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
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Forty-three Junior high pupils re
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this semester. They were: Beatrice
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Virginia Mtzmaurlce, Nellie Moon,
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Deputy TJnltad States Marshal Cal
C. Wells left today for Klamath. Falls
and will continue from there to Lake
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