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MEDFORP MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1941.
VCSTtRDAY: Anns rVIUard, ,
and ths two men who art trying
to pl through the gmire country
tilth her. haw apparently es
caped thai rapacious ruler by
the strataeem o mirwei. Bui
it look! ulflki Imir may haee
gouBlscrosaed hit America pris
eun aMr all, for Anna, Blare
Shtrwood and Pt Harkty now
ar being driven rapidly into
dtsolate country.
Chapter It
Cattle In The Desert
BLAZE walked behind for per
haps half a mile, then re
entered the carriage.
"The camel's real enough." taid
Sherwood. "I tee hia tracks min
gled with our own animals' as
well as older tracks as it camels
heavy with young or loaded down
with packs had passed here yes
terday going the same direction.
But we meet no one and there
are no returning tracks. It is pos
sible that there are wild camels
about, which would explain the
sign."
"What's that about the old
Thieves' Road around the end of
the river?" Anna asked.
"Our captain mentioned It but
there's no indication this stretch
we're on has ever been a high
way. We seem to be headed for
the center of the Depression."
"So what?"
"I don't know." ha admitted.
"Mickey's and my revolvers were
taken away from us and they
haven't been returned, although
the balance of our luggage is
strspped to the back of the car
riage." "Do you suspect treachery?"
Anne asked. "If the lama could
predict that you would find me
why couldn't he predict the end
of this journey?"
Sherwood took her hand In both
of his and held it on his knee.
"Doddap," he reminded her. "is
not a thinker, and ha likes to be
mysterious at times."
She nodded. "Tears and talk
of paradise."
He removed a scarab ring from
his finger and tried fitting it on
her hand.
She became conscious of now
blsck and thick were the lashes
that shaded his gray eyea. The
blaze in his hair stood out like
the banner of a special individ
uality. An unbidden thought en
tered her mind that here was a
man who should father extremely
handsome daughters. She felt a
bit abashed.
They passed out of the dunes
and entered a region of low
brown clay ridges. He smiled and
patted her hand and returned it
to her, having discovered the ring
was much too large. His Indirect
love-making had a way of creep
ing up on her in surprise attack.
She caught herself looking bark
to Mackey for moral support He
waved and she responded.
Sherwood smiled again as If
aware of her reaction and began
telling her some of his experience
in far corners of the world.
The sun sank towards the Bek
kan Bula mountains that had be
gun to loom on the far horizon
before she roused from the spell
of his words. It had been like a
journey back into childhood, to
the dear, familiar times when her
parents came home from some
extended expedition and related
their experiences. They always
. promised, "When you grow up
and finish college you may come
with us." She told Sherwood
about it.
"I can see that child." ha said,
gently scrutinizing her face, "big
eyes wistful, luminous with
longing, little chin aauiver be
cause she was going to be left
alone again."
"Silly of me." she admitted, "I
lived only for the time when I
should grow up."
"That explains Dr. 01 "
he stopped, suddenly as if realiz
ing he was about to speak private
thoughts aloud. "Where are they
taking us?"
'That's what I'd like to know.
When do we reach Chuka?" she
demanded and poked the footman
impatiently.
The man whirled, eyes glowing,
teeth bared, flits clenched in self
defense. Then he grinned apolo-
Jptically when he saw it was
.nne who had attacked him.
"Chuka," she repeated. "Chuka.
Chuka.-1
He offered her the water skin.
"He thinks you're choking."
Iested Sherwood, and they were
isrk on the old familiar tooting
again.
Nig ht Stop
ONE of the soldiers came up
with three fresh camels they
had been lesding. These were
harnessed to the carriage and
continued the Journey at a swift
pace hour after hour until these
animals in turn were drooping
wearily. If Sherwood was dis
turbed he did not show It, but
laughed and talked with Anne in
hia usual bantering way.
Once, she noticed a twinkle In
his eves and became aware that
his fingers rested on her pulse.
She drew her hand away with a
swift movement.
"Have you ever tried to find the
pulse of a native inhabitant of this
country?" he ajked smil'ngly.
"Why should I'"
He went on. "The skin Is so
thick thit the pulse is almost un
discoverable. I've heard of a lo
cal tyrant who had leather gloves
made of the skin of a particular
enemv."
"Nice people." remarked Anne
As the sun sank their tired
camels drew them to the ton of a
final clay ridge and stepped as if
they, also, wished to take in the
Reiner them la an oblong basin
shaped like the bowl of a white
dish with a brown clay rim that
had been molded and baked by a
giant potter and tnen broken at
one end from the upthrust of a
grsnite cliff beside which a creep
ing sand dune was beginning to
invade the basin. The remarkable
thing, however, was a little blue
lake lying in the bottom of the
bowl.
"Water." cried Anne.
"In a bed of salt," supple
mented Sherwood grimly.
Beside the upthrust cliff stood
a large pavilion tent flying the
colors of Yangsar. At one side
burned a fire before which ser
vants worked. Several camels
were tethered near by.
"Castle in the desert," muttered
Sherwood.
"How beautiful." Anna ex
claimed, "and how strange as if
it were the landscape of another
planetl"
Sherwood regarded it with a
more somber gaze.
The afterglow was dimming
rapidly as they descended into
the basin. Lanterns had been
hung in the tent when they ar
rived. Anne and Sherwood
walked down to the water's edge
immediately, crunching salt un
der their feet.
'Its almost thick, she said.
feeling the fluid. Then the twilight
faded and the moon became visi
ble high in the sky. He spied wa
ter springing from the rock wall
of the cliff and falling in a veil,
of mist. "Look," he pointed. They
went over to the little stream
that flowed the few feet Into the
lake. Sherwood tasted it
Cool and fresh, he said. Anne
drank eagerly from his cupped
hands.
"Heavenly after that stuf. In
the goat skin bag." she murmured.
When they returned to the tent
the riders had arrived. Mackey
lay on the piled rugs in the tent
trying to find a yet softer place.
Of ail the new twists that
camel invented!" he moaned.
She could give shuffling pointers
to a darky hoedown."
Sherwood scrutinized the bales
and boxes lining the walls of the
tent "The bride's dowry." he
said.
The Swim
THEN this," murmured Mackey
significantly, "must be the
castle in the desert"
Sherwood looked at him. "Have
you any idea what ths old devil's
....
Mackey shook his head. "The
game's beyond me. At least we
eat" as a servant brought in a
low table.
Let's take a swim first sug
gested Anne restlessly.
He gave her a reproachful
glance. "Girl, you're asking me to
go through all the motions of
standing up and walking to the
A plunge will do you good,"
Sherwood advised. "It appears
that we're here to stay for a
while."
The two men looked at each
other, "Eat, drink and be merry,
eh?"
"For all I know," agreed Sher
wood. Do they really think that to
morrow we die? Anne wondered,
her pulses suddenly beginning to
race. There was something elec
tric In the air. Mackey got to his
feet.
"Where's my warbsg? You got
a pair of swimming trunks for
yourself?"
"1 have," said Sherwood, "un
less one of the Emir's servants
like the looks of them.
"What color?"
"Black."
"You've lot them. Now If thev's
been fuchia or green and mag
enta striped"
Anne opened her suitcases that
had been placed inside the tent.
"Where can one find privacy?"
she asked.
Mackey looked around. There
sure isn't much cover In this
crater. You might try the shadow
of a camel."
Sherwood had begun letting
down the tent front "Come on
Pete. Anne csn change in here
while we take the whole out
doors."
Then he thought of something
and returned. "Let me open yout
bag." When it lay open he asked.
"What color?"
"Black. I can "
Let me." He lifted the folded
clothing carefully.
Mackey came and watched.
-What's this?" asked Anne sud
denly, "a customs inspection?"
Mackey grinned. "Our good
friend, the Emir, has been known
to amuggle deadly little desert
vipers into the possession of peo
ple he does not like."
Anne shivered and stepped
bark.
"There are none here." Sher
wood declared, handing her the
bathing suit and closing the bag.
"Is it safe." she queried, "to
leave the dagger here while 1
swim?"
"I think so. Remember It Is as
inviolate as your person to these
people." The men went through
their own luggage and then
stepped outside.
When Anne was resdy she
strapped her bathing rap under
her chin, wrapped a long coat
around her, called and stepped
out.
Both men pointed simultane
ously to her fiery toenails.
With bulging eves the sen-ants
and soldiers watched the three,
as they waded into the lake hand
in hand: and made no effort to
restrain them.
"One thing." murmured Sher
worvl. "we can't sink."
"Drowning might be a gocd
war to die. said Anne. I d pre
view before going the last weary , fer It to torture.
half mile. 1
Te be eenuneee'
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Annlston, Als., June 2
An Atlanta man wrote Circuit
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court to prevent his wife from
obtaining s divorce. He said
he could not read or write "oi
even tell the time on clock
so, judge, your honor, she has
no grounds for a divorce.
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THE GRANGE
Cold Hill Grange
Gold Hill H.E.C. held pot
luck picnic dinner May 27 at
the home of Irene Johnson. Sev
eral aprons have been turned
in to the fancy work committee
and plans made to make more
fancy work. Several cakes are
to be baked for next Grange
merin and he sold with lea
cream to be served by the com
mittee, Ethel Martin and Pau
line Tygart.
Next H.E.C. meeting, June,
10. probably wiU be held at
the hall.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
by JOHN HIX
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The scorpion's sting
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cKELETONS THAT
1?He!uARD ENGLAND
The famed chalk cliffs
of dover, long one
OF EHflLAND's NATURAL
BULWARKS A6AINST
INVASION, ARE LARSELV1
MADE UP OF THE
BONES Of COUNTLESS
MILLIONS OF MARINE
ORGANISMS
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VIBE BEE" OH A VIOLA Dl BARDONE
IT WAS SO HAMED BECAUSE
IT S01MDE0 LIKE A BEE'S HUM...
Cfanone"i$ Italian for drone')
Ed hickey rode a
motor scooter.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
TO NEW YORK
IN ii PAYS
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England's chalk cliffs war once part of the tea floor, built up in countless centuries
by marine creatures that died. This chalky sediment was eventually heaved up by soma con
vulsion of nature.
SCOOTER TRIP
Hickey, a writer, made his pud Dickey, a writer, made his puddle Jumping trek from San
Francisco to New York by riding 17 to 19 hours a day. Near Holidaysburg, Pa a motorist
tried to pass him on th right and ha woke up in hospital. Next day he was Just able to
make It to New Yorkl
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