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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941
6 RiT AVi(br NfrWf
YtSTtRDAY: Anne Willard
has Been dropped into th middle
of a Mcmaolian snowstorm bv '
plane uhich teas carrying her to
the camp of her parents, an the
desert, Her two companion have
bee lake, to tlx tmtr; she is
beine smuggled to the Emir1! pal
act, but under promts of pro
lectio by the potentate's head
wife. Anna is disguised ai an old
crone.
Chapter Seven
Discovered
MEXT morning Khalima rented
l ' donkey from the inn keep
er: Anne might ride but the her
self insisted on walking. She had
always walked this road. They
would stay with the caravan as
protection from possible highway
men. Anne noticed that the little
lama joined them as It he be
longed to their party. They passed
a caravan of corpses bound for
Turkish holy ground and once
they met a party bearing the
empty coffin of an ancient Chinese
still alive but expecting to die
on the way and be carried beyond
the Great Wall for burial.
Shortly after they stopped at
another caravanserai that night,
four men and a pack camel came
into the courtyard. When Anne
looked up and saw them she felt
her face suddenly grow warm
enough for the black grease to
melt and run. Sherwood, Mackey,
the headman and his younger
son.
With a happy heart Anne saw
that the camel carried the lug
gage from the plane including
her own. Perhaps somehow she
could gain possession of It The
white men were not shackled in
any way though their keepers
kept them pretty much under
their eyes.
Anne and Khalima had chosen
little room oil the main court
next door to the common Kitchen.
Presently the lama came in and
squatted down in a corner- as if
he meant to stay. Anne objected
mildly. Khalima explained she
had planned it Her relatives were
present iney migni suspect in
trigue; they might suspect she was
traveling with the woman sup
posed to have disappeared In the
storm, out as it was, sne accom-
f anied a family she had met on
he road. She was servant to the
old mother of a holy man.
She looked up as Khalima
stepped back from the doorway
and permitted her relativea to
enter. Motioning the white men
to follow, they came in and
squatted down and began smok
ing their pipes, taking it for
granted they had a right in the
Tonm.
With trembling fingers Anne
took the -bowl of food Khalima
handed to her. The native men
stared sharply at the holy one in
the corner. Khalima explained
demurely that she was being paid
to look after the old mother who
snt looking helplessly at her Bowl
of food. Anne could not bring her
self to eat with her dirty fingers
as she was supposed to do.
Sensing her need without being
told, the little lama handed her
his cnopsticKs, out Anne ten as
helpless as before. Sherwood who
hid been watching offered the
servant woman a spoon fcom his
pocket
'Try feeding the old woman
with this," he directed.
The native men picked up a
conversation with the lama while
Sherwood and Mackey began
talking between themselves.
Mackey refilled his pipe and Sher
wood took a book and a candle
from his pocket and aettled down
to read.
When Anne felt that the atten
tion of the others had been suf
ficiently withdrawn from her she
turned her back and began eating
her evening meaL Then she
crouched down in her corner hug
ging heraeff for warmth, for the
room was chill and becoming
colder.
With a start she became .ware
that the white men were talking
about her.
"You wouldn't think," said
Sherwood, "that a person could
get so grimy in one short life
time." "Maybe it's not so short," re
marked Mackey idly. "She looks
to me as if she might be a hun
dred." "These women are sometimes
mothers at twelve and toothless
at twenty." Sherwood reminded
him. "Did you notice if the old
gal has any teeth?"
Mackey laughed. "With your
scientific curiosity you'll prob
ably know before the night is
over."
Sherwood spoke hastily. "Look
at that nose of hers," he chuckled.
"A Tibetan with a retrousse
nose!"
"And ( bald head. I bet." of
fered Mackey, lying down fiat on
his back.
Sherwood Knows
ANNE felt an impulse to hide
a her face from all this fun at
her expense, but she realized it
might be a confession that she
Understood the talk.
"1 wonder," mused Sherwood,
"if we could persuade her to sing
for us."
Suddenly the lama rose and the
native men followed him out into
the courtyard directing Khalima
to guard their prisoners.
Mackey sat up when they left
and looked about the room. "It is
cold in here." he said, "and my
confounded tooth is beginning to
ache again.
Sherwood took a eamelikln
from the bed platform and hung it
before the doorless entrance. Then
he told Khalima to brine in a
brazier of coals for warmth. He
promised they would not stir
from the room.
When she hsd left Mackey
asked: "Do you suppose this old
lady would screech an alarm if
we bolted?"
"She might and it would give
us a chance to see if she has any
teeth."
Who cares If she fas any
teeth," demanded Mackey in irritation.
"She looks angry enough to Bite
nails." said Sherwood and
laughed. "Miss Willard. the getup
is great"
Anne started. Mackey s eyes
bulged.
"Sweet serpents," he muttered.
Is that Miss Willard?"
Anne saw that Mackey was In
nocent though Sherwood had been
teasing her all along.
"How did you know?" she
asked coldly.
"I made Khalima tell me when
I left you the other night I was
worried about you. I couldn't let
you disappear tike that"
"You mean you wanted to keep
track of the talisman I carry," she
retorted sharply.
"I do want you to be careful
with that dagger," he confirmed.
"And whatever you do, don't let
anv court officials know that you
carry it You see, the Emir has
also neara 01 sny-a nago. 11
means treasure and loot to him."
A native came in, having been
told there was a white man pres
ent To the natives all white trav
elers are doctors. This man
rubbed his stomach and made the
appropriate gestures to explain
his Blight Sherwood dosed him
and ordered him out
Khalima returned with the fire
cage and resumed her spinning.
Mackey lay down with his face
close to the coals in hope that the
heat might relieve his pain.
"Would you like to try opium?"'
Sherwood asked.
Mackey shook his head. Tm
afraid of the stuff. It almost got
me once."
Sherwood threw a sheepskin
over him and then came and sat
down beside Anne.
"Forgive my teasing," he said,
"but I couldn't resist the oppor
tunity. Somehow, Just the sight
of you suggests fun and happi
ness." Anne felt depressed and cold
and dirty. "I don't feel happy,"
she replied gloomily.
"sny-a nago is not sometnmg
one finds alone," he hinted.
She misunderstood him. "I
shan't be alone. My parents share
it with me.
"You don't mention Oliver." he
observed, keeping his eyes on the
ground.
"And Philip Oliver," she added
gravely.
in the silence inat lonowea iney
heard the hum of native voices
from the adjoining rooms. Com
plaining camels moaned and gur
gled in the covered stalls in the
courtyard. Somewhere close by,
a misguided rooster crowed.
A man brought in a child with
an Infected foot Sherwood
cleaned and bandaged the wound
and sent them away again. Then
he returned to Anne.
"What is the book you were
reading?" she asked.
"My desert island book," he
smiled. "You know in foreign
lands an archaeologist frequently
fets cast away on desert islands,
f you and Mackey weren't here
tonight this would be a desert
island."
"I ought to have such a book,"
murmured Anne.
"Yes especially now that
you've really graduated into the
tribe."
He put the book away. "Where
do you carry the dagger?"
"It wouldn't do you any good
to take it away from me."
"I might take you both," he
threatened, a speculative look in
his grey eyes.
The Dagger
ANNE drew back her native
cloak and showed the leather
case fastened to a belt about her
waist
"The priest said no one will
harm me while I carry the dag
ger." She opened the case and
drew out the knife.
Sherwood's eves glistened. He
spoke softly. "Besides your par
ents, you and I are the first mod
ern white people ever to see that
knife."
Anne turned the weapon over
In her hand.
Sherwood caught her wrist
"Look," he cried, "the Eye of
, Shy-a Nagol" lie continued to
gaze in awe at the figure carved
on this side of the handle. "Among
these native peoples of the present
day a green eye in a man Implies
the incarnation of a spirit of
supernatural origin god or devil
or both."
"When I first took the knife In
my hands that pair of natives
watched me to see what I would
do," Anne told him. "The weapon
felt alive and I gues I showed
it The man aked, 'Do you wish
to kill yourself?' and he didn't
seem to mind if I did."
"What else did they say?"
"After we got to their camp
they warned me that any one
touching the knife without the
right of ownership would suffer
mifnrtune and die."
"Do you believe that?" he
queried, giving her a sidelong
glance.
"I don't know. Do you?" With
an impulsive gesture she held out
the dagger to him.
He Hughed and drew back has
tily. Never before had she seen
him so nearly disconcerted.
"Anne, you don't mean this."
Mackey. who had roused and
overheard the last of the conver
sation, reached out a hand. "I,et
me take it. Death couldn't be ant
wore than the way 1 feel right
now "
Sherwood Intervened sharply.
"Don't touch the thing. Pete!"
Te eenllaeee
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Monday
6:00 p. m. Radio Theater, KNX,
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6 :S0 p. m. Drama Behind the
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Cruel Dad To Cell
Idaho Falls. Idaho. May 26
V) Convicted of assault on his
13 year-old step son in what
Judge Fred Wilkie said was
" cruel beating with horse
whip wired at the tip," John
Dolrtt of Idaho Falls today be
gan 20-day sentence in Bonne
ville county jail.
No Seisure Action
Wnshingtiw, May 28. P
Secretary Hull Indicated today
that the I'nitrd States would
take nn action with regard to
the British navy's seizure of the
French oil tanker Shchrrazade
which was en route from the
United states to Casablanca in
North Africa.
WAITING
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS,
ajiuif) rr
BfclDEUDlE CANT COME 60ES AROOHD 1b SIDE Of EDDIE'S MafrtER CflUS 60ES AROUND lb WHERE
our uittiL he has Finished house ahd amuses him- not to do Thm; rr shakes eddie is practicing aud
PRftCfiClKfe AND HE HAD SELF B0tKCIrl6 BASE - THE HOUSE AND HE MI6HT SHOUTS TriRCUfcH WINDOW
BETTER WAIT OltfSlDE BBLl A&AlHST WALL BREAK A WINDOW . HURRV UP
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dterc of the Air. KOIN.
11:00 p. m News, KOO, KOW; Bob
Saunders' Orch, KPO. KOMO: Ken
neth Stevens and Oaylord Carter.
KOIN, KSL: This Moving World.
KSL. Fishing Newt, KJR- Knos Man
ning. KNX.
Ritchie Heada Seedmea
Corvallis, May 28 (P) Glen
Ritchie, Forest Grove, was elect
ed prc,dent of the Oregon Seed
Growers league, formed here
Saturday. Frank
Grants Pass, was
rector.
Schotrwohl,
named a di-
On All-American Team
Corvallis. May 28. WV
n,, iH p r-.rnes Corvallis. ton
ranking shot on the Oregon Stat.
College rifle team, nas uera
picked on the Ail-American rifles
ttam announced by the National
Rifle association.
Die Mall tribune want ads.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
by JOHN HIX
EDDIE'S MOTHER Cfllfi HIM
AWAV TRDM WINDOW. SITS
ON TROUT STOOP &0ONCIH6
Ma on porch floor
EDM'S MOTHER OPENS
DOOR AND TEli'S HIM
foSTb? IT MAKES TOO
MUCH NOISE
SHOUTS t) HER -THROUGH
KITCHEN WINDOW CAN HE
AS 500N AS SHE HAS 60NE,
R1N6S BELL AM) BRIhto
HER BACK fO ASK HER HOW COME IN fO WAlf NOW ?
MUCH LONGER EDDIE HJfc IN SELF-DEFENSE, MOTHER
10 PRACTICE
fRailsjtKNl hy Th Ball Bytidlfttt. Tne.
RELEASES EDDIE FROM
FURTHER PRACT1C1N6
THE CHlHftMAiM
FISH IS GOOD
To car except
IN JLINE.JULV
Akin Mir-iiicr ufUPki
nni nuwu- if rinuii "m a , .
ITS FLESH IS POISONOUS SasMa,
A3
HIGHEST AHO MOST
SPECTACULAR SAND DUHES lHTri
11.6. ARE LOCATED HIGH IH THE COLORADO
ROCKIES.,. H ONE OF Trip MOST FERTILE
VALLBiS IN THE COUNTRY
They are SOOfeeT
deep and cover
25 SQUARE
MILES
After the defm of his wife, ahdrew
SvW R&T OF HIS LIFE...
5lkR 17 YEAK?
I 5K "HITCH
Harold Eches
of LosAwefes-
HWED 36.000 MILES
THROUGH if- COUNTRIES IN
MONTHS. . . AHP HEER
USEPHIS THUMB
r a
i 11 vyav
I J. If 3
1 j .
eVer-miarCnlMPtmaraeiMte
UUk sa. u. s. ru. oa-Au ,ighu nMri3u
SEA OF SAND
Located in the San Luis Valley, Colorado's famous dunes became the Great Sand Dunes Na
tional Monument in 1932. Higher in places than most of New York's skyscrapers, this great tum
bled mass of sand is constantly shifting, and bones of men and animals are reported uncovered
by the wind, buried possibly for centuries.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad runs along the edge of this waste for SO miles with
out a curve. From one window passengers may see vast fertile valleys, while from the other
they see sand where nothing grows or livesl
Tomorrow: Adventurous Biblel
LI'L ABNER Throw Away the Carcassl I
By AL. CAPP
I I HAVE. STOOD MOTIONLESS OUTSIDE.
THIS DOOR. FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES-BUT,
I MUST HESITATE NO LONGER (- I
MUST WITHDRAW THE LAST RE
MAININO QUART OF "TYPE X'FROM
THE BOY
TAILSPIN TOMMY Crossed Wires ... In Favor of Tommy and Skeeterl
AT LEAST BY ONE. HOUR LATER- I AND NOW-TO DISPOSE. 1
WORKING IN THIS J jsjgt- OF THE BODY OF A JZ
I DARKNESS-1 SPARE. O I ffP ff if BOY WHO GAVE. HIS "
fV MYSELF THE! OUCLldO .V -4 LIFE.-"THAT OTHCRS S
Zf .PAIN OF SEEING 1 MY EXPERIMENT g MAY LIVE .V J
M HlSCE-AS DEATH J T IS A SUCCESS, ff -. '.
A COMES ZS I r V awes ,' awiWTr. ..'ii .
IJP
By HAL FORREST
FAt ACROSS
TWf 5CA
leROM MAUL,
PAUL SMITH.
pre: ident
OF 8-POINT
AIRWAYS.
RECEIVES A
STARTLING
WIRE.'.' AND
SUMMONS
HERB SLACK,
OENERAL
MANAGER.,
TO HIS
PFICE
Q
HERB. THIS WIRES FROM
COL. HALL. HE SAYS NAVY
DEPT. RECEIVED DISPARAGING
REPORTS OF TOMMY'S AND 1
SKEETER'S ACTIVITIES IN
MAUL.. RE FUSES GRANT THEIR
REQUEST TO REPLACE PLANE
I WHICH WAS DESTROYED.. MAY
.RECALL THEM FOR OFFICIAL
.PROBE.
HAVE NO DOUBT THISI
I WILL Kuu ire incis,
DISMISSAL FROM AIR.
CORPS IN DISGRACE ..IF
THEY HAD ANOTHER, r
PLANE THEY MIGHT
VINDICATE THEMSELVES,
-J I ILL mh rM in 1 in -e
THEM. -WHAT DO YOU J
I SOLOED THOSE
KIDS, PAUL.' WE
CAN'T LET 'EM
DOWN .'I DON'T
KNOW . OR CARE
WHAT HAPPENED
IN MAZIL, I
STILL HAVE
FAITH IN
EM'
f JONES 7..VVI RE OUR,
NEW YORK ASSEMBLY
PLANT TO IMMEDIATELY
SHIP TWO S-POINT-XSO
COM BAT SHIPS,
WITH GUN MOUNTINGS
TO CAPT. TOM KINS
I V
SSTILL HAVE fiAlAf : IN MAZIL
lfr;t3e M0MENT.IN MAUL
YOU SAY.. ALL YOU
AND TOMMY NEED
TO STOP THE AMERl'
CAN GOVERNMENT
FROM MAKING VOU
LEAVE MAZIL. .FOR
EVER-IS A.M AERO
PLANE? BUENOS
My FATHER SHALL
PROCURE Tu at
AEROPLAN
SKEETAIR
A.... A
WARPLANE?
WITH GUNS
ON IT??
OH.GOSH!
YOU'RE
MONDERFUL
TNfcZ
is
THE NEBBS That's Telling Him
By SOL HESS
veu.,i CHAsao this guy gentry
OUT OP TDWW.ThEV WAMTPn MP. m I
"lO.OOO OP The. JtOO.OOG HE WANTED.
kCOULDN'T GET THAT KINO OF OOUSM
-7
rTMEMINT,
1 OPENED UP WERE AnO LET
1C SUV WHOLES At EJ
EVEWV MAM HAS A RIGHT TO
HIS HOMEST OPINION! , EiOT NO
MAN HAS THE RiSHT TO ABUSE A 1
MAN WHO APPEARS BEFORE
our chamber cf commerce.
.WITH A PROPOSITION7
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