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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1933. Valiant Dust by Percival Christopher Wren -beau GESTf amufSlB: A attachment of Maf. Napoleon Blccoli'e Foreign Legion command te building a Poet in the deeert near Uekueten while awaiting hie return with the main body Yeare before Hiccoli had been teeted and found wanting by Le Bage of the French Secret Ser vice, and had been forced to leave the army. Be had ioined the Legion, ar.d had rieen to the rank of Uafor. Otho Belleme and hie Bnglteh com- Santone have been listening to allor Harrie deeoribe hie part in eavlng the Hie of Jnlee Hallpnl. eon of Bt lea Beth el Ain. a half eleter of the Kald of Uekateen. yeare be fore. Otho hoe known Ualigni in England, aleo the Kaid'e eon RaieuU Chapter ( THE 8TRANGE BOMBELLI THE Section had endured life at Post One for but a brlet apace, when the personality of a hitherto unnoticed comrade began to Im pinge upon Otho'a consciousness a man whom the four Englishmen and their friends had noticed only as one of the party whom they gen erally termed "VlttorelU'a pets." He bad arrived, one day, with a mule-convoy, and bad remained at the post. Undeniably, Sergeant-Major Vlt torelll was guilty of gross favorit ism, and undoubtedly this man was a prima favorite ranking with the, Coratcana tbemielres In Vittorelll's esteem, and, with them, basking In the warmth of his appoval an ap- Otho considered him and his re cent gradual emergence from the ruck of their comrades Into the po sition of, not exactly membership in their set, but that of a candidate for membership. An extremely amusing as well as Interesting person, with an inex haustible fund of humor. One gath ered that he had had an amazing career, had used all the world as his stage, and In bis time played many parts. Be still had a wonderful vole and had sung In all the chief Opera Houses of Europe. He was Im mensely agile, quick and supple, and bad earned his living as an acrobat and conjurer. Although not very big he was very strong, with muscles like wire hawsers. Also he was extremely handsome In the classlo Roman style. A real human puzzle. Whenever lite was extra hard, food extra short, and wine unpro curable, Bombelll loudly lamented the cowardice that brought him to the Legion. . So you're a faint-hearted. Illy- llvered, cold-footed coward, eh?" Joe Mummery had smiled one day, tb first time Bombelll bewailed thi lack of courage that had made him a soldier in the Regiment that Is al ways fighting. Bombelll had arrived with a mule eonvoy, proval that had numerous signifi cant and practical manifestations. Very probably the tact that the fellow had lived In Corsica, knew AJacclo and spoke Italian, bad great deal to do with his success with Sergeant-Major Vlttorelll, And not only with Sergeant-Major Vlt torelll, for that Invaluable and pow erful patron had Introduced him to the favorable notice of Major Rio- ooll himself. . In this exalted quarter also, the fellow had found favor, and bad so tar Ingratiated himself that Major Blccoll had appointed blm his order ly for duty whenever Major Rlccoll sojourned at Post One. . Here again, doubtless, the man's knowledge of Corsica, AJacclo, and the Italian tongue, was of Immense ervloe to blm In the attainment of els ambitions. But why he, rather than the genu ine Corslcana themselves, Corslcans bred and born? And then, with a smile at his ' growing tendency to cynicism, Otho remembered tbat tbe man had money for a loglonnalre, Quite a lot of money. And If, In the Kingdom of the Blind, the one-eyed Is King, in the Legion's Purgatory of Poverty, the tnan with a private income is Croesus. ; Otho yawned cavernously, stretch ed himself mightily, and sat up on bis cot. "Lend ns that ra. mat. Yah. yes, all right, I'll give It to you dick, nasi a your name, oy mo wayT" "Bombelll." Joe Mummery and that queer hap the "creeper," Major Rlccoll's orderly, who bad lately biea culti vating tbe four Englishmen and their friends. "What did you aayr Bombelll." - "Love us! Bit explosive, ain't It? Tou should take something tor that" Why was Bombelll now cultivat ing him, Otho, so assiduously and nmlstakablyf Also Joe, William Bossum, and Sailor Harris, as well as Tsnt de Sole, Pere Poussln and Petrorltch, their friends? What could be hope to get out of them? What was his game? "Sure, Bo," replied Bombelll Is Itallanate English-American. "Damn awful cowards. I maks the runaway. 1 vamoosa. From a girl I From Herculeat She beats me. I skedadalla. 1 sure get-to-. hell-outa-thls, pronto. . . ." - "But you didn't run straight from Ohio to Sldlbel-Abb6s, Bombo?" "Nope, runs to the Yards and beata da Ovorland to N'Yorka. Soon I feels D. S. A. Is too small leetle oountry to;' me while Herculea mov In' roun' : It, so I beata da Over water too wbat-you-oall a stow-lt. away on suit and jomns to yurrup , t Thon 1 come to Napoll and sing Funiculi funlcula bunk to da tour lata eatin' spaghetti and drlnkln' lachryma Cbrlatl at da hotel by Pompeii, , . . And there 1 alts In da sun an' grow tat on good eats, wit' da good oil an' da good garlic, an' praise da good God. "And then Ilka dam-fool I must shake da loose foot again, and 1 go all over Yurrup aome more, aud sometime I sing Pagliaccl In big Kursaal Concert and ' In Opera House; and sometime I Juggle brass ball In Big Top tent. "An' one day I am In Marseilles, to do turn at da Muslo Hall, an' am walking up Cannablore feeling good and run straight Into Hercu lea. ... I "Den I run straight into da Fort " 'Fort's ctrong enough," t'lnks 1 'Surely I'll be safe In there.' "Sentry -oawls me out. : "'Hil Whore In Hell yon fins you goln'f he shouts. " 'Anywhere tbere alnt no women at all,' I says and the Sergeant comes out an' says, ' 'That's all right, Wop, Join right now. . , . There ain't no wo men here. " 'Worse luck,' he adds. "'Don't you blaspheme. Bo,' ) begs, an' Joins da Foreign Legion pronto." Yes, an extremely amusing and extraordinarily Interesting man. But did be quite realize how in toroatlng ha was becoming tc Otho, at least? Did he realize that once or twice when talking t. Otho :.e had talked English without a trace of Italian accent? (Copyright, ttlt. jr. A. Btaket Co.) Bombulll rnahei an aitonlihlng proposition to Otho, Monday. Intangibles Tax For Washington OLYMPIA. Wash., Fob. 14. (AP) By a vote of as to 18, with two absent, tbe senate of the Washington legisla ture today approved a 'bill by Sena tor Pelrce (D., Spokane), providing for the taxation ot Intangibles, auch s money and credits. Relief Measures Given Approval WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (P) Two glgantlo relief bills one for destitute unemployed, and the other for mort gage burdened farmers and small ur ban home owners were Approved to day by the senate banking committee. HEAVY FOR ARMS TOKYO. Feb. 14-(AP) Tbe Jap anese Imperial diet, or parliament, approved by a standing vote today tbe largest budget In tbe history of the nation, totaling 2.239,000,000 yen (about a480,a00,000.) Only three proletarians among tbe 4&o members dissented. Tbe measure now goes to tbe bouse ox peers. , : Tbe swollen proportions of tbe budget were primarily due to tbe de mands of tbe army and navy. PORTLAND, Ore.. Peb. 15.(AP) A gunman walked into tbe Oregon Woolen Mills store here last night, confronted A. Mackaben, proprietor, with an automatlo pistol, and forced blm to turn over the money from tbe cash register, Macaben reported to police. F GENEVA, Feb. 14 (AP) The com mittee of nineteen of the League of Nations today approved the draft re port of a sub -committee condemning Japan for her Mancburlar policy and set a plenary session of tbe assembly S'MATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE 1 vPuniwe "Practice,) ZS I vera, top I M MV J ' J ' Jell, - AMD F-TtVTC- ( neat's -He. ) ( S.ubMce.! -Hav&) I rtM7. ejM t 1 (Copyright, 1933, fry Tfo Bell Syndicate, Inc.). j for next Tuesday to ratify the report. Next Tuesday's meeting will be for the presentation of the report and announcement that efforts of the committee of nineteen for concilia tion had failed. Then adjournment will be take until Friday when the report will be discussed. Gladys IJatwlck Shelby, modiste Gowns remodeled. Attractive prices. IS Carglll Court, WILLIAMS CREEK, Feb. 15. (Spl) The home of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Klndell, near Pro volt, was destroyed by fire of unknown origin about 6 a- m. Thursday. The blaze started In the woodshed. Most of the house hold goods were saved except In the kitchen. All groceries and canned fruits were lost. Tbe house was the white bouse near Fred Lichen's, known as the Louie Smith place, and was owned by Mrs. Martha Porgey of Medford. The house was covered by Insurance. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS By GLUYAS WILLIAMS ' Y6W6 EDDlE SftZEK HAS PICKED UP QUITE A LITHE POCKET .MONEY VWH HIS SUED -TAXI SERVICE , t GUARANTEEING To 6ET TARDY RISERS DOWN THE BACK HILL TO THE STATION . . IN EIGHT SECONDS FLAT (Copyright, 1933, by The BeSX Syndicate. Itte. 2-S TAILSPIN TOMMY Isabella Speaks Their Language By OLKNN UHAfFlM and HAL rUUKKSI JUST BE SEATED, CeWTUMEN" jSF'""m&Sai I lggO Y1MMltf WE DOUN ANDH Ml TERRIBLY cj fl I LJcslI !SPiHll W S OEMOR DC C0RVAU.0 WILL BE THANK EEs5ji iJa13!)M ?WwS FIND VOURSeLF I SORRV TO WtP71'aiV-?--,!'' mtSyV DocgNmA moment----- Jt ef3 Uj6ggil mow wouLDi ysfffmLT e's RnCanotuR u MtANaffipiSTMlAllE Tffl.'.'Sj I i r j ! BOUND TO WIN While In The City By EDWIN ALGER fWT HeRE.tS rNHV.Ve6 ?WMWB.E.ayoii. CHILD SIMPKIET TURM THAT ' rh ( WHENTa hod think X THE LftST P8. Ml IS STAVING CS- HER'! BUT WHEN 3HE NOSE TOTHE NEftRBST . DOCTORN' ME,SMPKE? DRESS 1 HAVE" L cllSlSI H HERE, BUT OPENS THEM SWEET FLORISTS SHORT WERE B.H1IU I " ' V1"1 Sil BDTiMRi. GIT IN THERE AND, ERE SHE MIGHT ffl BP I P 1 BELIEVE CiEfSEYES O' HERJ VOU ) GOIN'TO MAKE THE NSOErI-ir - H j COSBY, YOU MASSA6E THAT STEEWN' ; -OH,LORDE,yffl WW SHE'S ST1LLV W 3EST WHISPER V O'THIS HERE CAR LOOK nH UP AIN'T H AO ) WHEEL! 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