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PAGE STX MEDFORD .MAIL TRIBUNE, fEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1934. A New Serial GODDESS ly Herbert Jensen &r.0t8IS: Juit before then are to be sacrificed to a heathen and in the Yucatan (UHfllo by the ahktn ot a innate band. Frank Grahame and Janice Kent eecane in a vlane. Thev eraeh however becauee Frank' wountle make him loee coneoiousneae. While follow ing an aoe old Uavan road through the Wilde theu --each He end. and tall into a valley. They are ex plortna it. next mornino. when Jan ice diecover eomethtno etartlina. Chapter 38 THE AHKIN 10 Frank on the opposite tide ot the scream u seemea mat it toon almost a physical effort (or Janice to turn her eyes toward him. Bbo put ber foot upon the log and ran lightly across. "You might have slipped," remon strated Frank as she stood beside blm. Her glance met bis. "What Is It?" be said with quick concern. Her (ace held a curious expression, "That stump, Frank. That tree was chopped down, or gnawed." "Are you sure?" At her nod he stepped past the withered leaves 01 tbe palm top and made the passage back to the other aide. He examined the ends ot the stump and log. Janice was right. Tbey looked as 1( they bad been cut by man with an Incredibly dull axe. Frank rejoined the girl. His ex presslon was thoughtful. He said, "Let's go on." He did not tell her that he had noticed another and more disturbing thing. A (alnt trail led away from tbe tree trunk through the sort ground. Jungle grass grows fast. Tbe path was (alnt but discernible. That meant that the trail was being used at present! They skirted the base ot the small bill keeping wltbin a (ew yards ot tbe stream's edge Suddenly Frank, ahead of the girl atopped. He sniffed the air. "I smell smoke," said Janice. "There must be people nearby. Oh Frank, perhaps" She brushed past blm. "It's com Ing (rom over there. I see It now!" She began running. It was tben tbat Frank realized that they were on a trail, doubtless tbe continua tion of the one he'd seen on tbe other side of the palm-trunk bridge. He called out, "Stop, Janice! Walt! They may be" He saw the running girl halt sud denly. She gave a short scream and recoiled. Frank snapped out his machete and leaped (orward. . The path bad given way to a small clearing. grass, thatched roof hut stood on the farther side. There was a small pipe ot rocks In the middle of which t fire burned. But lying beside the Are, bis Jet eyes gleaming coldly on either side ot his beaked nose, was the figure ot the ahkln, blgb-prlest ot the bloo ly cult ot the Bat! JANICE! whirled and ran down the back trail. For a moment Frank tood hesitating, swinging bis ma chete, and staring at tbe eyes of liv ing hate tbat burned in the dark face ot the priest. The man's head-dress was gone. His (eatbered ornamentation clung to him In-damp bedragglement. The gristly bide of skin lay balf over bis extended legs. Despite his wrecked costume, the man'r murderous fa naticism clad him like a garment Frank beard Janice call (rom a distance. Warily he backed away. The ahkln made no move to follow. He lay, bating Frank with his eyes. He Joined bis companion at the stream's edge. She admitted, with nervous apology, that she'd lost her bead. "His eyes!" she exclaimed with a shudder. "Tbey were like poison!" Sbe put her hand to her heart. "I seemed to (eel bis glance here! Let's go back to our camp." Tbey hurried, stumbling through the vague trail they'd hacked that morning. Frank was busy with bis thoughts. How had the ahkln sur vived tbat terrible (all? How bad he come to this Isolated spot. A vague explanation was pressing Into his consciousness, a reason remote and incredible. That stream, sliding swiftly tr rough this little sunken valley could It be that the pool of the cenote beneath the pyra mid connected with this valley? Was this valley Just another elongated cenote, througb which the stream ran too swiftly to dam Into a pool? That would mean that this valley was a freak formation of nature, that the underground river, gnawing Its way through the limestone had Anally undermined Its arched roof and caused the ground above to (all Into the cavern below. No wonder that the clltfa bound Ing the little valley were cincave and showed no .ace up which they might climb to the upper level. Frank followed close upon Janice's heels. He kept his machete bared tn his hand. They burst through the matted growth of vegetation Into the grove of palm trees where their fire still smouldered. The girl uttered a sharp exclamation and stopped sud denly. A dim figure seemed to drift Into the brush beyond the Are. Almost It seemed that It was shaped (rom the fire's smoke. Frank leaped (or ward. It was no figure of smoke. He heard tbe crash of shrubbery, the sound of a heavy body breast' Ing the tangle. He saw the bushes waving ahead of blm. Plunging through in pur suit, Frank raised the heavy blade cf bis machete. If this were tbe FEDERAL AID FOR NATION'S SCHOOLS TOPIC AT SESSION WORD TO START AT P CLEVELAND. Feb. 27. (AP) T7ie question of how much financial help the nation's schools may be able to ' get from the federal government was the prime subject of conversation to- I day for thousands of school superln- tendents. j Sums as high as half a billion dollars were discussed Informally by delegates to the convention of the National Education Association's de- ahkln. come by some secret trail to ' f"!? tf 'T h"??""' JSSl ASTORIA, Ore.. Feb. 27. (AP) Word was received today from Major General George A. White that work will start at once on additions to Camp Clatsop, near here. Involving the expenditure of between $40,000 and tSO.000. The camp Is the sum mer encampment site of the Oregon -National Ciuard. I The work will Include coiutruc-1 tlon of a large warehouse which can also be used as an assembly hall, l five new bathhouses, additions to 1 the sewage and electric wiring sys- j terns, and general repair of existing buildings. General White Indicated efforts j are being made to obtain jn addt-i tlonal appropriation of - (80,000 for' camp Improvement. THE WORLD AT ITS W0RS' By GLUYAS WILLIAMS 4 Phone 333. Rlnklng Trucking Co (or Modern Fuel Oil deliveries. molest them, he was going to have a settlement now. To wait until dark would be suicidal with that manlao loose. He leaped a fallen log. Brush crackled ahead. Shrubbery tops waved; be caught a brief glimpse ot a human hand raised to pull aside a bough. Frank lunged. He heard a startled cry. Tbe hand appeared again clencned about tbe handle of a club tipped with stone. His machete Sashed up. He chopped It (orward. It clanged upon stone; his arm was numbed with the shock. A bough switching backward caught him across the eyes. The pain blinded him. Human hands .clawed at bis throat. He reached (orward and bis arms encircled a body. He (elt garments tear as he sought to tighten his hold. ' The creature he could not see It writhed and (lopped In bis grip. A fist beat at his (ace and he tightened his arms. He (elt a beard ed (ace crushed against bis own. He put up his hand and clamped it under the hairy chin. DAMN you! You murdering" His antagonist relaxed. Al most he (ell (orward upon blm ao sudden waa the tactic. He opened his smarting eyes. A blond-bearded wild (ace opposed his own. Vivid blue eyes, wide with a fantastic amazement gleamed above tbe bronzed cheekbones. The bearded lips parted in an astonished, unbe lieving smile. Frank Grabame!" the man ex claimed. "Frank" Frank muttered, "Hilly Langtonl" He brought up his free band and passed the fingers througb his hair. The other said, "Take your paw off my throat, you hoodlum." Frank dropped bis hands to his side. Langton swayed, and would have fallen but tor Frank's, In stantly supporting arm. The man leaned against a tree trunk, breath ing heavily, and looking unutter ably weary. I'm sort of Weak," be explained quietly. His smile flashed again. And what brings you here, strang er? You always were a (ool (or bust ing tn places. ... 1 might have brained you with that swipe 1 took." He glanced at the ground. "Ah, . . . here it Is. That club ot mine Is no plaything." He coughed. "Hello, you old Jackass." ' Langton's eyes were bright wltb tears. Frank understood. His own throat was too tight (or utterance. His friend, whom he had thought dead months ago was alive. Us swallowed but the lump persisted He sail gruffly: You djtmned ghost. I might I have knocked your block oft with 1 that machete. Thought you were tbe ahkln." "Oh . . . you found him! I dragged blm out of the water this morning. He's harmlesa . . . now. Back broken. How the devil be got Did youT . . ." Frank Interrupted blm. "Tell you later. Tell you Iota of things later. Let's got back to the clearing." Janice met them at the edge ot the little savannah. Frank smiled slightly as with tbelr appearance sbe dropped a knotty stick. She looked at them anxiously as they approached her. He said lightly, "Janice may I present an old friend." He Intro duced them quite formally. She gave a little startled cry, Langtonl" Swiftly ber glance sur veyed him. Her oyes widened; they seemed to dim and soften and she took In each detail of bis appear ance. Impulsively she stepped or ward. Langton stood, a little weary mile behind the blond mask ot bis beard. His eyes seemed haunted with a dull opaqueness bohlnd the bright blue Irises. His right arm stood out (rom the shoulder at an odd angle; the hand seemed thin and wasted. One (oot urned Inward, the toe pointed to ward the Instep ot the other. (Cefyil'l. t'St. h V-M Intern) prepared to start general hearings on a host of proposals fur school aid. A committee appointed by George P. Zook, United States commission er of education, who la on the pro gram of today's general aeaslon, has sponsored a bill calling for an ap proprlatlon of $100,000,000. Patll R. Mort, of teachers' college, Columbia University, an authority on sr.hool finance, said he believed $400,000,000 would be necessary. ' Superintendent Carroll R. Reed of Minneapolis, making an estimate of $500,000,000, declared "when the road people can ask for somewhere over a billion, the schools certainly ought to have half that much. Fed eral aid of some sort Is inevitable." In keeping with the times Dr.tgs end Toiletries at Cut Prices at JAR MIN'S DRUG STORE. Suits cleaned and pressed, 8Sc Oreaaes 75c up. Tel. 83S-J. Economy Cleaner. 1728 No Riverside. M U J h UWU I 1 : Wfl ! H m .i t OhThat's different! "Why didm't o av vou weee a lodge brother iim mc nioi rL.fc'. xuu WON I NEED NDUR. VALVES. GROUND -IfeY Unsurpassed!' Piccolo fSEBUSg-i T 2.-2-7 while wavTins a "The designated corner RR VOUR WIFE WHO WAS G0H& TO DRIVE )Nf0 fOWN fO MEET VOO AND 60 0 THE MOVfTS, VOD DISCOVER -THE KEY OF IRE CAR IN VWR. POCKET" -(Copyright, 1934, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) S MATTER POP By C. M. Payne 7 Retty had just SAfserei to MLLE. I'WILLE tOHO S TO Wy THE AAr OF FF V THE A EGA t Fl1 THKIUER, " tVAGHT PATVOL " XJHM GILBERT AitwrA6U HE to OF THE MOTON PCTURE 72) BE STAGED AT THiXE'POIHT, SUODENLV CAIE up yiAfO By Hal Forrest "x j "mw7 " x . : rwir-p 7. 7 . : ",r -srr wljitcw '7 - ;s v ? x It 3-3-33 'mW V5r .- I Lr) (Copyright, 1933. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) I Jj TAILSPIN TOMMY Introducing Gilbert Montague ! J?i f- oh it s nsieuft yes,Mnzu., 1 am ; - J C,so--that's i Ves, skeeter-.-twat is h6misht-f he-ano sesices- Vl flCJNTAGUE.-" --H-, READ'Y TO GO OVER rj C fOlftTETR. C THE BIG MASCULIN& STAR. ' DIDN'T HAVE SUCH HE fllSHT HAVE ' (-r7l -erm" THE SCRIPT- OMTH S MONTASUE.xO ? or "MIDNIGHT PATROL S ' A UiEAfc. CHIN-- APPEARED PtSFCCUV -y' gSftgnsf"",. - !( fyS? vou if ' the.v? if a ootfr you think y xi an'---did vou j (morc-ial to vou irrr fejai UJiFSS VOU uW-t. O -f IShs RG5CC-IBLES , W NOTICE" HIS S( IF HE MAO'NT ' prPT y X; ' -X AaOMPANY 5 k""SfelL-CToMMV"S0MErtHAr.rf I I Pi EYES ARE BET) (NTERRU PtED 70MmX jM l i'MME-TO $k3&5--rfmW I N to c"-ose.- vou r. uittlg BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER The "Spider's" Orders! By Edwin Alger BEN NEBSTBR FELT A SENSE OF HORROR; LUKE OBRlEtvi , HIS GREAT, GOOD FRIEND.WASSHOT, PERHAPS KILLED ARE THEY WISE? I'LL SAY I THE 3GS UP, THEY ARE! THE'MICK h SPIDER' CLHIM'a GIMNlte TWItU To PICK HIM OFF SO THAT THE EXCITEMENT. t. COULD RAID THF I I SOUTH WAREHOUSE! M C . A f 1 1 NO, IT leNVT T GET I HL. C3S-Jr I I A READY T F&A Hess Tomorrow torv. Langton tolls his TRUGKS VIOLATING PORTLAND, Feb. 37. (AP) Lw )l M. Scott, chairman of th atat highway com miaul on, today ankcd I Chartfw M. TMomas, publlo utilities commlMloner, to take direct action ' In enforcing the Uw regulating mo tor transport permit and mileage feea. "Due to non-enforcement of thli act," Scott wrote, "the stat high way fund pro bub) y lost 9300.000 the ftrat lx month of the operation of thli law." "We feel certain." he continued, "that wa are losing money at pres ent through lick of proper enforce ment." "The highway comnitMlon. Is r. celvlng nunieroua complaint Irom Marcii S, various source.' the letter said, to the effect that there are many trucks operating without securing motor transportation permit and paying the proper ton-mite fee. "We would appreciate your Imme diate attention to theae matter and the giving of proper Instructions to the state polios to Vie end that there be no violation of the motor ve hicle act and that the state highway fund receive thla necevary money for the maintenance of the system and the retirement of our debt." CONDON MANNAMED FARM AID SECRETARY 8POKANK. 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