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trt. Cftutbt In vsllrr in interior Yuca
Un Uil U rkpldly filling wltb ur
Frank Grlim. tlic iplortt, hu lukea
the itrtl ctitnct of hii IK in order to
aava Uw oirtrra. Jnlc Kent, the movie
star, whom Frank love; mil Latin ton.
the natoi, rrpi'lrd I runt lo cet out
the vitlley, and the Injured hi tin priest
of a uvitr lube that hut tried (o kill
the other three. Prank la floating down
an underground rlvei, trying to reach Hie
;oaat.
Chapter 43
DARK HOKltOR
Despite himself. Prank's teeth
began to chatter. He had estimated
eight to ten hours immersion;
would his rcMstance bear it?
Then suddenly the phosphores
cent glow disappeared. The water
seemed quieter ; then apivirently
the current became a warily per
ceived flow.
He touched the side- His
senses had not deceived ji The
current had Indeed dim , 1
A sudden fear contra . d his
heart. Ho believed that he was at
least halfway to the coast per
haps a little more. Despite the
probable Inaccuracy of his estimate
of time lapsed, he was sure that
he had been adrift at least five
hours
Supposing that from this point
on, the current flowed sluggishly!
A chill that was not from the wa
ter swept him.
As he splashed forward, hoping
o assist with the effort his down-
THE Ll'SfcT DUCKS
By Mary Graham Bonner
"Quack, quack, quack," said Mrs.
Quacko Duck.
"Quack, quack, quack," shouted
Mr. Quacko Duck.
"Quack, quack, quack," added
Quackle Duck.
"Quack, quack, quack, quack,"
screamed little Quacky Duck, and
all the other Ducks were quack
quacklng for all they were worth.
wit ii Willy Niiiy reached the
pond he was startbd. He always
thought the Ducks pond was a very
large one, but now it seemed hard
ly any size at all. It was filled with
rleptvtnts and there was not enough
room In It for all of them to bathe.
They were splashing each other and
t turnpenny about taking turns in
the water.
The po;r Ducks were all outside
the pond. When toe ulephants hud
come into the witter the Ducks real
ized there was no room for them,
find they had waddled to the banks
so they would not bump into such
uionn'ius creatures as elephants.
'Ah,' said the Signor, who hud
folio veil Willy N illy down to the
pend. I knew this would be the
pince for us. I mentioned your love
ly, fn cool, exquisite? pond, didn't
I.' You r,ee how nht I was. Now
my elephants are enjoying it.
"Mv hUle Pucks." he continued,
"when your children and grandchil
dren come to you for stories you
cm tell them of how you shared a
pund with the world's greatest col
li etton of elephants."
"lint we're not sharing it with
thftn, nuark, nuack, that's the trou
b!.i." Mr. Duck quacked miserably.
"Quark, quack, quark," added
Mrs Duck.
"Quack, quack, quark, quack,
choru.ied all the other Ducks.
Tomorrow "Elephants onnies"
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stream progress, he began to be
aware that ahead of him there
glowed a light that was not the
greenish yellow of phosphorus.
He could not let himself believe
that grayish dimness that suffused
the blackness ahead of him was
the end of the cavern. His disap
pointment, he knew, would be too
keen. The clumsy life belt Impeded
his progress; yet he dared not dis
pense with It lest some weakness
overcome him, or some mishap
occur.
A vagrant eddy caught him and
hurried him forward. He was whirl
ed dizzy tngly for an instant. He
bumiwd against a buttress of rock
projecting Into the channel. The
stream made a twist to the left;
then to the right.
Suddenly he floated into day
light I Sudden pain stubbed his
eyus. He shut them tightly for an
instant; then slitted them against
the unaccustomed light.
He was In a cenote. It was not so
large as the one below the pyramid,
nor so high-walled as the extensive
one where he had left Lang ion and
Janice Kent.
It seemed, however, deeper. The
water flooded within It to a high
level on the cliffs. At one edge the
cliff had broken down: shrubbery
a?.3 creepers grew upon it. With an
ejaculation of hope he paddled to
ward It. Perhaps from here he
could gain the level above.
Instantaneously the thou ght
came to him that could he some
how get word to Billy and Janice
that they could drift down to here
on the raft and once above ground,
could chop through the Jungle to
the coast.
He spin i Into the shallows. As
he did so it ere was a sluggish
movement in the tangle of water
plants between him and the slope
ahead. Golden, black-slltted eyes
observed him; a wide tooth-fringed
maw gaped.
Alligator! He stood still. The rep
tile did not attack. Instead it slid
to one side and away from htm. A
boiling of muddy water marked its
disappearance into the cenote.
Grahame repressed a slight shud
der. He knew alligators; sometimes
they attacked a man, but usually
not. Although his knowledge was
practical and Jungle-bred and did
not conform to popular belief, nev
ertheless the sight of the reptiles
always save him that atavistic sen
sation of skin crawling upon his
bark.
With the footing firm beneath
him he left the water and climbed
upward to the edge of the cenote.
It was then that he realized that
it was raining. Raining with the
insistent steady downpour thnt told
him that the rainy season was in
dced'upon them. It would be only a
matter of days now perhaps hours
before the caverns and cenotes
would be flooded.
He looked about him. The dim
jungle pressed upon him from all
sides. Only vaguely could he esti
mate the points of the compass.
Swiftly he analyzed the alternatives
confronting him.
He could attempt a return to Jan
ice and Billy. Hut even with com
pass, supplies, machete, and fire
arms It would take him days to
reach them even supposing he
might find their cenote valley rend
ily a chance as remote as finding
the proverbial needle.
To attempt the coast on foot
would doubtless end with more suc
cess for himself. It miiiht lake him
days to accomplish that; it would
be too late, then, to rescue his
companions supposing the rain con
tinued and they were unable to
get out of the valley.
A sudden thought struck him at
this point: Iington hinted that
the hu:h-prie.st knew a way to get
out. Perhaps the ahkin h;id been
but biding his time until he had
but a crippled man and a helpless
girl to put some sinister plan of
his own into operation.
Frank wiped the dripping ruin
from his face. He thought with a
' slight bitterness that it was a trick
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4g Pines, Cl. (Associated Press
Labor Federation
Official Is Guest
Eola H. B. Perham, 70, well
known in the world of organized
labor, being at one time vice-presi-:
dent of the American Federation
of Labor, president of the railroad
employes department ana xor la
years president of the order of Rail
road Telegraphers, was a guest at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. May-
hood last week. Mr. Perham aided
in the matter of organizing Telegra
phy clubs In Seattle, Portland and
Salem. Mayhood was with the in
terstate commerce commission for
over 22 years as safety appliance in
soector and at the time that he
became eligible lor pension was
service agent for the L C. C. at
Portland.
CIIKISTENSONS HOSTS
Silverton Mr. and Mrs. George
ChrLstenson entertained at Sunday
dinner for Mrs. Christenson's cous
ins. Mr. and Mrs. Al Yoder and two
sons, Nolan and Russell, of Yoder,
and Miss Helen Wilson of Needy.
of life to Klve a man not two al
ternatives, but three or more, it
increased the odds ugulnst his be
ine rluht in the one he clme.
He looked down at the pool oi
the cenote. He Raw the break In the
wall from whence he had floated,
On the other side he observed that
the roof of the continuing cavern
was a scant three feet above the
water level.
Doubtless driftwood had dammed
iat exit causina the water in the ;
pool to rise. However It would not l
be Ioiik before that dam would 1
crack thromrh and the whole sys
tem of the underground river
would be Rorsed with a turmoir of
float inq brush. Iocs and drbris.
He descended to the oi anti
waded in. He cave no thought to
the reptiles that miiiht be lurking
in its depths, nor to the ios.tbility
that the cavern miht be choked at
the farther end in which case he
would never see daylight again.
He had taken those chances de
liberately that morning when he
had left Ji'iiiee; the situation had
not been altered. He splashed to
ward the exit where the water
swirled under the three foot arch.
Just before he made the plunge
beneath the arch he saw the alli
gator again. He was lying on the
bank, hut malevolent little eyes
fixed on Prank.
Then thTe was only darknc.iS.
(To be Continued)
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mountains. J. A.
A. The Gurkhas are of splendid
physical development, are very cou
rageous, faithful, and self-reliant,
and are noted for their skilled
marksmanship. They are among the
best hill-fighters in the world. Be
sides being phenomenal riflemen.
they are noted for their use of their
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when published? D O.
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to eight times larger than it will
be when reproduced.
Q. When selecting colored glass
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so as to be most restful to the
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that there Is no widely applicable
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sensitive at a wave length of about
5rJ0 millunicrons, that is for greenish-yellow
light. It has been found
that glasses to protect the eyes
from Intense visible light should
be yellowish -green In color and
should not transmit more than 23
per cent of the incident light.
Q. What is the story connected
with the Passion Flower? HEB
A. Tle name Passion Flower
(flos passionis) arose from the sup
posed resemblance of its corona to
the crown of thorns ana oi ine
other parts of the flower to the
nails and wounas oi Jesus i;nnsi
at His crucifixion, while the five
sepals and five petals were taken
to symbolize the ten Apostles: Pet
er, who denied and Judas who be
trayed, being omitted. Passion is
the term given to the sufferings
of Christ during the last days of
His life.
Q. How old la the National Arch
ery association? CO.
A. It was established in 1819.
Q For whom was Lord Byron
named? M.A.O.
A. The poet Byron was christened
Oeoree Gordon after his maternal
grandfather, who was descended
from Sir William Gordon of Gight.
grandson of James I of Scotland.
Q. What reason, if any. for the
NBA blue eagle having ten points
on one wing and seven on the oth
er? Does it have any connection
with the Book of Revelation? H.W.
A. The design of the blue eagle
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has no connection with ths Book
of Revelation. It is merely an em
blematic design, the only symbolism
being ths ootrwheel standing for
mechanical industry and the light
ning holts for enertry.
Q. Who was the first president's
widow to receive an annuity from
the government? P.H.
A. Mrs. John Tyler. Congress vot
ed her an annuity of $3000.
Q. How much silk thread is there
in a pair of all-silk women's hose?
A. The following is an estimate:
4 -thread women's hose. 19.700 feet;
8-th read women's hose WOO feet; 10
shread 6500 feet.
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any? C.R.A.
A. In July the nazts announced
that a national lottery will be con
ducted with prizes totaling 1,500,000
marks for use in projects for re
ducing unemployment. The maxi
mum individual prize will be 200,000
marks.
Q. When was Millet's "Le Bern
eur" painted? E H.
A. The first Sower (18491 was laid
aside by Millet because the canvas
was too short and the present one
was painted for the Salon in I860.
Q. What Islands In the Adriatic
did Italy receive as a result of the
World war? C.B.
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Lagosta, south of the city of 8plitt,
Yugoslavia, and the Islands of Cher
so, Lussin, and other much smaller
islands In the Gulf of Quarnero,
south of the city of Flume, which
now belongs to Italy.
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K-T.R,
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actual use in America was designed
by Jacob A. Meyers, Lockport, N.
Y and used In 1882.
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