PAOE SIX
UEDFOTCD MAIL TRIBUNE, MTCTVFORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1933.
Cbapter 49
RICCOLI AGAIN
THE truth about the cruel Kald
1 Mekazzen and bis son Rals
was that although all (eared them
alive, none mourned them now that
they had departed.
It was to be observed that those
who mentioned their names spat
they did so, albeit they seemed
Moved, as well as aghast that they
had the temerity to do It
Nor Indeed ras a single shot
fired trom any housetop as French
reinforcements, headed by a Squad
ron of the Fifth Ppahls Morrocalas,
and guided by an accredited emis
sary of the Vizier, rod through the
streets o! the Citadel that, mighty,
impressive, and Impregnable,
frowned down upon the town.
"Orderly!" called Colonel Le
Sage.
otno stepped into the room,
smartly saluting.
"I have been talking with er
Margaret of Yelverbury, and mak
ing arrangements for her safe ar
rival at that famous place.
"She tells me she would like to
have a word with you, before the car
avan and escort start off,"
"Thank you, sir."
-. "Well, my boy, I should be giving
the young lady tea In this room, 1:
a few minutes. I am very busy.
You shall deputize."
"Thank you, sir."
"Ob, you English!" ejaculated
Colonel Le Sage as he strode from
the room. "Face of stone If heart
of fire."
"Otho!"
"Margaret!"
"I'm not orying, Otho . . ,"
"Margaret, this Is absolutely the
happiest day In all our lives so far,
Of course you're not orying,"
"Otho, you will take care of your
self?"
"Cotton-wool, Margaret1
"Otho, the time will soon pass,
And look I am coming out to Africa
again. Dear, I can. I must I shall."
Otho shook his head,
"To some porfectly good town,
Otho. Sldl bel Abbes, Algiers, Oran,
Whatever garrison-town or depot
Is nearest to where you are.'
Otho smiled.
"Too food to be true, 'Margaret
I may be In some desert outpost or
lome hole like this, for the rest of
my service.
"AIbo, you may not Did you know
that Colonel Le Sage la married?'
"No. What about it?"
"Well, he Is. And I'm coming out
to visit his wife. Dear Otho) I'm
rolng to stay with her. And Colonel
Le Sage Is golnr to stay with her,
too. And he's going to bring his or
derly. Bee?"
"Margaret! Margaret there's so
much to say, one can say nothing,
wnat can one say?'
"Oh, yes," continued Margaret "I
have got something to say, darling.
Ana tnat s about Colonel Le Basra.
too. From Colonel La Sage, 'n f it
Darling, he wants you to leave the
. ranks."
"Leave Joe Mummery and the
other two 7"
"Yes, darling. Yea, Otho. Look,
It might shorten the time for us."
"How?"
"Do you know, Otho, that you
nave made a very deep Impression
upon Colonel Le Sage? Do you know
wnat us actually hinted at?
A commission I As he said, you aro
a gentlemen (a 'milord,' In faotl),
clever, a linguist a great fighter, as
brave as a lion, and, as he put It,
'inexorably faithful unto death.'
"Also you have distinguished
yourself again here. He says, with
out you and "your men' he might
nave railed against Itlccoll and In
the taking of the Castle."
"Oh rot! Stop . It darling, do.
Don't let's talk about me. Let's , . ."
"Let's what?"
inis, and this, and this, and
this ..."
"Otho, you will take your chance,
won't you?"
"Well, aren't 1?"
"You know what I mean, darling.
Tou will take your chance, Otho,
for my sako?"
"Desert Joe and the others who
came with me? No."
"But tblnk what you'd be able to
do for them."
"Yes, dear. Do for them alto
gether, I should think. If I left them
In the lurch."
"But darling, re can't marry on a
halfpenny a dayl We could marry at
ONE KILLED, TWO HURT
IN WILD AUTO SMASH
PORTLAND, Ore., April . (API
One man was killed and two person
were Injured here today when an
automobile, traveling at high speed,
oareened out of control, skidded 180
feet, struck an uprooted a tree 10
Inches In cllRmeter, and overturned
on a lot. The driver. Walter V, Lewis,
40, was held without ball on a charge
P
EPPERMINT
'
aim you
Valiant Dust
by Perclval Christopher Wren -beau oeste-
once, when you'd got your commis
sion. Look, darling I know. You
talk It over with Joe Mummery and
the other two, after you've seen
Colonel Le Sage again. You will,
won't you? Promise me that 1 shall
go away so much happier. Almost
happy, Otho, It you'll promise me
that"
Otho smiled, as he took
garet In his arm- again.
"I promise that," he said.
Mar-
Colonel Le Sage knocked. In the
appointed manner, upon the door of
the room that had been RIccoII'b
quarters, and was now his prison.
"Guard the door outside," said he
to the legionnaire who opened the
door, and sprang to attention.
Removing the key from the lock,
and pocketing it Le Sage turned to
Itlccoll, who sat at his table,
nervously drumming upon It with
his fingers, and who eyed him ?itn
a feverish pale anxiety.
"You've come for my help, Le
Sage?" he began. "But It will bo on
terms, on terms. I shall refuse to. . ."
"Listen, Major Hlccoll," Inter
rupted Le Sage. "The citadel, town,
and country, of Mekazzen, are now
In my hands tor France.
"The whole of what was your
column Is here, garrisoning the
castle, picketing the town, and pa
trolling the secret routes by the
and hidden waterholes.
'I have now a quorum of officers
for a council of war, and I could
try you this very day, by court mar
tial. If I did so, you would be found
guilty: you would be sentenped to
death: and I would myself superin
tend the carrying out of the sen
tence, at dawn tomorrow. The r-lng-party,
under Major Langeac,
would consist of those legionnaires
whom I know to be faithful, loyal.
and obedient soldiers of France.
"But I shall not have you tried by
court martial."
Itlccoll smiled.
"I will take it upon me to spare
France that scandal. There shall be
no great Klccoll affair, eclipsing In
shamefulness and European popu
larity the Dreyfus affair; eclipsing,
because poor Dreyfus was an Inno
cent man, whereas you. Major Rlc
coll, are a guilty one a traitor to
your country, your army, and your
oath. i
"No. There will be no court mar.
tlal."
Itlccoll laughed.
"I'm sure there won't mv irood
Le Sage," he said.
"No. No court martial, and no
scandal. Do you see this revolver.
Major Klccoll? And do you remem-
ner a little episode of many years
ago, In which a revolver figured
prominently? Do you remember my
teuing you tnat it contained one
cartridge? And do you remember
my spinning the chamber thus?
And after all. It proved to ba
empty.
"Once again I offer you a revol
ver, Major Riccoll."
Hlccoll extended an eager hand.
seized the revolver and oreaent-
lng It at Le Sage's face, pulled the
trigger. And again, and again.
No, no, Major Riccoll." smllad
Le Sago. "I had not forgotten what
you did on the occasion to which 1
uao. You fired at me then, with
what you thought was the sixth and
certain shot Didn't you?
Now go and stand In the corner
of the room there."
'Murder?" gaopod Riccoll.
'Oh, no," ropllod Le Sairo. "Stand
there. So. Now as I go out of this
room, I shall, Just before I cIobc the
door, give you a cartridge."
Riccoll stared wide-eyed, aghast
now, Mnjor Riccoll, listen. And If
evor you bollovod anything In the
whole ef your life, believe thls'how.
You have your oholce. And it
Is the only choice, of any aor or
kind, that Is left to' you. You can
die by your own hand or by mine.
For I swear by the Nome of God,
and the na-io of Franco, If you do
not take your own life, I will myself,
wim my own hand, kill you In this
room.
In your life you have done m oh
harm to France. In your death you
shall do none.
In an hour's time I shall send
burying party to this cell."
As he closed the door. Colonel Le
Sage contemptuously tossed a can
trldga to Major Napoleon Riccoll,
that Man of Destiny.
THE END
of Involuntary manslaughter. Polios
said be was drunk.
Bull C. Uttlepnge, 40, was fatally
Injured, and Mrs. Charlotte Buckley
and Wesley Hanson, 38, were hurt.
WTLLtAMSTON, Mich. ff) ti a n-
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wild lire management project have
resulted In a 480 per cent Increase In
pheasants at a cost of 47 cents a bird
as compared with sa.BO 15 880 esti
mated as the cost of liberating each
Dlrd reared by state game farms.
Actual Increases on two tracts to
talling 1,300 acres were 480 and 443
per cent. Tracts left unimproved for
comparison showed sn Increase of 100
per cent In pheasant population.
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There's No Guesswork in Tribune A.
ning to attend the Jefferson banquet
to be held In Portland April 15, It
waa announced yeeterday.
One of the leading speaker at the
banquet will be Edward O. Kelly of
this city, .successful Democratic
candidate to the legislature from this
district. Mr. Kelly waa Invited last
week to address the banquet audi
ence, and has accepted. Moore Ham
ilton, president of the local Demo
cratic club, was appointed vlce
chaiman of the banquet, and is urg
ing a good attendance from this dis
trict. The Southern Pacific has an
nounced special low rates for the
week-end and manv mithm o.
gonlans are expected to attend the
democratic celebration and remain in
tne Kose city for Easter.
ROAD CONTRACTS
LET APRL 19TH
SALEM, April 8 (AP) Contracts
totaling about S75.0OO will he let by
the state highway commission at
the meeting set for April 19 In Port
land, It was announced today. The
contracts will be paid for out of
state funds.
The contracts, all for producing
and piling of crushed rock and
grovel, include:
Jackson county Trail-Prospect
section of the Crater Lake highway,
4,600 cu. yds. of crushed gravel.
B. C. Circulation
Dinger Clerk Candidate
SALEM, April 6, (AP) Fred E.
Drager, for many years chief clerk
of the house of representatives, an
nounced here today tnat he would
be a candidate for chief clerk of ,
the constitutional convention to be
called here sometime in August to
vote on repeal of the 18th amendment.