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r You can be confident that its quality never varies I! SALABA" TEA Fresh from the gardens* na Jungl e Breath Ben Lucien Burman THIS HAS HAPPENED Attempts have been m:'.ce on the li'e of Elise Marber -y, owning con- siderable property,,ncar the little town e-f Po-to Verde, in west central Brazil. She has escaped harm due to the hrevrdncfs of her cousin r nd protec- tor, Vilak, who *v'th his friend, Lin- coln Nunnally. ,an c'.iierly American chemist, is trying tv learn the reason for the strange (.-nn.ity for Elise. Living near Porto Verde is one Gay- lord Prentiss, a strange ami forbid- ding character, v;ho has evinced u hatred for Elise. Tinky, Elise's two-year-ol. orphan- ed nephew, is kidnapped. A native -tprrtx Prenti..-> has been seen with the baby. The trail leads into the Jungle. Calamity overtakes the expedition Viiak organizes in pursuit. Native trackers are injured or desert. Treach- ery breaks out. Their white friends ore fever victims and arc left with a friendly tribe. Elise. Vilak r\n<l Nunnallv finally emerge from the jungle. Presently they come to the outskirts of a stranre tity. resemliling tl.e u!d Inca civiliza- tion. Here thev are made nrisoner?. Thfv discover th^y are in the power of Carlos D'Albentara, whom thev had known as an engineer back in Porto ^ erde. The ruler of the city decides to marry Elise and to cut Vilak and Nunnally to death. They are to be t/>rturtd at the feast of Raymi, as are r ' nephew ami Prentir. who are I r. .-rs also. A friendly Indian lips a dagger to Vilak, who cuts his If'tid" then t>roceds to awe the na- tive* by walking through fire. D'Al- lx>nt. -a in killed. Vilak starts t< re- late the ? ranee torv of Prentis. NOW BEGIN THE STOrtY yes soldiers .captured us on the way to Villapa?" "Kxactly. Of course, that experi- ment was a failure, too. Meanwhile the two Italians, who ne'er-do-wells themselves, were naturally on good terms -with the ne'er-do-wells of the native population, had heard vague ruinors about some of the Indians in agalu, Intending never to return to the States. He soon resumed his ex- plorations and researches and was working in the eastern parts of Peru when he heard vague reports that there were interesting old Inca ruins off In this direction. So after consider- able wandering over the mountains and desert here in search of It, he finally arrived and found D'Albentara here. "D'Albentara was one of those un- usual persons you occasionally en counter," he went on. "A highly In- telligent, cultured man v;ho has gone completely wrong. He was quite sus* picious of Prentlss at first, but when he learned that the other's mission was purely an archeologi.-al one, treat ed him very cordially and they became good friends. Seems he was the ne'er- do-well son of an excellent Portugu- ese family, and having gone to Brazil to escape arrest after committing a murder, had been a civil engineer and numerous other things until he got into trouble again and had to leave once more. "In this manner, drifting from wild- er spot to wilder spot, he came by accident upon this place which be- longs to Batalagos. He was a clever fellow, was D'Albentara, very clever. And it didn't take him long to find out about all the gold Batalagos had here or to make himself the half- breed's chief adviser so that he could U'Albentara'B camp, and catching the | set about getting It. To do this, he poor drunken fellow we saved that began playing politics. I night you don't know about that in-| "As I've often said, a king or chief cident, Elsie tortured him to see what is nothing hut a different variety of Maybe * . youVe never thought of this Next time you want soft water in a hurry try Gillett's Lye. 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That wan why Limey wag In the tree waiting for you to drive by the day Tony tlar- belta wa.s k!lj'd. He was golnj; to i.-iiiM- yi/ii to have an accident or some- thing of the .sort and try to kidnap Tliikv tiii-n. His arrest somewhat dis- rupt' i] the trio's plan", (nit didn't block them "When Tinky disappeared the first time. It wa the Itallanx who had tak- tn him, one of them riding tho horse with the Injured foot which had be- longed to 1'renllHK and which I after- ward learned they had stolen. They were on the road to Kurness Caves when they were unfortunate enough to meet four mounted Kemlcrames who watch that place pretty closely just because it is such a haven for crooks ami smugKlerx, and they had to run for It, being compelled at last to Ret rid of the/ child, which was crying In terror and otherwise emharasstng their flight. "KalllnK In il,i- scheme, Mmey, *fier the others had aided him to em-apt* from jail, decided on a much bolder experiment, which. If MH-< ss ful, h believed would bo far more lucrative: that was to kidnap you yourself and threaten you until you rave them any amount of money they choHe to ask for." "Wan that the . . .er . . occasion," tli*. old man murmured, "the soldiers be knew, and found his information Ijlghly interesting. "Then, discouraged by the lack of success in their schemes to get money from Elsie, they decided to abandon her in their plans, and follow up the Information they had gained. Which us to the second and more im- portant quest, the one which concerns Prentlss and D'Albentara." The tom-toms began to sound mon- otonously. He listened keenly a mo- ment, then continued. "I've told Nunny many times before that these people aren't Incas. Far from it. But ward political!. Batalagos especially deserved that designation because he wasn't too secure on his his throne. He had plenty of enemies, particularly among those natives here who prob ships finally got to Diamanltino in western Brazil. "Back In semi-civilization, he nat- urally thought he was safe, but he had only been there two weeks, try- ably had considerable Inca blood In I ing to recuperate from a wretched them and certainly came of good stock, naturally, they bitterly resented hav- ing a mongrel like Batalagos over them. So Batalagos began systemat- ically wiping them out. And D'Alben- tara curried his favor by helping him. "Well I remarked before that D'Albentara, after be found that Pren- tlss wasn't gold hungry, became friend- Full of laJting delicious flavor and made of pure chicle and other ingredient* of the highcit quality WRIGLEYS comet to you in perfect condition. 'All of ici goodnei* ii fcalei] tight in i In- clean wax wrapped package*. The day* work goes much easier with WlUGLEY'S to sustain and refresh. ISSUE No. 4230 fever he had contracted coming through the jungle, when he found that D'Albentara and his men were following him. Not that D'Albentara bore him any personal enmity. He didn't. But the child bad become a symbol. If he didn't bring it back, and if Prentiss* act went unpunished, Batalagos' prestige would be enor- mously (limished, and likewise that of his chief adviser. While If D'Al- bentani did succeed in returning Pren- tlss and the child, the grateful chief would refuse him nothing. A fact which Batalagos may or may not have pointed out. "To make a long story short . . . From Dlamantino Prentiss came on east to Porte Verde and shut himself up on his father's old fazenda, letting no one know that he had the child with hint. Ho hoped to throw D'AI- bentrara's men off the track. "He failed of course. He tried to go back to the United States, much as he didn't wish to after his autom- ate affair there. But he was crazy with illness and shattered nerves, and had got into some complicated mess about his passport and citizenship. The consular officials, to whom he told part of his story, thought he wa.s completely mad, and wouldn't let him out of the country, "That's why he treated you the way- he did Klsle. Remembering the bitter quarrel between your family and his own over the ownership of his faz- enda, in his half-deranged stat* your visits only .nade him more frantic, for hit was certain, with that terrible fixedness of mind of a nervously over- wrought person, that you were try- ing to drive him out of his last refuge. (To be concluded > Coffee Cream Pie One-third cup ground coffee, 3 cups milk, 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, pastry. Tie coffee in a small muslin bag, place in cold milk and let stand 20 minutes. Then cook for five minutes and re- move bag. Beat eggs slightly, . (Id to sugar and cornstarch. Add hot milk and cook in double boiler until thick- ened. Pill crust and bake in a mod- erately hot oven until firm. Time In oven 30 minutes. Serve six. 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"A dour expression does sometimes make an excellent disguise for lack ol capacity." James J. Walker. About the only cheap thing thai gives satisfaction is a compliment. "I was in that building with Hatalagos this afternoon, basement of It Is gold." In a great stone they have been living In these Inca ruins for many general Ions and nat- urally have taken over any of the Inca possessions which remained. "If you remember your histories, you'll recal that the thing they had most of was gold. Cold In such en- ormous ijmtiitltles that the Spaniards who first saw their cities wouldn't credit their eyes. Walls of the nobles' houses literally covered wllh it, great vanes, and oven furniture, made of It. Called it 'the tears of tho suu.' " He. gazed off toward Ihu chief's pal- ace silhouetted against the starlit sky. "I was In that building wllh Batalagos this afternoon. In a great ntono base- ment of U Is gold. A tremendous amount of gold. Ornamental armour, carved Mowers, all that sort of thing. How much It's worth, I couldn't esti- mate. Besides thin there are rich gold mines a few miles away where It ally ciunu from. I'm hall' In- lined not to fakft you to See eTlber. It's done, too much barm, thin gold. Killed too in. nr. people." Tho hideous painted priests began a droning chant. "You know I'l-entlxs Is an archeologlst. He's always spec- ialized In Inca archeology. Homo years ago he got In that trouble with the museum, you remember, and resigned under a cloud of scandal, llo told mo about it to-day. Cot foolish over '.in. woman, and sold a lot of the Minard's Liniment gives quick relief. ly. Probably quite glad to see. an- other white man, particularly au In- telligent one. He Invited Prentlss to see one of his executions, which was ~ a perversion of tlu< old Inca practice ' of human sacrifice, "I'reniiss went. The victim whom ' (tie gods hud supposedly selected for I Iho occasion was a baby, the son of one of the lighter skinned Indian fam- ilies; who had l.eeii the chief's worst enemies. A child just about as old as Tinky was at the. time. "Prentlss was a scientist, who had J steadfastly maintained that It was a had plan for an archoologlst to Inter-; fere In local politics. Hut despite j his bitterness, he was at heart a very , decent fellow in many ways, and when ! tho execution was about to take place | It was a llttlo mon> than he could stomach. Ho darted forward, knock- ed out* of tho priests down he was quite husky then - and seized the .- ? TT~ &* Ham and Corn Fritten One cup minced cooked bam, 1 can corn, 1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1>4 teaspoons salt, U tea- spoon paprika, 2 eggs. Drain corn and add to dry ingredients, mixed and sifted. Then add ham and yokes of eggs, beaten until thick, and whites of eggs beaten stiff. Cook In frying pan in hot fat. Drain on paper. 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