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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFQRD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1933.
Valiant Dust
by Percival Christopher Wren "SEAu'cESrr
smOPBlB: Kabul, ton the
powerful Raid of Mekaenen, torcee
unwelcome attention on ktargaret
ifallonl. wife ot one at the Scld'e
agent. iiargaret find no evmpathv
in all the great citadel ot ktekaeeen
excepting that ot Berr Bchlaeht,
apparently a eecret agent ot 0r
many. The night before, when
Raieut forced hie way into her
room, Margarefe hatband Julee
either had been drunk or drugged
and in no condition to help, tioia
Uargaret telle him ot Raisvl't visit.
Chapttw II
FOUND WANTINa
JULES MALIONI struck an atU
tude, and "registered" bock.
"I'll kill him. . . . I'll shoot Urn.
I'll break bis neck. . . ."
"Hugh; don't be silly. It's you
dho are exaggerating now," Insist
ed Margaret "Perhaps be'd had
more wine than was good for him.
too. Listen, Jules . . ." and Margaret
laid a hand upon ber husband's
dramatically outstretched arm.
"I'm not making a complaint
against RalsuL I mean I'm not bring
ing an accusation against him and
skint yon to punish him. I don't
iwant rnngeance, or any nonsense
of that sort. I simply can't and won't
its left alone, while we are here. I
don't want you to quarrel with
jRalsul, but I do want yon to grasp
Ithe situation, and understand It
"without exaggerating It"
: "The scoundrel! I'll kill him," re
peated Jules, clenching his fists and
cowling ferociously. "I'll break
very bone In his body."
i Did It ring Quito true?
' Margaret searched her husband's
face In poignant anxiety.
Certainly his las, '.veat had been
pttered with lees Tlolence and
.vigor.
But no, why should she think
such a thing?
Doubtless he had realized, eren
while he spoke, that his hands were
tied by her rery presence there in
Uekazzen, and that he could not
treat Ralsul as he longed to do, or
give him the thrashing' that he
Should certainly have given him, had
)hey not been In his power.
Ot courss Jules was thinking of
ber safety rather than ot his desire
lor vengeance.
That was why one got the Impres
sion that he did not quite mean
what he said, and that be was play
ing a part Eren In the midst ot his
righteous indignation, he had re
membered that for his wife's sake,
e dared not punish Ralatu.
You'd like to, I know."
"Like to!" cried Jules.
"I mean, yon are jurnlug to horse
whip him, Jules; but your bands
are tied while we are In the Mekas
ten country. We are absolutely In
bis power. So don't talk about pun
ishing him don't even think about
It"
"Perhaps you are right" acQul
ssced Jules. "Of course yon're right
we are in Us power."
"Don't think about punishing
blm," repeated Margaret "Think
about getting away, and about pre
renting anything of the sort happen
ing again. Ton mustn't give him the
phanoe of drugging you again, and
foa mustn't leave me alone, Jules."
"I don't see how I can prevent
pus ... began Jules.
; "But ot course yon can," Inter
rupted Margaret "It you dont sit
drinking with him, or eat with him
m bis own apartments."
"And I'm afraid you'll have to be
Mt alone sometimes, my dear. Be
reasonable. I can't be inside the
pas Us always." '
' "It's night-time I'm thinking
wout more."
f "I may have I certainly shall
pave to re away for dys at a
tlme, perhaps woeks at t, time, be
fore very long.'
"Jules!"
"Margaret!" mocked Jules.
Look here, Jules, If you've really
rot to go out of this plant before
we can leave it for good, I'm com
ing with yw. I'm quite as strong as
yon are."
"Ton aref Then yon esu manage
Ralsul all right I should think,
without all this fuss."
"What I meant was, I have as
much endurance as you, and can
ride as far, and rough it as well.
Did I make any complaint on the
journey dowi beret And we
roughed It pretty well then."
"That was different We were
traveling at leisure then like tour
istswith a young caravan, and In
reasonable safety. This would be
different without the Raid's pro
tection and an escort and guides.
TVs should be in enemy country,
among all sorts ot trouble; raiders,
robbers, hostile tribesmen, Bedoul,
Tcuarog. It yon tell Into the hands
ot some ot those birds, you'd wist
fifty Ralsuls had got yon."
"If yon leave this castle, Jules,
Fm coming with you unless Ralsul
goes with you, that is."-
"p'you suppose Ralsul'j going
where I tell hlmt"
"No, I suppose yon're going
where Ralsul tells yon to go. It he
goes on some expedition and yon
go with blm, I don't nlad staying
here, provided a definite date Is
fixed for our return to hlngland and
that It Is the earliest possible date.
"But one thing is absolutely cer
tain I don't stay another night
alone in this room, it Ralsul la in
the castle. Ton wouldn't ask me to,
would you, Jules?"
"Ob, Lord, don't make all the At
las mountains out ot a mole-bill.
Ralsul won't do it again. And any
how, yon can bolt your door, in the
future, it I'm not here."
"But yon're going to be here,
Jules It I am. I can't sit here night
and day with the door locked."
Jules gave a snort of impatience.
Look, dear," nrged Margaret
"suppose you went away from the
castle, and Ralsul suddenly came
upon me somewhere, in the day
time." "Oh, try your pistol trick on him
again," snapped Jules Irritably.
"What! What did you say?"
Jules looked confused. Confused,
guilty and angry.
"Bow did you know that t pre
tended to have a pistol? How did
yon know that Ralsul . . . ? Oh,
Jules. . , . Tou knewl Ton knew
about Ralsul all the timet Tou
were acting. Ton knew when you
came into this room. Ton weren't
really indignant at all, and you
hadn't the faintest intention of pun
ishing RalsuL
"Of course, your mother told yon.
She. . . ."
"Don't yon say anything against
my mother," blustered Jules loudly.
"She's one ot those women who help
their men-folk, not hinder them."
"And am I hindering you. my gen
tle Jules," asked Margaret her
voice low, bitter, and cutting, "by
mentioning that your ooualn so be
haved to ma last night bare in my
bedroom, that I had to threaten to
shoot him? Will you Just tell me In
plain English what you'd like me to
do next time? I should be sorry to
do anything that hindered youl
Does your mother . . .?"
"Will yon leave my mother alone?
She didn't ..."
"Ahl Perhaps she did not tell you.
Perhaps" Ralsul himself boasted, or
confided, to you, that while you
were drugged or drunk . . ."
"Hold your tongue! How dare yon
Insinuate things like that against a
gentleman . , . against your hus
band? Drunk Indeed!"
"My husband) That honorable,
truthful, reliable gentleman, my
husband. Do you consider my sug
gestionthat you were drunk as
being on a par with my suggestion
that Ralsul himself told you that he
had come to your wife's room in the
middle ot the night and . . ."
"Look here, my girl, just now yon
said you knew that I'd beea drugged.
I thanked you for your kindness and
said It was a virtue. I further re
marked that virtue got Its reward,
and your reward was that I exer
cised equal kindness in judging
you."
"Judging me? What are yon talk
ing about? Do you know, I think I
must be going silly here."
'Going'?"
"Clone, then. Gone quite mad.
What d'yon mean, 'Judging me'?"
"What I say. Ton heard I was
blind drunk, and very charitably
and very rightly, concluded I'd been
drugged.1!
"Tea.''
"Well, I heard that you'd bad
Ralsul up here while I was er In
sensible. . . ."
"What?" Margaret flinched, palod,
and blindly extended a band, for
support
"I say that, like yon, I was char
itable. When I heard that Ralsul
hsd been up here, I said:
" 'What about it? Harmless flirta
tion. We all know young Ralsul. I
trust my wife.' ... As I said before,
we were both kind, both charitable."
Margaret feeling as though her
knees would give way, sat down
rather heavily, and with some snd
dennoss, upon her bed. The cold tide
ot fear was rising again, so fast so
high, that she felt she must drown.
She was going to faint No, that she
would not do. Die she might and
willingly but she would not faint
KeftritU, t'lt. r. J, Sletei Ce.)
Marsaret delivers an ultimatum
tomorrow, to Jules.
BULL ELK COMING
PORTLAND, March M. (AP) The
Mk, largeat specimen of western big
ftufte, will be hunted legally la Ore
yon thin autumn for the flrt time
la more than a quarter of a century,
Baker oountlea the itate gam com
mission haa declared a three-day open
season from October 33 to 25 inclu
sive. Only bull elk with forked or
greater antlara may be killed.
NOMINATED AT MEET
At the reoent meeting Christian
Endeavor society of the First Chris
tian church here amended their
constitution to the effect that of
ficers of tfce society would hereafter
be elected for term of six months.
The nomination committee was ap
pointed with Jerry iAtham a chair
man and their report waa given Mar.
13.
Officers nominated for the coming
term were; Carl Hover, president;
Adrian Fraley, vice-president; Mural
Coke, secrete ry: and Altos Pant,
treasurer.
The nominees were posted and will
be elected and Installed In the next
meeting March 17.
Phone 043.
1 refuse. City
Well haul away your
Sanitary Bervloe.
REVIVAL OF HOPE SEEN
WASHINGTON, March 14. (AP)
President Roosevelt was told today by
Senator Lewis (D., 111.), upon his re
turn from the middle west that there
has been a "general revival of hope
the greatest revival of spirit sines
1924."
S'MATTER POP
By C. M. PAYNE
1 fOopvrlght, 1633, by The Bell Syndicate, Ino A VVW.N
1 have never seen In my political
life." said Senator Lewis, "such a
quick transformation from discour
agement to encouragement, from de
spair to hope."
Broken windows glased by
Trowbridge Cabinet Work.
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Real estate or inturanoe Leave It
to Jonas. Phone 790.
GRANGERS AT TALENT
TO
At the next meeting of ta Talent
grange March loth the drill teem
will be visitors. They will give the
fourth and fifth degree to Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Boone and Mr. Works.
All members are urged to attend l
as matters pertaining to the Klwanls
club dinner are to be discussed. The '
dinner will be given the latter part
of the month.
Talent grange will also have a
dance March 17. A good time Is
promised all who attend.
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SCHEDULED APRIL 11
WASHINGTON, Mirch 14. (AP)
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