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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRTBTTSTE, MEDFORD, OREGON', MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1933. Valiant Dust by Pereival Christopher Wren taHoAe BYNOFSIS; A dirty Arab brtngt a meeeage rrom the nata or uexu ten to Uator Napoleon Riccoll ot - the Foreign Lesion. Klceoli hae '. ambitione to be a ruler hlmeelt. and . plote treachery to Fronoe. Ytare . before Rtcooll woe toroed to leave v the French regular armv beoauee " Col Ve Bage found him out. And Otho Bellime. Sngluth gentleman and legionnaire, hae been given a naeeuord bv the "Arab" which IdentWe him ae a colonel who onoe had offered Otho a eommle elon in the Becret Bervice. Otho'a puteiement U inoreneed bv appa rently traltoroue invitation from . Bombelli Uaior Rlcooli'e orderly. Jtlceoli ontruet the "Arab" telth a dangeroue meeeage tor the Raid of Uekaexen, - Chapter 10 BOMBELLI, OR LANGEACT CERQEANT-MAJOR VITTOREL- J LI MmselC thereafter eater tained the messenger, who seemed deeply Interested Is the men and ways of the post, and, after sunset, lantern In hand, escorted him to the gate, and saw him out Into the night As the Moor swung down the hill side to where bis camels were tethered, a mile or so from the fort. he frowned In deep thought "It might be a genuine coup," he mused. "It might And then again, if I know my Rlccoll, my budding Na poleon . . .? We shall see." With a ragged tough-looking man, clad In a goat-hair cloak, whom he addressed as Plerrepont, but who appeared to be but a dirty Arab camel-driver, he discussed the matter at some length, and In the French tongue, as they drank cof fee together. , "Wonder If Langeao will have any difficulty In joining us tonight?1 mused the : dirty camel-driver, tbanglng the subject. "Not be, my dear Plerrepont Or If he has any difficulty, he'll over- tome It" Both men laughed. "He saw you all right today T" "He did," . "And you're sure he recognized you'" "Quite. - We fairly exchanged glances - after I'd made the llgn. ... "Tea . . . Langeao will be with us by-and-by," be continued, "and then we'll get oft as soon as pos llble." : - "Langeac's the clever one," smiled me dirty cc niel-man. "Clever as the devil," agreed the other. The two sipped their coffee In lllence for a while. "What are you laughing at?" In julred the camel-driver. "Thinking ot Rlccoll'a face when I confront him with Langeao." "May I be thore to see," breathed the camel-man fervently. Sensation . . . I Nine days' wonder,' ! . ' (' An Interest In life at last an ab- lolute tonio and a marvellous cure tl Incipient sun madness. Bombelli had not lived In vain lor be had deserted In the night and given let Ugiannaire some thing to talk about . , At least ha was missing from bis post and he could hardly have van ished Into thin air, been spirited tway, kidnapped. "What a fooll" said let Uglon nalrct as one man. . Where on earth did he think he lould get to, from there? How long did he think be was going to live In that uesurt without water? Tbe silly lunatic- knew what a terrible business It bad been tor the properly-equipped section to reach the spot where they had built the post And bow long did be suppose he was going to escape tho attention, and attentions, ot the Arabs Bed ouin, Touareg, Hoggar raiders, Moorish mountaineers? What did he suppose they'd do to him when they caught him, as most assuredly they would? The poor pitiable silly fool. What worse spot could he have cnosen In (11 Africa, from which to attempt to desert And what a queer thing, too, that man who obviously stood high In the faro; of the Sergeant-Major should desert! A man who was never "for It," nevor In cells, nevor In trouble ot any sort a man more over, with good pickings as an offi cer's jeivant Well, well If they'd been told that one ot the Section was going to desert tbe very last man they would have expected to do to would have been Major Rlccoll'a or derly. Nor, It transpired, was that the queerest thing about this queer business, tor It soon became known that Bombelli had deserted un armod. . .... Absolutely unarmed; for, before going over the wall, he had leant bis rifle and fixed bayonet against It and tbere tbey were when tbe sergeant of tbe guard came to re lieve him. Actually, Bombelll's rifle and bayonet and no Bombelli. Could you beat It? . Mad, of course a clear case ot madness. And yet who In the whole post had seemed a less likely subject for an attack of tbe desert-madness? That there should have been any other sort of attack was unthink able. ; ' Bombelli would have given tbe alarm, flred bis rifle. Besides, would ride-thieves have left the rifle, even If tbey bad taken the trouble to remove Bombolll's body? No," summed up old Tant de Solf. "Figure to yourselves. If yon APPLEGATE MINES Ti APPLKOATB, Feb. ' 20. (Spl.) Mining seems to be a very Interesting way of living through tbe depression and many Applegate mines have been exchanging . hands recently. John Slum of Seattle recently purchased tbe Ruby mine on Middle Fork where he ha employed five men who are doing development work. Carl Oasco and O. A. Parrlott also are among miners reoently locating on Applegate having purchased a mine from Polly Watkins. There are two new houses being built on this mine which shows all signs of the modern city home, as they have hot and cold showers. Weather conditions will not permit mining at present but it la reported several large nuggets lyive been found. Bill Hltson M Medford also has three men employed In another mine on Middle Fork. HOLLYWOOD HEEDS Contributed Some time ago th Humane So ciety appealed to all local welfare or ganizations to send protests to Carl Laemmle, Jr., Universal Film Corpo ration, protesting against tbe filming S'MATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE "We exchanged, glances - can, the species of sacred and In fected camel that would call Itself rlfle-thlef and come and kill a sentry only to carry away .his corpse and -leave his rifle behind) He would be as bad as this foolish child, Poussln, who, having had a glass, of wine, put his uniform to bed and folded himself up, upon the shelf above. "No, Bombelli has deserted, and by this time tomorrow he'll be back, his tall between bis legs, beg ging for a cup of water, ... Or else ho'll be brought back by 'friend lies,' filleted like a sole, and with a few eyes, ears, lips and other spare parts missing." Such are not spare-parts," ob jected Pore Poussln. Slowly turning a majestic gaze upon tbe foolish Interrupter. Indeodt" roplled Tant do Solf. By the time poor Bombelli has been Induced to spare them, 1 should hare thought tboy'd have boon remarkably spare-parts. But then, of course, unlike yourself, I am not a thinker . , . Now, It any one had said that a rum-bottle was spare-part of you ... "Yes. Bombelli has deserted and 111 either come back alive or be brought back dead some of him, anyhow." But Bombelli neither came back nor was brought back, and ot all the puizlcd men In Post One, none was more puzzled than Sergeant Major ylttorelll unless It were Major P.iccoil. (Copyright. DSI.F. A. Stotee Co.) Btrsna helo Is Blattftd. timar. row, tor Otho Bellemo. tits . I -A Fn, tick; ... SAwvf ' I COUU-D MlT T5UST JA of "Men Without Pear," which was said to feature actual bull fighting. To those organlattona which sent In protests the Humane Society makes the announcement through this pa per that the bull fight la "held up." Thanks for your help. The letters sent to California did a lot of good. To quote the American Humane As sociation, "Don't forget one thing. When a single person sings It la a solo; when a married 'person sings It la a duet. But when the whole crowd sings It Is a chorus." With every respect to solos It 1 the cho rus that counts moat. It la louder. Neither solo nor duet amounts to much against tho stentorian voice of the bull, but when the whole chorus lustily sings the bull hasnt a chance. This Is what seems to have happen ed: Every time we call upon you we want you to appreciate tbe Im portance of the chorus. Woman To Get Medal WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. (AP) A congressional medal for tbe woman credited wltb savin tbe life of Pres- f ldent-elect Rooseve't by making tbe first bullet from tbe pistol of Giu seppe Zangara go astray was propos ed today In the house. I will appreciate your votes In the Medford Merchants' Popularity con test. ROSAMOND WALL. Tel. 735-M. SNAPSHOTS OF A BOY WRITING A LETTER By GLUYAS WILLIAMS 6Urb IS TOLD HE MUST WRITE To 6RANDMA THA.NWN6 HER FOR : PRESENT fbllAYJS MOWER OOTTo VrELPS Rfl-OCtfttflW. RE KlfCHEN AR6UIN6 Oifff . TURNS PRESElttW TO he do if Tomorrow KrCHEM with sheet of WSTEftP MOTHER'S BEST PAPER T6 ASK CAM HE USE TT ? 5H00f5 7R0M UV)H6 ROOM, WELL, HE CAHT FiND AW OTHER pape SIT5 vom AT DESK, SfARINS INTO SPACE, WITH PAPER AND PEN THAT MOTHER HAS T6UNP TOR HM APPEARS IN KITCHEN A6A1H ib SAV This peM - IS DRV, OR PREflV M04H 50; CAN HE FILL IT? SOME TIME LATER, t? TtRtfe, FWriER INKV, AND ASKS WHAT5HAIL HE SAV lb GRANDMA ? 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