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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. ORE. Page Five MRS. PARKER SOLOIST AT C. C. BANQUET Mr. A. K. Parker, ot La Grande, was soloist at the annual meeting of the Enterprise ohamber of commerce last night at Enterprise. Eight from La -Grande atended and several pre sented short talks during the evening.. From La Orande were Mr. and Mrs.' A. K. Parker, Frank Tuckey, George Walker, 1 F. O. Kenning, Marcus Roesch, Harold C, Boone and Oene Walker. Blunt, in charge of the class. This Is one of a series of lectures that have been arranged Tor the benefit of the students In this class who are studying vocations from a practical OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams, THE NEWPANGLES Mrs. Kuhn Is Immune!' standpoint. Fifty-five steam railroads operated 1240 motor buses over 26,638 miles of routes In 1933. Sore Throat Is Dangerous Act quickly, many dangerous ail ments develop rrom Sore Throat. Take Thoxlne, a -doctor's prescrip tion. It soothes the irritated mem branes relieving the soreness Instant ly. It also reduces lover, stops achl ness, Is mildly laxative and does all that a good Sore Throat medicine can possibly do. . Take no chances, take Thoxlne. Demand It, 35c, at Glass Drugs, Inc. AdV. tiR. tiAVN WILL SPEAK AT H. S. Dr. James J, D. Haun "will address the vecation class at 3 y. m. Thurs day at the. High school on the sub ject of medicine, according to J. H. WcTfaesdayy March 7 1934 ' f HAVE I SAID .NO-NO- HE. HASN'T, ( WELL,WHY 1 ( COMGRMULMiOMS ) v. vers. V fifty thousand wll.-nniupy tM?UNC,,rc V ' ONE SINGLE BUT HE GOES LIKE THIS- -J IN THE WORLD! L O vJlWts. (iwm . eh ? well, i know cektainv is GWC.TO be a uew; HAVE? INIA?- Rh!sARHeIrTHENHLDS ,MgL S!s h --yfTVouu OtTe U . JSKT KVB I EVEN oSil SIpYROSS h W TNfl h OPENED MY MOUTH TH' STREET-OR WE -4 YOU SPEND. I , MJW iouUlD m" ONCE, ABOUT PASS A CAR. HE JJ ENOUGH TIME . ItffJ ..Ja r'') ' SKljlrl- V HER DRIVIN'? A KNOWS I CAN SEE I LOOKING IN OMeJ ft J& M C&fW'7 Cf 'fcTs s W jl gJ BLOND 3 A Row Serial i SYNOPSIS! Frnti . Orointne. p"i t.anoton. Janice Kent, ana their worst enemv the htah vrient vl the savaae Yucatan innate tribe that hae tried to kilt all ot them, are trapped In a iunale vatleti. The hlnh arieat la badlu iniured and hclvttaa. tint the ratnv aeason la 'beoinninQ. and toon the valleu twill he tilled with water. Frank nlani to iloat in a balsa.wand jacket dawn an nnderoronnd river la the aea. and bring aid It he ia not droivned. ' ; ' Chapter 42 THE START txriTH luck," repealed Langton, . ' ' "1 can be .back here and gel you out. SVIth a ship 1 could My from tbe coast to bore In twenty minutes." i Frank smiled remotely. Turning on his heel he walked back to the shack. His movements thereafter were methodical. ', He brought out the balsa-wood Jacket, and for the time being, set It aside. Ho brought out two coco- .nut shells, split and put together again and scaled with pitch. .1' Within theui was a quantity of ; dried moat, matches, and he smiled at tbe apparent Incongruity ot It the matted pad of bis book ol traveler's checks. They could be used at the coast if ever he got there. Tbe two coconut shells he slipped into a bit of liber netting he had made for them. This arrangemout could be tied to the jacket iloat, He put on tbe crude device that was to keep him afloat with luck for the eight or ten hours he would bo swept through the unknown cav ern. Although the morning was not warm beads of' perspiration gatb ered upon bis face. It was with i straining effort of will that bo banished thoughts of tbe accidents that might happen to . hlni in the darkness. Would the river be like the sur face onosV Would there be water falls, rapldc, or Jagged submerged rocks to 'ear at bim as be passed? Might not eddies sweep him uto blind pockets where be would thrash his way about until exhaus tion claimed blin? He walked down the trail to the stream's edge. Langton, straining at tb6 tying of the last timbers of the raft, looked up startled. Janice, colls i of liber In her hands, ap -preached from upstream. Puzzled, she looked at the crude girth of the balsa-wood luckeu She said in a curious voice. "Prank, whot Is that? What do you intend? . . ." . "Nothing doing. Frank that's my job," said Langton quietly. Frank's voice as he replied was level and brittle. "Nothing you can say or do, tot that matter-r-will alter-the plan. Hilly. Tills la just a job I can do better than you can under the cir cumstauces. We'll say no more about It!" Janice made a gesture of appeal to Langtcn. Her face was pale be neath its tanned sllklness. "What Is It Billy What Is be going to dor "He's going to Iloat down the env orn to the Bea and get help.- If a pop bottle mude It, so can he, be thinks." The girl put the palm ot her hand to her mouth. Her eyes widened. The colls of tibei over her slim shoulder fell to the ground. "No!" she whispered. "Oh, no . . . ploase!" Frank stepped into the water. Ills face was set "Billy," he began, turn Ing to bis friend, "before I start, 1 have a few suggestions " I ANICE splasheu Into the water J beside him. Her bands caught him by the shoulders and she pulled at him until he faced her. "You're not gotug!" she claimed breathlessly. "You can't! You shouldn't!" She tugged at him -with little desperate jerks. "Either Hilly or I must. I'leasc. Janice. Billy will explain. We haven't much time now, since the rain. I've " "You mustn't . . . either you or Billy. What do you think I am! What do you think I'd be If I let you? . .. ." Her voice broke on a little note of hysteria. "Tbe raft is nearly ready. We'll all go together. Why -should one of us lake Halts for ' the others? The raft will support us all " . Gently Frank put up his arms and disengaged tbe girl's bands from his shoulders. He turned bis face toward Langton. "Bill. It would be a good idea, I think, to make more of these jack eu to wear on tbe rati when the water rises. Provide yourseir with a stout rope and a rock for on an chor. And a lone rone with a stone to throw to the bank. You might - get . see enough and nlsh enough to reach che cliff tops. I II be nacn I'll be all right "- GODDESS IT IlerLert Jensen Tbe girl was sobbing against mm. She lifted a tear-wet face. Frank." she cried with choked voice, "Frank, dear. You said once you love me! As you love me, please don't go! Billy, stop bim!" You don't kuow what you're say- Ing," said Frank gently. "Billy will explain why I'm goings-" '1 do! 1 do know what I'm saying, love you Frank! I love you so much that I'd Frank. I'd illeir anv. thing happened. Tako'me with you! we it go together " - - His heart ached. He blinked ills eyes to clear away the mistiness. He was pained that her distress bad brought ber to confess a love be believed she did not could not feel. He pressed her gently from him. He backed into the water. She strove to follow. Step by step she waded deeper, still facing him. Over bis shoulder he sent a glance to Langton a glance both helpless and full of appeal. - Langton hobbled Into the water beside them. Gently but with tirm-; ness he took her by the artn.i Trauce liko she stared at Frank who backed away toward midstream. The water swirled above bis waist. Janice's face was dazed; pain showed In her eyes, but with Lang ton's hand upon her arm she made no move to follow Fratik. The water eddied under bib crude llfc-belL He was Moating. Swiftly tbe current caught him. He saw the bank and the figures of the man and girl recede. As the darkening shadow ot the cavern's mouth fell upon him, he saw Jaulce turn her bead suddenly and bury her face against the shoulder of ber' companion, as If she could not sup port tbe sight of his disappearance. Langton lifted his hand and dropped It It was like a salute. BLACKNESS. Impenetrable black ness. Tbe water, gurgling about him, seemed to Frank like a living In visible substance. He was conscious ot a variety ot sensations. At One moment be felt that he was Sus pended Immovable in a void, at an other it seemed that be was being Impelled forward In a vacuum a swift, silent projectile and must sooner or later crash into extinc tion, f tlu's'lfove to unclench his aching; teeth, to allow the nervous rigidity; or his muscles to relax. He won dered If be could bear for severnl hours tills vivid expectation of an nihilating Impact. - - ' Theu suddenly be was curiously! aware of a glow about him; it was! at the level of his shoulders, below! bim, surrounding him; but it was! not above bis head, it 'came from. the water; It was minutes before' his reason Informed him thai these1 were p bos iihorusceni, glimmerings In the water. Uy.cuuntlng he tried to estimate the lime be bad been within the cnv. ern. Already 11 seemed bours, but ho realized that It was probably murh less than that. lie splashed his way to the right or left until nls outstretched band would touch the side wall. He hoped to esUiin.lo the speed of his drifting by linger lip contact with the stone. But it was slimy and chill, foul with a slippery growth that brought to mind the wormy life that lived within the jungle swamp bogs. Thereafter he tried to keep In mid stream. The gurgling grew louder, the phosphorescence brightened. Dim ly he could see the tufts and plumes of glowing light as tbe cur rent splashed and whirled against the dank walls. Suddenly he struck something that gave. Long, nngerllko tendrils raked bis face. He cursed his re pugnance and strove to claw away the obstruction. He was held tightly. The current seethed fnd swirled about him, tUKClng at hlrn. Automatically he looked upwrrd. A faint gray silt parallel with the current was above. him. so close that It scenieu ne couiu reach IL Instantly he realized his situa tion. Here was a break in tbe cav ern roof- the beginning of a cenote and the obstruction that held bim was a netting of vines growing over the Hp of the opening down to the water. He '.hrashed hlmsel! loose, i'be tendrils were goue trom about his face; tbe gray slit above disap peared. - He was beginning )o feel chilled, ixmg weeks 'n tbe sun had thinned nls blood. The water in this under ground stream was tourhed by the sun only at the intervals that It ap pcared trom tbe caverns. (CetntH. KH. "'" '"'" Frank lloatt through umetn perils, tomorrow. . . . LAflr1 WHV MOTHERS GET GRAY. .ffSS J .. 7 A?V - FCr MSfN JOEPALOOKA ' Out of Luck i SUFF'RIN' CATFISH f r I V looks pretty bad."! ( there cant VI 1 he fights fer cofpee an' 1 1 IT'S A fracture MR. walsh. , EE LT'S BIG AS A BALLOOM,r7J I'LL HAFT A 1 I'M NOT CERTAIN IF BE-'PEbGOSH CAKES AN' MEBBE BREAKS A HAND- 1 HEU. HAVE TO REFRAIN FROM J ,rt NE BETTER SEE A I EMIT TfHAT IT THERE'S A FRACTURE SAKE. THIS A GUV WHICH KIN GlT A KINGS , ? W FIGHTING FOR A LONG TIME . Z 'MfJ ( DOCTOR- QUICK J . IS HURT1N' OR NOT. WE'LL HAVE FOOUSCOTfA, V TRANSOM FER A FIGHT. rZ-TA TAA MAYBE FOR EVER-i CAN'T y' t FT. 'MfJ'1 rnr-l e. Jp-lll VERY MUCH. I TOTAKE AN --'I. FIGHT SOOM. K QFALLH, J onC5 LtEU.YET.1 , 't OLLY OF THE MOVIES by Ollendorff ' jX!6?1 U. 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