SERIAL STORY,
DARK JUNGLES'
BY JOHN C. FLEMING & LOIS EBY SSTSSS&iVS:
TO TUB BESCUE
CHAPTER XXVI
T TLA. had broken with him! She
was going home! As ho show
ered, Barry wondered It the im
pact of the shock just hadn't hl
him yet Six months ago even
three months ago such a catas
trophe would have .mocked him
for p goal. They had been en
gaged lor two years, waitinj to
marry until his business was a
little more secure and they could:
buy place out near her folks':
estate.
"Well wait a whUo now and!
then start out right," Lila had al
ways said. Somehow, in Lila
charming, perfumed background,,
it had seemed right and logical.;
But down here in the jungle, nat-t
Ural instincts had a way of show-j
ing up in brutal relief. Queer,;
how the same traits that seemed,
like wisdom and discrimination in;
one civilization, could be preda
tory, ruthless self-preservation in
another.
She would have him trade his'
own safety for failure in a mis
sion that might mean the lives of
thousands on the battle front. She
couldn't understand that, even if:
he lost, he had to give the job the;
best he had. He couldn't live with
himself in that comfortable house
they had picked 34 he went home
now.
And she would never change.
That was the thing which made
this parting seem right and in
evitable. They would have been
happy as long as their lives were
moving in the charming, perfect
pattern she had worked out for
. them. But she could never fit in
to a new pattern.
The challenge of meeting change
had always worked as an elixir
In Barry Fielding. The thought of
a lifetime fighting change instead
of going eagerly to meet it was
deadening.
Even his meeting with' Lila had
been on the surge of rapid change
for him. Riding the crest of a
wave of success in his business
that carried him into a new cir
cle Of friends. The life of com
fort, charm and serenity she sym
bolized had seemed for the mo
ment the end and aim of exist
ence. But it wasn't not for him.
His life had always been straggle,
achievement, adventure.
He dressed rapidly. His mind
was clear this morning. His body
felt weak but the fever had once
more purged it of the aching pain
that had racked it yesterday. He
could hear Lila packing.
The air was fresh and the sun
shine brilliant this morning. The
tropic storm had spent itself just
as the fever in his own body. He
- crossed the clearing and went to
Tony's small thatched hut
Tony's wife came to the door,
her baby in her arms. She smiled
proudly as he asked after the
child. : . - .
"He iss good now," she told him,
flipping back the corner of tne
fcrigh' blanket to show him the
child's face. She told him then
all she knew of the trail that Tony
&ni: Allison had planned to take.
- ' He ordered an Indian boy to get
the best mule reedy. Then he
hurried back to the place where
the . Indians were packing the
chicle
An old Indian, Ramon, was di
recting operations. He told Barry
proudly ' that " before Allison's
father had -hired Renaldo he had.
once had charge of all the Indians.
..Barry grinned at him. "It's a
good thing you're still around," he
told him. "Everyone seems to be
. deserting camp at harvest time."
He told him then that Lila would
be going back to Puerto Barrios
with the pack train and that she
would need three mules for her
- luggage besides a mule to ride.
Ramon promised to make pro
: visions for the passenger. "It is
all right if she will ride a mule,"
he said slowly. "But I do not
want two of the plantation work
ers to carry her in a chair. It is
too hard on them for such a long
Journey. The two who carried
her in will never work much
' again."
j "I see."
i A grim smile was on Barry's
face as he went back to the estan-
. eia. He did see now a lot of
jthings. Lila's fake fortitude. Al
Hison's disgust But Allison hadn't
told him. She must have known,
i He was suddenly in a tearing
rush to be off. He drank his coffee
Bt a gulp and stowed the food the
servant had fixed in his packed
saddlebags.
. : '
. TILA was standing at the wln
How of her room as he stopped
the mule before it
i He told her he had made ar-
. rangements for her to go with the
mule train. She thanked him
coolly. She was polite and dis
tant She told him to ring her up
when he got back to town. She'd
be interested to hear how his big
job came out
He told her he would. And to
have a good trip. Then he turned
his mule's head toward the jungle,
feeling as if he had just walked
out of a barred door that had
been closing slowly upon him.
f ! As he urged the nimble little
beast along the jungle path this
morning, he could remember
falnOy how differently it had all
&ooked yesterday, blurred and
lostile under the rising mist of
his fever. There were two forks
ho must remember. As he came
upon the first of them he checked
carefully with his memory of the
first trip and his fuzzy picture of
yesterday. .: :
For hours he rode, his anxiety
and impatience to find Allison
growing with each mile into the
heart of the steamy jungle. If
Renaldo had stopped her, she was
safo. On the other hand, they
were in Quiche territory. And
Monona Suma was still angry with
htm.
. Ho reached the second fork. Ho
dismounted, to gi,v.oJWs hard-
pushed mule a breather and to
check his way carefully. Ho
didn't dare take the wrong path in
his impatience!
It was then ha heard a fnlnt
rustle of undergrowth. Ho was
being tracked! He pulled his mule
back into the shelter of a tree and
waited, gun in hand. The rustling
was nearer. He could hear the
sound of twigs cracking under the
foot of the intruder.
And then the form leaped into
the open trail, and ran toward
him. With a gasp of relief, Barry
stepped out to meet him. It was
Tony! ,
"Whore's Allison?" Barry cried.
Tony explained hastily. "She
told me to get away to come
back for you." He told Barry of
tUe. Vinlrliirt nnri mnhtre at daWTl.
Stubbornly he insisted their cap
tors had been tjuicnes.
"AU right let's go," said Barry
tersely.
tlw irm Tndian turned and
led the way. For an hour they,
tramped through a winding half
Tii(n Tnnv halted, fincer on
lips. And Barry saw the small
estancia in the tiny clearing.
"That's what I call a real hide
out" he muttered.
Leaving the mule at some dis
hnw thpv Trent nearer. There
twn Indians AsleeD near the
half-dead camp fire before the
thatched hut Barry kept them in
sight until Tony had prowled
ntaiit h( rlearinff. He rerjorted
every Indian was gone but the
two on guard.
It was the work of a minute.
They crept up to the sleeping na
tives and with quick, carefully
delivered blows at the base of
their skulls knocked them out
Barry took from the belt of one
the keys on a leather thone. The
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door. Would Allison be here
(To Be Continued)
PROMPT INVITATIOH
LONDON, May 6 M') Wit
liain Gallacher, only communist
member of the House of Com
mons, informed the house to
day tlint ho had been invited to
visit India and look into the
situation there.
Members promptly shouted:
"Go and stay there!"
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PORTLAND, Ore.', (IP) One
Portland man overdid things a
bit in contributing to the Sal
vation Army's scrap paper
drive.
He called back later for a
recheck.
The resultant search through
a ton of paper yielded a $4000
note, $750 worth of negotiable
bonds, $5000 in paid-up life in
surance policies and a mort
gage.
ON EACH SHOULDER
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attest to his rank.
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