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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
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AMD F-TtVTC-
( neat's -He. ) ( S.ubMce.! -Hav&) I rtM7. ejM
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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.
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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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
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