The Lucknow Sentinel, 1930-05-01, Page 2r
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4Freskfrositt e gardens' -
by Ben Lucien Burman
•k THIS HAS -HAP,,PENED Colonel- Bonjardos- will be brief, and
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• Attempts have been made on the life their aim. .; geed. Are you guilty
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,of Elise Marberry, owner of a .coffee or
not guilty? . . •
•• plantation outside of Porto Verde, Vilak brushed off a greeniihWhite
Brazil, and she has been told to leave termite int which Was, 'crawling 'tip
the country. Several mysterious deaths his puttee. 'Innocent,pf -course"
• • ' have Occurred,. and Vilak, her COuSiB, ' "Write down 'Innocent,' JiiI
• tiss .is et the bottom of it. ord is „,b.„.„,,,y, 1.
yn, are innocent; you will want an
believes 'Elise's enemy; Gay rd"Pren-
brought that the manager of er pro- 1"""•""•"'` Whicit one of my men do
perty at Villapa is ill, and Elise, ."" He4 down therow
Vilak you choose? pointed1
and7-Lineoln Nannally,aged-chemist, of grinning, ugly faces of the men
start for Villapa; but are ambushed by leaning against the wall. -
a band of ruffians uniformed as sol- Vilak shrugged •his shoulders.
diets. They tell them they are wanted '''„Very well. , You will take none?
on a Murder charge. Vilak believes Then I must choose for you. No man
that the murder charge is obviously a shall say that the soldiers of Colonel
fake and that the soldiers are in the
PaY of their enemies, . : . 1 onkjardos do hot obey the law; . ve
oo ed gravely it the sallow -Skinned
` HP. pointed to a smaller' room to-
Watd tbe jeer 9f the *etched 0.01,1-,
her there, 000 I
ponder .what I shall do. Bind them.
Quickly. Hand and feet', Of the wo-
man, bind only the hands, So Oat' she
41 don% think so Mete likely car;y
ler tiff snniewhere." •,
"What will we -do? . . Yes . •
what?" '
"Keep ver3i Cool, and try to, preVent
them; that's all. They're divided now
yaw not strife me "
and off their guard. Rub. your head
,t ,i.
The men proc...eeed to execute his against that wall, and knock off your
erders. The three •caatives•Madn nolegses. Your eyes must feel Wretch -
• NOW BEGIN TtlE STORY
CITATTER XXII,
. • The angex faded from Elise's' face.
"What will We de?" she asked quietly..
"Nothing," Vilak ansWerod, '"For
the present absolutely nothing We
11 are fearfully outnumbered, and if 1
raise a hand. they'll simply annihilate
••the let of .us, There's nothing to do
but wait for an opening.. .1 don't know
what their plans are yet - When .1
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learn there'll be a possibility of doing
something:"Meamehile,do everything
• they tell you to do. In. a case like this
• , pave your energies for the moment.
whiti they're Most acetyl."
In a moment the Mustached officer
•' returned. Closing: his men about the
• three Americans so that they would
•• be targete from all points of the
, pass, .if they resisted, he demanded
their pistols. The old Man ‘aftilz'the
• girl looked at Vilak questioningly He
handed over his weapon without hn
• instant's hesitation. The -Officer gave
• the signal for the troopers to advance.
• The cavalcade galloped away. •
Ina short while they left the road.
to Villapa and took a deserted lane
leading toward the mountains, 'white in
the west. They rode -past a thick.for-
est where some beautiful but poison-
ous appearing fiingi, inuch resembling
orchids in colon, •made brilliant the
tops of the dark trees.
They teached a rockier, more. Open
seaion, once a farm, but which had
•been abandoned for,some years, judg-
ing by the dilapidated condition of the
small cottage which stood, a. hundred
feet from the toad.. All its windows
• .were broken, the wooden roof party
coved in, and where itayas Still intact;
covered with vines; the two wooden
steps leading up to it were rotten and
crumbling
Into this gloomy habitation, Soaked
•• • with the consent raina, the officer led
• his captives. Vilak's 'quick eye caught
a noose of leather carelessly. slung over
the Xemains of a wooden bed. The1bed
was old, the. noose was new. • Vilak
• hoped that the others did not see. The
officer ordered a chair .' and table
• brought to the window and, making a
pretonse of piling some papers abort
him and looking as judicial as posgible;
• .sad down.
"The military court of inquiry into
' the death of Colonel Miguel Bonjardos
• .. of B,ortjardos Fazendif will befell," he
grumbled, beatingawith his warty
band upon the table: "Jesu, bring
forward • the prisoners." The oily-
• visaged corporal lined thent up before
hire. The captain eyed them sardoni-
• cally. "We will not waste time with
formalitiea, ,like the lawcourts which
aye lohg and the lawcourts which are
stupid.. The court of the soldiers of
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the slightest attempt at tesistange, the that we "
two men ,quietly allowing themselves
to be stretched rink die, muddy floor
andbe trussed with ropes of hide until
beyond a slight movement of the heasl
and wrists .they " e p as, resignation. Vilak
though in a pia r met. • "YeC Nanny." ihtona.ti
room. Testing the ropes to make cer- rmite ants elle walking over all parts,
. on was
,' Elise walked sloiviY into the Oh' ernlacid,Soothing. "These. . et . .
The old 'fellow followed the other's
suggestion. In a nannent , his , wispy
leg .was 'twisting beneath its bonds He
spoke again, half in irritation, -half in
. .4 -et . . parts of my body.. They're
titan. they were securep Jobu grinned
and stabbed Vilak brutally in the side troubling me fearfully. yes . er
With his heavy boat.' "GOodbye fearfully."
,..
• mY "Rollover ';ou•yotir •side ,and crush
Pigs;" he grunted: "In an hoar We .
's er& beneath yru. : That's what Vire
shall Came back and tell you how 704 til
skin di..", „ . .,•• , , , been doing ever since we've hee,n here."
He closed the ' door behind hirn". The ralTlehdearibiodleTtailly
..Ofteds:idHeitspw4iisdpeya:bodinay.
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two men were left alone, but the voices meat
When he stopped, relief was
of men buzzing outside the two. doors evident in "his countenance. "Little
of the room told theni they were well beasts. Annoying . . et. ; . annoying.
guarded. For five minutes they lay in Terriblelace they've put us in . . . .
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silence. ' Vilak, motionless • as a statue reallyterrible. Pools of water so that
except when he tollea over to crush you. can't lie in a dry spot. Certainly
with the weight of his body a termite get pneumonia.' .. quite certainly.. .
ant crawling on his hand or leg. The er • . . Vilak . . and these termites
Chinese cast of his eyes 'again aceentit: er.. . termites . . : positively devil-.
ated. Finally the old yeah in -the cor- ish." His wispy body squirmed again. -
net; Some ten' :-Teet away from his (to he continued.) •
friend, could bear the Silente no long= '
"Yes, Nanny, what is it?" Vilek'a• Jun, and 114argery House
vpice was calm as though he had been
sitting ia•his study: ' , .. I've said II never marry, I,
."Er . . . I: 'want to talk - . . to ,:. And still, pad still, sled still; .
yot." , mince I've 'seen jiin ttnd Margery's
"Rpll over to:me. Quietly now. -"'It's
all right: These raffians..dan't under. Per' hituss,ep'erh;a;si •I Will.. ' . ,,
• It's such a quaintly modern place,
er.• he called quietly.• , • ,
stand English." " •
• Old English style, you Icnow.
The chemist obeyed and rolled • . ' • •
And, 3.11, the mirden back of it, . •
•• Oid fashioned posies grew ;-
• And everYthing's just right inaide—
The laving room, hall, ••
The dining room, the kftchen and
The bedrooms; 'loves them all!,
.And 1Vlargerys•has A Persian rug,
A waffle iron, a chair
Sent all the way from and
- A set Of qiiimper ware.
And Margery hail a sun porch hung ,
- With: curtains, willowy green,
And all 'its windows look upon.
A neatSutberban scene;
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:And Margery has her pantry shelves
Lace -Paper -edged and trim; '
•TAnd Macgeryhas arbrenkfast nook,
•And Margeryhas. her Jim! •
I've paid I'd never Marry, I, --
And, still, and still, andstill,
Since I've seen 'Jim and ;Margery's
honie,
•Perhaps, perhaps,,I,Will! •
Jesuwho was act as clerk, then at the' other's side. His face,' hair and
Keep awake with
• browsittess is dangerous.
" Weary miles seem ehoetai
and the day is brightened W4esk
Wrigley's With YOU,
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tolPtu •t3, 1u,
• dellaosd 'flavor adds to any
eajoyetent
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as safety intimate,
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'.."You will delend•theas three criminals charged Wah' the murder of
Celonel' Bonj aide s." '"Yes, capitaz." •
'a lazy, blettrye-eyed giant slotiching in olothes became covered with mud as
a corner, "Pedros!". he called. 4.
•• The giant stumbled forwaid. "Yes,
capitaz." •
"Yonwill defend these three Crimin-
als charged with the murder of Colonzl
I3cmjardoS,". • •
"Yes, capitaz."
aJesu, 'yea will be the prosecutor;
I shall be the judge."
. Return
Coming look 'from love
Is like going back to 'town.
Novy murhY light
The • white Stara drown.' •
Tile Moon that trod the dark, "
A proud, white, slender dame,
Hides behind a ,street- lamp
A face gaunt with shanie.
Coming back from love.
Is like gOing back te 'town.
But 1 tim city -bred: -r '
Doubtless soon I'll frown.
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Minard's—S0 Year Record of Sitccess.
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"Yes, capitaz."
"Begin; Jesu."
• The corporal rose'awkwardly to hit
feet. "I, Jesu Barbos, son of Miguel
Bathos, native' of Crato, in the 'great
republic of Brazil, herby .accuse these
three prisoners of having killed our
beloved Colonel Bonjardos, who . .
he faltered. • . 'who was ever ready
to give hislife for his nten, aitd
who. . gave them bread, though he
went hungry- Jesu Barbee; son of
Miguel ITS'altas, native of Crate in the
great republic of Brazil, hereby accuse
these three criminals, because . . "
He stumblel„ and began agaiher, . .
Jesu Barbas . .
"Sofl f wanderin.g -dog native of
o a
Crate in the great republic of Brazil,"
41,Q1,444-Sirdt a fat -faced warrior in the
IshadOWS4
The nteh howled with h
"Sitericel roared flo eaptai a.
turned on the bac:Mesa 3esu. fiVI061!
Oit of the field! Toad of Atilt
Furiously he tipped over the table
which he had been sitting, scatter-
ing the papers tehtta carefully placed
on -the table Onto the backs' of a troop
f the termite ants' scurrying over the
'Enough of this folly," he. said,
-.1"111,ese this
woman are not children. They know
tat we do not hold curt, i that what
we do is hilt make a Silly play. Tie
them up, stupid jesa. Perhaps your
harids cat do what your head cannot.
Tie theta well or you will pay for it
itfehrbti Leave the two pigs of, Inch
Jhore, and take the ,yohlart there. r t"
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he twisted over •the water -soaked
ground. His thick glasses were ob.
scured by a black film so that they
were worse than. useless. :PWliat are
they going . . er . • going to do to
us, Vilak?" he whispered. "Kill us?"
"Yes, if they can."
"What will they . . 'er . . do with
Elise? Elise?. Kill het, toe?"
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