PAOE SIX
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1934.
BLOND
A New Serial
GODDESS
Ijy I Ierlei-t Jensen
' ' YNOP818: frank urahame,
explorer and aviator. tlnde himeel)
trpmg to eolie the myetery of the
dieappearance of Janice Kent.
movie tlar. He and kit partner,
fipin H'tntlow. another avtalor, be
lieve a Ventral American named
Ortega ie reepontible Ortega hae
been negotiating with Uyberg film
exeantlie. tor a picture with Uext
can bnrkarounde and Janice ie to
f'tay the lead. Frank and Bpin
earn liom JaniceJe maid that Or
tega telephoned to eee whether
Janice u-ae at home, and find that
he hae checked out or hie hotel and
taken a cab to Central Airport.
They are about to race out to the
airport in Spin's roadeter.
Chapter Nine
THE CHASE BEGINS
"pOME on. frank, let's to"
On the way down the stairs,
Grahams said. "1 feel like a Attn
wheel, Spin. You're done everything.
Thanks t lot. You know how I feel
about Janice. I"
Wlmlow paused and turned to
ward him. The expression In his
eyes was veiled. He parted his lips
to speak, paused, and said. "You're
as complete a romanticist as Paula.
Forget It. Kent's my bread and but
ter (or the next six months until
the picture Is done. I'm no altruist.
I'm Just"
The dapper Mr. Greene bounded
down the stairs behind them. A
paper fluttered In his hand. He
looked at Grahams with an expres
sion of bewildered respect.
"Mr. Grahame." he said breath
lessly. "yon forgot your contract."
"My contract?" asked Grahams,
puxzled. He saw that the crumpled
bit of paper was the one thst Mybsrg
had given lilm. Mechanically be took
It In bis hands.
Greene said, drawing himself
erect Imp3rtantly, "You'll be need
ing some publicity work done. If I
nay recommend my services to
you"
Winalow's long arm reached out.
The pslm of bis bsnd pressed gently.
Inexorably against Greene's pearl
gray chest. Mr. Green, perforce was
pushed backward,
' "Greeke," said Winslow gently,
"you get upstairs wltb Paula . . . and
stay there!" He gave an abrupt
shove. Greene stumbled backward
up three or four stairs.
They passed out of ths house and
stepped Into Wioslow's blue road
ster st tbe curb. The wheels spun;
they lurched forward. They roared
down to Santa Monica Boulevard,
thence Into Wllshire. Swinging right
Into San Vicente, they flashed by
the lights of the Pico crossing. As
they slf-iagged into Crenshaw and
headed south, Orshame noticed that
he still held Myberg's scrap of pa
per. He tore It across and held the
pieces to the halt-opened, window.
Tbe wind snatcbed them.-
He muttered. "What a hell of a
time to think of business."
Winslow, Intent over the wheel,
ohuckled dryly.
"That's a crsck at me, 1 guess.
Walt'll you've lived In this town ss
long as I have. That's a lot of money
you re throwing away."
Grahams made an inarticulate
noise. "You're hard-boiled. Spin.'
"Am IT Yes. I guess so.' for a
minute he drove in silence, where
upon he said, in a curious tone,
"You're no Bfth-wheel, Frank. I'm
(lad you're along. Myberg aenssd
It. You get things done. 1" ,
Grahame aald a little bitterly. "So
do you, Spin, wben your Job's at
stake."
"When my job's Yes, I guess
you're right."
"pHE blue roid.ui slid to a stop
oeiors a smsil building. Behind
It a hangar bulked whltely against
the dark sky.
Winslow called to an attendant.
"Jeff here?"
"Went home at live. Anything I
can. The roar of a motor from
ome hidden test block drowned
the last of his words.
"Yeab." said Winslow. He beaved
himself out from behind the wheel.
"Anybody shove out of here In the
last hour or two?"
"Dhhuh. Closed Job. Micky took
'em. Just about an hour ago."
"Micky who?"
"McGulre. Army l
"Don't know him. Who'd he take?"
"Whoopee party to Callente. Two
men and a woman. The girl was al
most out."
Grahame parted bis lips; Winslow
aqueeted his arm. cautioning him.
WUalow snapped a light to a cig
arette. "Jeff own anything faster?"
"Not conditioned . . . there's a
D. H. -an old crate In hangar one,
but I wouldn't fly her on a bet. I"
" You wouldn't, but we will. Gassed
and oiled?"
"Yeab. but"
"While we're L.. imr over,
get Jeff on the phone. Tell him 8pln
Winslow end Frank Grahame want
to take that crate of his down to
Mexico end wreck It."
They bad the motor chugging on
its warm-up wben the msn came
back. He aald. "Jeff say's It's all
right But be says don't wreck the
ship unless you can kill each otber
doing it."
Winslow chuckled., The attendant
said "That prop don't balance right
We only been using ber tor short
pay hops."
"Thanks for the tip, grandma.
Climb up, Frank. You want to pee
lot?" Grahame shook his bead. He ad
justed his 'chute-pack and got In
tbe forward cock-pit He noticed
that the plane was equipped with
dual controls. Snapping on the
safety belt, he folded his arms,
Tbe motor roared. Behind him
Winslow yelled. "The airman's day
off ... he goes flying"
Frank did not smile. He experi
enced a flash of envy for Winslow
who could Joke In any situation.
Once long ago be waa that way
too. Humor waa simple to under
stand In those days: you laughed
because you fell like It or to keep
up your courage.
The motor thundered, the plane
lurched, Grabame atralned against
his belt as the wheels left tbe ground
and Winslow arched In a steep bank
out of tbe Held.
San 'edro below and to the right;
Long Beach to the left and ahead.
They were over the water; the air
waa less bumpy. Curious how at
night tbe long line of surf stood out
like broken white ribbons floating
In an abyss of darkness.
Frank glanced at the Illuminated
Instrument board. Although the
plane vibrated excessively the un
balanced prop he estimated that
they were doing considerably bet
ter than a hundred; they should bs
at Callente fleld within tbe hour.
Reflectively be stared at the town
lights that swung behind them on
tbe left He reconstructed the events
that had culminated wltb Winslow
and blm In a 'plane headed for tbe
Mexican border. Ha calculated tbe
chances for and against their find
ing Janice Kent at the end of their
Journey. He discovered that bis mind
could not definitely arrange and
clarify the facts that be knew Tbey
did not make exact sense.
An automobile accident bad been
arranged, he was convinced, by the
man Ortega. The fact that he had
arrived at the scene or this sccldent .
almost simultaneously with Its oc
currence doubtlessly bad prevented
Ortega from bringing his plan to
completion,
DUT what was that plan? Janice
Kent's subsequent disappearance
from her home threw no light on the
matter. Her maid, Paula, had told
them that It was because Ortega
loved her mistress, conniving the
present situation wltb a romantic
objective. Miss Kent, sbe bad said,
had promised to marry Ortega, ber
contract would be broken If she
married, therefore Ortega had ac
complished an abduction.
Frank was assured that the maid
believed tbls, but he was equally
sura that Ortega although be did
not know tbe man would have
taken no such bold steps to sccom
pllsh his end. It waa possible, of
course, but rather Incredible.
In the first place, Ortega was re
putedly wealthy. Would he. then,
take such elaborate, and melodra
matic measures to engineer an
elopement which when consum
mated would relieve Janice Kent
permanently of the necessity of
making ber own living? Why then,
should there be any pretense of mak
ing it appear that Janice broke ber
contract with the Consolidated not
of ber own tree will? Considering
bis own regard tor hor, this method
of rcaionlng gave Frank a glow of
satisfaction.
It brought him moreover, with
equal logic, to the conclusion that
she had been taken against ber will.
But for what purpose? There could
be but three reasons why a girl
would be abducted who was beauti
ful, rich, and a public personage. A
man might love her Insanely; bs
greedy for a ransom, or he could
hate her savagely. The last motive
seemed remote, and the second Il
logical; ths first as he had proved
to himself waa Impractical. Tbeai
wore not medieval days, when ab
ductions were fashionable.
Frank muttered Impatiently. It
was a merry-go-round of reasoning
that brought him nowhere. There
was but one fact glaringly impor
tant. Janice must be found.
They roared t-ver a crescent ol
light that was San Diego. Tla Juana
appeared below whereupon tbe en
gine's crescendo broke Into a ata
catto of backfires and tempered
explosions that told Frank that they
were gliding to a landing.
(Cffiet. ten. h Bt-l leeam) '
ARE NOMINATED
PORTLAND, Jan.
dispatch to the Journal today from I
Washington, D. C, said B. J. Grif
fith of Portland, prominently men
tloned for the vscancy on the recon
struction finance corporation, win
not get the post.
The dispatch said President Roose
velt has nominated Charles B. Hen
derson of Csllfomla, former United
I States senator from Nevsds, and a
24. (AP) A Democrat.
today Included Earl Phillips at Sclo, j
Linn county; John Q. Buell r.t Chll-
oquln, Klamath county, ana S.
Jones at Oskrldge, Lane county.
BPRINOPIELD, Mo., Jan. 24. (AP)
The Rev. Clayborn Columbus Agee, 67
who established the first primitive
Baptist church in Walla Walla. Wash.,
and others in Oregon snd Csllfornls
Postmasters nomlnsted for Oregon died today.
receipt of a bulletin from Oregon de
partment headquarters reading as
follows: "We are pleased to an
nounce that the stste of Pennsyl
vania Is to pay a bonus to vetersns
from that state.
This bonus, with a maximum of
$200, will prove welcome news to
Pennsylvsnta veterans, and local le-
information may be obtained byjj
writing the adjutant general's of
flee, Harrlsburg, Pa.
Phone 642. We will haul away your
refuse. City Sanitary Service.
Dance st Rogue Elk Saturday night,
February 3.
Adjutant Ray Wright of Medford ; gionalres sre asked to advise former Dance at Central Point Orange hall.
Post of the American Legion, Is In 1 vetersns from that state. Detailed Saturday night.
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