Thursday, February 1,
BLOND
A NW (Serial
BYHUPHla: Although Frank
Orahame. the explorer, ia convinced
ihat 'iaoul Ortega, engineered tile
abduction of Janice Kent, mooie
elar, xohtch Vrnnte met has blocked,
Wee Kent refueee to believes him.
Frank le in love with Janice anil
Jiae told her o; now. at a meeting
in the office ol Aluberg. turnout
movie producer, it hoe been decided
to proceed mith a Mexican film for
which Ortenn ten negotiating
without Ortega. Jautce telle of the
abduction.
Chapter 14
FRANK'S CALL
"W,IKN Paula' my roald' eM ttuu
'' ho had phoned and asked If I
were home, you construed that to
hicii n that Ortega wanted to be sure
that I wbb available for abduction
but I don't think bo. Perhaps he just
wanted to call to say good bye; but
changed his mind.
"When those two men came In, he1
wasn't with thom. They" She re-:
proissrtl an Involuntary shudder.'
"They held me so 1 couldn't scream.!
One of them gave hie a hyperderriilc;
Another man 1 Beyer did seu bis
face was outside. I was conscious
that bo was there when .they put me'
In the car. . . v
"Did Ae have a beaklsh nose?"
asked Prank.
Janice shook hor head. "I don't re
member." Oreene made a little
sound. He breathed:
"What a story! What a story!
1'vo got most of It here." He held up
a sheaf of paper. "When I break this
what n "
"Gift them here," said Mybcrg,
looking coldly at Greene with his
obsidian eyes.
Greene passed them over. Myberg
grasped them with his pudgy hands
nnd ripped the sheaf across. He
dropped the torn paper Into a waste
paper basket, Greene made a small,
strangled sound. VVlpslow chuckled.
"Greene," he observed, "considers
that vandalism. He Is an artist."
"So wass Munchausen." grunted
Myberg. "But the new-jpanerB gdt
nodding of this. The public wouldn't
believe it, They would laugh at it
for a lie. 1 don't mind if they laugh
at you, Greene, but Miss Kent Iss no
joke."
Greene looked miserable.
Frank said Mndly, "Don't take It
so hard, old man. You'll get other
chances. You're a good publicity
man. Miss Kent told, me so herself.
Bhe couldn't do without you, really."
at juuicos nod, ureene looked
pleased and Important.
"I work hard," he said. "In fact, I
go to considerable time and expense
to devetop these stories. 1 "
Janlcs Interrupted him with a
swift look. "He gets a perfectly stu
pendous Balary for developing these
stories, and I couldn't do without
him, really. That Is, ha would be
most difficult to reblace.!?"W6u!dn't
you, Mr. Greene?" She smiled at him
engagingly.
At tho fleeting expression of dls
' content that arrived and vanished
on Greene's face, Wlnslow laughed
aloud.
Myberg drummed his knuckles Im
patiently ou the desk.
"There Is nodding to do now ex
cept to get on prodooctlon. We will
not try to And out any more whys
and wherefors. With; the police In
it, the newspaper tellers would coom
out with stories. Twill get some men
from an agency to watch oudt for
Janice. That . . . Iss all."
HpHE discussion had been conclud-
ed early In the afternoon. Janice
had gone home and rested. She had
eaten a light dinner, and thought
once lri a little flurry of agitation
that she might run over to a friend's
house, and not be at home actually
when Frank (3rahame called.
But this device, she realized,
would bo useless. Sooner or later
Bhe must talk with Frank. She sus
pected also that It would be a little
cowardly. She'd see him tonight,
since he wanted It and . . . Her com
pressed Hps relaxed. What would
she tell him?
it was nine-flftecn wheu she en
tered the drawing room on the lower
floor. Frank stood before tho log Are
that burned cheerily In the grate.
His wide shoulders bulked against
the glow. He held a newspaper
clenched In his hands; he seemed to
be hypnotized by the crackling logs,
so intense was his concentration.
She spoke his name twice before
he seemed to hear her. He turned
the fixed, absent stare of the' thinker
upon her. It was apparently an effort
for him to bring his thoughts back
to this room.
"Janice, have you read the eve
ning papers?"
"No. 1 What Is It, Frank? Is It
something about last night? . . , Tell
me"
He shook his head Impatiently.
"It's about Bill Langton. The dead
flyer. My friend. But perhaps he
T UNION PERSONALS
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Carl Sllven, of Baker, member of
the state game commission, has .been
a frequent visitor at the fish batdi
cry recently, assisting R. H. Bonney
In getting the new schedule off work
arranged preparatory to the construc
tion of a new hatchery building.
Roll call of members at the Metho
dist church brought out a noticeable
Increase In the various church ser
vices Sunday. The. attendance at
Sunday school, came up' to the all
time record of 192 and a large crowd
attended the morning address of Rev.
R. C. Lee. A part of next Sunday's
program will be to extend Invitations
to neighbors and friends to attend
the various services,
W. L. Teutsch, of Corvallls, assist
ant county agent leader, who ha
been assisting in the corn and hog
conferences In Eastern Oregon, was a
visitor at the experiment station one
day last week.
Mrs. Cora Sanderson, who under
went an eye operation recently, re
1934
GODDESS
lV Herbert Jensen
Isn't dead. . . . See" He shook the
paper. "They've found a bottle pa
per. Washed ashore on an obscure
reef in the Gulf. In Bill's handwrit
ing, If It's not a hoax.' Maybe he's
alive after all these months down
In the jungle somewhere. But
why-jt' His brow drew together In a
frown, little tanned corrugations.
Janice thought, that made him look
curiously llko a boy with a vexing
school problem.
"but why a drift bottle. There
are no rivers down there to float a
bottle out to sea. None mapped as I
remember that coast. 1 wonder. . ,
Janice felt an odd sensation of
excitement and of unease. Frank,
she remembered, was an explorer,
familiar with jungle trails. Could It
be tuat he was considering that this
story In the evening paper mlsht
contain a clue that would induce him
to leave Hollywood for Die south to
search tor bis lost friend?
v Her heart beat a little faster. Per
haps she could suggest that he go.
it would be an admirable solution of
her problem, or rather the problem
he might prove to be.'
"But Frank," she said. "He's dead.
They proved that months ago. If ho
was not drowned when his plane
went down Into the sea,1 'he must
have been killed If It crashed In the
Jungle. This happene months ago.
If he survived, surely he coutd have
reported "
What was the matter with her?
This was not what she had Intended
to say. She wanted to encourage him
to go; yet her words would Indicate
nothing to him except that she did
did not think there was any use for
him to believe Langdon alive and
leave Hollywood to search for his
friend.
SHE continued, "Mr. Myberg Is hav
ing a contract drawn tor you, I
heard. We aro about to begin a pic
ture. You are needed now that Mr.
Ortega"
He tossed the paper onto an adja-'
cent chesterfield. He said something
to the effect that evening paper
had just the bare details of the bot
tlo paper he would know more In
the morning.
Ho smiled and stepped toward
her; had her life depended upon U
she could pot have moved. She toori
transfixed, looking at him. His arms
were about her. She suffered blm to
tilt her chin and kiss her.
"Kemember last night? I knew
you cared. You don't want mo to go
away, do you? Oh, Janice, I love you
so!"
Words tumbled from his Hps.
Strong words, masculine words.
Something about the non-marriage
clause In her contract being drivel,
that the Idea of her .working was
d;liel,. .He.-, had .enough' mone.yc.foriJ.
both of them. 7 ' ". Mi
Love. Love In a cottago. A gay ad
venture. He would take hor to
strange places be had been. Where
he'd been lonely. Where they could
sit under the stars before a camp
fire . . . dinner over, and the dishes
washed '
She was away from him. The
width of the fireplace was between
them. Almost hysterically she real
ized that she had struggled out ot
his arms and had struck his cheek
with her open palm.
She saw the bewildered hurt In
his eyes, and the unconscious ges
ture he made of lifting his hand to
touch hs cheek. Her palm burned
from thq slap; her heart pounded
with a curious and delicious excite
ment, her lips still tingled with the
firm warmth from his kiss. And she
had struck hfflit She wanted to cry
out, "I didn't mean it!""-But the
words would not come.
Frank Bald, "Oh . . . I'm sorry"
Even In tho Brought his face looked
pale beneath the tan. It was as If a
mask had been put upon him, so still
were his features. The blue ot his
oyos had become a deep gray. Only
his mouth had a strange twist to It.
She was conscious that he was
leaving. She was unable to do or say
anything, that would' prjsvent him
from going. But he was gone before
she realized how desperately she
had not wanted him to go.
The heed for activity descended
upon her. She flew upstairs to her
boudoir. She dialed a telephone
number. There was no answer.
She realized that Frank could not
possibly have arrived back In his
apartment In this short time. She
thought of telephoning the apart
ment manager, and leaving a mes
sage. But she would try again In ball
an hour. During the interval she
walked about the upstairs floor; she
descended to the drawing room and
Hung herself upon the chesterfield.
She phoned again. Still there was no
answer.
(CafyriAt, Ml, h Hl'iirt tune)
Tomorrow, Frank lei
about tha "bottle paper.'-
move
turned from La Orandc Sunday.
Mrs. O. P. Hall, assisted by her
daughters, Mrs. Merton Davis and
Mrs. Tex Knight, was hostcsB to the
members of the Carnation club at a
delightful bridge luncheon Thursday.
Mrs, Walter Cock won first prize and !
Mrs. 8. S. Miller consolation, Mrs.
Mae Ward was a guest. .
Mr. and Mr-j. Nele Morrlsdn enter
tained tha Pinochle club Thursday
evening with four tables at play.
Quests In addition to olub members i
were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Tucker, Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. Moore and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Coles. Mr, and Mrs. Ab j
Olpson made the high club score.
Mr. and Mrs. Tucker, high guest
score, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark Mar
tens, the low.
Prices go up faster and higher than
wages. Its true, but unless they do 1
there may be no. wages. ..
Trouble with birth control Is that
It cant be retroactive.
An habitual critic, Borah of Idaho, I
Is one Bill that cannot be amended.
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