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BEGIN HERE TODAY Peter Pennington, engaged by the government to capture Chai-Hung, leader ol The Yellow Seven, a gang of Chinese bandits, loves Monica Viney, sister of Captain John Hewitt, Commissioner of Police at Jesselton, British North Borneo. Pennington goes with Denis Moorhouse. district officer, to hunt Chai-Hung. The expedition is guided by a dancing girl, enemy of the bandit chief, because of the theft of one of her wonderful silver gloves. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY ENNINGTON" smiled. “You’ll have to tuck that l__J sylphlike form of yours a deal closer into the undergrowth.” “Guaya’s gone in.” reported the D. O. of Buklt-Iban, mopping his forehead with a handkerchief. “Hot, isn’t it?” said Pennington cheerfully. A quarter of an hour later Moorhouse touched Pennington with- his foot and the man with the Chinese eyes passed the warning on a trifle more heavily. The girl had emerged from the hut and, the bundle still under one arm, was making off in an easterly direction, following close pon the heels of an elderly Oriental n a suit of butcher’s blue ajjd an r.ormous mushroom hat. Moorhous' glanced back. "Give ’em time,” muttered Penington between his teeth. “It may n a plant.” To Dawson it seemed centuries beore the jungie expert rose to his feet nd, selecting a patch of ground be- . ween the trees where the giant ferns i ose in rank profusion, steered a diag- ! nal course toward the path their uarry had taken.

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A THIRD FORM PUSHED BETWEEN CHAI-HUNG AND HIS LIEUTENANT. It was fully an hour before they obtained a clear view of the dancer and her guide, hut Pennington—employing some instinct he had acquired in * his wanderings, seemed to have been aware of their proximity for some time. With startling suddenness Chinese Pennington dropped in his tracks and not a moment too soon his companions followed suit. Leaning against a jack-fruit tree i>arely a dozen yards distant Moorhouse saw an enormous Oriental, nude from the waist upward, a formidable parang dangling at his side. Farther to his right, the D. O. noted a similar sentinel and, to the left again, still a third, motionless as a statue. As they lay there, a prey to voracious ants and swarms of flies, a piercing scream came from the direction of the path, followed by a wild, hysterical sobbing. Moorhouse was up like a jack-in-the-box, but Pennington's Angers, closing firmly over an ankle, pulled him down again. He turned to expostulate, but a hand choked his utterance. “Keep still, you priceless idiot!” the other whispered in his ear. “You can’t do any good.' He’s waiting for us to come out and show ourselves.” The D. O. of Bukit-Iban, an unpleasant taste in his mouth, glanced appealingly at Dawson; but Dawson was thoughtfully examining the safetycatch of his automatic and did not look up. The screams came again and Moorhouse jammed his fingers in his ears. He hardly remembered the details of that retreat. There was something about Pennington that made men follow him, or the magistrate would never have come at all. "Phew!” ejaculated Dawson as soon as they were back at the original track. “That was a trifle too near

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to be pleasant!” He winked at Pennington. "Gentlemen, you may smoke!” He held his case to Moorhouse, who did not appear to notice it, and to Penningtpn, who shook his head. The stout man lit up cheerfully. “Discretion,” he observed sententiously, “is the better part of valor! With a bit of luck, Moorhouse, old son, we shall arrive at your palatial residence in time for a cheering cup of tea!” The pent-up feelings of Denis Moorhouse at, length found utterance. “They were murdering that girl,” he said. Chinese Pennington dropped a heavy hand on the other’s shoulder. “I should make yourself quite easy on that score. Chai-Hung doesn't murder pretty women who are likely to be of service to him. Whether Miss Guava was aware of It or not, the ambush we were within an ace of walking into had been long and carefully prepared.” “That doesn’t account for the screams.” "Some people scream before they are hurt.” “I don’t quite follow you.” “He means to say,” put in Dawson, inhaling tobacco smoke with the air of a parched traveler in the desert quenching his thirst, “that the bandit njerely threatened her. He can be a mighty unpleasant spectacle when he likes.” “I hope to heaven you’re right.” “The more I think of it,” pursued Pennington, "the more feasible it seems. Guaya, you must remember, is a consummate actress—and her efforts certainly struck me as highly theatrical.” “Where are we now?” demanded Moorhouse gloomily. “A shade better off than w-hen we started. We know that the YellowSeven are here in considerable force, and that the united efforts of three perfectly good white men armed with automatics would be about the forlornest hope ever embarked upon.” They passed through the screen of cocopalms and emerged on to the strip of grassland In which Moorhouse’s bungalow- lay. • • • Moorhouse, hardly awake, reached down automatically for the blanket at the bottom of the bed. Suddenly, as his benumbed faculties began to re turn to him, he started and blinked vacantly at the white canopy above him. Somewhere close at hand a dog was barking. Ten seconds later he had woken to the realization that It was the black chow- and that the sound came from the veranda.

_“Shut up, Httam! Lie down!” And then—something h.'&ck an 1 shadowy slid noiselessly within the rectangle of light and out of it again. The D. 0., experiencing that uncomfortable sensation that is invariably asssociated with a surprise In the early hours, forced his muscles to act and groped under the pillow for his automatic. His fingers touched nothing but the crumpled edge of the sheet. Always a restless sleeper, his pillow- lay—a hapeless mass—to one side, and the weapon had presumably dropped to the floor without waking him. Sw-earing softly to himaglf, he reached dow-n, groping uncertainly in all directions. The flimsy curtains, blowing listlessly in a light breeze, touched his cheek and, bringing his head suddenly upw-ard, he saw—as if dangled from the bedpost—a silver hand. The thing hovered there, glittering In the patch of light, and for some moments he starred at it. He withdrew his gaze with an effort, a wild hope revolving in his brain. "Guaya!” The w-ords formed themselves upon his lips. He had not seen her since that strategic retreat from the bandit’s sentries. Perhaps she had sought him on the veranda and, failing to find him there, had come to hisroom. He looked up again. The apparition was still w-here he had first seen it. He pushed himself upward on his arms—then sank back mute w-ith silent horror. The thing was a left hand —the gauntlet that Chai-Hung had stolen! He wriggled over on to his face and sent his trembling fingers over rough floor. They * knocked presently against something soft and warm—a human foot! He set his teeth grimly. He must somehow manage to slip out from the other side —and snatch up the water Jug anything w*ith which to defend himself. The bed creaked as he moved and the curtains parted. A leap hand fell upon either wrist and, from out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the silver hand had vanished. There hung in its place a knife with a long thin blade and a hilt that he knew was yellow. He aimed a kick at the arm which held it suspended, but it moved swiftly upward and the force of his'blow was spent upon empty air. He could catch its shadowy outline as it hesitated before descending, and then—the door of the room swung open and the light of a hurricane-lamp illuminated the whole apartment. The grip on his wrists relaxed and tightened again before he could wrench himself free. The lamp stood guarded on the threshold, as if it had come there of its own accord, and Moorhouse recognized at one and the same time the man who held him and the creature with the knife: Nyi Hau —and the great Chai-Hung! He struggled with renewed vio lence, tore one hand from the power ful fingers that encircled it and hit out at Nyi-Hau with all the force he could put behind it. The. man recoiled and the magistrate, rolling to one side, avoided the fall of the knife by a hair's breadth. He caught the third form, gliding stealthily from behind the door, pushed between ChaiHung and his lieutenant. It was Guaya! Her garment was torn and travel-stained and her black hair fell in waves over her dark shoulders. Moorhouse did not understand the meaning of her disheveled tresses, until the dagger with the jeweled hilt sped downward. She drove It with triumphant force between Nyi-Hau's shoulders —and the creature pitched headlong across the D. O. Struggling to free himself from his nauseous burden, Moorhouse did not see how Guaya died. He heard her little, panting cry and threw Nyi-Hau from him to discover Chai-Hung forcing his great bulk through the win- '

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