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PSGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBtTNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1933 Valiant Dust by Percival Christopher Wren tcMfcesttr BTHOPaisr nt tmaM t Uehomttn and the detert nearby teeth uHth Intrigue. Inttde the citadel the Raid and hit advlterl plot with a ttranaer they believe ie from Oermanv for help aqatnet France: not tar away Major Napo leon Rieooll ot the Foreion Lesion tchemet to hetray France to the Kaid. and the Kali to RicooWe outn Jfavoleonlo ambition. Uaroaret Uallonl BnaUth telle ot an ad vieer to the Said ie oooreeeed by the Citadel : ehe ioee not know that Otho BelUme her childhood eweet heart. It In RlMsll's command. Kaltul. the Said't ton. vromitet hit lather many fereton troovt. Chapter 1 MORE PLOTS A PRINCELY gift, oh Ralsul my " beloved son," smiled tie Kaid. "But how shall that coma to paaa?" "Hare patience and (It me a little time, and It than coma to pui, oh my father," atsnred Ralsul In a tone of Arm conviction. "Soon ron irlll receive a Strang letter from one vrho la commander ot a oolnmn amonc them. "Allah (rrant It, my son," replied the Kaid. "Hie men would be aa leaven ! to bread, aa the forbid den liquor Is tc the water In which It la mixed , . . Among the moun tains, behind rocks, my men are wolTes, yea, our tribesmen are the best soldi..! In the world. When charging they are swooping eagles, yea, the foot-men are as cavalry. 'Could we but get them to stand la line, to obei words of command, who could then withstand tbemT What foreign foot could tread the Country ot the GunJ We could clear this land of them, and I would soon be Sultan ot Morocco." "Ton shall, oh Kaid," murmured MallgnL "Inth'aUah,- whispered the Raid, and rising to his feet, signified that the council was ended. . "Stay a mom-nt, Ralsul, my son," lie added, resuming his seat, and, waiting till the hall was empty, con tinued, "What Is this talk of bringing me foreign soldiers, willing volunteers from the great regiment of stran gers that fights for the French? Do you mock me, my son?" "By Allah, i do not, oh my father," replied RalsuL "Hearken to plain facta a tale I had not Intended to tell you until It had proved Its own truth. "In Algiers, as waa my business. I net an officer of the 19th army corps from the Island of Corsica where once our ancestors ruled and bad their watch !i4i's and torts. I became his friend, lent him money and having helped him to spend It, lent him more. "Women were his weakness, wo men and overwhelming ambition. 'There la a madnes: In his blood,' thought. I made myself necessary to him, and just when things were get ting Interesting he was sent to the Sahara. Soon I wen . ti the Sahara and soon he owed me more money. Ji we grew ever more friendly and Intimate, I learnt more and more of Us ambitions, his hopes yea, his intentions. "The madness In his blood was lneieaslng and his weakness for women (ot whom he had known too many) and his Insane ambition. Sometimes be talked aa one emit ten ot Allah. But only to me. He knew that at any moment 1 could ruin him, by prosecution for debt: knew that he waa already absolutely In my power; so he cared not what be said, cared not what I knew and he opened his mind to me. "Then he got himself sent to Aln Broudla and thence with a little desert column to where the borders ot the French Sahara meet those of Mekassen . . ." "And had yon a band In this, oh Ralsul my son?" smiled the Kaid. Ralsul's smile matched that ot bis father. "A hand, my father? Nay, nay. But, perchance, a voice. A voice that was but a whisper In his ear. Just a suggestion ... or the hint ot a sug gestionof a suggestion. Just a tiny seed In wondrous fertile, fruit ful soil. "An Independent command far, far away from superior author ity, from observation Indeed, from any thought or care or Interest In his dolnga or bis fate. "Who so kuen and sealoos an of ficer who so devoted to his profes sion, his career and his country as he who would volunteer, nay, beg, to be sent on such duty, estab lishing a chain ot outposts at the very back ot boyond. In. the depths of the forsaken desert. In that roast ing hell ot loneliness, thirst, hard ship and deprivation? "This to his superiors. ... A seal that would ask for a station In hell. "This to himself ... A small, com pact, self-contained and sslf-sacriflo-ing army, at bla absolnte disposal. A nucleus tor a greater army, an ever-growing army, a mighty army, such as that with which the Mabdl ot the East swept down npon Africa, or Abd-el-Kader fought the French." The Kaid stroke! his beard aa he closely watched Ralsul's animated face. "A moment, my son . . Ton go too fast . . . This man is a foreigner, an officer ot France In command ot French troops ..." "And he would throw off his al legiance to France. He would use those troops for bla own ends. He would lead them Into this country, lead them here to Mekaszen city and place them at your disposal. my father." "By Allah I" cried the Raid. "Be would? He would? And you have brought this about, my son? I can not believe It , , . "No," be continued, "and If he did what would be hti true and hidden Intention? What would be hope to gain? No. It Is a trick, I say. "On his part : On his part, I mean. my son," he added hastily. "What would he hope to gain, oh my father? Power. Wealth. Free dom. Relief from the bonds of Irk some discipline and the restraints ot the slow promotion that will not make him a great and powerful man until he Is an old and feeble one. "As I showeu him by careless re mark and casual hint he could rise In a day from the rank of major to that of general, field-marshal, commander-in-chief, It he Joined you, bringing a well-armed, well equipped force with blm and found favor In your sight. 'And in truth he could be to yon what Kaid Sir Harry Maclean waa to the Sultan and much more. In one brief campaign he could make you Sultan of Morocco. In another he could sweep the French and Spaniards into the sea. la another reconquer Algeria with the help ot the countless bordes of the Bedouin ot the Sahara. 'Then Tunisia. And how long would the Italians resist In Tripoli with the Senussl helping In their overthrow? The English In Egypt that once great English people that now lets Its Empire fall to pieces how long? Then Africa tor the Afri cans . . . Islam united . . . The Pan Islamic Holy War against the usurp ing Infidel at last ., ." . Led by this French officer, my son?" Interrupted the Kaid. "Led by you, oh my father at the head ot an army trained and taught and disciplined by this French offi cer, and drilled by the soldiers be will bring with tilm." 'And who will control him even v.hen he Is but commander-in-chief of my present army, and has de feated the Sultan and conquered Morocco In my name?" "I will, oh my father," was thi prompt reply. "I will control him. And when he has outlived his use fulness, or his gratitude, his bumble allegiance ..." - Ralsul drew bis land suggestively across hla throat. The Kaid nodded, smiled again, and stroked his. beard. "A great and battle-scarred boar of the mountain forests once Invited a Hon ot the desert to enter Into bis secret grove and Into a hunting partnership v Ith him," observed tut Kaid, "The Hon ot the desert agreed, and was led to the secret grove oi the boar of the mountains . . . They entered Into a partnership that day and that night when the Hon tell hungry, the boar entered Into the Hon." "You have spokon, oh my father," smiled Ralsul. "For you are the Hon. This officer shall enter Into your den and Into a hunting-partnership with you, and when the time Is ripe, you shall est htm up." Ths Kaid sat silent for a tew minutes, while Ralsul watched him. Suddenly he laughed hie famout hearty laugh. "Let him come, my son," he said "And let blm bring all that he can bring ... but let him bring his com mand piece-meal, detachment by de tachmont, and not as a conqusrlni army , . . Yea, let him come, and lei him go again when Allah wills." "I do not think Allah will decret that he go again, oh my father,' smiled RalsuL and, rising, respect fully took bis leave. (CocyHght. 1HI. r. A. Btoket Co.) Margaret awakes te a horrible situation Monday. JUNIOR HIGH ELECTS COMPLETE STAFF TO (By Mljrnon rnlpps) The Junior high newspaper staff has elected sew officers for this se mester as follows, editor, Dean Ple per; assistant editor, Anne Dean: olty editor, Mlgnon Pblppa; school news, Ted Taylor; boys' athletics, J. I Campbell: girls' athletics, Catherine Ford; Boys' League, Dale Roberta; Olrla' League, Lola Remlnirton; club news, Patricia Short; Jokea. Jamie MacCalllater; contest editor, Dorothy Buchter; and miscellaneous, Mary dimming. The reporter are; Jean Adams, Margaret Young, Mildred Buckles and Carolyn Cook. Dean Pleper, the news editor, has THIS REP TAPE SIMPLIFIES THINGS! many plans for enlargement and im provement of the publication. Forty-three Junior high pupils re ceived their final writing certificates this semester. They were: Beatrice Jones, Elsie Klngaley, Eugene Coats, Virginia Mtzmaurlce, Nellie Moon, Lillian Hansen. Jewell O'Neal, Dons Ford, Bert rand Hamilton, Edith Mai kemus, Doooley Pry, Rae La Fevre, Maxlne Guyer, Katberlne Curry, Dor othy Smith, Bernlce Lester, Jamie McColllster, Fldeles Wagner, Eliza beth Scovell, Dorothy Gibson, Ray mond Hubbard, Marjorle Haddock, Kay Nakaglrl, Anne Dean, Catherine Carter, William Johnson, Harry Stan ley, Ethel Moore, Dorothaea Hasklns, Shirley Roach, Pearl Crowe 11, Lefa Bedford, Ada McCoy, Cleo Cox, Hel ena Salade, Prances Daley 'Ann Scherer, Henrietta Bplvey, Anna Dick ey, Aline Fowler, Audrey Barber, Alice Horner. WELLS TO RENO ITH Deputy TJnltad States Marshal Cal C. Wells left today for Klamath. Falls and will continue from there to Lake view. At Vie latter point he will get S'MATTER POP r By C. M. PAYNE 1 I ml I s sT -w um " ' MAW A iVO J MAW Tj 'M- 3 " PuS'Po5E- ''Pfk.asaam ySMi IWSV (Copyright, 1830, by The Bell Syndicate. 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