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MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE. MKDFOKI). OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1933.
Valiant Dust
by Perclval Christopher Wren BuUGESTf
BYNOPSlSl A tranoe 0op,
1 opera finger, juggler, lion tamer,
toUtler of fortune, become! a to
vorite of the oSlcert in the Foreign
Legion' deeert poet near V cleat
Ben, commanded by llaior Napo
leon Rlocoll, who dreamt 01 a ca
reer tuch at hie illuetriout name
take had. Thtt BombelH alto
"ehinet up to" Otho Belleme and
hit three Bngllth "buddies." Mean
while Riccoli it concentrating hit
command at the poet and perhapt
recounting in hit mind the incident
long before when Le Sage of the
French Becret Service had found
out too much about him, and had
forced him out of the army and
Into the Foreign Legion.
Chapter 7
BOMBELLI'8 SUGGESTION
ONE! moonlight night, u Otho at
leaning against the guard-room
vail, thinking, aa usual, ot England,
Borne and Beauty home at Telver
bury Castle and the beauty (mind,
body and soul) of Margaret, a 14
oionnalre, walking delicately, came
and seated himself beside him.
"Hot" he eald. "It maka da
sweat. Pour."
Bombolll again.
"Ton Ilka get outa dls?"
"Wouldn't you?"
"Sure t'lng. Me, I t'lnk 1 get
outa dls."
"What do yoo mean?"
. "I go on pump. I maka da prome
nade. Von deserta wit' mo?"
"No, thank you."
"Why you not?"
happy together. Vlttorelll smack
you on back Instead of on head; put
you In his good book Instead of
punlsbment-cell. Big Boy Rlccoll
make you high officer, general,
sheikh, kald. Ever bear of Kald
Maclean Sir Harry Maclean? Rosa
from drill-sergeant to be Com-mander-ln
Chief, ub?"
"Oh, yes, I've heard of him. An
honorable gentleman, decent, true
to his salt and faithful to his word
. . . and all that."
"Dat's blm. Now, suppose you
be honorable gentleman, true to salt
and faithful to word to good pay
master, to employer that gives fine
life, glorious chances like Sultan
of Morocco gave Kald Maclean."
Otho laughed.
"Apply again at end of present
contract," he yawned. "I have an
engagement with France, haven't
you?"
"Huh! And what does France
give you?"
"What Prance promised."
"You a fool, BolI6me?"
"Yes. Like you. Not such a big
one, though."
"Your pals fools?"
"Yes. Like me. Not knaves
though, like you.1
"Looklt, Belleme. What about s
spot ot cash down? Suppose 1
could baud you da wad of Jack
right a now. What you say7"
HT1
"Did you ever hear of Phllo Vance?"
Nor such a
"Not euch a fool
wine."
"By an' by, perhaps, when good
cbance como? I gotta da dollars.
no e.nfc uivau n n aj,
"Shut up."
BombelH laughed, tel. silent and
. lit a rt rrn va tf a
"Say, Britisher, don't get high
hat I only maka da joke, 1 play
fool."
"You certainly do."
"I don't t'lnk you desert wit' me.
I tell you trick worth better dan
daL You betcba Ufa."
Otho vouchsafed no reply.
"Looklt," continued BombelH.
"Yon wanna make good? You wan
na get In good wit' Vlttorelll? Wit'
Vlttorelll and da Major?"
"Why?"
"Because I can show you how. 1
got Vlttorelll In my pocket, aeo?"
"No."
"Well, I have. And Vlttorelll got
Big Boy Rlccoll In his pocket, see?"
"No."
"Well, he has. Like you got your
See? Lookit. Where you go, tbe
ntha. I'm. rt Im CUhat wa Ar,
the other free do. You come In wit'
us and bring them In too. Then you
get In good wit Vlttorelll.
"What are you driving at? What's
the game?"
"Big game. Rlccoll'i game. You
like to be a Rajah?"
"Wby, going to India, are we?"
BombelH glancod anxiously round,
placed bis lips close to Otho's ear
and whispered.
"India? No, Morocco. Bee? You
like to be a Kald? Big man
officer money , , . troedom
rank . . . wine , . . horses . . . women
. . . t"
"Call me Marguerite," yawned
Otho.
"What you mean?"
"Ever read Faust, my cheap Me-
Jhistopneles!"
"Talk sense."
"Same to you."
"Looklt, Belleme. Will you come
Is wit us and bring Mummery, Bos
sum. Harris and Tant de Solt, Pous-
aln, Petrovltcb and the rest of your
gang? Bring them In wit' us and all
"Did you ever hear of Phllo
Vance, famous American detective
of Action?"
"Nope."
"There's a ltttlo song about him,
'Phllo Vance
Nouriii a kick In the pance.' "
"Say, what's bl tin you, llellomet
you gono bughouse? Why you not
answer my question?'
Otho rose to hlB feet
"Stand Just In front of me, 1... .
about a yard away," he said.
"What you make?" asked Bom
belH "Make you wleh you'd never been
born. Stand where I say and I'll
give you a lift In the seat ot the
'panto' that will land you over thai
wall."
BombelH did not accept the Invi
tation, and Otho, turning suddenly
to blm, seized him by the collar.
"And listen," he continued, "You
say one word of this sort of talk tn
any of my pals and I'll give you the
damnedest biding a man ever got
Soo? You may be a strong man
and a Juggler and an acrobat as
wall as a rogue but I banpen to ne
a professional heavy-weight boxer
So let's hear no more out ot you.
Have a cigarette?"
nombelll, who had seen Otho
boat M'Bongu, the Senegalese
Champion, accepted the clgnrette.
patted Otbo soothingly, laughed and
assured him he did but maka da
Joka. ;
"Rotten Joke," growled Otho at
BombelH rose and walked away.
Some time later, while Otho was
standing "properly at ease" on his
sentry post bo was suddenly aware
ot a burly Arab approaching one
of the scoundrols who were buck
store In the light ot the sun and
snipers by the light of the moon
Perhaps a spy.
"HI you!" ba ..led Otho suddenly
"beat Itl Allcil Imsbl, In faci.
you"
As the Arab passed Otho he
looked straight Into the sentry's
face and said the one word "Yelver
bury."
(Copyright, If II, r. A. Btotcet Co.)
"Velverbury" Is the password tr
adventure, it ll proved tomorrow
CHICAGO'S GREAT
P. 0. DEDICATED
CHICAGO, reo. it. (AP) The
world's largest postolflce, costing
16,000,000, was dedicated yesterday.
Dignitaries of the national, stats
and city government aided in the
ceremonies. The building towers
high above the union station's naze
of railway tracks at Van Buren street
and the Chicago river.
By constructing the postolflce over
the railroad tracks, Postmaster Gen
eral Waltet P. Brown estimated the
government would save $800,000
yearly. The city gained the largest
postofflce largely because It had the
business of the largest mall order
houses In the world.
Dr. ft. W. Clamcy hss resumed prac
tice In Medford. Room 20S Medford
Bldg. Phones Office 77; Res. lis.
Real estate or Insurance Leave It
to Jones. Phone 796.
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VICTIM WITH FIRE
TtJClXMCARI, N. M., Feb. 15. (AP)
Two bandita sat on the desolate
prairie early today and watched com
placently while their penniless vic
tim, Lee Marshall, 50 year old home
steader, sizzled in flames after they
S'MATTER POP
COMMITTEE OKEHS
FARM RELIEF PLAN
WASHINGTON, Peb. 10. (AP)
tho domestlo allotment farm relief
plan was favorably reported to the
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cbalsed blm, threw gasoline on blm
and set him afire.
After Marshall was burned from
bead to toot and his screams wen
silenced the men apparently believed
blm dead and loosened his bonds.
They left and Marshall staggered
three miles through zero weather to
neighbors.
1
Pender and oody repairing Price,
right Brill eheet Metal Works.
Seattle Theater
Damaged By Bomb
SEATTLE, Peb. l.CffV-n ex
plosion partially wrecked the Winter
Garden theater here early today, tn
what police said apparently was a
bombing by labor racketeers. No one
was Injured.
After the second show, when only
two men were In the theater, the
blast obliterated the box office, dam
aged the marquee and entire front
of the building. ,
Newspaper Plant Bums
BEAVZKTON. Ore.. Peb. 18. (AP)
The plant of the Beaverton Enter
prise, newspaper owned by Lamborn
Elder, was destroyed by fire yester
day. Firemen said the blaze was ap
parently caused by an over-heated
stove.
THE ROAD TO DANQNG SCHOOL
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
NX .
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SCHOOL, WrSHrHa VS.
DIDN'T HAVE TO 60
VfcltHK BOYS SUDIW6 ,
OK ICE. EXPLAINS HE CNtf
JOIN THEM, HE'S (sCTT HIS
PATEUT- LEATHER SHOES ON
HURRIES ON BEFORE
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IS ORSEP To 1WE OHE
RIDE POWM HILL OtJ BOB
SLED, explains he cant
OK ACCOUNT OE HWW4
HJS 6003? aOTHES ON
QUICKLY WALKS ON 6E"
rbPE Hft WILL POWER.
HAS A CrlAWCE T& WEAKEN
PA9SES E)tCrrir(6 SHOW
FORT Fl6HT. CAUS HE
CA(S JOIN IK.HE MI6HT
GET HIS CLOTHES MUSSED
UP. HURRIES OH
6 WES A WISTFlJL LOOK
Back at SNoW-foRT
fl&HT. AND TOPS IN10
WtWER MUDDV SNOW
BAKK AT EP6E Of STREET
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COME OUTHTTA 1 J SLfAMO SA"V NOTHlh6TO
senate today by Its agricultural com
mittee after more than a month ot
hearings and discussions.
As reported, the bill contained ma
Jor alterations from the form In which
It passed the house. It was confined
to wheat and cotton while provisions
for acresge control and for defining
pre-war parity between agricultural
and commercial commodities were
stricken out.
The committee spproved the revised
bill by a vote of 11 to 4.
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