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DARK JUNGLES'
BY JOHN C. FLEMING & LOIS EBY
COPYRIGHT. 193.
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i CHAPTER XXin
DABRY woko heavy-headed and
, ll."tls to (he dismal sound o(
.an early thunder thower. The
oggy heat told him It was already
late. He pulled himself out of
bed, showered and dressed. This
was his third day of fever, he
told himself resignedly. It would
probably reach its peak today,
each attack seeming to be a three
day affair. He had been increas
ingly miserable in the two days
following Renaldo's party, aching
exhaustion in the morning and
chills and rising fever as the after
noon wore on. He had been little
help In the final molding and
stamping of the chicle.
' He hurried out, through the
quiet, empty hall of the estancia.
Heavy sheets of rain dimmed the
clearing and the high green wall
of the Jungle. The Indians' shacks
crouched forlornly in the distance.
: "Good morning, darling. How
do you feel?"
' He turned to see Ltla In the
doorway. "Much better, thanks,"
Barry told her.
J The Indian woman brought his
food. Barry drank scalding black
coffee. He grinned at Lila and
patted her slim hand. "Thanks
for the spot of nursing last night,
BeautifuL"
'1H be glad to get you back to
civilization where there are some
decent doctors and equipment,1
she said.
) "They won't help much," Barry
said cheerfully. "Just a matter
of wearing the blasted stuff
down.""
"Nonsense," retorted Llla with
a touch of irritation. "You're get
ting as fatalistic as these stupid
natives." t
Barry chuckled. "They're not
so stupid," he retorted.
v . .
gHE dropped the subject lightly.
, . After a minute she said, "I
think you'll be glad to hear that
Henaldo's gone to the new grove.
I told him how desperate you were
to get started so he left an old
Indian in charge of finishing the
chicle here.
i "Good!" cried Barry. "Then In
a couple of days well be ready
for our call on Moncha Suma. If
we just come out all right with
the old bird I" ... ,
; "You'll corns out aU right, I
know you will," Lila murmured,
her smile deep and assured.
Barry squeezed her hand grate
fully. "You're a good sport, Lila."
. The slashing rain stopped ab
ruptly, as though it had been
turned off. Steam rose from the
hot ground of the clearing. Down
at the Indian shacks now they
could see the Indians standing
around one of the thatched-roof
huts in close groups. A strange
murmur came from them.
. r 'TVhat is it?" Barry was watch
ing them curiously. "It sounds
like they're chanting."
"Let them chant," said Lila. She
rose from the table and pulled
him toward the estancia door.
"Let's pack your things so that
when you get back from Moncha
Suma's " .
' But Barry's gaze was still on
the native demonstration. "Won
der what's up?" When she re
fused to go with him,' he set out
across the clearing alone.
Barry made his way to the door
of the hut. He stepped across the
threshold and halted in amaze
ment ,
On. a rough table in the steamy
hut, there were two tubs of water.
As. a wiry little Indian and his
.moaning wife looked on in stolid
suffering, Allison dipped a tiny
black baby first in one tub and
then in the other!
"What on' earth Is golng 'on
here?" cried Barry. '
Allison glanced over her' shoul
der. There was a look of frenzied
absorption on her face. "Con
vulslons," she said briefly. "I had
'em when I was a , baby .V
Barry strode up to her. The
tiny black limbs of the . child in
her arms were twisting in strange
contortions. "What are you doing
with it?" he cried, alarmed.-
"Hot water cold water," Alli
son snapped lowering the small
black body into the other tub. "My
nurse used to do it to me. Bring
me that kettle on the stove!"
; Barry brought it and poured
steaming water into the hot tub.
, "Hot as the . trinket can stand it
without blistering," Allison or
dered. She went on dipping. The
Indian woman's moans continued,
and the low chanting came from
outside. . . . '
Cold apprehension rose in Barry.
The crazy little dabbler was play
ing with fire this time. What imp
Df Satan had tempted her to tinker
with the life of an Indian child?
They'd blame her if it died. And
It looked right now as' if that's
just what It was doing. The small
black body writhed in convulsive
agony, then abruptly stiffened. The
tiny face was black and mottled,
the eyes glazed.
The Indian woman's moans rose
shrilly.
';
ALLISON'S while little Jaw
tightened. '
"Hotter," she whispered to Bar
ry through clenched teeth. "Hot
ter still." Only he could hear the
desperation In her muted tones as
she went on dipping with feverish
speed, not breathing back forth
back forth. . . .
AU at once the stiffened little
body relaxed. It was the death
spasm. . . 1
But no. The glazed eyes
twitched. The arms and legs be
gan to nestle normally in the
circle of Allison's arms. The baby
gave a choking whimperl
Barry took his first deep breath
as he went back across the clear
ing with Allison.
"Beginner's luck," he told her.
"You'll be the miracle woman to
them now. But I wouldn't try
that again."
Allison looked up at him. Her
eyes were wide with piteous fear
and she was trembling aU over.
"Why did I stick my big foot in?"
she whispered. "What if what
if ?"
Barry whooped with amusement
"You're the battiest little screw
ball," he told her. "Your scare
reflex is wired in wrong. It al
ways begins to twitch after the
danger instead of before!"
As they neared the house they
saw Lila on the shaded veranda
talking to a half-naked Indian.
She called to Barry in a voice of
controlled excitement,
"He says he's a Quiche."
Barry's laughter died. His throat
constricted with shock. He took
the veranda stairs three at a
time, cursing himself for going
without his gun.
The tall, dark Indian gave him
a piercing look. "You Mis-tair
Fielding?"
Barry nodded.
- With a swift movement, the In
dian reached out a long brown
arm and opened his fingers. A
folded paper lay in the dark palm.
Barry opened it and read it. It
said in a painstaking, flowing
script, .
"Win you return to my house
now to talk of tho mines?". ...
It was signed by the Chief of
the Quiches!
(To Be Continued)
The claeada spends 17 years
growing up for Just four weeks
of adulthood.
The Eiffel Tower Is said to
stretch as much as 11 inches on
hot days.
si iuxs
ONE INTRENCHING SHOVEL
One intrenching shovel
might get an American "dug
in" just in time to dodge a
bullet.
War Stamps buy intrench
ing shovels!
If you really believed that
renting your spare room
could dig trenches that save
lives you'd get going,
wouldn't you?
I'm a Herald and News
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for the duration.
Phone me at 3124 and I'll
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD
6y William Ferguson
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HORIZONTAL'
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country
6Its Is;
198,600 sq. ml.
10 Old
14 Test by eating
15 Frolic
16 Cast ballots
17 Any
18 Line of union
20 Island
22 Centiliter
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23 Piece of)
furniture
25 24 hours
26 Meadow' '
27 Article
28 Bone
30 Toward' - -31
Twists out of
shape
34 One of Its
cities is
37 Area measure
38 Id est (abbr.)
39 Near
40 Symbol for . :
cobalt
41 Act again'
43 Cowboy show
45 Measure
46 Credit (abbr.)
Answer to Previous Puzzle
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63 Myself.
64 Sport .
66 Row
68 Street child
70 Verbal
71 Scent
72 Not long
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2 Square. of
glass '
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4 Belongs to It
5 Necessity
6 It has a small
standing
. 7 International
language
8 Man's name
9 Reliquary for
relics of saints
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11 Proceed
12 Engrave
13 Take out
19 Rough lava
21 Music note '
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27 Fox . ' - .
29 To flavorj
30 Giant .v
armadillo'-.
31 It had a civil-
in 1936-39
32 Exist
33 Fix firmly
34 Vehicle
. Frozen water;
36 Menagerie
42 Suitable
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46 Musical
instrument
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48 Bet
49 Make a
mistake V
51 One of Its
northern port
is
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distance
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tungsten
55 Labels
57 Prince
58 Canvas sheltea
60 Stake
62 Exclamation,'
65 Mother
67 Negative
69 Further
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tains a transfer pattern of six
63 inch motifs; four small sprays;
list of materials; stitches.
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PHOENIX, Ariz. (P) Mrs.
Carrie Parsons, fifth grade teach
er, let her pupils do the one
thing she had always longed to
do throw erasers, .
She drew pictures of Hitler,
Hirohito and Mussolini on the
blackboard, and for one 10-ccnt
war stamp purchase, a pupil got
one shot. i
It was a terrific idea until
one boy showed up with $18.79.
We wonder if one of tho cours
es in a barber college is public
speaking.
World's first steel dam was
the Ash Fork Dam, built in
Johnson county, Ariz., In 1808.
Fort Bragg, Calif., Js a civil
community; Fort Bragg, N. C, Is
a military post.
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