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MED FORD MAIL TRTBUNTC, MEDFOItl), OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1933.
Valiant Dust
by Peretval ' Christopher Wren tvwo&tr
. ..UPBIB: Pott One or the for
011it Legion in the Uekatten terri
tory it being relieved. Under Ma
jor Riccolt it vlll march to the
Citadel of the Raid or Uekatten
. ottenttbly escorting Rlcooli there
for a vnrlev with the Raid Rio
eoll, a long record or treachery be
hind, vlant to betrau France to the
Raid, and having potten hie legion
naires into the citadel Kunder ore
tente of folnlno with the said,
against France, vlant rurther to
murder the Raid eelte the citadel
for himteir and t become thJ Sul
tan Rlcooli. Rlccoll tears only the
Bngltth In hit command led by
Otho Bellime, and their French
palt "Tant de Bolt" and Pere Pout-ttK,
Chapter 12
THE LEGION MARCHES
JJAVINO aoonded their call In the
center ot the post, the bnglera
marched to the gate and again
aonnded the "assembly," outside the
poet The? then marched right
round the walls sounding their stri
dent urgent call to each ot the other
three points of the compass.
"Do put on a noo record. That
one's settle wore out," observed
Sailor Harris as he stuffed a small
kit Into hta sack.
"Wore out!" grunted William
Bossum, rolling spare boot In
blanket and tent-canvas that he pro
ceeded to strap to his knapsack. "I
- reckon It's broke. They broke It
Tos . . . they broke the record," he
ehuckled. "Playln It five times
round five squar yards to five men
and a boy."
"Bli'mol A Joke!" observed
Sailor Harris In an annoying man
ner. "You break the record for speed,
my lad, or'you'U be In tor It" urged
Joe Mummery, as he spun round and
round winding twelve feet ot broad
woollen belt about his middle . . ,
In the cook-house soup Is being
hastily prepared and loaves of bread
, laid out for distribution.
. The tightly packed sacks, and the
rifles are brought out and, by each
man, laid In the place where he will
fall In.
Once again the bugles sound, and
almost Immediately everybody Is In
his place, and . the roll Is called.
Cartridges are distributed, the quar
termaster and his orderlies Issue re
serve rations to each man, two tins,
pound of corned beef and a pound
' of biscuits. Each man also receives
little bag ot coffee, one of salt and
one of sugar.
Major Rlccoll mounts his horse.
The men stand silent anc" steady
aa a rock, buglers ten paces to the
right
The Senegalese come to atten
tion. Their guard present arms.
Forward I March!
The buglers strike up the March
at the Legion and once more the
Legion marches.
Always the Legion marches ,
Some feel that Major Napoleon
Rlccoll Is being a little excessive.
They have every Intention of march
ingwhen on the way to billets In
a real town, and all the Joys thereof.
If all his men would not follow
Mm to the Gates of Hell and through
them, as be Is fond of boasting, tbey
will certainly follow him to tbe
Gates of Mekazzen and through
them.
But It Is a weary march across the
Burning waterless desert that Is one
of the chief factors In the Impregna
bility ot Mekazsen: most powerful
of the defences that had kept tbe
country Inviolate since the days
when the great Shereeflan warrior
ancestor of the Kald eonquered and
colonized It centurlos before his de
scendants conquered and colonized
Spain.
A weary march, needing no hu
man enemies (In alllanoe with
those of heat thirst and sand
torms) to render It almost Impos
sible. How long ago It seemed to the
over strained, heat - stricken men,
since the detachment ot Senegalese
Infantry arrived at the nost and took
over charge; how long since their
own bugles blew the assembly.
:Jj usual, It was the aged and
alcohollo Tant de Solt who could find
breath for song and conversation.
"Do you know wbat we are?" he
asked, as the column halted and
flung Itself down for Its ten minutes'
rest at the sound of Major Rlccoll's
whittle.
Sailor Harris's reply Is better un
recorded. "Speak tor yourself," rebuked
Tant de Soil. "I will tell you what
we are as distinguished from your
elf. We are sbeep. Sheep, I say
and I don't like It"
"We are being absolutely shep
herded along. There are at least
four scouts In touch with us. I don't
like It I say. 1 hare lived for France
and desire to go on living for
France. I have no wish to die for
her. And when 1 nave to do so, 1
prefer to die discreetly and in the
newspapers, If you know what I
mean like the heroes of Camar
ron." "Die In the newspapers?" grum
bled Pere Poussln. "Personally I'd
prefer to die In tbe canteen."
"Live there, you mean."
"What's this about being shep
herded " along?" asked Joe Mum
mery. "Hare you seen no cloud of dual
on the horizon, every now and then,
and from almost every direction?"
asked Tant de Soil "Haven't yon
seen suspicious-looking riders. In
twos and threes, suddenly appear
above a sand-dune and quickly dis
appear? Haven't you seen a solitary
scout sitting like a graven Image,
on a racing camel, at dawn ot every
day since we left the post?"
"No, I haven't," stated Pere Pous
sln. "No? Well, you should march with
your eyes open, Instead of stagger
ing along half-asleep, bent double
and with your eyes on the ground
as though you were looking for your
lost Innocence."
"Oh, shut up, you old wind-bag."
"You leaky wine-skin, be quiet . . .
"All the same 1 don't like It,"
persisted Tant d Solt
"Go and tell tbe Major you don't
and let ns sleep."
A sudden cry from a sentry who
extends a pointing arm.
A blast from the whistle ... A
shouted order . , .
In -less than a minute the strag
gling, sprawling, recumbent column
Is In position, prepared to receive
cavalry or anything else.
A whirlwind, consisting ot buff,
white, brown and grey camels rid
den by yelling, rlfle-brandlsblng men
in flowing and fluttering white
clothing, sweeps down upon tbe
bayonet-bristling Jouble rank, on
the flank ot which Major Rlccoll
alts, cool and steady, on bis horse.
Walt for It" be crle, as a few
rifles are raised from tbe "ready"
to tbe "present .
It was a wild llerce charge, and If
the tribesmen come on, the men
must be swopt away, stamped flat
The itralD Is terrible. Tbe In
stinct of salt-preservation strong.
A man throws bis rifle up to hla
shoulder and a sergeant kicks blm
so violently from behind that be al
most falls.
"Steady you wretched recruit,"
he growls. "Walt for It"
"This Is madness," observes Tant
de Solt as the avalanche surges
down upon the thin khaki line.
But there Is method In Major Rlc
coll's madness. . i
Suddenly, a man who has through
out kept ahead of tho charging
horde, throws up hla band, and In
stantly the company divides and
wheels, one halt to the left, the
other to tho right, and Instead of
overwhelming the soldiers and
trampling them Into sand, out-flanks
thorn on either wing, surrounds and
envelops them.
The leader rides up to Major Rlc
coll, laughs and saluteB In seml-mlll-tary
fashion.
"flood morning. Major," says he,
In excellent French. "You were ex
pecting us?"
"I was. Prince Ralaul," he replies.
"My men were not . . . You have
thus already seen somothlng of their
atoadlness and discipline."
"Quite good, my dour Major."
"Yes. I am glad that neither you
nor any man ot -yours was shot
One may observe that you took a
risk, Prince Raisul."
"Ob, I like taking risks, don't
you? ... I too am glad for all your
our sake that no one was
shot , . ."
From that hour the "military mis
sion" was undoubtedly shepherded
as Tant de Solf had said, or es
corted as RaUul said, on the re
mainder ot It roundabout and ter
rible Journey roundabout because
no one whosoever waa allowed to
approach France-defying, Spain-defying,
Europe-defying Mekazzen, by
the direct and secret route through
oasis and mountain pass; terrible
because of tbe Incredible boat lack
ot water and looseness ot tbe soft
and shifting sand . . ,
And one morning, a day or two
later, the red tired eyoa ot the weary
marchers were gladdened by the
sight upon the far horlion. of the
minarets and domes of tbe city of
Mekazsen, rising from a sea of palms
that appeared In the shimmering
light to flow about the base ot the
mlgbty cliff ot rock, on the summit
ot which was perched the great cita
del Castle ot Mekazzen, Impregnable,
Inviolate, virgin even to that day.
(Copyright, iJi. F. Ji.8toktt Co.)
Tht Legion i,ndt an smiting
situation, Monday, In Mokacsan.
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bouaa today accepted, the "Buy Amer
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supply bill, directing
government agencies to purchase ar
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is preference to those of foreign pro
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NEW YORK, Feb. 32. (AP)
President-elect Roosevelt said today
he had dlsciueed tbe world economic
conference and lnter-governmentai
debts with Ambassador Cl&udel ot
Prance. -
The president-elect declined to go
Into details with either his talk with
M. Claudel or Douglas D. Herrtdge,
the Canadian minister, another
caller.
Mr. Roosevelt Issued ihe following
statement late today:
"After conferring with., Secretary
Stlmson In Washington on Monday,
the French ambassador came to see
me In New York today,
"We discussed unofficially all
questions relating to collaboration
between Prance and the United
States In world affairs."
Broken windows glazed by
Trowbridge Cabinet Works.
DEBATE FRIDAY ON
KHURIA POLICY
GENEVA, Feb. 23 (Jpy The League
of Nations report condemning Japan's
Manchurlan policy was presented this
afternoon to the league assembly,
which then adjourned without dis
cussion until Friday, when the re
port will be debated.
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Paul Hyams, Belgium's foreign min
ister and president of tbe assembly,
told the members In presenting the
report that the conciliation commit
tee of 19 had failed to effect a peace
ful adjustment.
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