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Valiant Dust
by Pereival Christopher Wren tvSomf
SYNOPSIS) Uaraart, an -lUh
oto-J married to Jultt Miltonl.
halt Uoorith aenl o raooofow
Aald of UekOMttn nndo Herself
helple under Hie tnitoianeee 0
h Said'e ion Raleul. Uaaatrkll
Jfajor KtoooH of (fce Foroiffn Le
pion orrivee of Uekateen fo com
' plete hit traitorous design aoatnst
France with the Raid's help. In his
command is Otho BelUme Mar
garet'e first sweetheart but she
doee not know it. Otho and hit
friends in the Legion are told 0
dangerous doings to eomn,
Chapter 15
SUSPICIOUS ORDERS
TTTELL, what do jon think of
" that, BobT" asked Joe, aa
the? made their way to a shady
comer of the court-yard that they
had made their own.
"Don't much like It," replied
Otho Belleme, but I auppoie we've
got to obey orders. Hint ot treach
ery about It, Isn't there?"
"War la war, my child," observed
Tant da Bolt. "There has been a
state ot war between this country
and Franca for years, It Is noto
rious that this Kald has raided
French territory, beselged If not
captured Frenoh poata, captured
French convoys, cut oft and anni
hilated relief columns."
"H'm. All's fair In love and war,
ehr
"And anppos It doesn't come
ott!" observed Joe Mummery. "Ao
oordlnt to VtttorelU, tbe Major baa
wangled us In here to seise the
Citadel for Franc. But what price
us. If they do the selling and
sella na for the KaldT"
"Us fer the 'ooks," observed
Bailor Harris teraely,
"Ar, that', right," agreed Wil
liam Boasnm. "If the Kite lets ua
com 'ere, ' knows enough to look
after himself, don't be? What's the
odds against us In this castle alone?
Not to mention that lot we marched
through, eomln' In. Armies ot 'em."
"I suppose the Majol! wait un
til he gets reinforcements," com
mented Per Poussln.
.. "I doubt It, my child," replied
Tant da Solf. "He'll seize the castle,
and then send for the reinforce
ments In ease there's trouble In the
slty as there will be." ,
' "Why not get the reinforcements
Brst and maka a aura job ot It?"
objected the old soldier.
"Because the Kald wouldn't let
(hem come, my good camel, He'a
not going to let a French army
march In here, la he?"
"No," agreed. Otho. "He'a not
And the myster to me Is that he
let us come."
, "Mystery's right," agreed Joe
Mummery. "It'a a rum go."
"Well, duty's duty." said Tant de
Bolt decisively, "and orders are or
ders. It wa can selie this robbers'
nest tor France, they'll give the
' tectlon le foufjeron."
"What's that?" asked William
Boasum.
' "The collective decoration given
to a unit for valor," was ths reply.
"And every man of us will wear a
ahoulder-cord plaited In two colors.
And yon take It with you, too. If
70a go to another company. Yes.
we shall capture the castle, cover
ourselves with glory and get the
eord ot honor."
"Get a cord ot some sort, I've no
doubt," growled Sailor Harris.
That evening a oeremonlal ban
quat, halt Moorish, half European,
waa given in honor of the dletln-
gulebed visitor the French officer
understood to be the representative
of his great country, and ths head
ot the mllltar) mission sent by
France to the Kald. .
At this feast ot welcome, which
Margaret forced herself to attend,
the effect ot the aour looks that
aba received from her mother-in-law.
El Isa Beth el Aln, from Zat
nub and the girl Sara, should have
been entirely counteracted by the
definitely aweet ones ot the guest
of honor. .
' Apart from the fact that his waa
a type that ahe did not admire.
Margaret found him Interesting
when he would cease from ful
some florid compliment, and talk
on the matters, or rather matter,
that apparently obsessed him the
subject ot himself and hla career.
Aa all roada lead to Rome, so
alUtoplca, however apparently un
promising and alien to the theme,
led to the oareer ot Major Rlocoll.
past, present and future.
When at length, the banquet
finished, the other ladles retired,
Margaret rose, and remarking that
ah waa going tor her evening
stroll on the battlements, left the
lampllt garden, soon to dlscovor
that she had been followed by Ma
jor RIccolL -
"May I walk with you. Mademot
eelleT" ha asked aa he overtook
ber. "Snch an oasis In the desert ot
my life. It Is bard to b a soldier
and to lov beauty. To know the
love ot beauty and the beauty ot
love."
Margaret, untruthfully stating
that tbe pleasure would be entirely
hers, led the gallant and ardent
officer to ber favorite and private
spot upon the battlements, and to
the subject of France, Bordeaux and
the remarkable son ot that city.
Monsieur Aurellle de Tounens who
became Klnt, ot Arauco.
Then Indeed were the flood-gates
opened, and what hsd been a bab
bling brook that had reminded
Margaret of "Men may come and
men may go but I go on for ever"
became a torrent In full spate.
After tbe uttering of that name,
Margaret had no need ot further
speech, nor any slight anxiety aa
to Major RIccoll s attitude and conduct.
While that subject occupied hla
mind, no room was left for thoughts
of love or love-making.
"Ah, that waa a man indeed," ha
mused. "But mad, you know, mad.
A megalomaniac. Through his own
ambitious schemes he fell like Van
rol again If h did fall and is
not at this very moment a great
ruler In hla own right, a king, an
emperor, in the great and unex
plored Interior of this mighty and
marvellous continent"
"And who was Monsieur Vaurol?"
asked Margaret anxious to keep
tbe mind ot this amorously enter
prising officer to the one subject that
n,e Judged to be more powerful in.
Interest than even love.
"Vaurol? You know not ot the
brave Captain Vaurol, and his bid
for power and wealth and tame?
No, being English, I suppose yon
would not have heard of him. The
military authorities, whom he de
fled, defeated and outwitted, did
not exactly advertise bis name to
tbe world.
"Ah I that was a man such an
other aa Aurellle de Tounens ot
whom you have Just spoken; such
another as Voulet and Chanolne, but
sot so mad.
"Vaurol I A simple captain ot
artillery, and now perhaps an em
peror. But aa to the truth of that
no man knows. No European,
that la to aay, although the mili
tary authorities and the French
government pretend to know. No
European know tor oertaln, but
It la my oplalon and believe me.
Mademoiselle, my opinion la worth
having that millions upon millions
of Africans know; ArabB, Negroes,
Touareg, and, possibly races of
whom we have heard nothing.
"Otherwise, tell me this. Why la
there to this day throughout the
Southern Sahara, a persistent and
widely prevalent rumor ot a White
Shelkb? Yes, ot a Great White
Sheikh whose orders all men obey,
and whom they fear and reverence
as the Senussl fear and reverence
their great religious and political
loader, the Sheikh el Senussl him
self. "What did Vaurol do? I'll tell you.
Mademoiselle.
"Finding himself stuck In the
desert burled alive, forgotten, neg
lected, lost In a wretched hole
called Mescherla, he determined to
carve out a career for blmselt. Why
should he, a man ot courage, abil
ity, brains and ambition, be doomed
to rot In Mescherla, while in Paris,
guttersnipe politicians made them
selves figures ot International Im
portance, masters ot Europe and
made generals of their worthless
military proteges, panders and
toadies?
"Why should he? A man mentally
as great aa they, and Indeed tar
greater. Why should he consent to
grow grey In obscurity, poverty and
misery while these dogs carved out
careers tor themselves?
"He would not consent to It
"Since no brilliant career to
fame and power lay open to htm,
he would carve out one tor him
self. "Skilfully and ounnlngly he
opened negotiations with a great
Arab sheikh, paramount ruler of
the Benl-Amama and allied tribes
and when hla plans were made and
the time waa ripe, he departed
from Mescherla with the whole of
his battery complete and entire,
gmis. Umbers, ammunition-column,
men, horses, mules and camels.
He was, ot course, received with
open arma by the Arabs, who led
him deep Into the desert where per
haps no white man had ever been
before.
"Deep and ever deeper Into the
desert, until they came to the capi
tal ot Benl-Amama, a native city
which aa the French military au
thorities afterwards discovered to
their coat he turned Into a great
fortress, a real citadel,
(CmU. HI!. . . Stein Ce.)
Another crown Is offered Msr
aeret. tomorrow.
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EUGENE, Ore., March 21. (AP)
The annual Oregon state high school
band contest will be held here April
14 and Iff, John H. Stehn, director ot
the University of Oregon band, gen
eral chairman of the contest an
nounced Sunday.
The event was held last year at Or
egon state college and It Is planned
to have toe competition alternate be
tween the two Institutions. Visiting
bands will compete In three classes.
Division A will Include all schools
with enrollment of 600 or more, class
B those having from 400 to 600 and
class C for those below the 400 mark.
Bands organized leas than a year may
step down one division.
STATE C.E. CONCLAVE
Main speakers for the state Chris
tian Endeavor convention In Eugene.
Ore.. April 27 to 30, will Include Dr.
Perry O. Hopper, partor, Westminster
Presbyterian church In Portland; Dr.
Victor P. Morris, professor of eco-
S'MATTER POP
By C. M. PAYNE
f Oregon Weather.
.fair east portion and generally
cloudy west portion tonight and
Wednesday; frost or freeilng temper
ature Interior tonight; fresh north
west to north winds offshore.
Development of metal -connected
glass electrodes by bureau of stand
ards scientists Is expected to save
considerable money, as much waste
has resulted In Industry from the
breakage of plain glass ones.
Harvesting of the 1932-39 oyster
crop from the Chesapeake bay to the
gulf of Mexico gave employment to
about 17,000 men.
thatfascinatinq flavor
,ew -a vjkt cda-v "r J 7 ; -fou Hat
AiOTe- ) f f SM )
(Copyright, 1933, by The Bell Syndicate, iiio.)
nomlcs at University of Oregon; Dr.
Levi T. Pennington, president. Pa
cific college, Newberg. Ore., and Rev.
Chester P. Gates, district superin
tendent, Oregon Evangelical confer
ence.
The addresses win be built around
the convention theme, 'Treasure
Seekers." Special conferences deal
ing with Christian Endeavor prob
lems wll be conducted Friday and
Saturday mornings, April 28 and 20.
Mr. Kinleyside
Passes In South
Death of a former Medford resi
dent, Mrs. R. P. Kinleyside, Is re
ported from Bars tow, Cal., where she
has been living for several years since
leaving here. According to word of
the death received by Mrs. Charles
Gay, Mrs. Kinleyside passed away
suddenly March 15. Mrs. KinleysldeJ
was prominent In parent-teacher af-f
fairs, the College Womena Club and
the Methodist church while a resi
dent of Medford.
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to Jones. Phone 786. .
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