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PAUE SIX BLOND A IVw Serial GODDESS by Herbert Jensen . -. . - n - ? rv a e irTTTTc i S1IKIJKKAN H Ml, HIS . dy uluihj J-1 (Copyright, 1934. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) full 1A7J IT SYNOPSIS: Prank Orahame met hae been eoved from death at '.he hand at Uon Haoul Ortega, in the wilde of Yucatan. Ortega ie. Frank eusoecte. the tame who tried to kldnan Janice Kent in Uollv uood a ehort time before. Sow Frank le eearchlna tor a clue to the dteavocarance ot hie aviator friend Bill tanaton. and Janice, whom he lovee but who hae refueed him. te tin her way to Ueiico to make a film. Juan, a Uerlcan how. itiet line aareed to ao cith Frank into the danacroue interior. Chapter 20 MEXICAN MOVIE TJORATIO GREENE was discern- iA solate. For tht flrit tints In hl life he felt somewhat at a loss. Mex ico was uncivilized and not at all helpful. Everything had gone wrong that day and indications were that the balance ot the afternoon would be equally baffling. Janice was fretful with him in the heat of the tropic afternoon. Hogarth, the director, had damned him tor an ass because his Spanish had npt been adequate for the Progreso customs officials who had pawed over their cameras and equipment And this desplt the official per missions he had secured in Mexico City en route to Yucatan. McGrath the production manager, should have done that, McOrath should have been at the dock to meet them, McOrath, who bad taken a previous boat, should have done a thousand and one things he had not done, and now everything was balled up, "I'll bet," he rapped at Hogarth, "that he never was here at all. I'll bet he's swilling beer In some Joint back In Tia Juana, or some other place a couple of thousand miles away." "Yeah?" said Hogarth wearily. "What's beer In Spanish?" "Cerveia," snapped Mr. Greene. "God knows what it Is In this dia lect." Hogarth strolled off. "Hey, wbere're you going?" called Mr. Greene. "We're not through with these boxes yet." . Down the street a ramshackle sign hung out Into ths street In crude .but unmistakable letters It rea , "Cerveia." Hogarth was headed to ward that sign. Evidently be bad learned his flrstjrord in Spanish and was -aklng use of the knowledge. Green turned wearily to his . iboxes. Later he visited Janice at tbe American Consulate where he had left her. She was sitting drearily on the veranda, In a broken-backed wicker chair. , "Consul back yet?" " .' ' "No. I don't think he's coming either. This place looks as It It had been closed tor weeks. Did you find i McOrath?" Mr. Greene exploded. "Please," asked Janice. "Excuse me," apologized Mr. Greene; "I'm all hot and bothered. Damn this country. Nothing goes right. Nobody knows where Mc Orath Is. Nobody ever heard -f him. I got all our stuff In the customs house and they sock me plenty duty, "I went to a place they call a bank and 'hey refused to cash my drafts, o finally I went to a sort of grocery store snd the fellow told me he speaks pretty good English to bunt a dude up who was last sec walk Ing toward a wharf. "It took two hours to find him, but he cashed my draft all right That's the only break got Hogarth and the two came, omen are aottlm drunk at some ba., waiting until the train starts for Merlda." ' "Is that whi.ro tha ruins are?' "NJ. That's the .apltal of this county or state o whatever It la. We make our headquarters the-e. The rulna are a day's ride further on. Why they wanted to come to thla country It over my head. They can build seta better and cheaper than inia location . 111 cost." "McGrath and Hogarth felt that we wanted authentlo and accurate backgrounds." "Those fat headsl The only thing authentlo they wanted was the liquor." Mr. Greene regained something ot his fusty aggressiveness. He located Hogar'h and the two camera-men, unbent sufficient!) to finish, upon th lr rather filck tongued Invita tion, the cool liquid that remained in a quart bottle upon the table. He bundled them Into their aests upon f. in. . The train whistled and puffed out of the atatlon. Mr. Greene bad ar ranged his party at the rear end of their coach and placed their boxes so tuat they separated them from the pa.ked and chattering humanity further forward. "There was no first class coach on this train. The ua ally have one they told me. Another funny thing: They have a flat-car behind us with about twenty soldiers on It and an other one behind the engine wltb some i tore army. "I'll have to ask their General If I can use them foi extras. We'll need a couple of hundred for the 'yelling, howling, savar.es' scenes. They look too lazy to yell and nowl much but maybe we cap put a keg ot eer on top " ' '.t bis - 'ramld at the ruins and have 'em charge It." The train rumbled along; Mr. Greene's voice rose and fell. Janice Bat listlessly l'l her Beat, smiling faintly as an occasional crmment of Greene's amused her. Hogartu and the two other men bad produced a bottle with an odd label, and were parta' ' g of it w'" ' -sltant c.pres- sic and wry faces. Mr. Greene was explaining to Hogarth and his 'companions the proper Mayan pronunciation ot Chicben Itza, the location ot the rulna where their pictures were to be taken. It was apparent that none of hla listeners were particularly in- tereated. Mr. Green was proving that a guide-book could be articulate. He lifted his arm. He paused to draw a breath. Then, curiously, be half lifted In his seat. Hla expression was one ot hurt and startled surprise. He toppled toward the aisle, and aa he fell sprawling, broken glass crashed about him. The train lurched as It It had struck a solid obstruction. The pas sengers were thrown forward. Their coach ground to a stop. A WOMAN screamed piercingly; whflrfllinnn A hv a alpnnl nthar PORTLAND, Ken. 6. (AP) Twenty-year-old Melvln Hansen, of Che .'islls, Wash., who has had no mu sical training other than "some pi ano lessons," beamed, reddened and took some six curtain calls after the Portland Symphony Orchestra had played hla "Symphony in C Minor" during the final matinee concert of j the orchestra's season Sunday. An audience of about 3,000 applauded for more than ten minutes. J Sunday's performance was the first time Hansen's composition had ever ' been played In public. Back of the , presentation Is a story with Horatio Alger qualities. Some two months ago, Hansen ap proached Wlllem van Hoogstraten, conductor of the orchestra, In his hotel. "I have a symphony I want you to hear," he said. The conduc tor questioned him, learned that he had obtained .his musical education , from piano lessons In Seattle, from talking to orchestra players and from Usnlng to broadcasts. His only previous composition had been a pi ano concerto which he plRyed with a Seattle high school orchestra In 1031. Van HoogHtraten tried out tho sym phony at orchestra rehearsal, and decided It was" worthy of presenta tion. "It Is not a great composition," lie said, "but It does show an unus ual talent." I Young Hansen Is now earning his living by playing the piano for a Portland Sunday school. He has no definite plana for more musical edu cation, but is working on other com positions. IT'S STILL PONDEROSA SAYS SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON. Feb. 43. The Unit ed Statea supreme court today re fused to reconsider its recent de cision sustaining the order of the federal trade commission directing the Aigoma Lumber company and eleven other companies on the Pa cific coast to stop selling lumber and other products made from Ponderosa pine a California white pine. Oil Tax Proposed WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (AP) A one-tenth of a cent tax a barrel on oil at the well and another one-tenth of a cent on oil aa it reaches the refinery was proposed to the house ways and means committee today by Secretary Irttes. GIVE IT A WHIRL f X) W6 -The ' dom't vou fcV OF MVCAra CLIMB- L -UMSuePASSEpL X&k W a FRS) PrUFr 5HOYET.IKG HIS VRWEWM AND ERNIE" PLUMFR, SHOVELING HIS FROST WALK, WERE HAVING A PLEASANT "pME CHATTlKfi As ihev worked, uwti- free discovered that crnie Was dumpiks' AR HIS snow ON fpED'S coat . Which he had LAID CAREFULLY "solded on -the SNoirJ beside him , Guiyas WRUAT7S S MATTER POP- By C. M. Payne A RKKDY and plilegmy whistle sounded. Mr. Greene mopped his face with a wet handkerchief and observed that they'd better get going as it probably was the train coming in to takr them to Morlda, an hour's rids In from the coast. "If It's any '..otter when we work t the ruins," he grumbled, "we'll need asbestos grease-paint. . The Kle' i got no ' In;, on thl sun. They be -- 1 the Irak.. The day was cooling 'i . the approach of dusk and the sbon quick shower that spattered them as they loaded the boxes, made the air appreciably more comfortable. women took up her cry, and men ahouted. Janice heard, above the noise within the coach, the crash of exploding firearms. Glass from the windows shattered about her, splln tors flew fronj the woodwork. Then s suddenly as It had Begun, the sustained . rattle of firing topped. There was an occasional shot, then a small volley or two, but the firing was not directed toward the coach. " , - Janice looked at the other passen gers. The natives huddled together or crouched near tho floor. Their first excitement had ceased and aha heard them talking together In low murmurs, the word "revoluclonls- las" was repeated often. . Hogarth and the two camera-men were down behind their seata. A Mexican waa standing In tha aisle cutting at the sleeve of another, and a woman waa sitting close by tear ing at a white garment. Janice's glance dropped to the aisle near her. Mr. Greene was sprawled on hla face, his bsre, slightly bald head within a yard of her toot. "Hogarth!" she cried. "Greene Is hurt!" Swiftly the girl knelt beside tha lax body ot Greene. With efficient atrength she rolled him halt upon his back. She cried sharply as she saw tha mass of blood that stained bis thlrt front. "Hogarth!" she exclaimed again. "Get aome water from the cooler. A lot of 1L I . . ." She sobbed a Uttle with excitement. She pushed Greene'a coat back from his shoul dors. Her fingers tumbled at the but tons on the bloody shirt, "Oh, dear. a knife please, somebody give me a knife. OK poor Mr. Greene!" Hogarth dashed u cup-full of water upon Greene's face. One of the camera-men knelt opposite Janice and began to rip with a pocket, knife al the underwear beneath tbe shirt The man they were working or 4ghed deeply; hla eyelids fluttored "Ow," muttored Mr. Oreone. Another cup of water waa dashed upou him. This time against bli chost. The liquid slushed away th oiooa and snowed a ragged red well across the white skin. Greene atrsg gled to sit erect. I.le still," commanded Janlci aoftly. "You've been hurt" fClf si. IW. ir HnkH '...) Tsmarraw. turns up again. a viry bad panny BANKRUPT RENTER GETS CLEAN BILL WASHINGTON, fb. . (AP) The supreme court held today that tenants who break leasea by going Into bankruptcy do not have to pay damages covering future rents. The derision, rendered In two caws appealed from New York, was considered of great Importance be naiise of the number of rental leasea cancelled by bankruptcy proceedings. Landlords contend bankruptcy In many Instances was resorted to solely for the purpose of breaking leases. They said this was particularly true of chain stores. North Carolina dairymen estimate they sold eio.000.000 worth of milk to urban consumers last year. RATTLESNAKE STORY WIDELY CIRCULATED A clipping from Vie Omaha Even ing World-Herald, forwarded to Med ford residents of that city, shows how far a strange bit of news may travel. The clipping la a copy of the "Strange as It Seems" feature and In It appears a drawing ot a rat- llenke puncturing a tire. Beneath It the story Is told of Just such happening here last summer. John His. who writes and draws the reature, waa a visitor In MM ford during the pt year. T,1e clipping ! im on display at the chamber of commerce today. North Carolina State college salt mates ths lro.u mr-omr- of farmers t tli.lt st.itr was :00 OD0.OO0 la.t vi-.o compared with IWO.000,000 In ls. , mAw! Vou 'Vl' ffcidsA ' Tot rCs -t Ave. 1 ?-tjeV, MAw! 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