Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-03-29
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Copyright 1910: BY News Syndicate Co.. Int
IN TWO PARTS-PART TWO
BY DOUGLAS NEWTON

Nor the means-he was dumb"
"Oh," grunted the lean man, taken
aback in pride, and sought other topics.
yet. why did they guard thee SO
closely, that door and those chains -"
I might have flung myself to the
beasts-too soon"
dead sgOG hi, s0U w3iewSs if your man is
II have son-and there is treasure"
she said. Much treasure, put safely
away by king who knew the treach-
cry of his ministers-and both are
well hidden save for my mind"
"Ah, the treasure at least explains
Seleka's clemency."
Yea, he has offered me life and
freedom to go to my son, if but tell
him where the gold is hid"
II have said no. The gold and my
son are together, and the day will
come when they will find power in
each other to avenge the death of
their father"
You have said no, yet still live?"
Until dawn tomorrow. I have a day
to think on my dying. Seleka will
come tonight, expecting me to yield,
for my end will not be pleasant"
"A sack and the crocodiles in the
Karishimbi river"
You know--aye, and the shame of
I'll hIiSliHnpI vi tHe Guy walls
watching a queen dying like false
harem wife"
HE has a sweet mind, this Seleka,
yet he shall SAVIOR to the full his own
delights, or Savaran's boasts at last
have failed him." the grim lips spat,
yet the queen cried impatiently:
Boasts! Vain boasts in such death
trap. What can you do, who are as
helpless as ~"
She stopped and stared wide-eyed.
for suddenly Savaran was laughing
"A Taureg" he chuckled stirring
the dead eunuch with his foot. And
dumb! No, Savaran is never mistaken
in his star. Even in the impossible, he
finds a way"
"Zavaranil" she gasped "You see
way?" ,. ,,.,.
your son already-listen." He laughed,
and with his eyes aflame, began to
talk.
He talked swiftly and with zest,
taking her soft cries Of wonder as his
natural due. And after he had talked,
he did . . Ten minutes later the
guards, still hunting but losing heart,
were startled by the crash of a pistol
shot from the harem wing, and the
scream of woman and as they ran
to the roof edge and balconies to look
noted turmoil and quarreling among
tllC SiOSodito pun DtIO"-tNell
saw the great jaws rending body limb
from limb.
The weakened Seleka came swiftly
with the key, which he alone had. and
with strong guards at his back, broke
in upon the queen. He found Nefleech
crouching back against a wall. her
hands shutting horror from her eyes
while the tall Taureg stood painting
upon the balcony, his bright fanatic
eyes burning above his tribal veil as
he glared down at the seethe of croco-
diles in the foam-torn pool below
Dumb. he could only make uncouth
noises and excited gestures of battle.
at the WaZir's demand; it was from
the trembling queen that Seleka got
the story of what had happened.
A lean vulture of a man had sud-
denly appeared scrambling down to
the balcony from the roof, she said
Yes, a veritable spider of a man.
who had fought like the fiend himself
when the dumb eunuch had sprung
at him. There had been terrible battle
in the room, but the intruder for all
his ferocity, seemed hurt, for slowly
. surely the eunuch had prevailed, fore
ing the man back and back until he
was half over the rail of the balcony
Then, knowing that death was under
him and so near, the intruder had
plucked a pistol from his girdle to
shoot the eunuch only that very re-
Taxation of his hand was his undoing
The Taureg had made good his grip,
had lifted and tossed the intruder into