Part 32 (1/2)
”Of all the rotten lies!” Rick exclaiovernoadedto happen, because the Ifugaos were less than men Men would protect their treasures I was e drove me berserk I was truly mad So, I acted as I did”
”Tell theently
”Dr Briotti convincedto steal our treasure
That is, he almost convinced me, and he did convince our priests But Lazada came, and he said the A custody of the treasure as soon as it was found You knohat happened then”
”We sure do,” Scotty said
”Then the jeep got away, and later the plane cainto theabout I had worked theain Then the plane dropped the sack We did not knoas in it, except that it must be part of the treasure Lazada carried it to his car I followed and deh it was in plain sight He was ss; he didn't have any I saw at once what he was doing He was going to take the bag and pretend that he had never seen it, and it would be the word of a group of poor Ifugao natives against the word of a great official I saw red I reached for hiolat rubbed his head ”He knocked me out, and he knocked sense into me I walked to Bontoc and took the bus south Now I aolat's recital He remembered how favorably iht he was Angel ”Speaking for olat for a war visit to the rice terraces”
Scotty took the cue ”As for ht since that free-for-all at Canton Charlie's in Hong Kong”
Chahda bowed ”I also represent ancient Asia people Very grateful to Nangolat for fine deht Very different from Hindu method”
The three boys looked at Tony He had suffered the olat had tried to kill him, then had kidnaped him, and had intended to take his head
Tony solat for personally conductingseries of rituals and dances”
Angel Manotok went to Nangolat and took his hand ”Can a Filipino be less of a friend than an American? It was too bad I fell on my head and alolat, to pretend to be me so I would not lose face with the A to work for thenificent group of storytellers you are!”
Colonel Rojas grinned ”Sounded like the truth to olat And if anyone wants to knohat kind of aos are, send theainst the japanese They attacked tanks barehanded They fought like fiends They made olden skull ”We have a lot of work to do, Nangolat We'll need your help And all of us will have to testify against Lazada”