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BEGIN HERE TODAY
Peter Pennington, detective, *s
engaged to marry Monica Vinev.
sister of Captain John Hewitt, Com
missioner of police at Jesselton,
British North Borneo. Pennington
is detailed by the government to
run to earth The Yellow Seven, a
gang of Chinese bandits. Peter '*
known as "Chinese'’ Pennington be
cause of his slant eyes and his
ability to disguise himself and
mingle with Chinese without any
one suspecting his identity. Pen
nington traces Chat-Hung to his la
ics hiding place.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"The pack was gradually diminish
ing. There were only 13 cards left—
I counted them as they lay in the
yellow light of the lamp. There was
a dramatic pause and in the grin
silence that followed only one man
spoke. It was Gai-Ho—Hyde s old
servant—and ne spoke so softly that
I only caught ono single word—my
own name! And then a strange
thing happened. The arch-bandit,
who had min still aim motionless
as a corpse, raised himself on one
arm. His fingers, emaciated with
the fever that consumed him, hovJ
ered over tho table—then dropped
on to a single card. He was toa
weak to take it and the thing flut
tered to the Hoof, falling face-up
permost not a yard from where I
waited."
lhe yellow beven!” Hewitts ups
formed the words.
Pennington inclined his head.
"The lot had fallen upon Chal-I
Hung himself to take my life. And
Chat-Hung lay like a cead thing,
weakened even with the sheer exer
tion of his effort, while his intended
victim, watched unseen!"
At the foot of the bamboo ladder
the Commissioner turned to Pen
nington.
"I thought you'd like to know
that Monica insisted in coming with
me on this trip. To tell you the hon
est truth, 1 hadn't the heart to re
fuse her. Were staying at Haw
son’s bungalow. Why don't you ru 1
along and see her?"
A look of pain crept into the
other’s face.
"1 darent," he said thickly. "1
want to see this thing through
first."
The other nodded sympathetically
"When are you going to collar
him ?"
"Tonight. Come to me here at
nine—and come armed.
The Commissioner's form was out
of sight before Pennington turned
on his heel and went back to th - 1
bamboo bridge where Hewitt had
first found him.
* • •
/ The sun was already at Its zenith
when Captain John Hewitt—Com
aajlhissioner of Police—halted abruptly
B»t a spot where two jungle paths
Wmet—and realized that he had lost
' his bearings. It was precisely at
that moment that he began to re
gret that Fenningtotn had not offer
ed to’ accompany him. Penningon
had kn uncannw>knack of finding
■—hia jjb'.y through territory that was
absolutely unknown to him. It was
as If that extraordinary freak of
birth that had presented him with
the eyes of an Oriental had gifted
him, also with the mysterious in
stincts of the primeval savage.
The track was imperceptibly
growing wider and at intervals he
felt the rays of the sun that poured ,
down on him where the *rees were |
set farther apart. He glanced up
suddenly then, white to the roots of
his hair, darted behind the trunk of
a jack-fruit-tree, flattening himself
against the bark. He knew now *
that he had taken the wrong path
for straight ahead of him rotto a |
wall of rock, sheer and fiowniny.
At the foot of the rock nestled a
broad, squat hut. rooted with dried j
sago leaves. Sitting tranquilly, at
his ease, his fat fingers interlaced
over an enormous paunch that even 1
fever had not succeeded in reducing
to any appreciable extent., was
Chat-Hung. He sat alone, wrapped
In a blanket acquired m one his
numerous raids, his feet crossed in
front of him. his back resting
against one of the poles that sup
ported the building.
For a matter of seconds the Com
missioner of Police stared in - tute
fascination at this apparition. A pro
r longed scrutiny left n doubt ills
mind as to the accuracy of Penning
ton's statement. Chat-Hung had
been 111. There were dark lines
under 'his eyes, his cheeks had fall
en in and the rolls of fat that hung >
.rum nig jowl were suspcnde t like j
li e shapeless lines of a deflating
bullion.
The bandit rose to his feet with a '
sudden effort, clutching at the pale I
for support, presently he steadied!
himself and came slowly toward the |
spot where Hewitt was hiding, hU i
beady eyes blazing with a light that [
was almost supernatural. The Com- i
missioner fumbling for his hip
pocket, swayed sideways and broke |
the spell that held him. Scarcely ;
conscious of what he was doing, he
left the trees and ,cover.ns halt tr,e ;
distance that separated them, lev
eled his automatic (deliberately [ |
at Chai-Hnug.
The Oriental did not flinch. He let j j
the blanket slip from his broad 11
shoulders and returned the other’s, ;
gaze with a placid smile. ' ]
•’You want to see me. Captain j
Hewitt?” he inquired with that oily I ,
smoothness he could pour over the ,
habitual harshness of his intonation ,
when he chose. 1
”1 want you to put both your i
hands above your head, Mr. Chai
Hung, and to come with me imme
diately.”
The bandit smiled again. i
“May I ask where you propose i
taking me? It would be unkind per
haps to remind you that you have i
lost your way!"
He lifted both arms as he spoke,
apparently in accordance with
Hewitt’s request, and at that mo- i
raent the commissioner felt himself |
pinioned securely from behind. So i
suddenly and cleverly conceived was
the attack that the Englishman was
overpowered without a struggle,
bound hand and foot with leathern
thongs swiftly and securely knotted.
And, as he lay helpless at the
bandit’s feet, Chai-Hung signalled :
fur the stool of carved black wood
that still remained outside his tern
purary residence.
I O,... ..— -
confidence, Mr. Commissioner, he
said. "I am a desperate man, driven
by your agents into a corner, forced
to suffer privations that do not al- !
together agree with a man of my j
haoits. X am ill, you see, but 1 am
going to recover. My wings have
been clipped, but they will grow
again. The Chinese Dragon, Cap
tain Hewitt, is many-headed—-and
each head has a fang.” The corners
of his evil mouth turned down.
"Have you ever heard of a sixth^
sense?—a mysterious intuition that'
indicates when one is being spied
upon?—I felt the promptings of that
sense—last night. The man they
call ‘He Who Sees in the Dark’
came to my house and you will
unu .stand me fully when 1 tell you
that X returned the call. The man
who brought this Pennington to me
—I have dealt with. I have put out
his eyes, so that he will never see
again; I have removed his fingers,
so that he may never point out the
way. There are only three people ;
in existence who stand between Chai- j
Hung and the freedom of movement !
he desires. You know them all, Cap
tain Jdewitt. There is Chinese Pen
nington. your sister—and yourself.
Now, observe how cleverly I have
separated them. You are already in
my power, Pennington is waiting for
nightfall—down by the sago-swamp,
and Mrs. Viney Is alone ni Dawson's
bungalow—alone, because I have ar
ranged that Dawson shall be kept
away until I think it fit for him to
return." He paused for a moment
and a preposterously exaggerated
, iigei-nail pointed toward the com
missioner. "Each shall perish in his
turn, and each in a different manner.
I am reserving you for the last, be
cause I should like you to live long
enough to realize the power of Chai
Hung, the inevitable triumph of the
Yellow Seven. I think X can safely
assure you that you will not have to
wait long!”
He reached for a branch and pull
ing himself to his feet, went slowly
back to the hut, a hunch-backed
coolie following him with the stool.
Hewitt, a prey to a host of un
pleasant reflections, tore feebly at
the thongs that held him. A sudden
movement in his immediate vicinity
caused him to jerk his head pain
fully round. He saw a short, thick
set Oriental with a parang hung
from his waist, leaning truculently
against the jack-fruit-tree.
"You will remember me, oh
EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO
Englishman,” said the sentry grimly.
“I am Lal-Ho, that was the servant
of Hyde. It would be better per
haps to remain still.”
It was more than an hour before
Chai-Hung returned. He was su
perbly clad in a mandarin jacket of
blue embroidered with silver dragons
and the dwarf followed at a discreet
Interval, carrying a red umbrella and
i Chinese tea-pot in a nickel case
that resembled a biscuit-barrel.
"I am on my way to take tea with
your sister. Captain Hewitt," he
purred maliciously. “Exercising my
bustomary caution—I am taking my
own tea!"
• * •
Quite apart from the imminent
risks that threatened her lover,
Monica—although she would never
lave acknowledged it, was desper
itely curious to know how the duel
between Pennington and Chai-Hung
,vould end.
From the moment she had left the
ittle, ramshackle train to accom
lany her brother to Dawson's bung
ilow, she had become haunted with
i vague, indefinite fear that she was
being followed. She had confided
ter fears to the commissioner, but
dewitt, seeing in this sudden con- i
irtion still another symptom of the ;
lervous trouble he had already no- I
iced, had not expressed surprise.
“One gets odd notions in these
iarts,” he told her easily. "It’s that
ame queer restlessness you hear
imong the trees that gives rise to
losts of native superstitions.”
The explanation had sounded logi
al enough but, on the afternoon of
he day Hewitt had started out to
ncet Pennington. Monica encoum
ered Chai-Hung himself in a narrow
:lade not a quarter of a mile from
lawson’s house.
"Isn't it delightfully cool under,
he trees," she faltered as pleasantly j
is she knew how. She was aware of
in uncomfortable feeling that Chai-1
lung was a dangerous criminal with ;
i price on his head, a celebrity, in |
act, that she must deal with tact- j
lully until she could get in touch j
vith one of Dawson’s men. “Do you
nind letting me pass. I’m in a
lurry.”
(Continued in our next issue)
Candidates on speaking tours
liake many sp"-" detours. _
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All flowers get iu. J except wall
lowers.
TbROADCARTING r
Today's radio programs:
WOK
(Bamberger’s—Newark)
2:30 P. M.—Solos by Man- Per
hatch, contralto.
2:45 P. M.—Solos by David Daca
3:00 P. M.—Piano solos by Maida
Bradshaw.
3:15 P. M.—Solos by Mary Per
hatch.
3:30 P. M.—Solos by David paca.
3:45 P. M.—Talks of interest to
women by -Maude Hall.
6:15 P. M. — Solos by Roland
Hogue.
6:30 P. M.—"Man in the Moon
Stories for the Children." copyright
of the Newark Sunday Call.
7:00 P. M.—Continuation of solos
by Roland Hogue.
7:28 P. M.—Baseball scores.
Wilti
(Radio Corporation, Jicw York)
3 p. m.—Fashions.
3:05 p. m.—Concert by Joseph
Wolfe .baritone; Bernard Baslow,
pianist, and Jane Hampson, pianist.
4 p. m.—Baseball scores every
fifteen minutes after this time.
4:05 p. m.—"A Few Timely
Don'ts" by Samuel Bernard, Aero
logist.
5:45 p. m.—Closing reports.
6 p. m.—Stories from Sweden.
7:30—"Dogs," by Frank Dole.
7:45 p. m.—"How Much Shall
You Spend?" by Fred C. Russel],
8 p. m.—Recital by Frank Munn,
tenor. ,
8:15 p. m.—"Sports,’ by William
J. Slocum.
8:30 p. m.—Recital by Frank
Munn and Fred W. Langdon.
8:45 p. m.—“Inspiritior.al Talk"
by George Grebe.
9 p. m.—Mayor Hylan's Peoples
Concert.
10 p. m.—Music by the Hotel
Astor Dance Orchestra.
10:55 p. m.—Time signals and
weather forecast.
KDKA
(Westlnghouso—Pittsburgh)
2:15 P. M.—Baseball scores.
5:00 P. M.—Baseball scores.
5:15 P. M.—Dinner Concept by the
Grand Symphony orchestra.
G:00 P. M.—Baseball scores.
6:05 P. M.—Dinner concert con
tinued.
6:30 P. M.—Late news. Humor
from "Judge.”
6:45 P. M.—The Children's period.
7:00 P. M.—Baseball scores.
7:05 P. M.—“A Trip Through the
New England States” by Harrison
Brown.
7:20 P. M.—Concert by the West
inghouse Community Chorus. Myrtle
Brown, soprano soloist; Clarence
Wylam, baritone.
8:45 P. M.—National Stockman
and Farmer Market reports.
9:00 P. M.—Baseball scores.
9:55 P. M.—Arlington time sig
nals.
METUCHEN
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Tappen left
yesterday for Budd Lake, where
they will spend a two weeks vaci
tion.
... iss Mildred Liddle, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Barr, will
be married tomorrow afternoon in
the Reformed church to Irving R
Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Moss, of Woodbridge avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Smith and
son have returned home after
spending their vacation at Yankee
Lake. Mr. Smith is an employe of
the Elizabeth Hardware Company
of Perth Amboy.
Mies Emma Carman is visiting her
cousin, Mrs. H. E. Ayres, of Graham
avenue.
Hr. and Mrs. Hunt have returnel
home after a rip to Honolulu and
Alaska. They will spend the next
two months at the seashore.
The Reverend Frederick Zimmer
man, of the Reformed church, and
his family are enjoying several
weeks vacation at Greenwich, N. Y.
They will also spend some time a.
Hedges Lake.
Miss Margaret Johnson left Sat
urday tor Philadelphia, where she
will take up social science work.
Mrs. William Hanford and chil
dren are enjoying their vaation at
Point pleasant.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hebbard.
of Highland avenue, have announc
I ed the engagement of their daugh
ter Charlotte to Casper H. BilUp,
of Rye, N. Y.
Miss Mary Forman has returned
from Ocean Grove.
Mrs. Charles Eldrldge entertained
with two tables of bridge at her
home on Woodbrldge uvenue on
Friday afternoon. Mrs. Philip Rug
ger was the prize winner. Re
freshments were served.
Mias Dorothy Drews is spending
her vacation at Pinewood Camp.
Maine.
Miss Isabel Rolfe is the guest of
Miss Muriel Johnson at Greenpoint,
Long Island.
Dr. A. L. Ellis has purchased a
new car.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas and
daughter have closed their ihome at
Hillside avenue and are spending
this month at their cottage at Lake
Hopatcong.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Price, o'
Clarendone court, are enjoying a
two weeks vacation.
Mrs. J. E. Canse and Miss Lil
lian Canse are spending several
weeks at Budd Lake.
Mrs. George Litterst is confined
to her home on Maple street suf
fering from a nervous breakdown.
Miss Henrietta Donnell is the
guest of Mrs. Harriet at Cranford.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Owens
and family, of Baltimore, are tha
guests of t'he latter’s parents on
Lake street.
Mrs. Knok, of New York city, is
the guest of Mrs. Charles Edgar.
Harold Potter, won his game in
the North Jersey Amateur cham
pionship games being held at tha
Westfield Counry Club.
Dr. and Mrs. Morgan Dix are on
their vacation in Virginia.
Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Hare of tha
Baptist church, are spending thew
vacation at Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. McHose, of Ambw
] avenue, have taken a cottage at
I Manasquan for the month.
oTtal water power resources of the
T'nitrd States is estimated at 80,
I 000,000 horsepower.
The mosquito which carries mala
ria is the only one that stands on
its head to bite.
Electric light is much less harm
ful in museums than day light, ac
cording to a series of tests made by
the director of the British Museum.
5 ——*—————————
Wheat
The world's wheat crop this year
will be 214 million bushels more
than in 1922, according to the Inter
national Institute of Agriculture at
Rome.
The gains are made in Europe*,
Asia, Africa and Australia. The j
crop in North America, which in
cludes our country and Canada, will
be practically the same as a year
ago. Yet our wheat prices tumble.
Which illustrates how we are in
fluenced by world conditions. An j
United States of the World is rapid- j
ly being created in economics—the I
system of supplying our material j
wants.
7 Per Cent
Cheap wheat will ruin many farm
ers, but not the general farming in
dustry. The Breeders’ Gazette, ag
ricultural weekly, points out that
“less than 7 per cent of the value of |
farm crops and livestock last year j
was represented by the American
wheat crop. That percentage had
seldom been higher than 7.”
The one-crop farmer takes an aw
ful chance. Many years were re
quired to teach the south the wisdom
of diversified crops. But the south
is well on its way tow-ard learning its
lesson.
Caught
A prosperous man of standing is j
arrested in Newton, N. C. Thirty- j
two years ago he escaped from the ,
state penitentiary where he w'as do- j
ing ten years for robbery. Now he I
goes back to finish his term. It i
must be a bitter pill to swallow, i
after so many years of freedom.
Escaped convicts are not always
captured. But in a general way
Emerson’s law of compensation |
holds good and eventually we have
to pay the piper—even after thirty
two years. The scales at times do not
seem to balance, because what is
joy to one may be punishment to
another. We never know how badly
we are off, or how well, unless we
have contrast in our existence, for
comparison.
Pioneerg
In the last two years 28 million
acres of public lands have become
the property of homesteaders. That’s
an area larger than Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, New Hampshire and
Connecticut combined.
The days of "free land” in our
country are about over, the "land” M
including all natural resources. H
Values—loose opportunities-—are get- ”
ting under lock and key. Private
keep out.
Prosperity
Building construction will continue
for at least another year at or near
capacity. In other words, going full
blast. So predict economists of Na
tional City Bank, conservative and
reliable prophets. Take this as an
antidote for the worst news you hear
today.
Labrador, which skirts the Atlan
tic east of Hudson bay, has been
losing population steadily since 1884.
Less than 3700 people in its 120,000
square miles, though it has pleasant
summers, excellent harbors and val
uable fisheries and ore.
People get out of Labrador to
avoid its rigorous ice-bound winters.
Tendency of population is to follow
the line of least resistance. Euro
peans, when they realize the fright
ful economic mess ahead of thdm,
will pack up and migrate by the mil
lions, with South America probably
as their chief destination. It is not
impossible that Europe is golijg to
join the Lost Civilizations.
K.EYP0K1
Michael Sherry, tenor, has been
engaged as tenor soloist of the First H
Baptist churtfh for the winter. Mr. ™
Sherry made his debut in the church
on Sunday when in company with
Mrs. Mabel Perclval Collins and
George Porter he rendered th$
Hymn to the Sun.
Miss Florence Huylar has return
ed to her home on First street after
having snort several weeks vacation
In the Catskills.
Mr. and Airs. Charles Perclval and
daughter. Marian, of East Orange,
were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs,'
George M. Collins of Atlantic street,
Mrs. Katherine Cooper and daugh*
ter, Miss Ethel Cooper, have return
ed from two weeks spent in New
Rochelle, N. Y., as guests of Mr,
and Mrs. Harry Van Dorn.
The M. L. Club is planning to hold
a big dance at Beach Park on Fri
day night, August 24. Music will
he furnished by the Original Jass
Five.
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