! SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C. FLEMING & LOIS EBY
COPYRIGHT, 143.
NBA SERVICE. INC.
COLD FEAR
CHAPTER VIII
rpHE rain was pelting like bul
lets on the tin roof. The clone
stickiness of the air made the heat
oem more oppressive than when
the sun poured down. Barry came
down the narrow boardwalk to
the small hotel office. In the thin
gray light of early morning he
could see he was quite alone ex
. ecpt" for the native desk clerk
who was stretched full length In
a chair snoring noisily. Then the
street door opened and Renaldo,
beads of rain glistening on his
dark face, came In. Behind him
came a giant of a man whm he
Introduced as Jose. Across Jose's
hairy chest swung crossed car
tridge belts. Two old style six
shooters bumped bis hips as be
walked.
"Jose Is the best muleteer In all
Guatemala," Renaldo said. "And
the best guide as well. After we
get to the plantation he will go
on with you to the Quiche coun
try." He clapped his hands loudly
and the sleeping desk clerk strug
gled to his feet "Coffee and tor
tillas!" .
The. native shuffled off In the
direction of the kitchen, and Re
naldo turned back to Barry.
"Where is the senorita?"
1 didn't knock at her door,"
Barry said. "I thought maybe
because of the rain she wouldn't
want to go today.
"Caramba" Renaldo roared.
"We think nothing of rain in
Guatemala. It rains almost every
day. If she does not like rain then
she will not like our country."
" "She Is a very determined
young woman," Barry said slowly.
' "This is no place for a woman.
Especially for an Americano del
Norte. We should do our best to
convince her of this."
"You heard me convincing her,"
Barry jeered.
A queer smile crossed Renaldo's
face.
"I think, maybe, this trip will
be convincing."
The native boy came in then
with a tray of iced coffee and tor
tillas. He put the coffee cups
around a table in the corner of
the room. The men had just sat
down when they heard footsteps
on the walk. They got to their
feet as Allison came in. She
looked radiant in her white rid
ing habit, her light hair piled in
p. soft roll above her smiling face.
Bhe wore black patent leather
tiding boots.
: "Looks like we're about ready
to shove off," she said gaily as
she took the chair Barry was
. offering her.
.-- "You look more like you were
ready for the Bilbnore Country
Club horse show than for a gruel
ling trek into the jungle," Barry
said a little sourly.
I- "I pity your wife It you ever
get one!" Allison said lightly, stir
ring her coffee. "You'd be just
the type to start the day off wrong
by being disagreeable at the
breakfast table."
. .
TJARRY didn't answer. Allison
turned to Renaldo.
" "What do we do wait for this
rain to stop?"
Renaldo smiled his amusement.
"That might be a month from
now. We never think one way or
the other about rain down here.
It might rain an hour, a week or
a month. Then the sun will come
out and you will be dry in five
minutes."
'"That's a consolation!" Allison
laughed. "Just so I know I'll be
dry sometime. It really doesn't
matter whether if s this month or
next." , . .
"The' worst thing about the
rain," Renaldo explained, "is that
it makes it hard going for the
mules. The trail gets slippery and
there are many holes where a
mule sometimes sinks completely
out of sight." . .
Barry was . watching Allison
closely, knowing well the mis
givings welling up within her.
She held her cool aloofness, never
once: letting a note of anxiety
creep into her voice. In that mo
ment ho was : wondering about
LUa, wondering how she might
act if her courage were ever put
to such a test.
. "You can still stay here," Barry
said flatly. "No one will accuse
you of being a sissy. In fact, it
would just be using good sense."
. For an instant Allison's smile
faded as though she might be con
sidering the suggestion. But then
she brightened again. ..
"It sounds like good fun!" she
said. "I wouldn't miss it for the
world." She picked a bright red
flower from the table bouquet and
slid it through the coil of her hair.
, Barry threw up his hands in a
gesture of complete disgust.
"Renaldo,: the girl's incorrigi
ble," he said. "We are wasting
our pity. We should save it for
the. mules." .......
Renaldo laughed. . -'
'',."';.,..'
'THEY finished their coffee and
A Renaldo stepped to the door
and said something in Spanish.
Six native boys came in and Re
naldo sent them scurrying'to bring
the luggage. "
After the native boys had made
several trips up the narrow board
walk and had the small room
practically filled with luggage,
Renaldo turned anxiously to Al
lison. ' - " 1
"You are hot taking all this!"
Ha made a sweeping gesture with
his hand.
"A girl has to dress oven in
the jungle!" she said lightly.
"Dress, yes, but surely you won't
need all tills. The more mules we
have to take the more trouble we
are apt to get into."
U!.'Ib?.e MU.o.JtfoxryJngjbpyJ,
the mules again. I have already
spoken to the mules and they said
they would be delighted to carry
my things."
Barry had a look of hopeless
abandonment on his face as he
turned toward Renaldo.
Renaldo shouted something to
the native boys. For a half hour
the boys lugged baggage and
strapped it securely to the wooden
carriers on the animals' backs.
Finally Jose came in to announce
that all was ready. The rain had
let up some and had turned from
a solid sheet into a fine, sharp
drirzle.
The long caravan started single
file through the dim," quiet street
of the village. Jose led the way
and Renaldo followed close be
hind. Allison and Barry rode side
by side. After they had passed
beyond the clearing that had been
hewn by sharp axes and machetes
for the village site, the green solid
wall of jungle rose before them.
Giant kapok, balsa, mora, and
greenheart trees reached 'up to
ward the murky sky. Jose first
disappeared from sight into the
jungle fastness, then Renaldo.
"The path is only wide enough
for one mule at a time," Barry
said quietly. "You go ahead. I'll
follow."
Allison felt cold fear grip her
but she smiled valiantly and dug
the heels of her boots into the
mule's sides as she trotted after
Renaldo.
(To Be Continued)'
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(PL)
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(bbr.)
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altazimuth
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country
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(abbr.)
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curves
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sound
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57 Transpose
(abbr.)
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(abbr.)
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(abbr.)
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deity
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54 Hindu month
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exposure '
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59 Electrical,
term
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