PARE ETP.HT
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY,' JUNE 15, 1941
YESTERDAY: Anna Willari,
worried half out of her head by
the plight cf htr parents, who art
held by th Nagarat to fulfill an
ancient prophecy, uu has a
further fear. Word hat coma that
the government toot tending an
observer to the camp, and now
the observer turns out to be
Blaze Sherwood, who is not only
antagonistic to Anne's parents,
but the man shs is trying to keep
from logins. Life in Asia is end
lessly complicated, the has found.
Chapter 24
Tight Moment
CO thit'i it," muttered Larry
Inside the hut "We Just took
It for granted the fellow would
be a native from Chuka but
Sherwood hat his nerve." No one
else apoke. Anne found she could
better control her trembling
knees II she sat down.
Sherwood handed Oliver two
bright red papers. "Letters of In
traduction in case you require
them," he said dryly. And this"
opening a pretentious parchment,
"is an official proclamation to
the effect that I am of a rank
equivalent to a 'Mandarin of the
second Button ana must Be re
reived and treated as such," he
finished with a slightly deprecat
Ing smile.
Frowninl. Phlllo took the docu
ment and went over it slowly. "I
bet he can't read on word In
ten, muttered Larry.
"Shut up," hissed his wife.
They'll be hearing you.
Mackey was staring inquisitive
ly towards the mess hut undoubt
edly wondering why the others
did not appear, but bherwood
kept his eye glued on Philip
Oliver and nis race as expression'
less as a Chinese' diplomat's.
At length Philip handed back
the document "I suppose there's
nothing I can do about it," he
said coldly, "but you must know
you re not welcome here.
"I've come only to observi
not to interfere." Sherwood's
voice held a note of Dlacation.
Oliver shrugged skeptically and
then stiffened. "Mow about
Anne?"
Sherwood's face froze all but
the eyes. "What do you mean?
Inside the hut Beth caught her
breath with a surprised gulp. The
others were so quiet that they
could hear the tinkle of the Cot
tonwood leaves slapping each
other in the faint breeze. Mackey
squared off as if expecting to
bave to break up a fight
Oliver was brave enough. He
taw Sherwood's eyes but still he
answered: "I mean that wedding
ceremony in Arishar does not
give you the right to be called
her husband."
"I don't know as he's asked for
the right," Diana tittered inside
the hut
"It happens to keep you from
having the right," Blaze an
swered dangerously.
"Them's flghtin' words," quoted
Urry delightedly.
"So that's your game."
sneered Philip. "Well, we ve dis
covered " he glanced towards
the hut and changed his mind.
Anna felt sure he was thinking
of the birth charts.
"I won't knock you down as
you deserve." said Blaze through
clenched teeth, "because I under
stand your provocation, but I'm
here to stay and I auggest that
we try to get along together. I've
brought a cook and equipment
I'd like you to assign us a place
to pitch our tents."
Every one relaxed. The light
ning had spent itself in thunder.
Oliver spoke civilly. "I tuggest
you come greet my colleagues
now. I believe you've met them
and their wives."
"I have," said Sherwood falling
Into step with bim and motioning
Mackey to follow. "I Just learned
In Haml that the Martaines and
Huffs are with you."
Fright
INSIDE the hut Anne glanced
' longingly towards the kitchen
door. She didn't know whether
the could fare this ordeal or not
until the saw Diana watching her
sharply. Beth came over and took
Anne's hand and tqueezed it ex
citedly. "Gosh, you're looking twell,"
the whispered, and scrutinized
Anne critically. "I never noticed
before what gorgeous eyes you
have. Maybe Blaze isn't as bad
a scoundrel as Philip thinks."
"And maybe he's worse," an
swered Anne, coldly drawing her
hand away. For a moment every
thing appeared a blur to her. She
heard footsteps, saw undifferen
tiated figures float into the room.
Diana rushed forward. Blaze
was shaking her hands and reach
ng for the phvsician to draw him
Into the greeting. The kitchen
door was too much for Anne. She
slipped out and stood staring
blindly at the cook whose cheeks
were putTed out like bladders. He
had just filled up with water
China-cook fashion to sprinkle
down the earthen floor. In his
surprise at the way she stared,
he swallowed the fluid Instead.
"But you'll have to speak to
him sometime." she said out loud.
"Yes. Missie." gulped the cook.
"You ran t go around like a
traeedv queen.
"No. Missie."
She did not hear him. In a mo
ment ahe had herself In hsnd ,
again and stepped bark into the I
big room. The other greetings '
had been completed. Blaze was J
gazing down at Beth. He lifted i
Sis head and looked across at
Anne, his face expressionless, as'
VIOLATE WAGE LAW
Marshflcld. Ore., June 14. (XI
Charles H. Elrry, Oregon man
ager of the wages and hour
division, said yesterday that;
approximately 4,0 per cent of
Coot bay firms examined had
violated fhe law. Examiners!
reported Hat 25 firms fuiled to)
pay minimum wages and 96 1
If waiting to see what she ex
pected of him.
"How do you do. Blaze," the
said pleasantly and walked over
behind Philip's chair to avoid go
ing out in the center of the room
to greet him.
"Good morning. Anne," he ssld,
scrutinizing her face with delib
eration. "You are looking well."
"I'm feeling fine," she an
swered, meeting his gaze un
flinchingly, impersonally. "An
eight days fast is no more than
food for the soul."
His eyes darkened a little with
some unexpressed emotion. "But
who'd believe it until he's tried
it?"
She let her gaze slid across
his shoulder.
"Hello. Pete. Glad to tee you
again." Mackey grinned.
Philip rose impatiently. "Well
choose place for your tents
now."
The men went out and the wo
men sat down and looked at each
other.
"Did you two quarrel all the
time you were on the desert?"
Beth asked.
"What do you think?" de
manded Anne crossly.
Diana laugher. "Blaze knows
how to take care of himself."
Beth lashed out at her. "Then
where do you think you'll get
with him?"
"Beth!" warned Anne and rose.
"We're all talking like fools to
day. Our nerves are on edge. I'm
going down to the dig and work."
She Joined one of the Chinese
shovel men and examined the ob
jects he had spread out on a
scarf mostly flints and a few
curious flat stones which looked
as if the scratches on them might
be inscriptions. She took a paper
and pencil and attempted to copy
the markings and see if she
could resolve them into glyphs.
The sudden takina off of the
plane brought her to her feet.
The ship circled for altitude and
then aoared southeast in the di
rection of the Bekkan Bula peaks.
"Where's Blaze sending Pete
now?" she wondered, and when
she turned facing c mp. started
at the sight of Mackey coming to
wards her across the uneven
ground.
She drew him into the shade of
her clay ridge and asked him
what he knew.
"Miss Anne." he said. "I'm so
mad that if I'd bite myself I'd
die of poison. Did you see that
ship go off?"
1 thought It was you.
New Danger
ITS Blaze. He's messing in with
the Nasara tribesmen." That
brought her head up.
"He's gone to look for those
fool Russians on the chance that
they re still alive."
'Then the rumors true about
the Russians?"
It's true." confirmed Mackey
bitterly. "They're probably carved
inio aogmeai oy now ana maze is
laying himself out for the same
bill of fare."
Anne looked apprehensive. "Is
he planning to land amona the
tribesmen?
I don't know about that. But
if he lands on the plateau of the
treasure city, he's doomed. Un
til that place is revealed to the
world according to the way of the
prophecy, no man except the
'elect' tees it and lives. I've been
getting a few earfuls about this
proposition lately. Thev tell that
a Swedish explorer once stumbled
upon the city and later his bare
bones, in a sack with a few of his
other possessions, were found far
out on the desert. A gang of Chi
nese gold seekers invaded tne
mountains and never returned.
In Shani Lun they alto tell of a
native plane pilot who happened
to see the city from the air and
came back with the story. He
killed himself one night when
some strange horseman rode into
the capital and gave htm dag
ger with which to do the Job."
Were these horsemen sup
posed to be Nacara tribesmen?"
Anne asked, a trifle skeptically.
"I see you don't believe it
either," Pete mourned. "These
Nagaraa are as different from the
people about them as a Japanese
is from a Hottentot And they
intend to remain that way. They
hunt down and kill any girl who
is carried off and married outside
her own people. They kill any
girl smuggled into the tribe from
surrounding races."
Anne shuddered. "I wish we
weren't mixed up with them. Why
didn't Blaze let you go with him?
"Because he believes the Na
garas get their man. He wouldn't
risk my akin."
Anne looked at him with
troubled eyes. "Is there anything
we can do about it, Pete?"
"Not that I know of. Doddap
is praying. And when the lama
prays oil schedule it meant he't
trared." They looked up at the
sun and walked back to camp in
silence.
Pete Insisted on eating lunch
in hit own tent though Anne in
vited him up to the mess hut "I
can worry better when there's no
body else around me," he said.
She found that she could worry
with sufficient success in a crowd.
The whole table talk was about
Blare and the Russians.
"He's cenainlv not afraid to
die." said Martaine.
Larry glared at him. "Do you
believe all this vengeance hooey?"
"More or less." said the Physi
cian coldly.
"Sherwood will have no one
tn blame but himself if the Na
garas do him In." declared Oliver.
Te a ee-tUnera
failed to pay properly for over
time work. More than MO.000
in unpaid waget was found due
workers
Economy Urged
Washington, June 14-
An appeal to citizens to tighten
purse string and cut down on
individual purchases indicated
apparent intensification today of
the government's drive for a
strict b u t voluntary difense
economy.
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BURIED LITERATURE
In 1860 Rossetti, England's famed Mid-Victorian poet and painter, married Elizabeth Slddal.
whom he immortalized in paint and verse. Two years later she died, and so great was the poet's
grief that he placed in her coffin the manuscripts of all his unpublished poems. His friends fin
ally persuaded him to have them taken from the grave and published. They were at once accep
ted as among the greatost love poems in the English language. They included 'The House of Life,'
considered one of Rosetti's greatest works.
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Fir Hataxd Acuta
Vale, Ore., June 14. UP)
The district office of the graz
ing service said today that the
fire hazard Is greater now than
at any time in several years.
Heavy winter rains caused an
abundance of grass which is be
coming dry.
Dm Mall Tribune a-ant ada.
HUiSt STEAM Tf?ACT0f?S.
BROUGHT TO DEATH
VALLEY BY A MINING
CONCERN. WER5 SO
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COULDN'T EVEN PULL
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CHERRY SALVAGE MAY
REACH 45 PER CENT
Milton-Freewater, Ore., Juno
14. (JP) Packing house field
men and growers expressed hope
today that approximately 43 per
cent of the cherry crop, dam
aged by cracking as the result of
heavy rains, could be salvaged.
Selective picking of orchards
not too heavily damaged will ba
carried on during the next week.
by JOHN MX
C2ARIST RUSSIA
GRAVE
MANUSCRIPTS OF
GREATEST POEMS
WIFE... WHERE THEV
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PUBLISHED
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