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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
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BETTER
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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
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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.
Of these major measures, the rac
ing bill and the power measure carry
the emergency clause and become ef
fective at once.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
ROSEBURO, Ore., March 10. (AP)
Robert A. Moore, recently arrested
San Francisco, charged with assault
and robbery while armed with a dan
gerous weapon, was this morning
sentenced by Circuit Judge J. W.
Hamilton to life imprisonment In the
Oregon penitentiary.
Moore entered a plea of guilty tor
attacking A. P. Macomber, traveling
salesman from San Francisco, Febru
ary 26, while the two were on a trip
from Roseburg to Reedsport In Ma
comber's car.
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