MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1941
PAC5 SIX
Chapter 32
Death
THEY were all Lrought out of
their sleep the next morning
by one of Philip Oliver's rage. He
had risen and knocked down a
Nagara aervant who atumbled
over him on nil way to enliven
the fire.
The boy lay whimpering, the
othera had aat up dazedly with
the exception of Sherwood, who
rose to his feet a alert as a eat
Oliver chose to take the move as
an intended attack and backed
awav snarling.
"You're the cause o f all our
trouble," he shouted, and added
epithets to Sherwood's name.
You came between Anne and me.
You're trying to make a fool of
Diana. You interfered with the
Chinese governor. You set the
Nagaras against us. You're trying
to wreck our expidition. You
and his tirade branched off into
profanity.
Sherwood stepped forward an
fTily. "You can t talk to me like
that. Oliver."
Philip retreated another step
still snarling and his shoulder
struck Anne's Nagara belt
"I'll talk to you as I " sud
denly he whirled and seized the
dagger, drew it from the sheath,
and turned on Sherwood In man
iacal rage. The others were on
their feet now.
Anil then everything haooened
so ouickly that no two could
htm on what they had seen.
Except they were sure that Philip
niiwf hurt trirmeri on the belt
and fallen with all the foroe of
his lunge, half-risen ana puiiea
the dripping xmie irom nis sine,
Vifnr hf Rank strain.
The doctor sprang forward.
"Don't touch that knife," Anne
tried in terror.
"I don't intend to," he answered
grimly. Presently he stood up.
"Philin Oliver is dead. Miss Wil-
Jard. remove the knife from his
hand."
"I can t, moaned Anne, ap
palled. "Do you wish me to asked
Sherwood in a low voice. "No,
Bo." said Anne.
The doctor interfered. "Just a
moment. Did It look to you folks
as if Philip deliberately turned
the knife blade in on. himself
as ha went down?
"Maybe when he tripped, sug
gested Sherwood, "it dropped in
such a way that the blade came
uppermost and he fell on it."
Larry shook his head. "Oliver
suddenly cracked up and did it
deliberately. We've seen it com
ing" "Call It Insanity If you wish."
agreed the doctor. "Philip was in
a high-strung psychic state. He
intended to Kill Sherwood, we
saw that at least."
Several Nagaras had come In
and remained near the door,
"Be careful!" warned Sherwood
ureentlv. "We're being watched."
The doctor went on in his dry
voice. "If you, Sherwood, wish to
remove tne unite
"Nnl" tried Anna again.
She bent down, steeling her
self to the ordeal, opened the lax
fingers and took the knife by the
Handle, tne only part iree irom
blood.
She Tose and fumbled for the
belt In which to sheath the
weapon
THEY continued the Journey
that day, the Nagaras in
exorable. The only concession
they made was that Philip Oli
ver's body should be left lying
in the tent for future burial
plans, a guard keeping watch
against wolves.
"In case the rest of us come
out of this alive," said Dr. Mar-
uine.
It was a hard, cold ride across
the steppe. In mid-afternoon they
stopped near a water hole for rest
and lunch. Diana continually be
wailing the day that had brought
her father in contact with Dr.
Willard and the promotion of this
exDedition.
Anne felt a strange apathy
bout it all. brie watched Diana
rise and join the natives around
their fire and smiled wearily
when Beth murmured:
"She doesn't seem to like our
eomoany.
Since Oliver's death they had
all noticed a subtle difference in
the Nagara's attitude to Anne.
She had lost something while
Sherwood, in circumventing the
white outlaws had gained. Mac
key looked across the fire at him
admiringly.
"You're the darnedest guy.
Something always turns up to
get you in good."
They rode until dark brought
them to another camp, this time
the entrance to the underground
river cavern. Fortunate too, for
snow had begun to fall again. But
the tent set up fur the white
people in the big cave was clean
and roomy, furs and felts were
plentiful, the native food hot and
nourishing. Larry found a bub
bling warm spring pool on the
sandy floor of the cave not far
behind their tent Warm baths for
everybody.
It was heavenly, thought Anne
ainking into the refreshing depths
w hen her turn came. Then bv the
light of the brushwood torch set I
in a niche in the waP she saw the
folded pale blue paper. It was behind Sherwood,
lving beside the ledge on which i Anne s heart sank with dismsy
she had placed her clothes. One ' nl terror at first sight of them,
of the other girls who had bathed I for they too were bound and
before her mut have dropped it. I brought in as prisoners and seat
she decided. She forgot the pa- ed beside Sherwood on a fallen
per while bathing and dressing ' pillar, armed guards behind them,
and remembered Just as she I Te be eonilnirS
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pulled back the blanket curtain
to leave the enclosure.
It was a note to Blaze signed
by Diana and Anne made no ef
fort to refold it unread.
Are you avoiding me because
Anne watches us? she 'began.
"Don't you know that she hates
you and seems to think Philip
was a little tin god on wheels?
It happens Philip was break
ing his neck to get Dr. Willard's
job away from him. Am I speak
ing evil of the dead? Sorry. How
would you like to be made head
of the expedition? Diana.
Anne sat down quickly on the
ledge. She had once scoffed at
Beth's statement that Diana cam
to Asia because Blaze was here.
Now she wondered. How well the
two could work together to de
spoil the Willards. Sherwood had
vowed ne wouia stop ai noining.
Now he had put himself into a
position to use Diana.
Beth and Larry came looking
for her. "Have you fainted?
called Beth from beyond the
blanket screen.
I m coming, answered Anne,
hastily folding the note and
thrusting it in her pocket.
"My bath next you know,"
Larry called.
"Help yourself." she said and
passed them before Beth could
turn and walK dsck wun ner.
In an alcove with a natural
chimney not far from the yurt a
big brush fire had been built up
and drew one with Its light and
warmth.
Anne slipped Into the tent first
thinking she would be alone. But
Sherwood bent over his duffle bag
drawing out a book. With a sud
den resolve she stepped over and
handed him the note.
"I found this by the pool," she
said. "It seems to belong to you."
He held the paper close to the
flowing coals and perused it
hen he straightened and asked
Impassively:
"Have you read It?"
"Yes." she admitted.
He folded the paper slowly as
if taking time to formulate a
statement. But before he could
speak Diana darted into the tent
and saw the missive in his nana.
"Oh, you found it." she said
with a little sigh of relief.
"Yours?" he asked, reaching It
out to her.
She drew back. "Haven t you
read it?"
"No." he lied, and threw tha
paper on the live coals.
"Oh. why did you do that?"
she cried.
I thought you meant me to.
What was in it?"
She gave Anne a sidelong
glance. "Nothing," she said.
Who does Blaze ininrt nes put
ting on this scene for. Anne won
dered disdainfully, and turned to
leave the tent to them, but Sher
wood slipped out ahead of her.
Temple
EXT day they were conducted
' by Nagara torchmen through
the seemingly Interminable laby
rinth, continually descending as
they followed the river, going
from cavern to cavern, some
chambers so tall that they
reached into the void, others so
low that they had to be crawled
through.
Finally they left the water's
edge and entered a branching
tunnel which took them through
a small mouth into a vast stone
temple that halted them spell
bound. The place showed evidence that
time and earthquakes had left
their marks. The room itself
was set with columns and the
bases of broken columns were
thick as ancient trees in a virgin
forest.
As Anne's eyes began to take
In detail she saw that in the dis
tant end of the nave sat a con
course of native people among
the fallen pillars. A dragon of
white smoke rose from a mam
moth incense urn before them.
And behind the urn on a plat
form sat yet other people on
either side of a mighty door.
The two leaves of the door
were sealed together by a molded
image in low relief, the figure of
a giant man, a single luminous
eye in his forehead the image
the sacred dagger bore.
'weet serpents," muttered
Mackey. Anne looked back and
saw that Sherwood's hands had
been bound again and a special
guard stood beside him. She met
his eyes, her own unreadable. For
the first time in his presence she
felt really master of herself.
Suddenly drumsstruckup
somewhere outside the temple
that same nerve-pounding rhythm
that had presaged the coming of
the Nagaras.
Anne was motioned to a seat
on a fallen pillar and her two
guides stood behind her. The
others who had come with her
were placed in the renter of the
room in front of the audience.
Anne turned to the two who
stood behind her. "Whereare my
father and mother?" Her voice
sounded as clear and distinct as
if they were in a ten-foot room.
"Wonderful acoustics." mur
mured Sherwood from across the
platform and even his whisper
could be heard.
i our parents come now, said
i the woman pointing to the space
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Trapped Boy Dies
in Flaming Home
Portland. June 24. LV
James McFrron, 22. was trapped
in his home and burned to
death Monday by a fire of unde
termined origin.
Douglas MrFeron. father of
.the dead youth, and Mrs. O. I.
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the latter racing down a hallway
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