! SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C. FLEMING &
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' :' CHAPTER xxvn
"QARRY threw open the door and
(wept the small beam of his
flashlight around the dark room.
Suddenly it rested on the cot in
the' corner, . He saw the slender
form of Allison sleeping there. 'Her
short hair was tousled and her
face looked startlingly white. He
crossed the room quietly and, lay
ing a hand on her shoulder, shook
her gently.. She sat up abruptly,
and let out a small cry. '
'It's all right," Barry said in a
low tone. . "It's me, Barry."
' Allison rubbed her eyes like a
frightened child trying to pull her
self back to realities.
"Barry," she said thickly. "But
how'd you ever find this place?"
"Tony got away from the guards;
and came to the camp for me.
What happened?"
"We had just come out of the;
Jungle it was almost dawn," Al
lison said breathlessly. "Four men
suddenly appeared from nowhere,
threw blankets over our heads,
tied our hands and brought us
here.". -
"It must have been the Quiche
chief who is responsible for this,"
Barry said grimly.
Allison suddenly caught hold of
Barry's sleeve. "Wait a minute!"
she said In a hushed voice. "Where
is Tony now?"
"Outside tying op the guards.
Why?" , ' . .
: "Listen!" : , .'. .''
From the next room came the
sound of footsteps as they paced
back and forth over the plank
flooring.: ' . -. .
" "Do you hear that?" Allison said
In a hushed voice.
"Yes!"
"I've heard it ever since I've
been here but I thought it was
Tony being held in that next
room!"
. "Then there's someone else be
ing held .prisoner here!" Barry
said slowly. - .
-.'
TIE stepped to the door! that
" opened Into, the adjoining room
and threw the beam of his light
to the keyhole. Then he tried the
door. '. It was locked and the key
was gone. . '
"The guards-must "have the key,"
' he said. '., '- . :"
: Barry swung out the door, "m a
. moment he wa back. He turned
the key in the rusty lock and
swung the door back slowly, level
ing his automatic into the dark
ness. Allison stood behind him,
breathing rapidly. -He flashed on
his light and it caught and held
bn a tall, slender' man with 1 a
bushy growth of beard covering
his face. His white ducks and
shirt were badly soiled. For an
instant all was deathly still except
for the wind in the trees outside. :
Then, in sudden recognition, Barry;
tried, "Hall, is that you?",
i Hall's face broke into a wide
grin as he stepped forward and
wrung Barry's hand. .
."I knew sooner "or later help
Would come!" Hall said quickly.
""But I didn't expect to see you
down here!" ' .
; Allison stood quietly at Barry's
elbow. He glanced down' at her
and smiled.
j.'"Thia is Jeff HaS, Miss Hop
ping." I "The man your company sent
nown first to line up the mining
rights?" gasped Allison.
! "That's me," said Hall bitterly,
fl was only in Guatemala 10 days
when I landed in this place."
j "You didn't ever reach the
Quiche village?" Barry asked.
"I was on my way there when
I was ambushed and brought
here."
i Barry said thoughtfully, "Can
the Quiches be behind all this?" .
j "I thought so at first," Hall an
swered soberly. "But since then
I've changed my mind.. I've had
plenty of time to think, you know."
"Then what is the answer?"
( ; "I think there's somebody a lot
more worldly than this primitive
ffndian tribe behind the whole
kcheme. Every night as I've lain
"here on my. cot I've heard the
Irumble of cart wheels going up
land down the slope. I think they're
(working some of the cinnabar
mines and hauling 'the ore to a
bidden smelting place-near the
.'coast."
i Barry stared at him. "You're
Scldding!"
j "Neither kidding nor drunk," re
torted Hall. . . '
I Barry thought rapidly. "If that's
jtrue it isn't the Quiches!" he cried.
'They don't give a rap for money.
But where do you suppose they're
selling . their quicksilver? Gov
' ernment reports show ." that we
aren't, getting any from : down
here."
"The Axis nations need it as
badly as we do, you know," Hall
said quietly. "Fishing boats could
carry . it out "to larger boats out
of sight of land. On this coast it
would be a cinch,",
i "Of course the Quiches have al
ways mined some quicksilver,"
Barry suggested.
'' . "Yes, I checked that when I first
arrived here; but' it,-was only a
little and the nly use they made
of it was to trade it to the coastal
Indians for fishing rignts; They
liked it as a curiosity, not for any
commercial purpose. They wouldn't
be working all night unless they
were being driven to it. by soma
outsider.".
; "That sounds logical,". Barry
admitted. ,, '
' "Listenl" Hall said suddenly,
fA BOVE the sound of the wind
.. as it swept through the pines
they could hear the distant rumble,
of heavy cart wheels ' as they
bounced over the rock strewn
slopes.- .' ' ' '.' '
"Let's see what we can And,"
Hallwhispered. .
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Marry 'nodded.
Tony led the way on foot while
Allison rode behind him on his
mule. Barry and Hnll each led a
pack mule. The night was inky
hlack and the going was rough.
Tony threaded his way, slowly,
cautiously, and the rest followed.
The distant rumble grew slowly
more distinct. The sky to the east
was awash with gray light when
the procession suddenly stopped.
Tony cried out, "Here is their :
path!"
It was a winding trail of deep
ruts that led up from the sea. !
Barry flashed on his light and ;
stooped. He came up with some- j
thing in his hand and said ex
citedly. j
"Hall, you're right, look at this !
ore that has spilled from the carts.
It's red as the fires of hell!"
Hall took a bit of it in the palm '
of his hand and put the light di
rectly on it "That's cinnabar, all
right!" he said.
Blackness - had begun to melt ;
from the sky as the little group i
wound wearily up the trail. A
hillock ahead loomed through the I
murkiness. Tony scrambled up
the side of It with the stealth of an
animal. When he reached the top j
he called in a hushed, excited
voice, "Just beyond." He was ;
pointing with his hand. "It's tht
mine!"
Allison waited while Barry and 1
Hall fought their way up the sharp !
bank. When the scene unfolded
before them they could plainly see
a dozen or more Indians digging
out the precious ore.
Tony was pointing again and
saying excitedly, J
"They're all Quiches but two!" :
. "The two montadores from the i
new chicle grove!" Allison gasped. '
Barry sucked in his breath. His I
gaze had swept past the monta- j
dores to the huge figure emerging
from the mine. !
. "All Quiches but three." he said ' 1
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