MTCDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKH, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1933
Valiant Dust
by Pereival ' Christopher Wren KAu eeSTt?
BYNOPSIBt Lurking about tht
ancient Uooriah Citadel ot kfekas
ten was treachery to France. But
it suddenly was ended by Colonel
he Haae of the Becret Service with
death lor the Held ol ilekaeten,
death tor Jules Ualtont. Uaraaret
Valiant's tricky husband, and cap
ture tor Major Rlccolt ol the For
eign Legion, the worst traitor of
.oil. Uaraaret U awakened by the
' sly entrance of Ralsul. son ol the
Kald. Ralsul swears that unless
Margaret yields to him he will tor
ture and kill Margaret's girlhood
sweetheart. Otho Belleme. who Is
in the citadel as a private In Rio
coil's command, iiargaret is on
the volnt ot yielding.
Chapter 48
THE DUEL
D AISDL laughed merrily. He was
amused.
No, do, no! This wort do at all
You've got to kiss me. I'm not going
to do all the kissing, maddeningly,
thrllllngly wonderful as It Is. What
the devil are you staring at?"
Turning about, Ralsul followed
Margaret's Incredulous hypnotized
gaze, and lithe and swift as a
springing panther, leapt to bis feet.
Othol
"Ah!" eald Otho Belleme, with a
sonnd ot unfathomable satisfaction.
"Ralsul ben Abd' allah Karlm."
Without taking his eyes from
those ot his adversary, Ralsul bent
sideways to the low table on which
he had laid his long dagger, drew
It from Its sheath, and advanced,
polaed and crouching.
With a laugh that belled the look
upon his face,
"Another visitor, Margaret!" he
aid. "Very much 'at home' tonight,
aren't yout I'm afraid I've over
stayed my , . ."
"Steel or bare hands?" Interrupt
ed Otho Belleme as he drew his
bayonet
"W-o-I-1," replied Ralsul, clrollng
sideways and yet advancing as be
apoke. "I think we'll give the lady a
dagger versus -bayonet exhibition,
ht Bit fairer perhaps, what? Per
sonally I'm not a professional
bruiser."
"Right," replied Otho Belleme.
holding the long thin bayonet be
fore him, like a foil.
This ought to be a good fight, and
with Margaret looking on. But he
must go warily, for he must win
fc? Margaret's sake, as well as for
his own.
Here was he, Otho Belleme, In
Margaret's room.
In a state ot absolute funk and
horror he bac slid down a few feet
of ropa that dangled over hun
dreds of feet of sheer drop In per
tilt ot that devil. And he was in
Margaret's room.
RaiBUl sprang, and stabbed: Otho
lunged and thrust, and his left
band seized Ralsul's wrlBt, as Ralsul
skillfully evaded the swift blade,
and In turn, seized Otho's right
wrist. i
Breast to breast Stale-mate.
Yos, yeBt the dagger-band was
slowly going back, back, while the
hand that held the bayonet moved
not at alt
Suddenly Ralsul threw the whole
ot his weight violently forward and
mightily twisting his arm, sprang
backward, roleaslng Otho's wrist as
he did so.
Round one, and honors easy.
Otho sprang and drove a light
ning thrust at Ralsul's throat
With equal swiftness, Ralsul
ducked beneath the lean sharp
blade, and simultaneously slashed
npward with the terrible disem
bowelling stroke, which will lay a
man open from thigh to breast-bone.
Woll for Otho Belleme that alnelt
heavyweight he was one of the
quickest boxers ot the day.
Striking swiftly downwards and
sideways with lightning speed and
all his strength, his left list encoun
tered Ralsul's wrist with such force,
I that, as he whlrlod sideways, the
knlte tell from his hand, and clat
tered on the stone floor.
Disarmed, Ralsul backed away
from the gleaming bayonet that In
an Instant would be through his
throat or his heart
Setting his foot upon the knlte,
Otho spoke.
i "There was a time when I should
have told you to pick that up," he
aid. "I'm not quite the fool I was,
but ..."
I Aim uiuo saeamea nis oayoneu
I "Fut up your lists," he said, "and
fight any way you can. I can't stab
you In cold blood."
Ralsul backed, backed Into the
corner, stooped and rose In one swift
movement Margaret's pistol In his
hand, and levelled. At Margaret
Bang I
At Otho.
Click.
Margaret screamed, and Otho
turned his bead. Her hand was
pressed to ber breast
A crashing blow In the face, as
the flung pistol struck him. and bis
hands closed about Ralsul'n throat.!
Vet Fund Bolstered.
BALBM, April . (AP) Tianaferof
state funds to the World war vet
erans state aid eommisalon, in the
sum ot 1730.0000, was made by the
tats treasurer today, an amount de
clared sufficient to take care ot the
obligations ot the bonus commission
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Jovel but the fellow was strong
and agile as a cat; slippery as an
eel.
Free again. j
Otho drove a straight left
Ralsul ducked beneath It and
flung his arms about Otho's waist
Down together.
A cry from Margaret
"The knife, Otho! The knife!"
By Jove, he'd got It Ralsul leapt
to his feet, and stabbed.
Otho, rising, struck with his right
The blow sent him staggering back
ward.
As he brought up against the wall
beside the balcony, bis arm shot
forward as he Sung his knlte too
hurriedly.
Again Otho struck, and as Ralsul
side-stepped to his left Otho
smashed hom a crashing right that
drove Ralsul heavily against the
low balcony wall.
With a loud cry he threw out his
arms, clutched wildly at the rope,
and before Otho could sele him.
tell backward across the coping.
turning and turning In mid-air, to
strike the jackal-haunted rocks be
side the shattered body ot his vic
tim, Jules Mallgnl.
After a hasty Instinctive glance
over the balcony at the still falling
body, Otho whirled about to And
Margaret running to him with out
stretched arms.
'Tho darling. Oh, 'Tho.
Are you hltT Are you hurt!"
cried Otho.
No, no," laughed Margaret shaki
ly. "Oh, darling, I thought I was,
and I'm not thought I was dead,
and I did want to live long enough
to see you kill him." ,
Her arms were round his neck.
He woe holding ber tightly to him
and stroking her hair.
Neither e"or knew how the next
minutes passed. At length,
"Otho, It's Incredible. Its too
wonderful. Oh, 'Tho, why did you
go and leave me? Why did you Join
this awful Foreign Legion?"
"Didn't you know? Why, so as to
come down that rope at the psycho
logical moment Obvious, Isn't It?"
Again they kissed.
"Oh. Margaret, I love you so utter
ly. Do yon know I have no for lain
down to sleep without thinking ol
you since I was a hoy."
They clung together, then sprang
apart as heavy blows sounded on the
door.
Drawing tho bolts, Otho saw thi
aged slave who bad guided them to
the battlements. Seizing Otho's arm,
Hassan el Mlskeen dragged bin
across the room, and out o to tht
balcony. Looking upwards, Otho
saw several beads silhouetted
against the sky, as their owners
craned through the embrasures.
"Oho, Bellome, was that Ralsul?"
called Le Snge.
"Yos, sir. He's or on the
rocks." Le Sage laughd grimly.
"Come up," he called. "I've sent
the guide for you."
- Motioning to Hassan to lead on,
Otho kissed Margaret once again.
"Walt for me, Margaret," he said.
"Walt for me."
Yes, she would wait tor him, Sh
would wait a lifetime for blm.
In the absence of the Kald, Ralsul,
Mahommed All el Amln and every
other leader or executive authority,
the organization of the Citadel ol
Mekazzen wont to pieces: what
should have been the garrison ol
Moorish soldiers became an armed
rabble (quickly disarmed); am the
castle toll of Itself. The loosely knll
native life ot the citadel swiftly dis
integrated, and the work begun by
the betrayal ot the pass-word was
completed by the Issuance of orders
a-' Instructions In the Kald's name,
by the Kald's Vizier, the Sefior
Pedro Mallgnl.
Until the tricolor flow at the mast
head on the Sultan Tower, and Col
onel Le Sage was in faet Governor
ot the Castle, the orders ot the Vizier
were accepted and obeyed, for want
ot better.
"Tho longer we can conceal the
tact ot the deaths of tho Kald and
Ralsul, the longer we can use yout
authority as Vizier," said Le Sage.
"Not that we shall need that tor
long, Sefior Mallgnl."
"And the othor halt of the re
ward, promised me atter the con
summation ot your work here?"
"It shall be paid to you person
ally, at Tangier, as soon as possible
after I receive a letter from your
daughtor-ln-law In her ow hand
writing from Yelvorbury. The
sooner she gets thore the sooner
you will get the other fifteen
pieces."
"Fifteen pieces, Colonel?"
"Oh, I beg your pardon, Sefior
Mallgnl. I wao thinking ot 'thirty
pieces of silver.""
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Monday, Major Napolton Rlcooll
faeaa a naw, and tarrlbla taat
due this month. Interest on the
amount was aiO,86S.
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refuse. City Banltary Service.
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wu sentenced to thirteen months In
federal prison when he appeared In
federal court here today on liquor
chargea.
Four others, Indicted jointly with
O'Hara, were given various sentences
and placed on probation. They were
Mrs. Freda Palmer, waitress, sen
tenced to four months and placed
on probation for one year; Ted Gor
don, service station operator, one
From Havana To Santiago De Cuba!
year In a federal road camp, and one
year's probation; Paul Rlppe, eight
months In Jail and paroled, and
Jack Boeti, four months In Jail and
paroled.
Leniency was also extended to sev
eral others 'who pleaded guilty to
violation of the prohibition laws.
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Broken windows glazed by
rrow bridge Cabinet Works.
By C. M. PAYNE
POLICE CONTRACT
SALE NT, April 0. (AP)-
rolls affecting all state
-March pay
departments PARKING
6 TJWY1N6 FAMILt" 7b MOVIES.
CortES lb PUBLIC PARKIK6
PLACE .
DRNES OH FOR A BLOCK OR
Tv0, FiriAUV WORKING CAR.
Wrtrt 6REAf IfcOUBLE IrttD
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SO--AMD UHY
and institutions were certified to the
secretary of state Tuesday by the
board of control and warrants cover
ing the salaries for the past month
will be issued within a few days.
A contract for supplying the state
police department wlth 18 light au
tomobiles was awarded to a Salem
agency. The bid was 9584. The con
tract is subject to approval of Chaa.
SRVS "SERE'S NO SENSE PrW6
25 ft lb PARK. HE CAN FIK0
SPACE OPPOSITE THE MOVIES
DISCOVERS A HvURANf 1HERS
AWP DRIVES OH
finallV finds Vacant space
amd parks, officer 5tr0uin6
over to point out that this
is a bus stop
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TO THE FIRB ESCAPE, BUT AN ATTACK
OP OI7.X1NESS HAUTED HIM I
P. Pray, superintendent of state po
lice. An additional physician was au
thor or lzed at the Eastern Oregon
state hospital.
Pre-Easter bargains. Shoes $1.45
3.95; hats 25c to 5.95; dresses l-95
to 5.95; coats ana suits $4.95 to
$10 95 "The Store that Saves You
Money" The Band Box & .Shoe Box.
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
PiNM TriKT OWiNS lb 51ftff'S
BEIN6 fORM UP, HE CAUf PARK.
Where he expected
EXCLAIMS SUDDENLY "THERE'S
PLENW OF SPACE UP THAT
&DE STREET, AND TURNS CAR.
TURNS AND DRIVES BACK Tb
PUBLIC PARNW6 PLACE. FAMILY"
DIPLOMATICALLY KEEPIN6 QUIET
By OLtNN L'taAPr'LN
Slid USX fUUBEBX
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By EDWIN ALGER
ITH THIS NEVJ FEAR, BEN AGAIN
STARTED FOR THE WIMIV-lVJ LADIKia
OH.I CAN'T MAKES
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COMES BACK AND
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WONDER IF
THERE'S ANY
PLACE TO
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