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Jungle Breath y Ben Lucien Burman THIS HAS HAPPKXED | try to relieve me of what I consider [plunged in and followed it with smn <lifrtcultj, the water occasionally ris- jitig past their stirrups. Here and there where the red volcanic rocks of the region formed a pool of clear water they could see curious flsh sporting; here and fiere a fat pond- erous turtle plodded along the bank. alligator lifted its !. -ad Once a Posing at times as a barber, at my duties and responsibilities on theja they passed, menacing them with ethers as Attorney Davis, Yilak helps his Cousin, Klise Marberry, try to solve a strange mysli TV at Porto Verde, Brazil, outiide of which Klise owns a coffee plantation. Several mys- terious *-- *-- ' -- J **' fazemla. I've taken orders from you in other things, but not there, that'* final. My sister's husband and I used to quarrel about the game subject and i I* s " I merely succeeded in making matters i deaths have occurred and Klise i ', ,, , , ,, ha-, been threatened. Vilak tells Lin- 1 uncomfortable. for everybody Let a coin Xunnally, aged chemist, that he don't you and I do it. I must go to believes (iaylord PrenlNs is inv>!vp.| in the dentlis. V !\\r, ycir-old nephew is kidnapped, Yilak tracks the kidnappers and finds the baby in the care of a band of Indian track labor- Villapa. Myself." Vilak tranquilly munched his cereal. "Very well. I won't argue with you. its red jaws. Vilak stopped to kill it with a well-directed bullet, for the creek was part of a fairly frequented highway and any of the gigantic liz- ards which strayed there were a dis- tinct danger. At length they left the stream and came out onto a muddy road again. The noise of their horses frightened a family of armadillos that evidently What New York Is Wearing BY AXNEBEU.K WORTHINGTON' lllvxtrnttd- DrcfKnuikinu l.rtiRoii t'ur- nithtd with Ei'rry Pattern But in that case 1 insist on going with had been quietly reposing somewhere are nt who hn Klisp. Nunnnlly nml 1 hn ;ikfa.-t when n iin s- < b)'-r comes to Klie ftnrn \Vi!snr, her ut Villii-m. NOW KEG IN THK STORY CHAPTER XX. put down the fork with which he toad been nibbling at an omelet. . him in at once, )>! aid h-;rried out. Jn a moment the dcKvr into !he kitchen opened again. A l-rawny half-breed Brazilian, clad in thi.-k heavy blue overalls and hip bH.is, stamped into the room, leaving great splotches of mud cm the floor at evi ry step. He strode up to V.\\f an<l, taking off his hat, stood awk- wardly bff'rie her. '"You have news for me, amigos?" she asked politely, when he did not gp< ak for a moment. "Yes, senhorita." He rubbed his thick fingers along his muddy trous- ers. "I come from your fazenda at Villapa. Meester Wilson have sent me. Tell me ride fast as cnn. He say tell you flood getting very bad Villapu. Say too he very stcck and can do not much, afraid much will be wa>h- ! away. Wants you come quick. He m>t say, but he very, very seeck. I, Miguel, all others, think he die." Elise rose from the table. "You'll have to excuse me," she said to her Ifuests. "I'll have to go out to Villana 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. "Just a minute, Elise," Vilak said ii. Iv. HP ga:-.en sharply at the mud- I'uMrir.l iin-.-srngi r. "An- ymi sure hap w ri.- on your fazenda?" H' r fori lu nd knitted into a frown. "What do yi>u ni(an? Of COU1 hi Works on Un- fazenda?" "You've -i"'n him?" She hc-iMtfd. then nodded. "I'm .. I'.i.- & * i; him. Srvc ral tiliii . Anyway, even if 1 haven't, what dif- '.il it make? 1 can't know i-very <>nc of tin- ~>iiO lai><>r.'in at Vill- npa, can I, when they chance HJ often? What on ear'h aie ymi driving at?" "Nothing, 'if you're sure you know your man. Only, it's faintly possible th:it this milage may not be what it appears to be, and that you'd better let me go to Villapa in your Mead." Her black eyes flashed, her breath came quickly. "Vilak, there is one thing I won't let you do, and that is you. Perhaps it's just as well that we do go, for possibly we can get rifles there." She shrugged her shoulders resign- behind the thick palms, for they dart- ed across the rond in such panic that it was only by suddenly checking his horse that Vilak was able to avoid edly. "All right. If you must. But 'crushing them. I don't think it's at all necessary. You The road rose gradually up a low ninke me feel lika n child." >hill, fell to a ravine, then went up a "What will you <lt> with Tinky?" short but fairly steep slope of another "I'll take him with me." hill. As the lidors rounded a bend, Vilak shookhis head. "I wouldn't. ; seven tnouiitw! soldiers came into view Seems to me an unnecessary risk. I 'on the hilltop They came slowly rid- WRIGLEYS Alt-rim- tcorci everywhere. Wrigly' create pep and en- ergy and keeps you alert. A 5< package may save you from goingtoleepat the wheel of your car. No wonder Smarifc Mower* ere o popular! Ttwy cut o easily nd wiih nich IU 1 IP "ptuli". Mottrfoland Worbmanthfp Gaon/nfeti AT I vt BV HMOWAht STORt _ SMARTS MOWERS JAMES SMART PLANT BAOCKVIIU ONt I "Take your hand away from your pistol, amigos. There are live loldiers in the bushes in back of vou as well as the seven of us in front." ISSUE No. 1530 think for tho time being he's siifcr in the house. Hannah can be ileptndt-il on not to let him out of her sight. I've talked to her. She's more than an ordinary servant. She can be trusted. Ami if anything came up re- quiring physical strength, she could do far more 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, I'll follow your | advice. Because you know. If you say it's safe, I'll do it. And besides, I'll have Schwartz come over and stay here for the five or six hours I have to be away. If I. could help it, I wouldn't leave him ev<-n for a minute. But I can't let Wilson die without lift- ing a finger to help him." Jn n few moments, Klise, Vilak and the old man were once more on their bur?!'", the chemist, to Vilak's sur- prise, having doggedly insisted on ac- companying them, though his weari- ness was manifest in his withered face. The half-breed who had brought the niessago rode ahead. Vilak set tho pace at a quick trot. Klise nervously touched her horse, which was lingering to chew a choice bit of grass. "I'm glad I haven't a criminologist's mind. It would drive me crazy. You suspect everything you see, a house with its window-blinds drawn, a broken match, a rusty nail lying in the rond. How you could put some hidden moaning into this mes- page from Wilson is beyond me. If 1 weren't your cousin, and palite, I'd call it fantastic." lie put a pellet of betel on his ton- gue. "I sincerely hope you're right,' hi- said laconically. He withdrew a bar of chocolate from his pocket and distributed it am- ong his companions as a substitute for their uneaten breakfast. He himself took none of it, contenting himsell with a second pellet of betel. Suddenly at a point where a narrow trail cross- ed the road, he looked down at the ground and pulled up his horse "Humph," he murmured. "There's that unusual hoofmnrk of Prentiss horse again. And there are the prints of two other horses running along with it this time." He straightenet up in his saddle once more. They traveled on in silence. At t.mes the chemist felt inclined to speak either to Elise or Vilak hut was checked by their expressions, one nerv- ous, impatient, worried, the other cool and grimly watchful. Their course for a short distance be- came a creek which the violent rains had flooded into a small river. They ng toward the Americans. Vilak's iushy, blond eyebrows lifted. As the soldiers approached, he saw hat they were garbed in tattered blue ind red un. forms of a design much ike th? f of tho gendarmes. They were !U-linguished from tli? li.tter, how- ever, by the fact that they all scc'ined 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 ami- ably. 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