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Newspaper Page TextPAflE R1T MEDFOTIP MATL TRTBUXE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1934. IS BLOND A New Serial SYNOPSIS! Frank Orahame. explorer in the Mexican lunale on a eearch lor Hill hanalon. mj,fn0 aviator, ten da hie companion, Juan, back to the eoaet and deter mlnee to try to reeow the movfa etnr, Janice Kent. Through hie bin eculart he hat eeen her led up the etcpe of a iavan pyramid with a companion ; hi realleee that ehe hae come to Mexico "on location" and hae been bctraucd into the hande of the "sublovadoe," a dan acroue band in the Yucatan iun glee. Chapter 27 FRANK EXPLORES THE tun had sunk below the horizon. Cautiously he slid Into the open outside the ruin. Ahead, where the column ot pursuers had gone, ha made out a whttp object above the tree tops. He drew forth his binoculars and adjusted them. It was the house atop the pyramid reflecting from Its altitude the sun. He was closer to the city than he thought, not more than a mile or two. He heard a rustle behind blm. He whirled, gun In hand. The shadows bad lengthened, and seml-obscurlty shrouded the ground. Tbe sound was not repeated, but he believed he saw a shadow fade and disappear at the Jungle's edge. An Iguana, as large as a cat, drifted across the rocks ahead ot him. Doubtfully be holstered bis pistol, and withdrew Into the ruin. Time enough to enter the city after dark; meanwhile he would get some badly needed sleep. Tbe squeaking of bats and tbe soft whispering ot tbelr wings awakened Frank. He glanced at th" Illuminated dial ot bis watcb It was a little after midnight. He stretched the stiffness from his limbs. He adjusted bis clothing as best be could hi the darkness, and tightened his belt. He was very hungry. He stepped Into the open and to lowed In the tracks of tbi party that had passed tbe ruin during the af ternoon. As he aproached the city the trees thinned and gave blm scanty cover. Ahead, he saw a light, a dull glow, that he guessed from Its height to bo a Are ot some kind atop the big pyramid. This was confirmed as he approached the huge mass. He wondered at the lack of edifices on this side. Doubtfully he gauged the height of tbe moon, speculating If tbe two bours light remaining were likely to be more ot a help than a hin drance.' He was grateful for tbe dim Illumination a few minutes later when he stepped Into the shadow of the pyramid. He stopped, rigid with astonish merit. There, ahead of him, almost at bis feet was tbe white disk ot the moon I It took a few seconds for an explanation of this eerie phenom enon to penetrate bis mind. It was the moon, reflected in a pool of wa ter. As bis gaze adjusted itself to the correct focus, he msde out the dim bulk of the pyramid refleoted below the lopsided shield that was the moon. It was a cenotel One of those huge cavernous openings that abound throughout the Yucatan peninsula, where the roof of rock. agos ago, bad fallen Into a natural subterranean reservoir. Graham dropped to bis bands and knees and orawled to the edge. Tbe brink was sharp and the sides al most perpendicular. It made a sort of lake sunk scores ot feet below the surface of the surrounding ter rain. The cenote was a rough oval, a hundred yards long, with a breadth-span ot about two-tblrda that distance. The pyramid abutted against the farther end, looming like a grim sentinel ot past ages. HE stopped away from the edge and progressed with tnflulte caution to the base of the structure. The moon was somewhat behind blm, hlnlnf jpon the mied stone. He i to his snrprlse that the pyramid had been constructed so that this aids reared itself In a smooth perpsndlonlar line from the Up of the eenote. It would be s terrible fall, thought the American, from the truncated top of the pyramid. An object hurled from that height would hm an uninterrupted plunge to thi sur face of th water. He rounded tbe eorner away from the pool, and fuldtna himself with one hand toshlng the masonry, ap- proaobed the esoter t the sharply eloping side. He was la deep shad o. At the center the biwn-atone step Mgan. Be stlmbed a little way, and resi st, lewaing for sounds ot human bslata. He progressed slowly but snored himself that no one was about. At the top he peered over the edge. CONNECTICUT, WYOMING GET LEAST RELIEF AID WASHINGTON, Feb. H (AP) Fig ure showing Connecticut and Wyo Jng led ehe entire country in per centage of their relief burdens borne by state am local agencies Sr EVERYWHERE WmMt FLAVOR! GODDESS lY Herbert Jensen Tbe stage was flagged with bugs blocks of stone, and In the center stood the temple-house, built squarely. It was much larger than It bad seemed from tne plain below, There was no opening at the side facing Grahame, but be observed that a glow came from around a cor ner, the exposure facing the sheer drop to the cenote. He knew that there was a door way facing eastward, toward the small ruined pyramid at the edge ol the city, from which point he had made his observations of the pre vious day. In the center of the light from the western door, and standing halfway toward the edge, was a huge slab of stone supported as a pedestal, walst-tlgh, by four smaller stones at the corners. It was evi dently an altar of some sort. Even In the dim light Grahame saw that It was covered with elaborate carv ings. The surface of the slab seemed to slope toward the brink. With swift certainty be covered tbe space between the stair's top and the shadowy corner ot the house. . A glance assured blm that the altar side ot the bouse was un occupied. He slipped within the doorway. There was a corridor ahead, and at the end of It there showed a glimpse af star-studded sky, the eastern door. SEEMINGLY there was no one about. He penetrated farther Into the place. At the middle he found that another corridor, blind at both ends, bisected the other. At the Intersection a stone brazier burned, throwing smoky shadows about. He turned to the left, and pro ceeded toward tbe end. On each side were doorways, evidently tbe entrances to the rooms that lined this pyramid-house. - He paused. Dark lumps lay be fore two of the doorways. He beard the sound of human beings breath ing evenly. The red light from the central urn threw stabbing flashes about tbe walls and be caught glimpses ot reflected light upon the metallic equipment of the sleeping guards. He retreated softly,, and atole down tbe corridor to the opposite end. There were no guards before the dooorway. He nodded his head and com pressed his lips. He returned Into the left corridor and approacbed tbe end until he stood over the sleepers. He reached under his arm. His au tomatic gleamed dully In the fitful light, Sllontly, like a cat compressing ItBolf tor a spring, he beut over. His left band closed accurately upon a throat. A whisper died with the pressure ot his ringer muscles; he brought the barrel of the gun down upon the spot over the ear Grahame made an unintelligible sound In his throat and reached for the other's neck. There was a whistling of the guard's breath as' he essayed a shout and he writhed within the sudden grasp. His back bowed and he pounded at tbe Amer ican's face with bis fist. Grahame threw his leg forward and pressed the man's arm to his side. Again he chopped down the barrel of bis pistol, and the figure collapsed to the stone. He paused, holding his breath. There waa no aound but the sput tering ot the central urn. A glance at his watcb told blm that It was nearlng three o'clock. It would be getting light soon and there was little time to lose If he were to find Janice, and get down the pyra mid Into his hiding place. He was fooling faint from lock ol food, and his Imagination a be ginning to play tricks with bis sense of smell. He would have sworn that he smelled food, ever since he bad topped tbe pyramid. Ha found that the doors of these side rooms were casually fastened, rough wooden pegs pinioning a metal latch. The doora were wood en. He lifted tbe peg and pushing open the nearer one be entered. There was a lamp burning dimly In the room be entered. At the farther end be made out a pallet ana a figure reclining upon IL He approached the figure; his shadow hounded abont the atone walls like a huge misshapen phan tom. He bent over the couch; al most be eiclalmed aloud. Tne wide-open eyes ot Janice Kent, tbelr blue Irises glowing with a dars contempt, stared at him. He watched them widen in astonish ment. Her lips parted, as If she were about to speak, but his palm swiftly covered her mouth. Don't speak," be cautioned In the barest of whispers. (Cvrmt'. 1UI. h H-tnt hiem) Tomorrow, Jsnlcs complicates thfir tela. with the minimum of feriernl id were hiMrtrtt In the ronttreMlonM record tortay by Senator Hnyden (D.. Ariel Idaho, NrvrB, Montana, UtAti, Colorado, Arlmna, Wnshlngton andj Otrgon woelvfd bptwrn 75.0 per cih ano no per rein 01 ineir money irom vie government. TRADE BOOSTERS RACKET EXPOSED The chamber of commerce waa i aAked by National Recovery Admin istrator Hugh S. 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THIS LICE l OUST ) I I t 1 ' 1 I H TC?) - T3UT 11 I I 1 PORTLAND, Feb. 14. (AP) Three Portland men were appointed Mon day to membership on a "state ad justment board" which will assist In adjustment of controversies over NRA code compliance. Ben T, Osborne, executive secretary 7J m J 1 L J 1 .I'lUliiffn.i.ii.n 'ie! "This ikwention ' will PEMOLutiONize The AUTOMOBILE IMDUfcTRV! "IT PRACTICALLY " ELIMINATES -SHIFTING-! of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, will represent the workers: Herbert H. Clark of Portland will represent employers; Dr. O. B. No ble, professor of political science at Reed college, , will be chairman of the committee appointed by Edgar Freed, Oregon director of the na tional emergency council. HARRODBBURG, Ky. ( AP) Ken tucklans are hopeful President Roose velt win come here May 8 to dedi cate a (100.000 federal monument to the memory of George Rogers Clark, "pathfinder of the west." 1 M 1 1 I.) 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