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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933.
Valiant Dust
by Pereival Christopher Wren tvMcAtr
SYNOPSIS; BombelU, u curious
canderer who has money although
enlisted in the Foreign Legion,
tries to induce Otho Betltme to de
sert and. falling that, hints of great
benefits if he will tall in with the
flans of Major Hiccoli. Rtccoli,
his Napoleonic ambitions bared by
Le Sage of the French Secret Ber
vice, has been lo'ceA out of the
French army, and has risen to the
rank of major after enlisting in the
Foreign Legion. At his baking post
near ifekarren Rlocoli dreams of
ruling a Baharo empire. Then a
dirty Arab approaches Otho on
sentry duty, and says to him one
word only. Y elverbury."
Chapter 8
r YE8( MY COMMANDANT!"
m JtECHANXCALLY tha astounded
m
Otho resumed the position of
attention, and then stood himself
properly at ease.
"Yelverhnry," with Just that pe
culiar pronunciation and Intone
tlon.
Of conrset The Interview with the
officer. ... The Parade-ground at
MelleraL . . . The first day that he
was able to go on duty again after
his fight with M'Bongu. The mes
senger who had bidden him come
with him forthwith, to where Mon
sieur le Colonel and a strange officer
another Colonel demanded his
Immediate attendance.
He remembered every Incident,
every word ot the interview that
had followed.
Saluting and standing smartly at
attention In that little room , . . spec
ulating regarding the officer, a big
powerful man, strong-faced and Iron
jawed, who sat at the table and
tared at him with hard appraising
yes. ...
"lie Legionnaire Otho Bellemef
"Oul, mon Commandant.'
"Your real name?"
"Out, mon Commandant."
"You are English?"
"Oul, mon Commandant."
"The name Is French."
"Norman. A thousand years In
England."
The officer smiled.
"Educated?"
"Oul, mon Commandant."
"Where?"
"At home, at Yelverbury Gram
mar School, and at Oxford."
"Profession?"
"Pugilist"
The officer smiled. He had
watched the defeat of M'Bongu the
Invincible.
'"Father's profession?"
"Gentleman."
The officer raised his eyebrows.
"Sir Belleme, then?"
"Sir Otho Robert Mandevllle
Belleme." The officer reflected, as he scruti
nised Otho's strong and handsome, If
somewhat disfigured face. Yes, this
was his man ... a tool to his hand
. . . Obviously In view ot that aw
ful fight as brave as a Hon, strong
as an ox, determined and tenacious
as one of bis own British bull-dogs
. ; . Well born, too, well educated:
' probably quite clever; and, by re
port, amenable ti discipline and of
excellent character.
Character? Then what should
such a man he doing In the Foreign
Xeglon? A woman, no doubt Or per
haps merely one ot those mad ro
mantics, who live for adventure,
.warming their brave hearts in the
,lowof glamorous dreams. Yes, this
;man would do.
I "How would you like to leave
the ranks and come with me?" asked
Jtbe strange Colonel suddenly.
"Pardon, mon Commandant?" re
plied Otho In some bewilderment
' "Do you speak Arable as well as
iyen do French and English?"
; "As badly as I do Frencb, but not
as well as I do English, mon Com
mandant" smiled Otho.
"How would like to he seconded
nd come with me, study Arabic be
come an Arab, In fact; until I can
use you as one. How, In short would
yon like to Join the Secret Service,
If you satisfied me during your ap
prenticeship, and passed my tests?
A bard and dangerous life for a
brave man; with a brave man's re
wards. If he succeeds."
"I should love It mon Comman
dant Better than anything on earth
... But I cannot leave my company."
, "Why not?"
"My friends. They Joined the Le
gion because I did. I couldn't ..."
"What type of men are these, your
friends? Englishmen? Educated
men? Gentlemen?"
"Two ot them are pugilists like
myself, mon Commandant All three
were sailors."
"Not educated?"
"No, mon Commandant"
"Any ot them naturally clever?
Good at disguise . , . good linguists
. . . good actors?"
Otho shook his head.
"No, mon Commandant Splendid
"No. mon Commandant"
"And you would not leave them?"
Again Otho sbook his head.
"Well, mon enfant, you are a fool,
t silly fool, an Englishman, In tact"
Counterfeit Pair
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"Oul, mon uumuiuiiuanu
"I'm very fond of the English,"
said the officer, and rising to his
feet extended a huge band, the grip
of which caused poignant but agree
able pain to Otho's damaged fist
"Now listen, and pay close atten
tion. Give me some word we'll
have an English word, I think that
will Instantly recall me to you,
should I utter It In your hearing. A
kind ot password, In effect that will
be private and peculiar to you and
me."
"Oh, I should never forget yon,
mon Commandant especially after
your kindness." -
"Perhaps not mon enant, but I
trust that although you may not
forget me, yon won't know me the
next time we meet ... A little hu
miliating for me, you know, If I ac
costed you In the guise of a starving
leper, and instead of giving me a
sou, you saluted me and stood to
attention ... I sincerely hope a pass
word will be necessary before yon
recognise me."
Otho smiled.
"I beg your pardon, mon Com
mandant I did not understand . . .
What about 'Yelvertury' wherr my
home Is?"
"Excellent It Is hardly likely that
any Arab, Moor, Bedouin, Touareg or
other Berber will Introduce himself
to you with that particular word,"
smiled the officer as, with a friendly
hand upon Otho's shoulder, he bade
him think well upon what he had
heard, while remembering that a
still tongue runs In a wise head.
And now, long after the curious
little Incident had faded from his
mind, a typical hill Arab, bearded,
brown and dirty, with turban, san
dals, and staff complete, had quietly
but distinctly and unmistakably.
uttered the word "Yelvertury" as
he passed.
That officer) The strange Colonel,
disguised as a Moor of the Southern
Atlas, and so completely disguised
that but for the password, Otho
would never have dreamed that the
Arab was other than he seemed.
Wheeling about as though chang
ing his mind and deciding to return
to the little extra-mural market the
Arab approached the sentry, con
fident that the word which he had ut
tered guaranteed him against pro
hibitive challenge.
"Yelverbnryl" he said again. "I
must see Major Rlccoll before h
leaves this post Don't recognize me.
Know nothing."
Yes, this was certainly the Secret
Service Colonel, and Otho's superior
officer. But what was going to hap
pen to the sentry who allowed an
Arab to hang about the gate ot tha
post?
Would the Colonel exculpate him
when he was put under arrest tor so
grave a dereliction ot duty, an action
so flatly contravening his clear in
structions? Any Arab, attempting to
behave Vie this, would be regarded
as a spy, and a complacent sentry
as his bribed accomplice.
However, ordnrs were orders and
luckily any Colonel was certainly
senior to Major Rlccoll, and was It
not French military law that In any
circumstances, any member of the
French naval or military forces must
obey the order of the senior officer
on the spot no matter to what
branch ot the Service he might be
long? As those thoughts flashed through
Otho's mind the Arab produced from
beneath his cloak a folded piece ot
coarse paper, thumbed and filthy,
on which Vas scrawled:
"llonsi -ur Is Commandant le Ma
jor Rlccoll."
"Get this to Major Rlccoll some
how," he said. "If the sergeant ot the
Guard refuses, speak to your Officer
yourself. If nothing happens, come
and look for me In the market there.
selling almonds."
And the speaker, retiring a few
pacos, squatted beside the road or
track that led from the gate ot the
post
Otho perpended.
Clearly he must let Major Rlccoll
know, as soon as possible, that I
tribesman demanded speech with
him. Would Sergeant-Major Vlttor-
111 take the message and the scrap
ot paper, or curse him tor a fool and
punish him for allowing an Arab to
approach so close that he might have
stabbed the sentry, snatched his
rifle and fled; or hare dashed Into
the fort and died slaying perhaps
succeeding In killing the Command
ant himself, or even Sergeant-Major
Vlttorelll?
Had he better march boldly Into
the stone hut that was the Com
mandant's quarters, trusting that
the scrap of paper would be his pass
port to forglvenees for such pre
sumption? The "Moor" and M)or Rlocoli
have a strange encounttr, tomor
row ywtttdfty to ohirg of counterfeit
ing. Tho government aocuaed the in
of making an4 poaseMlng plats for
making fivt-doUar United 9tats
no tea and ton-dollar federal rcs&erre
note.
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to Jones. Phone 790.
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