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PXHE EIGHT MEDFOKD HAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, 1IARCH 30, 1933. Valiant Dust by Perclval ' Christopher Wren "beau gest SYNOPSIS! Suddenly. Colonel Le Hade of the French Secret Ber vice Mlrikee to end the teatertno in trtfjue in the Uoorieh Citadel of llekazten. First he eaoturee crai toroue ilalor Riccol of the For elijn Lenion and hie crony Vittor eili. Rlccoli hae the effrontery to try to corrupt Le Sage who then telle hie eavtlve that ehortlu the Kaid of Uekaeeen and hie eon taieul are to be arrested', and aivee him the bad newe that the Kaid'e atjente. the ilalicnie. have betrayed their mooter to Le Saoe. Chapter 48 LB SAGE'8 PLAN REALLY?" asked Rlccoli. "And with what force do you pro pose to do these wonderful things?" "Ample, admirable and efficient a half-hundred of legionnaires. And who could want anything bet ter?" Le Sage smiled. "You think they'll obey yon, do yon?" "Certain of It. I'll tell you why. Do you remember an excellent or. derly you had at Post One a man named Bombelll, who, alas, deserted and was never heard of again? Yea. Well he's being beard of now and, In correct uniform and rankbadges, Is putting the fear of God and sud den death Into some of the poor rascals you corrupted and sub orned. Major Rlccoli. Your Bom belll, my good Major Rlccoli, Is the famous Langoac himself. Yes, that's that we were not alone; and the devil of It was that I'd aald all sorts of dangerous things, given away all sorts of deadly secrets. "Not only dangerous and deadly for me, but also for the noble Sefior Pedro MallgnL We'd said enough between us, to send us both to the torture chamber," added Le Sage. "Then obviously, my good Le Sage, Pedro Mallgnl was fooling you. Be was giving you away to somebody who already knew Mallg nl's game, but didn't know yours." "Anyhow, there It was. Someone was listening, and the .'im was up. It Pedrp Mallgnl knew then I was trapped. It he didn't know then we were both trapped, and my one Idea was to get out of the trap as quickly as possible. So I politely bade the noble Pedro to bold bis tongue tor a moment, be cause I wanted to think. "I did. I also wanted to hear and to smell. For, among the few qualifications which I possess for this sort of work, are abnormally acute hearing and sense of smell." Major Rlccoli yawned. "You seem to have several at tributes In common with the brute creation, Le Sage," be observed. "I inhaled deeply, savoring the scent as you say, like an animal "I'd have fired Into the bulge," deolared Rlccoli. a nasty shock for you, Isn't It? Oh, your 16glonnalros will obey me and follow me, all right" "Ah I Those who live longest will tee most, Le Sage." "You are absolutely right there, Mnjor Rlccoli. They will." "Yes, and It Is you and Major Langeao who should feel anxiety. How did the fellow get there, by the way?" "On a camel I And In the role of my servant. He takes his teeth out and turns his eyes In, you know. And his own mama wouldn't know hlth. At loaat, I hope not, for ma ma's sake." "Well, I'll take bis eyes out and put. his teeth In In the eye-sockets." promised Rlccoli. "I doubt It," smiled Le Sage. "In fact. Major Rlccoli, I should ad vise you to think of your latter end. It draws near." Major Rlccoli smiled and brushed this aside with a wave of bis band. "Uninteresting, Le Sage. Boring. But there's one point that does In terest me, I confess." The door opened and Otho Bel lemo, saluting, announced that Sergeant-Major VlttorollI wrs In the bands of Major Langoac bIbo In the punlsbmont cell, "Good. And your three oompa trlots?" "Present, sir." "Good. You four will await me outside this door." "Well, Major Rlccoli the point of Interest you montlonod?" "Yea. It's this. Why exactly did you choose tonight for this er exhibition?" "I'll toll yon. I paid a visit to day to the apartment of the Raid's Vlsler, Scflor Podro Mallgnl who, besides being the Kald's confiden tial adviser, Is also my scoundrel ly paid hireling. "Now whether he was not only double-crossing, but troble-cross-log, me, 1 don't know. But after I bad bad bis aseurance that I could safely say what I'd got to say, 1 suddenly became aware that I wasn't so sure of this. I telt a what the Americans call a 'bunch,' scenting danger. And Is waa th scent, literally. Scent used on th person, or possibly a scented hair wash or hair-oil, and It was a scent that I knew. In my stupid way, 1 take note of these things, you see, Major Rlccoli. And In a very tow seconds I knew where I'd smell that particular perfume before. "As I looked about I softly whispered to Mallgnl something quite ordinary and harmless and noncommittal and at about five and a half feet from the ground, a little bulge appeared in a curtain, the sort of little bulge that a man's head might make, as he leant for ward the hotter to hear what was be ing whispered so confidentially. So, In my stupid way. Major Rlccoli, I'd atumbled on tbe truth. I was right. "Good Qod, I was frightened. Wouldn't you have been. Major Rlccoli?" "I do not know what foar Is," replied Rlccoli, with a wave of the hand. "No? I envy you, Major Rlccoli. Now wbat would you have done In those circumstances?" "I"? I would have drawn my pistol and fired straight Into the middle of the bulgo. And then I should have fired again, a foot lower." "But suppose I bad done that, and It had proved to be you, Major Rlccoli? What a catastrophe!" "Well, It was not I," objected Rlccoli. "No, It was not As a matter ot fact, I know quite well who It was. But what I didn't know was whethei the person behind the curtain also had a pistol, drawn, cocked, and pointing at me. "So I Just sat tight, gave away no more secrets, It there were any left to give, and, as soon as I rea sonably could, took my departurs In as natural a manner as I could contrive. But 1 don't mind confess Ing, I had a bad quarter of an hour from the time I'd seen that bulge. "For the man who stood behind that curtain waa Ralsul." Kefyrifil, mi, t. 4. Sletet Ce.1 La Sags at last lavaa Major Rio. ooll, tomorrow, but to what tatet JEWS PLEAD FOR HALT NEW YORK, Mar. SO-AAP) A znuaK revived here today from the JewWj community of Schwerln am der Warthc, Germany, asked that the "lying campaign" in foreign now papers alleging persecution of Jew in aermany be halted. The meaaage aald: "The Jew'.ah community Schwerln am der Wartho auks that the lying campaign cease. Conditions la Germany are quiet and thcra haa been no cruelty." 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