i t SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C FLEMING &
, i MONTADORES
' CHAPTER XVI
JIS fever had once mora ml
raculously disappeared dur
lnj the night, Barry woke to the
golden fragrance of a tropic
morning feeling weak but clear'
headed. He lay listening to the
. loud chatter of macaws, parrots
and the thousand and one vane.
ties of birds that flashed their
, bright hues about the estancia.
,;'Good morning, lazy bones!"
- Allison was In his doorway.
There was a bright light of
eagerness in her as she carried in
his tray, laughter in her voice.
. She spread his napkin for him and
touched her small hand lightly to
his. forehead. . .,
"You're fine," she said with ma
licious' joy, "No excuse for not
coming out and helping initiate
my loot caps,"
"What are you talking about?"
Barry frowned as he drank his
pineapple juice. She stood be
side him laughing, her golden hair
a ragged auriole about her heart
shaped face whose whiteness had
now disappeared under a honey
tan.-. ,'.
"Meet me out In the clearing
said you'll see,? she taunted.
Barry drank his coffee and ate
the two eggs with relish this
morning. He felt stronger than
he had for a long time and a surge
of Iresh hope went through him.
Maybe-he had thrown the fever
for a real loss this time. ; He got
up and put on the clothes laid out
for him and went out of the es
tancia, ;- -:. - V ' ;T
t It -was a large thatched house
on stilts with a broad veranda,
fromwhich. could be seen the half
dozen: smaller shacks of the chi
cleros and the wide clearing that
. surrounded the massed estancias.
On every side ' crouched the vi
brant green lush jungle waiting
to devour the puny resistance of
man's efforts against it. '
u Barry made his way unsteadily
down the broad steps of the es
tancia and crossed the sun
washed, muddy clearing toward
the boiling kettles.' Allison saun
tered to meet him. . v
: . "The montadores came in this
morning," she reported breath
lessly.;', i. .
.. "Montadores?" Barry puzzled.
'. ' "
TIER eyes twinkled with mis
. chief. "Montadpres are our
chicle scouts, tenderfoot"
' "Yes,- my calloused icjiiclero,"
Barry retorted meekly. ...
"You see," she explained. "It's
very naughty of them, but zapote
trees don't grow all in one place.
They go just where they please
to live their lives.
. ' "Like you," Jeered Barry.
"Like me," she laughed. "So
we have to send out montadores
to cut trails to the ' new grove.
Rough boysV-aretft ; they?" ..
j . She arid- Barry ; joined the two
'.montadores who stood: in the sun
near the boiling kettles giving their
report to Renaldo. They were
powerful, ugly-looking natives,
looking more like exhausted,
filthy animals than men after their
long, grueling -tussle - with the
j jungle... -
! : Renaldo turned to greet Barry
with a smile.-; "Sounds like we've
got a fair-sized grove from what
they say," he said, his voice ring
ing with-satisfaction. '
. "Isn't : it ' thrilling?" Allison
cried. "To just go out and dis
cover your orchard?",
"Thrilling maybe, but tough,"
mused Barry as the two monta
dores, now dismissed, moved
heavily off toward their estancias.
His gaze returned to the girl be
side him. Her violet eyes were.
Wide and shining,
j: "That's it," she was whisper
'ing. "That's the Jungle." ThriU
iing and tough. You can scream
your head off, but you can't faze
it You have to fight every min
ute for your life."
i Barry's mouth dropped open in
amazement "Why, you scrappy
little varmint," he said,
i Renaldo , laughed,, but the look
he turned oh Allison was pure de
votion. "She, understands the
jungle," he said. ,
; Allison caught Barry' arm with
sudden change of mood. - "Come
on," she cried jubilantly. "You're
going to see my zoot caps." She
walked quickly down the wide
trail striped with yellow sunlight
and deep shadow that led to the
closest group of zapote trees. But
i though she chattered gaily, Barry
moted her hand rested lightly on
the small gun in the holster slung
about her slender hips, and her
eyes kept alertly on the path
ahead,
- - ''
CHE broke off to answer hit tin-
spoken question; "Bushmas
ters," she said shortly. - "Renaldo
isays they're the meanest snakes
in the Jungle. ' They'll find a path
that's used often and lie in wait
'all day for a victim.'.'
, : "I know," Barry agreed, "But
jyou mean you've learned. to shoot
that gun already?" ,
"You can learn fast when you
have to," she laughed.
. They had come to the group of
zapote trees and stopped to wntch
the native chiclero slashing a zig
zag gash down the length of the
zapote trunk. . Barry found he
waa seething with sudden iiwr
over the girl's statements.
; "Look here" he protested, as
! she waited for the chiclero to de-
scend,"'you don't have to stay out
here in the Jungle."
I ! She didn't answer, and ho prod
ded, "Do you?"
She shrugged then and looked
lP at him, confusion and laughter
I both In her eyes. "You don't have
ItO do anything," she murmured,
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"including live. But you find
yourself in the midst of something
you want to go on with for a
while.. I never know why. But
It doesn't matter, does it? It keeps
it all pretty fascinating." She
broke off to point with excite
ment "How you can see the zoot
cap."
The chiclero was almost at the
foot of the tree. He wore sharp
leg irons to dig in and hold him
self upright against a rope looped
around himself and the tree. He
was naked except for loin cloth
and a white hood with visor which
tied under his chin. Barry sup
pressed a laugh at the startling
combination.
"Is that bonnet supposed to be
a thing of beaut'?" he asked.
"Certainly not," snapped Alli
son. She called the native to low
er his head, and pointed trium
phantly at stains on the visor.
"Poison drippings from the com
padre tree," she said. "Some of
those drops might have gone in
his eyes. Later on, I'm going to
see if I can send for some goggles.
Meanwhile," she added proudly,
"the sides of the cap protect his
ears from that nasty insect that
lives in the too of the zapote
tree."
The chiclero had reached the
ground. Another Indian was hang
ing a canvas bag to a peg driven
at the bottom of the zigzag gash,
and the chicle was already flowing
along the jagged cuts.
. "Lady," said Barry, "you come
right after the grand canyon. Now
if you'd use a little of your in
genuity to make a little sense out
of your own plans."
' She brushed a bright rumble of
hair back with the back of her
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hand and gave him an impish
smile. "Don't worry about my
plans, my fine-feathered friend,"
she murmured. "Just be on your
guard." She turned sharply and
started back through the muddy
path toward the estancia, leaving
Barry grinning helplessly after
her,
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