The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 15, 1940, Page 3

OVEMBER 15, 1 940 TRE ROAD TO SAAN LUN by Rita Aohier tans YESTERDAY: Lynn Britton is in the curious position of being formally betrothed to the Prince of the Mongolian land of Shani Lun, in love with the Prince’s trusted messenger, Temu Darin, in the power of her own half-brother Dick (who conspires against the Prince), and an admirer of Sherdock, who is @ Mongolian priest about, he Prophesies, to die. If he does, it may bring danger to Dick. Chapter 31 Strange Ceremony “GHERDOCK,” Lynn said ab- \ ruptly, “they tell me you have etermined to die to He smiled. “I have told ysu be- fore that death is not important. Now I tell ou that it is not even a necessity, but merely a habit of the body-mind which man has let master him. Perhaps your ehil- dren or your children’s children wil] experience the truth of this and thus gain their freedom from the cycle of birth and death. I have not been w nough. I st wander for 3 through tl Bardo and then become a little child again.” Lynn was moved by the sim- plicity and sincerity with which he spoke. There seemed no doubt | in his mind as to what the future should be. It occurred to her that she had never seen him look so “shining” before, as if already his spirit was held but lightly by the bonds of eart “Seriously,” she pleaded, “this talk of death frightens me. Dick says he will not compromise with you.” Sherdock looked at her sternly. “I ask no compromise.” Then his face softened. “And no grief, my dear. Mourning is a sin; it is a lack of trust and a blindness of spirit.” He struck a side and rose. L The Chinese guard ca they walked out toge Lynn’s unbelieving eyes. “It is not right that he should die,” she ti blessing for, th sembled. Ther I k and two Mong Duke's retinue climbed the hill. Lynn brought a mat from her tent and s down where she couid keep her eyes on the hilltor. She felt impatient and helpless before this strange, Oriental fa- Ih nad thickened on the ridges; only on the summit where Sherdock sat, his bright, old eyes to the sky, did a faint re- flection of the dying day still glow. Lynn shivered in the bit night air and spoke softly self, “He t be cold A voice answered, “He is indif- ferent, Tara Lynn.” She started and turned quickly; no one was near, no one had spoken. Yet she had heard Temu’s voice as clearly as if she were held in the circle of his arms. She entered her tent and lay down, covering her face with her hands. HEN a x i Wise t at da e hi composed bf. drank cup of rice water, her camel, began ky soon became with high flying clouds. T! elers climbed an elevated divide and saw before them a yet higher ridge that separated them from the vast plains of Shani Lun. Dick rode up beside Lynn. “If things go well,” he said, should reach the border tomorrow night. Remember nerdock has prepared the people for your appearance. I and the Duke will hasten on to the capital. “I want you to say i: der town of Dorchi for the first | s) night. Then we will send a state | automobile to carry you to Delun| y where a_triump- phant ry following day. Since you're supposed to be t reincarnation of a C! cess, it might be we y dress in Chin gar ry entrance to the palace. We'll ar- range that clothing be supplied you at our headquarters in Dor- chi.” After I get to Delun, then “Then this country’s ours and we can do with it as we please,” and I shall make us all rict yond the dreams of avarice.” She mage no reply. He scrutin-| ized her face bent down in thought. “Right now, you look the image of the brooding Tara,” he re- marked, a touch of awe in his . “By y I belie as be tf peo old Sherdoc! have known what he was about. You're coming Lynn raised her head, her cheeks suddenly flushed, her eyes bright and shining. “Somehow, I feel myself that [Tm comi home!” Shortly before noon the wea er changed for the wors wind clouds thickened and dark- ened. A black tempest was upon them. The whole caravan became demoralized. Lynn felt as if she were breasting a wall of water full of pebbles. The animals were | blown sideways and disappeared from sight. She saw the camel- litter on which Sherdock’s coffin AUTO WHEEL STRIKES WOMAN BALTIMORE, Md. — While walking along the street, Mrs. Clara Long was struck in the idee carried suddenly torn apart by the terrified beasts. Lynn tried to stop her camel. |Instead, the beast suddenly bolt- |ed and ‘raced southward with the |storm, through a narrow defile and | into a wide upland valley. At first |the girl was more excited than |frightened. After its immediate |fury. the storm had slackened | somewhat. | But as time passed and the ani- |mal kept on at a terrific pace as if it were demented, Lynn began to wonder what was going to be- | come of her. She could do nothing | with her beast, and to jump from the animal’s back, she fet, would be like jumping from a speeding express train. | Atd the storm died down jand the stars appeared. But the |strange, mad drive within the camel kept on. They were climb- jing now into a_higher desert | mountain region. During the night ra cluster of yur- tas w several camels tethered nearby. Lynn hoped her beast might join them, but it kept on , | blindly, its neck stretched out as if it were being led by an invis- ible cord. Lynn saw she was be- ing taken into yet wilder and her country where spring had ely touched the soil. A herd of antelope ran ahead of them for a distance and then disappearcd at one side of the course. She saw an altar on a hillock and a man with a long rifle rise ide it. She screamed to him as she passed, but he stared stu- pidly and let her disappear from . The terrible journey was g on Lynn yet she could not hat her mount had lessened its pace at all. She planned at the next sight of human beings to jump from the animal’s back and take the consequence. Rescue SHE plan had barely formulated hen she heard a call. She and looked back. A man k camel was following He shouted something and ed his rifle. She recognized mu Darin! He rode the black had killed a man and As he held the zifle trained upon her, Lynn thought for a moment that Temu meant to kill her. hen, common sense returned and he knew he was aiming at her mount. She drew herself up and crouched. The bullet did not come immediately. But when the beast made a turn, following the con- tour of the draw, Temu shot. The animal grunted and pitched forward. Lynn fell clear in a stretch of sand. Temu had come up. He dis- {mounted and ran to Lynn. “Are !yeu hurt?” She shook her head. She was trembling uncontrollably. He jIsnelt before her, beads of per- spiration on his upper lip. He took ja deep breath. “T hope I’m never again called | upon to do such a thing. But my | camel was at the end of his re- | sources; he could follow you no | longer.” | Lynn dropped back and stretch- ed out her wracked body, so j weary that she was barely con- us. Temu looked at her a mo- nt pefore ne gently turned her er and massaged her aching ,| back. Then he bade her sleep. In the late afternoon he awak- ened her and made her drink tea ith parched barley stirred into He explained that he and his }men had been closing in upon Dick’s caravan when the storm | broke. “My camel followed you. You see,” he smiled, “it does not do any good for you to run away; I | always find you. You cannot es- cape your destiny.” She responded, “I’m not defeat- ed yet.” He had moved her, she observed, to a spot from which she could not see the dead beast and had placed her on a fur robe. he looked at his black camel nding near, stiff and immobile, ng none of the camellious s and gurgles which signify being. hat possessed my animal?” she asked. “She went berserk. They do sometimes, inexplicably, and avel blindly for days until they fall dead. No native will inter- re with a camel thus possessed, “Then what?” asked Lynn sob-| | “See what it brought you,” she said, signifying herself, his spent animal, and the desolate land- scape about them. ig "re not bad iuck to me, no what the appearance.” He d as he said it, and she sud- “| denly remembered that Sherdock was dead and she would have to tell him. He looked at his riding beasi, n went over and gave it a feed dried peas; it refused to eat. He == back and sat down be- ynn. his has been a terrific jour- We must have come well rt fifty miles since the storm.” Lynn marvelled, yet she knew that camels had been known to travel at high zates of speed. “Were you expecting to capture Dick and his men?” she asked. “That was our hope, but the storm shot our plan to pieces. Now, I don’t know what will hap- pen. Our present concern is with our rsonal safety.” “What became of Peggy?” she asked. “Returned to Nanking in that bombing plane that was rarily grounded. We'll have to rest here tonight and in the morn- | ing search for an encampment of | omads. ‘To be continued back by an automobile wheel which tore loose from a passen- ger car, and rolled fifty feet be- fore striking Mrs. Long. She was treated at a hospial for an in- jured shoulder and shock Army-VP53 In Opener; | NavStas And Plumbers! Tangle In Afterpiece Of | Twin Bill A pair of excellent, hard- fought softball games will be on tap tonight at Bayview Park. The fur will fly when VP63, leading ten of the Service League, tangles with the U.S. Army in the curtain-raiser of a regular West Amateur Softball As- sociation doubleheader, beginning | at 7:00 o'clock. . The air and ground forces of the United States have a friendly fed among themselves and _ to- night will tell the tale of who can-“do the mos’ effective shoot- in’”. Sgt. George Nodine, cap- tain of the Soldiers, has issued a warning to R. T. Thompson, man-! ager of the VP§53’s, that the Army’s “Big Berthas” are well-' oiled and primed for battle. Not to be outdone, and in no wise admitting, the superiority of the; “enemy”, Mr. Thompson brushes} asde the warning-and retaliates| with the claim that his “bomb-} ing racks” are practically releas-! ed already and “you just watch} those landlubbers scatter when the missiles go whistling past them”. As proof of their prowess the the Aviators point to their bom- bardment of the Campers Wed- nesday night, 16-1. “Three-point and two-point landings” were aplenty as the Airmen went to work against a pair of CCC moundsmen. However, talkative Nodine claims that display of power is phoney against the Army’s 15-10 trouncing of the Conservationists last week. “We blasted three homers in that game, besides many triples, dou- bles and singles, too numerous to give the exact amount”, No- dine declares. “If the VP’s are looking for a battle, they’ll get one tonight”. NavStas-Plumbers An equally hard-fought and exciting contest will develop in the nightcap when the NavStas “visit” against the Pepper’s Plumbers for the leadership of the Civilian League. Losing a chance to practically tie the Peppers Wednesday night by letting the Bombers come from behind to knot the count at 8-all at the end of the game, the Naval Station employes are confident of victory tonight. “We'll be sitting on top of the league when the battle is over tonight”, is the sentiment of the NavStas. On the other hand, the Peppers claim the contest will be “just another game” that will go into their victory column. With Clar- ence Gates in shape tonight, the Pipe-Fitters can’t see how they will lose. Regardless of which team wins in either game of the twin bill, fans may rest assured they will be furnished a “real evening of softball entertainment”. Here’s how the standings will be should the Army and Nav- Stas emerge victorious tonight: SERVICE LEAGUE Club— W. L. Pet. VP53 6 3 667 Army = 5 4 556 CIVILIAN LEAGUE Club— W.L. Pet. NavSta 5 3 625 Plumbers 4 3 971 (Bayview Park Field, 7:00 p.m.) TONIGHT First Game—U.§. Army, visit- ing, vs. VP53, home. Second Game—NaySta, visit- ing, vs. Pepper’s Piumbers, home. MONDAY NIGHT First Game—U.§. Marines, vis- iting, vs. CCC, home. Second Game—Pepper’s Plumb- ers, visiting, vs. Bombers, home. WEDNESDAY NIGHT First Game—U.S. Army, visit- ing,-vs. CCC, home. Second Game—Bombers, visit- ing, vs. NavSta, home. COACHES 29 YEARS AT SAME SCHOOL (Ry Associated Brexs) DENVER, Nov. 15.—Forrest E. Button, head of a Denver weld- ing supply firm, played quarter- back on Coach Harry Hughes’ first Colorado State grid team in 1911. Hughes hasn't missed a season at Colorado State since. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Feud And Leadership Battles For Tonight WINNING BALL 1S Champ Teams Drow Fans PAYING BASEBALL (By Assocla.ed Press) SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—The State of Washington in 1940 boasted two championship professional baseball teams, each of*which has had a three-year stranglehold on its respective league’s attend- ‘ance records. Seattle won the Class AA Pa- cific Coast league championship .for the second straight year. Seat- itle finished second in 1938—first ‘year of the present ownership headed by Emil Sick. Here are ithe Seattle attendance figures: | 1938—449,111. 1939—541,058. 1940—466,143. Spokane won the Class B Western International league title for the first time this year. Here are the Spokane figures: 1938—201,412. 1939—232, 157. 1940—256,687. Seattle’s population is 366,000, Spokane’s 122,000. Seattle hit its peak in 1939 when it won its first pennant in 15 years. Cold and- rain held down attendance in the early stages of the 1940 season, and when Seattle went some 17 games in front by mid-August, interest dropped off in the lopsided race. ISLAND CITY LEAGUE (Key West Baseball) Club— Key West Conchs __ *Pirates aS *Trojans *C.G.C. Pandora U.S. Marines *Tie games. around SERVICE LEAGUE (Key West Softball) » Club— 1. L. Pet. VP53 see 750 U.S. Marines -500 U.S. Army -— -500 :€CC -250 {Key West Softball) Club— W.L. Pet. Pepper’s Plumbers 4 2 667 Bombers 4 3 571 ,NavSta - 4 3 571 Bowling Butcher Proves He Knows His “Slices” (By Associated Press) DETROIT, Nov. 15.—Karl Al- der, a chubby Detroit butcher with a scant 126 average, recent- iy accomplished a bowling feat more rare than a 300 game. Karl made the 7-10 split not once but twice in a single game. He accomplished the feat by sending the ball down the alley fast and slicing the No. 7 pin a mighty clip on the far side that sent it at the rear cushion at an angle. Back off the cushion came the pin to spill the No. 10 pin. j REALLY ROCKNE DAY AGAINST “PACIFIC” (is Associated Press) PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 15.— On Rockne Day, Notre Dame defeated College of the Pacific, 25-7. On the same day the University of Portland, coached by a Knute Rockne teammate, Robert Lee “Matty” Mathews, defeated Pa- cific University of Forest Grove, \Ore., 25-7. 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