The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13

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| Dicks encamped force. Not a
large one. Lynn noticed. in COM
parlson with Temu Darin'S white
horse troop.
Dick Britton helped his sister
from the saddle. Well 90 into
my tent" he said. while I have
a shelter put up for you."
Lynn dropped on the bed and
stretched out gratefully; the short
Stirruped saddle she had ridden
! had cramped uneomfoFtably.
Still keyed up with excitement
Dick strolled about the tent eat
ing his bowl Of boiled mutton and
rice. Presently Lynn sat up. "All
right. Dick, what have you to say
/ for YOURSELF"
He gave her a sharp look. Tell
me first how things have gone
with you. Did you keep your
mouth shut as l directed?"
She shrugged. ~When they f.
nally showed me that letter prov
/ ing you had made a bargain with
/ the Prince"
Il can explain all that" he in
terrupted. What else did they
tell your"
Lynn did not like TO be ques-
/ toned. She diStrusted Dick thor
oughly, but coming with him had
seemed the better of two evils.
She saw he was trying to find out
much that she knew before COM
mitting himself. Well, she knew
very little, but. she knew one
thing that he did not-that the
Prince was a white man-and she
had no intention of telling her
brother this. She also knew that a
price had been set on Temu Da-
rims head and she now surmiSed
that Dick was the man who had set
the price.
New Conspiracy
THEY told me that the Prince
L has enemies and dares not
leave MS own territory right
now" she said, "and that Temu
DARN was sent with Sherlock be-
cause we would nee0 a military
escort Why were you so afraid
Of Temu Darin?"
It was a moment before Dick
spoke. a nd tn en- he answered
carefully as if weighing ca ch
word. ''Temu Darin's appearance
at Pal Shu spoiled my plans. I
could handle the priest, but not
the soldier. l had to get out-go
on ahead. couldn't take you. I
wasn't ready yet to show my
hand, but knew you'd be safe
with them" He looked at her di-
rectly. You were safe, weren't
you?"
She nodded. They've been de-
cent to me, Dick, except that
they're determined to take me TO
their Prince in Delun. l escaped
once before and Temu got me
back. Are we really safe from him
/ nere?"
Perfectly safe. and we're going
on soon" His face lighted up.
Were sitting pretty. We've got
Temu DARN and the whitehorSe
troop out of Shani Lun and we're
ahead of them. The Duke of Sach-
to and his followers are with us
body and soul. There are great
things ahead. Lynn. if only you
will play the game"
Play the game! What do you
mean?"
With me to do the ground
work and you to lend the prestige
OF the Goddess Tara, we can
change the course of an empire"
Go on, she said passively.
The man really entitled to rule
Shani Lun is the Duke of Sachto.
husband Of the old Princes only
child. I'm backing him"
What if don't wish to join
you in this scheme?"
His eyes hardened. You'd be a
| fool to oppose me. I'm going
through with this proposition.
She noticed how much more ag-
greSSlve he was, more sure of
himself and less careful of her
opinion than he had been in Pal
Shu- we have men in the forts
and IN strategic positions in the
army. We have the Duchess of
Sachto and her retainers in the
palace.
The people are ignorant. The
resources of the country have
never been developed; there are
immense deposits of silver and
gold and jade. There is copper
and oil and district of blue earth
that may some day rival the dia-
mond mines OF Africa" He
! reached out and caught Lynn's
hand.
Lynn. we can make millionsl"
he said. and added. as he noticed
the expression on her face. I'VE
can also help the people. raise
them from their filth and barba-
/ rlSm-civiliZe them"
She drew her hand from under
his and hugged her knees. "Civi-
+ llZe theml Sherlock says that
slaves are freed only from with
in"
/ Sherlock" Dick gave a short
exultant laugh. Lynn, we sur
priSed that old boys camp this
morning by the salt lake near
Watch Tower Wells and carried
him of. leaving Gersing for Te-
mu DARN TO find tomorrow"
Did you harm Gersing?" Lynn
demanded.
We did lot. You couldn't hurt
that old battle-ax anyhow. She
and the little Chinese maid re-
manned in the ruins of the camp
where Temu could find them"
And what's more" Dick went
on. +the joke of that bombing is
not on US. The rebels paid US yes
terday and took possession. Be-
fore this, they were after Temu
DARN for the ransom we offered,
now they'll be after him for IN
forming the Chinese government
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