MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUTTE, MEDFOKI), ' OREGON", SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1933.
PAOE six
BYNOPS1B: Lett Unprotected
among the etotrltng intrigue ot the
Citadel of Uekaeeen Margaret Ua
hgnl wake to find HaiMut ton ol
the Bald ot Uekaeeen. in her room.
8U frighten Mm awag bv vre
tending to have a vltlal ; later the
cannot ttndjule her hueband. who
hat been made drunk bv Raleul ,
Behind II all l a eerie ol nlot
eaalnet franco Involving the Raid.
Raiiul. and Uaior Napoleon Rio
coli of the Foreign Legion, en
camped not tor away.
Chapter 21
MARGARET PERPLEXED
AS MARGARET approached the
beavy Iron-studded gardon-loor
at the toot ot tbe staircase that led
up to the apartmenta ot the Lady El
.ba Beth el Aln, who was also the
fienora Mallgnl, an old man, clad In
dirty hooded cloak, rose from the
great squared stone that was at
once a mounting-block and a door
step.
. "I want to see . . ." began Mar
caret, and, as the man shook bis
bead, realized that It was useless to
peak to him In Engi"
-J iuirc . . end again the
man shook Ms head, and, with up
lifted out-s:r-U hariii, signed tc her
to star where she was, while with
the other he pointed first to himself
and then to the stairs.
In the shadow ot the rest wall ot
the courtyard, Margaret waited
on til Bassen el Mlskeen, reappear
Inc. beokoned to her to come with
him.
Followed by Margaret, the door
keeper climbed threeateep flights
ot stairs and traversed several dark
and airless stone corridors.
At another heavy Iron-studded
door he halted, unfastened It,
pushed It open and held aside a
heavy curtain tor Margaret to en
ter. The conversation that ensued
was difficult and unsatisfactory,
both by reason of the ladles' lack
ot proficiency In one of their mu
tual languageswhich were Bng-llah-and
French and by reason of
what Margaret considered the
other's unreasonable attitude.
"Yes, my son jults Is here," Mar-
: caret understood her to say In her
curious English and still more
' faulty French. "He Is 111 very 111.
It 'i your fault If he could ha
stayed with me, be would never
bave learnt these nasty foreign hab
its. And why are you so cold! And
why are you no' obedient to Jules,
as a good wife should always be to
ber husband t"
In English where she could, and
In French where she must. Mar
garet endeavored to point out that
It was only when he bad returned
to his own oountry that Jules had
developed bad habits, and that In
England he had oeen as abstemious
as the average English gentleman
and had never, on any occasion, so
far as she knew, drunk more than
was good tor him.
Whereat the mother shrugged
and looked sceptical.
Nor should JDI Isa Beth el Ala
forget that she too had English
blood In her veins, and that an Eng
lish wits held a position very dif
ferent from that of an Arab wife.
They were not slaves, and It was
not expected ot them that they
should be unquestlonlngly obedient
to their husbands, They were their
busband's partners, friends and
quels not thel' chattels.
"Jules Is not my master."
"Isn't he your husband? Aren't
you married I"
"Yes, he Is my husband."
"Very well, then . . . t"
"In any case," Margaret pointed
out, "there Is no question of my
leaving my husband. I'm not talk
Ins of leaving here alone. Jules
will accompany me, ot course. We
only came here on a visit."
"A visit," smiled El lsa Beth el
Aln. "Apparently Jules doesn't tell
yon as much as he tells his mother.
It will be a long visit"
"Whyr.
"WhyT Because this Is bis home,
or. at any rate, Morocco Is bis home.
Be has got to corns Into bis father's
business and that Is here In Mesas
en and Tangier, and sometimes In
Gibraltar where my mother came
from, and In Maisellles."
"I am certainly not going to lve
to. Morocco," -aid Margaret
"Then It's a pity you married a
man who Is."
"yes."
El lsa Beth el Aln shrugged elo
quent shoulders.
"Anyhow," said Margaret "I will
see Jules now."
"He Is sleeping. He Is very 111."
"All the more reason why i
should be with him. It he la 111, 1
am the proper person to nurss
blm."
"Mothers sometimes make good
ones. 1 will nurse him."
AGRICULTURE SUPPLY
BILL GETS SIGNATURE
WASHINGTON, March . (AP)
President Hoover today signed the
fifth of the major appropriations
bills for the next fiscal year, plec.
lug his signature upon the S100.
000.000 department of agriculture
supply but
Valiant Dust
by Percival Christopher Wren ttAu'cOTE-
'I'll nelp you then, smiled -
garet diplomatically.
"Sara Is helping me," was the re
ply.
"Look here," said Margaret an
grlly, rising from the divan. "This
Is all nonsense. Where's my bus
band! I'm going to blm now. I In
sist"
The Lady El Isa Beth el Aln
smiled tolerantly.
"People don't Insist here, my
child," she said. "No one does thai
except the Kald or Zalnub ana
Ralsul through the Kald. Insist!'
repeated El Isa Beth el Aln, and
laughed gently.
"Where Is Julost" asked Mar
garet fighting back a slowly rising
tide of fear, cold and horrible.
'Up here. In my husband s bed
room."
"Where's Miatr
"Through there," replied El lsa
Beth el Aln, pointing to a small
door in a Moorish horse-shoe set
ting, opposite to the one by which
she bad entered.
Without further remark. Mar
garet ran to the door, only to And
It entirely devoid of any kind ol
handle, latch, belt or keyhole and
entirely Immovable.
Having pushed with all ber
strength, and thrown bersell
against the door as heavily as sfce
could, Margaret rushed across to
the other one, determined to find s
way round. Pulling back the cur
tain that bung on the Inner aide ol
the thick wall, ehe tried to open
the door. This also was Immovable,
presumably locked from without
Hammering upon the heavy mass
of wood, endeavoring to shake It
Margaret realized that she was
panic-stricken; tba. the cold tide ot
fear was rising higher and higher.
This would not do. She must not
lose control. Paolo was never any
good to anybody. She must be cool,
and wary, and hrave.
She turned back Into the room.
"Is this a trap?" she said.
"A trap?" smiled El Isa Beth el
Aln. "Ot course It's not. Don't be
so absurd. You came here of your
own tree will, and you can go when
ever you like."
"Jump over that balcony, do you
mean?" asked Margaret.
"It you wish. But It would be
pleasanter to give the signal to
Hassan el Mlskeen that we want
the door open. You knock .wlce
quickly and three times slowly, and
hard, for Hassan Is getting a little
deaf and might not bear knuckles.
Use the handle of that dagger."
And El Isa Beth el Aln pointed
to where, on a table, lay a large
dagger with hilt and sheath ol
heavy cut steel, the top of the han
dle flattened out Into the shape ot
an open fan, and the end ot the
sheath curved sharply round In a
small semi-circle.
Mnrgaret picked up the dagger.
"Thank you," she said. "Could
you give me this? Might I take It
with me?"
"Certainly, Souvenir to take home
when you go."
Margaret hung In doubt for a
moment and then came to a de
cision. "I'll tell you something," she said,
"and then perhaps you'll under
stand If you didn't before why 1
Insist on being with my husband.
"Last night, knowing that my
husband was not there, Ralsul
came to my bedroom and Insulted
me unbelievably, unspeakably. . ,
Made love to me. ..."
"Ralsul did?"
"Yes, Ralsul."
"He made love to you?"
"Insulted me, 1 sold. Told me that
he loved me, and that he . , ."
"Only told you?"
"Only? Yes."
"How did you get rid ot him,
then?"
"It was quite dark in the room,
and 1 told blm 1 would shoot him
If be did not go. I pretended I had
a pistol. Could I get one?"
"No, you couldn't And yaa'd bet
ter not take last knife If you're
thinking of stabbing Ralsul."
"Thinking -t subbing blm? Ol
oourse I'd stab him or anybody else
wbo came Into my room in the
night and . . ."
"Well, you'd better stab anyone
else, then. Don't stab Ralsul, unless
you want to suffer a more terrible
death than yon can Imagine, The
Kald would . . ."
"I'd rathor suffer the terrible
death."
"And Jules? And his father, my
husband? And L bis mother? Are
we all to die, because you're a silly
English Miss, oold and flat and
skinny? Can't yon take a Joke?"
iCtfrfl', IMS. . A. SleUi CV)
Margaret finds hsraalf looktd In
I Isa Bath si Aln's room, to
morrow. WASHINGTON. March 8. (AP)
The President-elect and Mrs. Room
velt left the White House late this
afternoon after paying a call that
lasted for mors than an hour. They
returned to the Mayflower hotel.
Desirable oousee always la first
mass condition for rent, lease or sale
Cap 10
FOR AUTO ACCIDENT
A ill It of Minnie J. Burrows, against
the Standard Oil company or Cali
fornia for asooo alleged dams gee, as
S'MATTER POP
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BOUND TO WIN
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Let out a wh6op opaov, efti
THE NEBBS It's A
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6eTTIK4G TOO PA.i-Ml.IAR .. I HAveJOT SMITH, 6UT MAIt GETS I W VWERE EWSSSEO I ENSASEO .HE KJEvl W deck AU PAOOOKEHED
MAO A PAV DAV BUT A FELLOW y V SO JEALOUS y TO MAK ..PAR BE IT M M A RIM9 OR fOP.. IKJ THE. MEASJTIM&, 1
lOBOPPED AJIP IMTOMVHAKJO 7- FROM MEi. TO BREAK k t-JOTWlM .. I'LL SO yfvoU MIGUT THROW A HALF
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BRINGING UP FATHER
FOU GOOONE1
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AND LOOK OUT Twg
There's No Guesswork in Tribune A. B. C. Circulation
the result of an auto accident at
Sixth and Central avenue, was pre
sented to the county clerk's office to
day for filing when the non-Judicial
days, brought about by the bans:
moratorium, are ended.
The complaint asserts that an auto
driven by W. R. Endlcott for the de
fendant, through failure to observe
the stop signs, collided with her car.
Other ' alleged careless acta are also
set forth.
"Wa kkiovw -eTI 7
What Were You Saying?
The Dawning Truth!
- 6HED WITH
Ht0 bTOK7 Of
foulonnso
Date
t'VK COT TC
WCAIMCi GIAWES
WINDOW '
The plaintiff seeks $5000 punitive
damage, $32 physician fees, and M9.B0
for car repair.
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Brand new! One lot of wool dresses.
Famous "Bunny Puzs Fabric." Ochre,
blege, admiralty blue and paprika red
are the featured colors of the teason;
4 values grouped at $149. The
store that saves you money." The
Band Box A Boe Box.
By C. M. PAYNE
ikli 11 o III wat iysr "
out th. Imtwter?! r. HE 7JnfnT
NEW YEAR'S LICENSE
To date, 868 dog licenses have been
Issued by the county clerk's office
Last year the total was 1109 licenses.
SNAPSHOTS OF A MAN
cnS OOf OF CAR To HOP
WIFETARK. avfc9 HER
THE-' BACK UP' SI6HAL
6es tjvmm iwpf
enuiftOL and sos rrs
AIL RiSHf 1& 8flCK UP
NOW
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The license fee this year was fixed By
the county court at 60c for female
dogs and 26o for male dogs. The fee,
under state law, Is doubled on March
1. but so far this has not been done,
due to no action by the county court.
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WAU. PAPER
Up to the minute
1S33 Patterns at
K. D. ROSS CO., 33 8 drape.
HELPING MS WE TO PARK
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HAS JOSrHECiDEPTtPC
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MOSS-
PENDLETON DELUGED
BY RECORD RAINFALL
PENDLETON, Ore, March 4. (AP)
In the heaviest downpour of the '
season 39 of an Inch of rain fell here
Friday night. The rain was driven In
on a high wind from the southwest.
Today was clear with a strong breeae
from the west
tr GLUYAS WILLIAMS
wife srbps so sunK-Y
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MfD WIFE N01 SHYinfe
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