The Lucknow Sentinel, 1930-04-17, Page 6A'itr.911Tfirer.,
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• plea ed, in erld folloWed it with Mlle
diffiu1t the water oecaeonelly rise'
leg past their .stierhps, Here and'
there where the•red volcanic rocks of
region fora peel of clear
Ben • . , r III! HAS HAPPENED . •trY to relieve me of what I consider
t•-"1`
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'' • water they could see *dorm -Ala'
bY Lucien ..,,Rurin sportipg;' here and there- a fat pond-;
• • ;' r Posing at times as 4, barber, at my duties and responsibilities onthe
others as Attorpey Davis, Vilak helps
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his Cousin,Elise 'Marberry, try to
'Solve a strange mystery at Pert
Verde, Prazil, cietsicle of which Elise
osis a coif cotYe Plantatiop. Several mys-
terieus dea bs have occurred -and Elise
has been t ,reatenea. Vilak tells
eoln. Nunnally, aged' cherniet; that: he
belleveS '6ey,lerd Prentiss ' is involved
• - =g it#the deaths. Elise's two-year-old
.nepheW is kidnapped, Vilek tracks the "Very well. I won't argue with .yeu.
kidnappers and: findS' the baby in •the But in that case I insist -ongoing With,
fizende, Pve.teiken.ordera rInn you
in other. thing.so but.,notAseee .that'e
final, My Sister's husbenel.ard 1 used
to quarrel 'aboutethe same subject and.
merely.lanceeded 'in malting matters,
UnCOMforiable for every13ody. -Let's
don't you must go toe
Villapa. ' .14 -self." • . •
paunched
• care of e lmnd of Indiantrack. labor.
ers, who. has found it in the Iiingle.
• Elise, Nunnally anaVilaic are at
'breakfast When a meseenger, ,comes to
•: see Elise -nom •Wilson, her .overseer
:et Villapa. • .
NOW. BEGIN THE STORY
• CHAPTER X. '
put down the fork with WhiC11
' she had been nibbling at an 'Omelet.
"Send him in at, once, please."
The maid hurried out.. In a moment
. the door into the kitchen opened agein.
'A brawny half-breed I3iazilian, clad in
•• ' thick heavy blue overalls .and hip.
boots, stamped into the room, leaving'
" ."great splotches of •mud on the floor at..
,every step. He strode .up to. Elise
• and, taking off his h,t, stood
. awk-
wardy befote hei. ,
"Yee have newelor me, amigos?"
she asked politely; When he did not
• speak for a Moinent. •
• "Yes • senhorita." He rubbed his
• ,. thick fingersalong. hiS, muddy trouss
ers. come front your fazenda at
• Villapa:. Mentes Wilsen, have: sent
• : • me. Tell me ride fast as can. He say
/tell you flood getting very bad Villapa. • ,
• Say toe he very seeck and can do net
much, afraid much will be washed
• away: Wants you come quick.' He net,.
• say, but he very, very 'seeds', 1, Migue,
• all others; think he idie.
Elise rose from the table. "You'l
have to excuse me," she said to her
ghists. "I'll have to go Out to Villapa,
at once. It's been criminal of me to
• have left poor Wilson there ill and
• • alone. Criminal." She called to Maria
to have her horse, made ready.
"Justa minute, Elise," Vilak said
coolly. He gazed sharplyat the mid-
,spettered messenger. "Are you sure
.this chap works on your' fazencla?"
Her 'forehead knitted int a -frown.
• "What kle yeti mean? Of. coarse he
- works on the fazenda?"
"You've seen him?"
She hesitated, then nodded. "I'm
• sure • I've seen him.. Several times.
• Anyway, even if r haven't, what dif-
• ference would it make? I can't *now
' every one of the 500 laborers at Vill-
• apa, can..1, when they change so often?
What on earth are you driving at?"
• "Nothing, 'if, yeu're sure you know
• your ,mah. 'Oily, it's faintly7f4osiibla
• that this message may not be what
,•• it appears to be, and that you'd better
•: let me go to Villapa in your stead."
•Her black eyes flashed, her breath
• came quickly. "Vilak, there is one
thing I won't let you do, and that is
you. Perhaps jest as well that we
do go, fey .,p.eisaihly caw get: rifles
there."' : • :
She .shrugged her' shoulders resikne
*Hy: right. Jf you most. But,
I don't think 'it'ent ail neeessery. Yeti
inakeine,feel like 4,hilc,• ,
• 9N'b4 will: owdo with .Tinke."' • :
4'1'11 takehim with Me.",
• Vilak shook his head. "1 wouldn't.
•Seems to me an 'unnecessary risk. • I
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RIGL
Alertness scores .everyw• he
'Wrigley's creates pep and ens
ergy and keeps you alert.
• A 5%1 pacicage may save von
from going to sleep at the wheel
of your car.
• - a,
treue turtle plodded along tie bank:.
Once a great alligator lifted its head
-a, they passed, inenaeifig therni-with.
its red jaws. Vilak stepped tn,idll it
with a well-clieected bellet, for the.
creek was part of a fairly ,freqUented
highway and any of the gigantic-liz.
aids which ,strayed there were 2,
dis-
tinet danger.
At lepgth theleft .the stream, and
mine .eut 'onto' 4. muddy , read again.'
The noise of their horses frighteneda
family' of., arrnadilloe that evidently
had been. quietly repesiag somewhere
behind thethick palms, fer tbey. dart-
ed acrees the roadinsudh panie that
it Was. only hy stuyienly Checking his§
'torte that Vilalc we's, 414re...to avoid
crushing them. . •7 . .
The feed rose ,graduelly, hp a logy
1WI, fell to` a ravine, then went •,eli
Shart'bUt fairy ,steep slope of another
hilL4.1;.t110:, ridera rounded bend*,
seven,rnititinted Soldiers eame into View
on the hillthp. • They came slowly rid -
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No other Orange Pekoe
can equal this 1st avoir
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%%resit from the gardens'
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4:1'‘
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"Take your hand away from your pistol, amigos. There are five .
soldiers in the bushes in back Of you as wM1 as the seven of 'us in front."
•
think for the time being he' S safer in ing toward the Arnericana, , Vilak's
the house. Hannah cazi. be depended
on not to let him out of her sight.
I've talked to her. • She's more than
an ordinary servant. She ean be
trusted. And if anything came up re-
quiring physical strength, she could do
far niore than you. I say absolutely
that it's safer to leave him here than
to take him along."
"All right. I don't like to. But in
a matter of this sort, fellow your
advice. Because -you know.' If you
say it's safe, I'll do it: And besides,
haVe Schwartz come over and Sta.y
here for the five or six hours' I• haye
to be away. If 1 could help it, I
,wouldn't leave hilt even for a minute.
But I can't let Wilson die withent lift-
ing a finger to help fiiim"
In a few monients, Elise, Vilak and
the old man were once more oil their
horses,, the chemist, to ,Vilak's stir-
having.doggedly iQsisted on ac- black. "You go to Villapa?"
cempany,ing -them; thouh his weari- Vila!: took out a cigaret and pri-
ness was manifest in 'his withered tended to search in his, pocket for a
face. The half-breed who had brought match in Order that his hand be near
the message rode ahead. Vilak set his pistol. "Yes, amigos," he answer -
the pace at a quick trot. • ed, smiling. 'They say at Villapa the
Elise nervously touched her horse, water is very' high.' Do they tell the'
which was lingering to chew a Choice truth?" •
bit of grass. , "I'm glad I haven't a The officer twisteront end of his
criminologist's mind: ' It would drive mustache around his finger.
me crazy. You suspect everything "Yes. The water its most -high at
you seep house with its window -blinds Villapa. Take your liand away from
drawn, a broken match, a rusty /leil your pistol, amigos. There are five
lying in the road. How yotrcould put soldiers in the, bushes in back of you
some hidden meaning into this mes- as well as the seven of. s in front."
sage from Wilson is beyond me. If I • (To he continued.)
weren't your cousin, and palite, I'd , ,
call it fantastic." "The danger foi Europe is that too
He put a. Pellet, .or betel on hiS ten- many people • iish to gain cheep credit
gue. "r sincerely hope you're right," by gilding one another's
he .edidIan, Hamilton.• '•
Ile withdrew It bar of chocolate
Bug., for
.•, • ••
The -French .goIernment. Is aciiiiree-:
• , .
ecl:.;tliat- the Preeein ;:scoarge of ,pota
to tinge WhichAa raining crops, ell
-overthe southwest of 'ranee can be
traced tothe '.erfival cif• AnierIcari
'tido-pa-in 1917, 7 lintil.,•then France
ad never ' seen ootato, 12ittg,°40111
since it is incapable ot dying or
-Swimming the Atlantic and ;.s never
carried on potatoes,' It. must -have
crashed the gate in the 'baggage.or on
the ,persen of the Americau dough-
boy, or:so thoargurnent runs. •
NO deubt there are:veterans of the
A. E. F.; Who will grieve at this news,
who, hiving, thought they ,had. paid
their debt' to Lafayette, will' be Gha-.
• grined' to learn.•that, .in: French eyes
at least, they are still in arrears. But
there ' are others who, will consider
this gift •otthe potato hag a fair' ex,
Change .for anotherand much chum-
mier insect: which they picked ,up oh
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Minard's-50 Year Record of Success.
. As the Soldiers ,approached; he saw'
that the k Were garbed in tattered blue
;Ind redun;forms of a design much
like *ht of the gendarmes. They were
diainguished from' the latter, how-
ever, by the fact 'that they all seemed
white men,, tanned by. the equatorial
sun. ;Their faces were distinctly un-
pleasant, the eyes ,of this one puffy
with -dissipation,. the face of that one
scarred with knife 'cuts or the ravages
of some skin disease. Nevertheless,
despite their unprepossessing appear
ance, they saluted the travelers
"Good day, senhors, serihorita,"
said the leader of the troopers, a tall,
sallow man, with a great bristling
mustache who Would bave looked
exactly like the *typical Prussian ofd.
cerbad his haid been blond instead -of
,
. .
Fredelt soil; 'and ',s'ortee 'will eten ..in-.. ..
sist that ahe.lea•rgaip is all'in Fratiee'il
faV91', Since lithe; potato. ' bag,: milikel, .:.
, .
the :caetie, is ',herbivorous... and Wee... • .,
Thia,-niakeS"leberder to catch,: may ca.
hut. .easier • to-tie.arl".. : ...„.'.. .., • .
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In , anY:case one hopes tlle lorench'
Will leek :epee the Ara de.`..a.Sten....9
.tiorial; .it, An deed e it really.-iciols, 'pl'ace.,.
Our soidiers".ere. riot partiai to bugs. • ,
Of iiii kind, even to the 'Winged Sliud,
destroyer and, friend of the. kitehen,
eatigue.• ,
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PLEASURS - . ' • •
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-': Great pleasdres may be rare,• but it.
is the enormous Variety of Minor -plea,.
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sures that make :hp the hapPioess..ot, , ••
"Let's see! Your ne'pheei attained
•
liis
majority several months -age
he?" "Yes," replied honest fartner%
Hernbeak, ','but it ain't a woi'king
jority even yet." ,•
A LltilRAL EDUCATION
. That man has a liberal edudation
'who has been so trained in youth
that his body h. the ready sereant of
his will, and .does with ease arid pleas-
ure the work that it is capable 'of;
whose intellect is a clear logic engine,
ready to spin the gossamer as well as
forge the anchors of the mind—ine
full,of life and fire but whose passions
are trained to come to heel by a rig-
orous will; the servant of a tender
conscience; who has learhed to love
beauty, hate- vileness and to yespect
others as himself; such a one is in
harmony with "nalure; they will gel:
on together.: --Thomas Henry Huxley.
from his pocket arid distributed it am- Use Minaret's in the Stable,
ong his coMpanio s aa a substitute for
their uneaten" b akfast. He himself
took none 4f i1f contenting hiinself
flet of betel. Suddenly
, With A second p
at a point where a narrow trail cross-
' Volvollder smitiviloiveritate the road, he •looked down at the
peisitlarl 110Y0titio 4:410fr , ground soul pulled 4his horte. •
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• •ferAPP76'1076 WO4045•44"iii67'471•44• that unusual hoofmark of Prentiss'
/At tvsnY: HAatictiAat atent
•horse again. And there are the prints
Of two other horses . running along
• wiith it this time.'” Ilee straightened
-up iri his saddle otite more.:
'they traveled on iti silence, At
at
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