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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
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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.
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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.
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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