SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C. FLEMING &
THI ITORVl Alllaorl Tapplnl, aoalaty trl,
ll oil lo Ouatamala, to run har tathar'a
Hilola plantation. On board ahlp oho maata
lorry riildlni, mlnlnl anitoaar, a Ho bound
lor Ouatamala. LIU Horrlion, Oarra'a
llanoaa, U angarad whan Allloon otorlo a
llirutlon wiw Bamr. oaapita "'"
thai aha ahoultf abandon lha trip baoauaa
l hardahlpa aha will ancounlar, Alllaon la
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THE RUSE
CHAPTER II
The fog deepened into lash
ing storm before the night was
out, and the freighter plowed a
glow, harried course southward
along the coast.
It was late afternoon of the fol
lowing day before they ran out
of the storm, and the wallowing
of the small boat' settled to a
rhythmic roll. For the first time
all five passengers appeared in
the small dining room for din
ner. '
Barry Fielding came first. He
was a born sailor, and rough
weather only sharpened his sea
appetite. The captain intro
duced the three men coming in
next. ' Two were joint owners
of a rubber plantation in Brazil.
The third an elderly lighthouse
keeper. Barry told them he was
a mining engineer.
"I'm afraid Miss Topping won't
make it," the captain said as he
led the way to the table. "She's
been having a bad time."
Barry smiled. "Fine," he said.
"She'll get off at Santiago then
and go back which is exactly
. what she should do."
"You think so, Mr. Fielding?"
The five men turned sharply
toward the door, at the sound of
the feminine voice.
Allison Topping was posed
dramatically in the doorway,
her celebrated figure in sequin
evening gown silhouetted against
the flaming sky. She came slow
ly forward, her delicate lips
forming a provocative smiling
pout.; She had piled her honey
colored hair in careless 1 curls
atop her small head. There were
dark circles under- her' violet
eyes and tiny veins showed at
her temples under the chalky
pallor of her skin.
The four passengers and the
captain leaped as a man to pull
a chair for her.
Barry said severely, "You
shouldn't have come down to
night." .
"I was afraid," she said faint
ly, "that heartless people
would try to influence the cap
tain to put me off at Santiago"
The laughter rose fast and gal
lant, directed against Barry. He
shrugged with a grin. -.;
"The ship is yours," he said.
"Stay on it till doomsday if you
like. I should have had better
sense than to advise a woman.'"
The next morning the sky was
limpid, with small puff clouds,
and the sapphire water shot with
sunlight. .
Allison was at breakfast. The
shadow of illness was gone from
her face. She was in white silk
shorts and shirt, with brilliant
sandals, and her yellow gold hair
hanging to her shoulders. She
was exquisite as the day, with
a fire of mischief in her violet
eyes.
"I feel fine now," she boasted.
"In the privacy of my cabin for
the last 48 hours I've been sing
ing the blues I mean-about the
war my losing every centavo
but a chicle plantation and
. now the storml- It's all off my
mind for good."
The rubber men and the light
house keeper were enchanted
and a little afraid of her. To
Barry's surprise she refused
their homage. .
. "Just call me Al," she said.
"The deb is dead. I'm not even
Queen of Chewing Gum Jungle
just a chicle laborer." ,
"That's ridiculous," said Barry
heatedly. .
She turned on him with mock
ing light of combat. "That in
clination to bossiness is apt to
get' you into trouble, Mr. Field
ing." "Touche," Barry grinned as he
started for his cabin.
She looked after him startled.
"Where are you going?"
"I have three books to digest
before we get to Puerto Barrios,"
he told her. His masculine pride
was satisfied by her visible dis
appointment. - He was not evading her, nor
exaggerating the importance of
the books. Somewhere within
their pages was the key to the
luccess or failure of his mission
to Guatemala. They were his
tories of the Quiche Indian tribe.
He could scarcely pull himself
out of his absorption during
meals. But he noted with vague
amusement the constantly soar
: ing stock of Allison's popularity
with the other passengers. By
the third day she was the darling
of passengers and crew alike,
which fact he included in his let
ter to Lila, though he added an
honest and . comforting account
of his own cloistered days. Ho
did not mention, of course, the
rising pique he could feel in Al
lison over his invulnerability to
her charms.
At lunch the talk was all of
Santiago. Allison had been there
often. She was full of eager de
scription of places and spots they
must see . . . the Bacardi factory
... San Juan Hill ... the little
church with the broken bell ....
And there was an old Indian in
a basket shop in the market
plnco who told the most won
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derful stories. Ho belonged to
some strange tribe, and when he
was 12 lie took some kind of a
blood oath.
Barry was instantly all atten
tion. He tried to sound casual.
"Was he a Quiche Indian?"
Allison's large eyes fixed on
him with thoughtful innocence.
"I believe that was the tribe,"
she said slowly.
"I'd like to talk to him," Bar
ry said. "Do you think he might
be there still?"
She shrugged. "He might He's
been there for six years. He was
there last October."
So Barry joined the party in
the small tender going from the
boat to the island.
Allison proved a beguiling
guide. She complained loudly
of the blistering heat but led a
spirited search through the col
orful, cobblcstoned streets for
the old Indian, somehow manag
ing to point out a thousand na
tive customs and relics en route.
But the old Indian could not
be found. Even Barry was sat
isfied by the time they abandon
ed the search in the dusky, music-filled
interior of Allison's fa
vorite cafe. Around their table
they raised wine glasses to Alli
son's prowess as guide.
Mischief tingled her laughter.
"No, let's drink to dear old Itchy
Suma," she cried, "and the blood
oath of Chichicastenango. They
lured the lion from his lair."
Barry glanced around at the
sudden roar of laughter from
the three other men. He real
ized suddenly he had been duped
into coming.
Allison's laughter rose. "Serves
you right, you recluse! I sneaked
into your cabin during dinner
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18 Greek letter
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21 Gram (abbr.)
23 Fodder vat
25 Right line
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Barry controlled his irritation
over the loss of the afternoon
and enjoyed the exotic food and
dancing. But he remained omin
ously quiet when Allison taught
the others several Quiche words
she had gleaned from tho book,
and they shouted them back and
forth with hilarious gusto, until
surrounding tables of natives
looked over with interest.
Allison leaned across tho table
suddenly and slid her small
flame-tipped fingers Into Barry's
hand. "Hate me in the morning,
Handsome," she begged, "but
love me toniRht."
Barry looked up the delicate
length of her whito arm to her
heart-shaped face with its tremu
lous pouting mouth, its straight
slender nose, its wido violet
eyes. Probably, he thought dis
passionately, the loveliest face he
had even seen on a woman.
(To Ba Continued)
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33 Age
35 Regret .
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38 Composed
39 Him
41 Universal
language
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Africa
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partridges
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61 Senior (abbr.)
63 Exists
64 Registered
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