SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C. FLEMING &
'' CHAPTER XIX
fpHE mootv.wns full a brilliant.
luminous disk moving through
the warm blue of the tropic eky.
The breeze was warm. Even the
towering depths of the Jungle
, seemed pulsing with some dark,
Vibrant elixir of life.
Barry, strolling beside Allison
across tho clearing from the In
dian huts, gave a sigh of im
patience. In all this vital, urgent
rushing of nature he felt himseli
the one fixed, helpless point
"It's been nine days since I got
back from the Quiche country,"
he muttered. "I can't sit around
forever." . .
Allison lifted the soft flared
skirt of her evening gown to leap
a puddle. "Henaldo says you are
a very strong man if you can
1 throw off the kind of fever you
got in two weeks."
Barry ignored the reminder.
Til be aU right if I take it slow.
How soon do you expect to have
the chicle ready for shipment?"
She glanced involuntarily to
ward the line of cooking vats in
the deep shadows of the jungle.
"Tomorrow," she said, "or at
latest the next day."
They went up Uie steps to the
veranda. She crossed to let
down the bamboo screen, and
called a servant
"Have her bring my drink to
my bedroom, will you?" Barry
asked. "I want to get out some
reports to send back to head
quarters with the chicle train."
"Oh, bother reports!" cried Al
lison. "It's such a lovely night."
The hanging lamp above her made
a molten aureole of her cropped
hair. She looked like a pampered
debutante in her black wisp of
a dress and her gleaming jewels.
"All right, then," she flung out
with a pouting smile, "IH let
Bcnaldo whisper beautiful noth
ings to me."
"I'll bet he can do it," grinned
Barry. "See you at breakfast."
He went to his room, the grin
lingering on his face. It was a
constant source of surprise to him
how this autocratic little darling
of society could adapt herself to
this heathen mode of existence.
He had seen bther women try to
do it and fail women with far
. more strength of character, more
poise. What was the difference?
A certain flexibility, he decided,
as he brought out his small port
able typewriter and found a suit
ably low table. She had no strain
or grudge over the loss of her
fortune. She was not making the
attempt to mold the jungle to her,
but was content to mold herself to
. the jungle. She had a quality of
receptiveness, that's what she had
that essentially feminine key
note so eternally lacking in most
. women. . .
.'.
'"' TIE got hold of his thoughts by
li raain force then, realizing he'd
been about to compare her with
his fiancee. And Lila Grad
ually he was able to concentrate
on his reports;
He worked at first with ab
sorbed speed. The mule train go-'
ing out with chicle would be the
last chance to start the reports
to the New York office before he
made his next attempt to persuade,
the Quiche chief to open up his
mercury mines. He wanted these
reports complete. In case he didn't
come out of the Quiche country'
this time, the company would
have all data at hand and could
carry on the campaign for the
mines without loss of time.
Time. ...
His fingers moved faster over .
the keys. There was so damnably
little time and the need of the
mines was so great! He felt a
fresh wave of impatience burn
through him. He cursed his stupid
fever. If he could only start back
tomorrow! For a minute he played
with the idea. Why not risk it?
He might make it. He might be
ble to prove to the chief that
he had been framed. He might . . .
But cold logic smashed his
wishful thinking. He was already
trembling with the effort of a half
hour's typing. His head felt light
and dizzy. No, he would be
throwing away the one chance of
accomplishing his mission if he
went off half-cocked. Better to
wait till Benaldo had finished the
chicle boiling, and made the trip
to the new grove. Then he had
promised to go with him. And
Renaldo's friendship with the re
mote old chief would be the one
hope of explaining the suspicion
pinned on Barry in their unfor-
. tunate first encounter.
His fingers were stumbling over
the keys now, hitting more wrong
keys than right He pushed back
his rude chair and crossed the
ow-roofel room to push the win
dow open further. He clutched
the sill for support and struggled
for his breath as he looked out
at the moon-flooded clearing of
the cstancia. Cursed fever mak
ing a weakling out of a. man in
a couple of weeks!
)
A KNOCK sounded on his door.
And at his invitation, Allison
entered.
"Renaldo didn't come," she
murmured wickedly, "so I brought
you your drink." But as she
han&ed him the iced pineapple
juice, abrupt concern swept the
provocative teasing light from her
face. "You're sick again!"
He explained bitterly that it
was the work he'd done. He
wanted to get it out and
She broke in eagerly. "I'll do
the typing. I'm marvelous at hunt
and peck. You dictate."
He refused at first, but even
tually tried it. Ho found tho
method worked, and warmed to
his task. Hope lifted him, He'd
get the reports out all right this
way.
Allison typed obediently nt first.
But gradually her rising interest
broke into questions. The picture
of his mission began to toko form
' for her. He answered her ques
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tions readily. Told her of the
estimated amount of quicksilver
to be found in the volcanic Quiche
highlands. Of the huge mining
and transportation system ready
to be hurled into the country the
moment Quiche permission was
given.
"You'll get it, I know you will!"
she said. Excitement was like a
trance on her. "Renaldo Will help
you."
It was late but she insisted on
finishing. When the reports were
done, she put away the type
writer and moved back chair and
table, turning out the bright typ
ing lamp. The small night lamp
by his bed was a feeble glow
in the flooding moonlight As her
silhouette moved by the open win
dow toward his empty glass, he
had again the swift impression
that she was a gay debutante at
a club dance.
She was murmuring peacefully,
"Full moon makes the jungle rest
less. So many noises tonight
Mules stamping around. Indians
stamping around. The trees shout
ing around . . ."
"Make you nervous?" he asked.
She paused .beside him, glass
In hand. "NervNus?" she echoed
wonderingly. "Why should they?
Right at the moment I love them
all."
He searched the white oval of
her face turned up to him. She
meant it "You're a miracle
woman," he told her. "And thanks
for everything."
She started to answer him, then
broke off to listen, her face still
lifted to his. It was only the
sound of footsteps on the hard
wood of the hall, but the rhythm
of the movement was wrong
lighter than Renaldo not the
slithering step of a servant.
A tall, slender figure in light
suit, boots and sun helmet moved
into the open doorway. Calmly,
as if her being there were an
ordinary, not an impossible thing.
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