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PAGE STX BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933. Valiant Dust by Percival Christopher Wren "beau'cestc SYNOPSIS: Although he know the victou Raiul ha intuited hit wlf. Uargaret. again and again, Jules Uallgni will not defend her. Margaret trie in every way possl Ma to get atoav from the Mooriih Citadel ot Uekateen and return to her native England, without ua oea. At laet eh remember Herr Bohlacht. the euppoeed German agent dealing with Rateul't father, the Kald of Uekazxen, Bh write him a not. Chap tor tt AN AN8WER COMES ONB day, a dlrt7 ragged and iqulnt-eyed Moor unobtrusive ly banded a letter to Margaret u (be crossed the couu jtrd on her way from Bl Isa Beth el Aln'a anartmenta to tier own. It waa written In a somewhat ppldery foreign handwriting and waa apparently from Herr Schlacht, who, after an absence of some days, bad returned to the Castle. "Win too walk In the tiled iv den at moonrlse tontghtT Neither Ralsul nor your husband will be In the castle. When nobody Is about go to the doorway that leads up to the corridor In which we talked. I shall be waiting and watching. Trust me and come do not be afraid. Your good freund." Once again a feeble ray of hope shone In Margaret's heart. Evi dently her own note, with Its un signed appeal, "Please help me?" which had been entrusted to this Iame dirty little Moor, had reached Js master. Herr Schi&ciil turno carl too Mlt- tengen was waiting In the black darkness of the corridor or tunnel that led from the doorway. As Mar garet entered from the moon-lit gar den a hand seised hers and a voice whispered: "Hare no fear, Fran Malign). All right, yes? It Is very goot lolly fine splendid. I will lead." Easy enough to tell her not to be afraid. But afraid ah certainly waa. What girl wouldn't be afraid In such circumstances the darkness, the sinister silence, this stranger who. although always dressed. In turban and Moorish slippers, spoke Ger man and broken English. Of course she waa afraid. Fright ened nearly u death. But what was It that Otho used to say? 'Courage la not being without tear, young Muggle. It la conquering the fear you have got Where there Is no fear there la no courage and no need for If So she must conquer "the fear that she had got." "Here we are," said Herr Schlacht, who could apparently see in the dark, halting at length and knocking a double knock, followed by a single knock and then another double knock, on wbat was presum ably a door. Margaret wondered whether be was knocking with a pistol-butt, and whether he could Of course she would truat him, thought Margaret. Of course she, would trust him and go; and would not be afraid. Intuitively she felt that this man Schlacht was trustworthy, but wbat about the squint-eyed Moor? How was she t know that he had not ' first taken this note straight to Ralsul himself, In bopo and expec tation ol reward? Who was It had told her to be ware of squint-eyed people? Why of course. It was Otho, one day In Big Attlo, when they had been mak ing grimaces at each other, and he had told her not to squint or the wind might change and she'd be "struck like It" Laughingly he bad -then remarked that. It that hap pened, be wouldn t trust her any more. - Oh, Otho, Othol ... Should sbe risk It, and go? ' Tes, the note wag genuine enough. Eow should Ralsul know where sbe and Herr Schlacht had met and talked? Unless, of course, Herr Schlacht was as bad as the rest of them, and, for his own ends, waa assisting Ralsul. But no. Somehow sbe telt sure that Schlacht was trustworthy. He might have his own game te play undoubtedly he had, of oouree but he was not a traitor, a swindler, a treacherous brute who would do a thing like that She would trust him, and go. But wbat was the Spanish proverb that sbe had heard the Senor Pedro Mallgnl laughingly quote once or twice to Jules, when a squint-eyed aerrtng-man bad waited on them? "Hope that fellow Isn't going to poison us," he jested. "'No bay tuerto bueno.'" That meant that no good can come from one who oquints. Well, that waa rubbish; and certainly there were plenty ot people from whom no good could ever come and who did not squint Ralsul for one. Tes. She would risk It Better a bad end, than no end at all, to this hideous uncertainty and suspense. be persuaded to give, or lend her, i revolver or automatic It he proveu to Jje what he professed to be, a friend. . The door was opened by the little squinting Arab ns Mnrgarot saw by the light of the lamp, meroly a brass bowl of oil and wicks clad as usual In ragged and dirty robes, and a head-dress that was more sweat-rag than turban. To him, Herr Schlacht spoke In Arabic and the man departed, after lighting a cheap and ugly tin lan tern, the four sides of which wore panes of glass of different, colors. A useful lamp tor signaling, thought the acutely observant Margaret. whose mind was working quickly. Please to sit down on the cush ions, Frauleln or I should say Frau Mallgnl, But you look so young and beautiful and . , , er, will you have to drink? Tea and perhaps some oakes?" i 'No, thank you. Yon sent me a note. . , . I . . ." 1 Yes. And you sent me one of three words. 'Please help me.' I wish to help you, end I wish you to help me." I want to get away from here to escape, In tact" said Margaret "I have lost hope and faith In my husband's mother, the Lady 01 Isa Beth el Aln. Gould I possibly get away from here alone? I mean with out ..." "Nol" exclaimed Herr Schlacht. 'A woman alone. No man, bow- ever brave and hardy, could get away from here alone unless he knew the only safe way and knew the country ... the people .... the language. . I came here . . ." began Mar garet You were passed on from hand to band aa It were under "the Pro tection of the Lance,' tho ancient Arab system. Wherever you were somebody waa watching over yon whether you know It or not" (.cetniihi. mt, r. j. stett e.) Margaret, tomorrow, makes a deiperste bargain with Herr KahlNAht. J,C. A "moratorium" a4vrtlaemnt ear rled in tb Mall Trlbunt for th J. O. Penaey store here, hu won the at tention and admiration ot t.ie pn olflo Builder and Engineer magazine staff, a letter received today 'oj W. A. Bolgor revealed. Written by F. A. AUen, the letter oompllmenu Mr. Bolger upon the advartieement appearinf In the Mall Tribune, while banks were closed, and asks that two coplee be forwarded to Seattle headquartera. The adver- tlaement exhibited a clever use of banking terms aa names of colors, and stressed the fact that buying could carry on in spite of conditions. Broken w 1 n a glased ay rrow bridge Cabinet Works. WHIG LEY'S fir" o" BETTER 13 PORTLAND. Mar. 16. (AP) High way work in Oregon amounting to about (09,000 was awarded by the state highway commission here yes terday. Th largest Item waa 130,230 for re- gradlsg the Bice Hill section of the Pldflo highway In Douglas county. Eighteen bids were received on this project and 8. H. Newell of Port land was low. Tor grading and paving the ap proaches -to the Santlam river brldgo at Jefferson, the Portland company of Ljndstrom 6t Felgenaon was low at et4.365. Desirable houses always In first class condition for rent, lease or sale. Call 108. GOVERNOR INS P SALEM. March 10. (AP) Execu tive signature was attached to the new horse-racing bill, the general sales tax measure and the Orange district power bill, the office of Got- S'MATTER POP By C. M. PAYNE V f om -r-tiA. rioutt Susjt K ' J) ariw 4im t-4jl J --wf7 3& emor Julius I Meier announced late yesterday. A total of 81 bills were returned with hU signature, while no new vetoes were announced. The executive has until tomorrow night to clear up the balance of the meas ures, more than fifty. 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