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PAGE ETOTTT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD,1 OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31, 1934. BLOND A New Serial SYNOPSIS: Frank Orahame, the explorer, with the help of hit pal Spin Wlnelow. etvnt aviator, hat retcuedjanioe Kent the movie ttar. trom a gang of abductort theu believe to have been led by a man named Ortega. Janice ditagreee with them. The day Frank learnt that Me aviator friend Bill Lang ton may yet be alive in the Vextoon Jungle Janice antwert hit propoeal of marriage Kith a ttap. Fie leavee her, and Janice hyetertcally trlet to reach him. Chapter 15 LANQTON AGAIN TNNALLY Janice got Wlnalow on 1 th wire. "Spin," she said breathlessly, about Frank. He waa hero and "Ifi "You mauled him plenty. He cam to tee me," Wlnslow'a voice was re mote, faintly accusing. "Frank's well guy. He's not like us. He can't take It . . . yet You shouldn't have " "Oh, Spin, I know! I knowl I've tried to get him on the phone, but he's out or won't answer. I don't know what to do. I think I'm In love I like blm very much. I She heard Wlnslow'a disgusted nort He aald In an even voice tbat waa dimly bitter, "You don't know bow you feel. You haven't got legitimate emotion; with you It cornea In cans. It's your mess. hope you love him. I hope somehow be marries you. And then I hope be'll beat bell out of you I" She heard the receiver slam. Tears sprang to her eyea. She threw herself on the chaUe tongue and lobbed. It was two o'clock In the morning wben she made her last tall. .There waa no anawer. In complete exhaustion she fell uleep at laat upon tho chalte tongue. Her final Impression was the ahadow f ber guard who patrolled the lawn her employer's Insurance that bis rtar would not be molested. FRANK bad walked aimlessly away from Janice Kent's bouse with no particular destination in Bind. He waa sorely hurt and be wildered. All that old baslo shy '. less that had been before he knew lanlce knit In hla attitude toward women, bad returned In full effect. Until this moment the relation of Ibe sexes had seemed very simple ind uncomplicated. Women had tertaln outstanding characteristics love of home and of children; they were gentle and dependent. One is lied the girl he loved to marry him, and she accepted or declined; that was all. Ha knew he loved Janice; he be lieved that she returned this emo tion at least In parL The test had ailed; to him there was no re course. Hla walk brought him near Spin Wlnslow's place. He saw the stunt- Dyer tor a brief Interval. At Srst be made no reference to Janice. 'He Imply told hla friend that ha was going away; he was going to prowl about on his own account to see If he could discover what had really happened tr Bill Langton. But Spin was not deceived. "If at first you don't succeed," he said qululcally, "take another slap on the snoot. Yon get used" Frank's face flushed a dull red. He could not prevent the uncon scious Jerking of hla band toward bis cheek. The flyer whistled softly. "Sorry, old man," be said gently. "Didn't mean I'm a clumsy fool." It didn't matter, Frank told him In a dull voice. He'd lust asked Ja nice to marry him and she had re fused blm. "I came to tell you I'm going away. Spin. I can't stick It out Yellow, maybe; but I can't take this sort of a beating. I couldn't work on the set with her for months seeing her, talking with her, thinking abont her. . . ." He took up bis hal and walked to the doer. "So long, Spin. Explain to Myberg I'm called south. Happy landings." Later he found himself walking deserted streets. He waa uncon scious of time. In the troth of his memory wore dim jungle paths, men tal scenes of warm-washed beaches spotted wltb lavender shadows of leaning coco-palms, Finally he went to his apartment It was very late. He lay down on bis bed without troubling to un dress. He would wait for daylight. Closing bis eyes he hoped to conjure up thoughts of salt on his Hps. and that he sailed over warm seas Into tropic dusk. But Janlce'a face smiled at him. She was In his arms. He caught the fragrance of her hair; he tasted the daintiness of ber lips. Wltb a smothered curse be sat up right He packed his trunk and his bag. The sun wss an hour over the borl ion when he pboned for a taxi. By ten be waa Installed In a Pullman I Kogut Wins When Demetral Fouls PENDLETON. Jan. 31 ifl" Jack Kogut, Jos-pound Iowa wrestler, won the main event bare lut night from Harry Demetral, 303, Chicago, on a foul. jpYEAR AFTER YEAR TllE staiidard OF quality i GODDESS by Herbert Jensen compartment of the train the mat In the ticket office had told blm madi the best connection at Laredo foi Vera Crux. By his side was a sheaf of newa papers, most of which contained press despatches of transcripts front the Hydrographle Bulletin, pub lished at Washington, D. C. Thi transcript was what later became known to the world as the famoui Langton Bottle Paper. Bottles contalnlnr data to aid In the determination of and to add to tho knowledge of current drifts were thrown overboard and recov ered as follows: First poeltlon not given. Recov ered on January 2, 193, at center of send bank East Triansle, off the coast of Yucatan, Mexico, in (ap proximately) lat 20 66' N.. long. 93' IV West Paper in had condi tion from sea water. Fragments believed to be In the handwriting of William Langton. The writing (aald the papers) had been definitely established as Lang ton's. Upon further examination of the document the belief was ex-, pressed that the pigment used In the writing was bnman blood. This fact was to be confirmed by laboratory analysis. The bottle Itself an ordinary "pop" bottle seemed to Indicate to some that the paper was a hoax a tragic hoax. It true. However It was pointed out that the bottle and the beverage It con tained was largely exported, particu larly Into South American countries, and that It would not have been un usual for Langton to have taken a supply with him when he began that Ill-fated flight Further, handwrit ing experts denied any possibility of a boat The paper Itself was a torn-opeu cablegram envelope. No address ap peared on the reverse side. Langton may have carried a supply with him on the plane. The message what could be de ciphered waa meager. The flrat por tion was fairly legible; It told that bearings bad been lost about a hun dred miles south of Belize In British Honduras. It referred to the hur ricane, and of his attempt to make Belize for a landing. The legibility faded swiftly her. The word "native" was made out And startllngly vivid, almost as If the emotion of the writer had been concentrated In those four words was the fragment "I die tomorrow morning." SINCE! the general theory appeared to be that Langton had gone down at sea; alnce It waa concluded that the message had been written with a splinter and blood from a wound, tbls was Interpreted to mean tbat Langton bad hopod that soma native craft-would pick him up, and that by estimating the rate at which hla wreckage was sinking he would die by "tomorrow morning." Frank Orahame put down the paper he was reading and gazed out at the countryside flashing by. To him that Interpretation made non sense. No on In the middle of a storm lashed ocean, hanging on to what waa left of an aeroplane could possibly figure with any accuracy a rate of sinking, even had that per sonassumed to be wounded and desperate thought of It In the first place. He recalled his own theory: tbat Langton had gone down In the Jun gle back of tbe coast It was puz zling, he admitted to himself, that the drift bottle bad been picked out of the sea beyond the north coaat of Yucatan; yet supposing tbat It bad floated around from tbe east coast. Langton could not possibly have set the bottle adrift down some Interior point since that coaat had no rlversl Still, mapa of that coast were known to be Inaccurate. The coun try was little explored. Perhaps there was a river or two tbat topog raphers had missed, It a topog- pher had ever been there. Frank thought not Once In the smoking room of a banana boat" enroute to Havana, Frank bad talked with an unnatu rally tanned young man with a nerv ous manner. Later, when remember ing the Incident be suspected that the young man traveled In an official capacity of soma sort, probably a Navy gum-ihoe, or, to be more exact. a Department of Justice operative. This gentleman whoae eyes looked tired behind their bleached eyelash es had said something about Quln tana Roo about natives who perched In tree-forks abov the trails, with their throwing sticks ready, and whose only agreeable trait was patience. He said that he knew of only one whit man who had been through that particular atrip, that lies be tween Merlda, the capital of Yuca tan, and Puerto Morelos on the coaat opposite the Island of Coiurael. (CefrriH. Mi, h Berterl line) Tomorrow, Prank Jumps eff Into the unknown. Al Snrll, 131 pounrls, Bllllruts. Mont., took two straight falls Irom Bob Stone, 303, Chicago. Dance at Rogua Ell Saturday night, February a. Careful Fuel OH Delivery when you went it. Call 319, Eada Transfer. ASSAULT SUSPECT WILL FACE TRIAL KELSO, Jan. 31. (AP) Charlw (Chick) Logue. aged 31, was returned S'MATTER POP TAILSPIN TOMMY BOUND TO WIN- A V J ( &3trr Vgiw ow.-4is t-uciW ( (Copyright, 1984, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) M ruV- ' 'Ofyi fcj rfeSsfc: L-WSWAI. 'J"VJti!V II ) -aM I vfcMvA,. vmaj., tj.ja -l i i . j u jm lS vv live " rsJv 5 r ', S'J ll f SSSAKTa 2 rX)AH CtMSS& TOUJAGO IT TAI COACH OF 7HE . Bti) gySSMffixi i's-WMMr'J ,"2 JftZ "A -J'l JP3 JSfel LM,LSIffi fc' ""H?--AT5 jm raACK.qVER THE WTCHEM TABLE, 1 ELL, WF,R5TOPP.I WAmt1 YTjJ vir.i7is-p .TL rT Ss? . " T.'. i : " I I "irsx, inBRtj oupnt:c?pJti tljSc vA a BfcN TOLD THE OLD SOLDIER f3 I li7 2AN 3EPPARO THAT VsiAS A I wry downi in that 1 si spook's voice I llVkTOtB ANP HE'S VTHAT CAME fummm mm m M I Vv? THE NEBBS Advice To The Shiftless By SOL HESS iT DOES SEEM N f f V THERE'S TOO MUCH LOST -ri ME, LOST" A ( fUAT ,n,Aw Se,V- LIKE LOE SPEEJOO I MOT10M, MO COOPERATION , im'fACT IVS V T? st 5 iJ V A LOT OF TIME wL V ,' XJa PUIMESS ROsJKJlMa ALOM6 BV .-nieLF 'e OF VofVft OrA Lyj A f I 1 'fc A " ST 7 yIOilrt,lHliTa..lSTBell 1 Ir-J I I I I.'. I f tl I sU Tuieinrtt v s. m orm T I I I I Co C-owsw - BRINGING UP FATHER WELL- I THAT KID S ASLEEP MOW SO l l-L GO HOME TAKE A NAP- 0 Kin rtMn ene,m, k. Grni There's No Guesswork in Tribune A. B. C. Circulation ' early today to Cowl its county to stand trial for an attempted assault upon Annabel Johnson, 14-year-old Willow Grove girl, who has been ml Ming from her home since De cember 18. Logue wa arrested two weeks ago In Loa Angeles and was brought back to this county by Deputy Sher iff George Bee following an extradi tion hearing before Governor James The Passengers Are Few Questions MORE, AN Smiifl rtMi iMna Bolph of California. The sheriff's office has conducted a widespread search for the John son girl without success. Pour per sons, Including Logue, have been ar rested In connection with the case, but all have denied knowledge of the girl's whereabouts. Sheriff Gray has expressed the be lief that the girl has been entrapped by a white slave gang. By C. M. PAYNE Al armed: MO, VT VJASr-J'T.UUKGVMHA-T'S THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE 1 UOWN THcHE NVTH HIM T WO THAT MftKFI MS "TM1N1K THAT OUR HUNCH ABOIST EVERYTHING J iicjpjiuv luted i Hfc- Mcyy I VJI5HWER FOLK WOULD Come am' OiT HER - SMES ClTTlN' ONI ME NERVES- FLOOD HEIRS TO OFFER $1,200,000 6AN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. (AP) A tenatlva agreement has been SNAPSHOTS'OFA BOY COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL 50K TO HAN6 UP COAT SCUFRIN6 Tk RU88ER THAT MISSED TOWARD CLOSET ourms P3 ACK. , OVER THE kvtchem table , BEN TOLD THE OLD SOLDIER EVER7THIMQ He HAD VNrTtvJESSEO ttsj THE 3EPPARO TOMB LUKE O'BWEN COULD HARDCy RESTRAIN. HIS EXCITE -MEMTT WELL- S THE UTTUE OARUINI ASLEEP NOW? reached whereby Mrs. Constance May Gavin will receive approximately 1. 300,000 In settlement of her claim to a daughter's share of the James h. Flood fortune, Theodore J. Roche, attorney for the recognized Flood heirs, announced today, Roche emphasized there were a number , of obstacles yet to toe ov ercome and that If Mrs. Gavin, wife of a Loa Angeles bank clerk, event- foSSR BOOKS ONE ONE INfO LIVW6R00M . ARMCHAIR, ONE OTtifH 601N6 UNDER PlAKO "foKB Off OVERCOAT WHILE W0RK1X6 RUBBERS Off prS1ErW6 0NHa Wrfri IDE OF OTHER fOOf HAN65 COAT 1A6DELY dN HOOK, WHENCE If SLIDES ailETlY To riOOR, AND Wrfl' flUPL KICK LANDS IW8BER fH WA1ER1N6 POT TAKES OFF CAP AND AFTER THREE TRIES TWlRlS If ONTO HOOK (Copyright, 1934, by The VOELL, VnIHATTCAM f we do IT, UftDJj ShS-S been 'Is JA Q4 ually receives the settlement It will not be because the Flood heirs rec ognize her as a legitimate heir. "The settlement merely will mean the Flood helra believe this course will avoid further litigation, expense, Inconvenience and delay," Roche said. For QUICK, dependable FUEL OIL Delivery, phans 315, Eads Transfer Co. By GLDTAS W&UaJfcg KICKS WBBERS TOWARD COAT CLOSET, ONE OF THEM MlSSlriS THE MARK MOTHER CALLS fJOf Tb fijR f-6Pin"H!&TrflfAuW IK CLOSET, AND WITH AN B6f CONSCIENCE REPLIES Hf ALREADY HAS Bell Syndicate, roe.) By GLENN CHAFK1N and UAL FOKKEBT 77fCOTLtT THIS ONl- HERE GOGS- srap atevsT.' By EDWIN ALGER FIRST OFF, 1 WANTT to f1nd out Something abolyt MR . SEPPftRn'S SUPPOSED DEATH- IT HHPFENED JUST A VEAR ASO THIS MONTH VOLiTOLO ME DO VOL KNOVM ANYTHIMS ELSe ABOUT T? By George McManus Tim
