTH SOUTH until you get too old or r he grinned, cool sae Garfield’ 3545 pled up." and calm. “ member that “Well, I'll die game, any y.” I) you brought {t on yourself.” ald. “I won't be atand you do you'll have a a e and 1 ‘ORTHWEST PRODUCT here for nothing,” H Id) much as mussed A Non MERIT m rr t nae er a y “Ph ti rons ack what I Products , peurcre eee, NIFTY NIPPER DISAPPEARS EB abe Abe: grades Mbae Uretee kod |’ ecntar” hopiens,/ x uke’ sheeple PACIFIC CREOSOTING SLICIOUS. HAM AND COMPANY 1 “ 3 ‘| They ” “Everything the N lots of fellows try to make dates|ly. ‘They're the best in the world.”| rything the Name Impltes™ with her, and when she steps out] “They are not,” Hazel grinned,|| Northern Lite Bldg. Seattle, Wa. ERXE'S WILD ROSE LARD n another guy, I get all worked! giving my face an ta pat, “I'd) ———— ‘G_ SUI’ Pacific Northwest Products That tronage up and hard to handle. have a ‘mule skinner’ my SWEATERS Deserve Your Pa r | | I hated this Johnson bird worse] AMERICAN PAPER KNIT GOODS }than any of myrivals, He was a! I'll leave it to you. If a guy SEATT! preetap Oe oA ie good looker,| claims he understands women, he's| COMPANY ifn. Jand he sure swung a mean line of|nuts, Ain't I right? seattic, Washington Don't Ask for Crack oon talk about ambition and culture. He . ere—S: could spring a convincing line of : “A Double Action | | pisert dope about a laboring man never y Forton Carruth, |gets anywhere, and he could show grim tors for Ohio Matches and t Brand Line of Mrooms Start the Day Right Roman Meal PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT CO, write tee, thee precy seecs ING Strap-Hangers Patablished 1853 fj about had Masel Deleving Ride These Trains || PUGET MILL CO. Porridge SentWe A Balanced Food That's what sade fanart EFFINGHAM , Aug. 6 DOUGLAS FIR LUMBER making more Jn two weeks than he| jee pepe peenap tt Pls > i 0. t av-| ih tae A Gamble and Port Ludlow did in a month, and then him tav-| here, sins, are. bomnpelied to| | Fert Gamble anaired Ze Ing about mo not getting anys! 465" gaits Agents Pope & Talbot, where : - | San Francisco The dance I thought T was go {ng to take Hazel to, was going to} SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO. Western Store, Seattle, Wash, NEW YORK. Aug. 6.—Herbert| ———— Musgrave, for 26 years in the serv-| the music and it cost f : : Company 1 couple, It was generally | 3 : é otha big Haid wate beside t é | understood around town that Hazel | Re st A intadand Ridin iy mete es Ae aassonemael Pra alain, Mrarca ewe pneasand ate: 0 was my girl, and T knew if I didn't Colman Building, iw jiity: yond to the dance that the coal] Linaghtne el Nie Dh, don’t you worry,” comforted f on run would razz me} s wrong now?’ asked! Nancy. “Nick ‘n’ I will find him rowed’ abbr itt isa. Farseet | cakes and ’pareey ax ieeieneeaia ; |Seo how little we can make our. | ‘After I'd got home and cooled off, b . “BLEND'S MAH FRIEND" ny, do you know," said Snook: |selves in these magic shoes. We'll| 4 innovation in the West|t gave myself a good cussing for \ wagging his finger follow him and he won't see us| > drivey.|getting into an argument with Paorenars Co. pan 18 driver, | getting n argumen P night another Pee Wee disappeared. |coming and we'll find out all about the woman bus driver a ieal, but''Te gboldn'ttigute’ but al [IM Red Pimples. Itchedand Kome Office It was Nifty Nipper,” him," | Mrs. Hilda Bell, Brooks Lake,| wcuaeeuinyaale cy ard call] troubles are notybits of fur. He went in the direc ums of the Pee Wees way to fs r j SEATTLE exclaimed Nick.| ‘Thank you,” sald King Snook-|Wyo., serves as relief driver) yer up the next evening, figuring] Burned, Cuticura Heals, you'd be glad|ums. “I hope you will. We 4\ for the big buses that run|maybe she had changed her n ne “ My (ace broke out with eczema oor aaa rata him. All the Pee |the money to pave some new roads from Lander to the Yellow-|0r that maybe Johnson — couldn’ which was In the form of large, red I'm only putting It in a| agair fellow take your girl away from pers: atraid ot Alu aud ‘eay| cRGe Guat ROE mere itoea | t vel ala’ Sie: price butane! wouldalt if siedyiatratgeL i har £ PEACOCK .BUCKWHEAT xk: Kate 9 Sh ule haat, co's] OS seReTe )| WASHINGTON hed Snook-!the mud bank h t lears over winding mountain| ‘There was a big crowd at th hij Sliced and burned so as yon bay, castatnty lalong ahd *Mine HURL toe tion le dance. I didn’t want to go, but I'd aw) that [ ggratched the FOR PERMANENCE as you fay, it certainly |along and along and along. Then| roads. fener ae ee 4 coulan’t very LD pimples and tl OUR Oren EGG NOODLES be good riddance to bad rub-|they heard digging and’ then they | oc ape eee relp f got up an = / Pimples Mod cause A National Organtzatio something. . i r Cement in oR Ces Se hie. teen mew aces ,,{Girl Is Loser in all'sdotled “tip. Iike A: clothing: store bothered me so at at 1 he went something els Nifty Nipper was digging a hole. G dummy, and Hazel was with him, boy | night that I lost many WELLINGTON COAL consisting of three good pennies and| “Hi there. Comw.on’ and help!” ; epepysan i “I trled various remedies but BA ahead 1G Bette connie KINC ‘ON, Eng, Aug. 6. Mr made me feel awful blue to jour medies but A nickel, has been robbed, |he called when he aaw them, |wiaine Fitugerald,.' who. sald phé| watch them, dance together,s love| | without avail. [read en advertises Northwest Products RTON beset vihagia Ratio) stealing ¢ the husband who deserted her,| you know what I mean and you do| {Ment and sent for a free sample, Afams Bacon looked awfully surprised. | had Bete arrested for deserting her|if you was ever in love and had} {Later I purchased a cake of Soap Seattle Chamber of Lard oC : ia ba aH fyi Pere n Penh Se nos, 216 Adam 8t., So. Bend, Wash. ——$—<—<—$<$$—$ STIMSON MILL CO, have evidence that ‘he hitched It |whether he méahe 1 oF fot sent to this department during her absence will be || |tampleszrasy Matt Addcens: “ontiears Labor, P O R aL O F S E A T T L E ; Lumber "to a. brown, fuzzy caterpillar and (To Be Continued) answered ay promptly as possible upon her return. Culibarasep shaves whbeutaeg, Owns und Operates Publlo Wharves, Warehouses and Cold Storage Plante Seattle, U. 8. A. hould be kept in jail,’ Jand thru weeds until th | | | Brand ization Mito hebve “isk ater cette rod, | | well stay awa% Johnson was there \E/ greatdisfigurement. It Improve and Extend the Uses of NANAIMO went with him. The state treasury, |Right beside him was the money Marriage Gamble loottnie tlie Xi: kniltlon aalidra houra’ sleep, ———————————— | “You' rested," said Nick, “for}toox a gamblers chance’in remar-|jost, shattered romance, effect, it} {ment for Cuticura Soap and Oint- Committee & CO. MONKS & MILLER, Ine, and one box of Ointment which healed me.” (Signed) Misy A. Ches- Commerce SEATTLE, WASH. k mobic ow To Hes Can ew Obey ° kee Cynthia Grey is taking a 10 days’ vacation. All letters Use Cuticura forall toilet purposes. — Loggers und Manufacturers of kum f ‘0 this. day nohody knows| ) 1 Greve off. We found the tracks and| (Copyright, 1923, by Seattle Star) Ne le Bia ba) Oita! TD