PGE TCTOTTT
BLOND KM
A New Serial
BYS0PS1B: Frank Orahame. the
exvlorer, and Janice Kent, movie
ttar. tall into a mvstertoue valley
while eetaoino from a band of mur
ilerotte earaaee in the interior of
Yucatan. They tannot get out ol the
valley, and to their horror they rind
the htoh vricet of the tribe to m
vHtoned vjith them. To eav the
climax, then find Hill Lanaton alto,
and Lanaton ie the aviator friend
of Grahame who hat been mtlttno
many monfA.
Chapter 39
..ANGTON'S STORY
. JANICE exclaimed In a choked
voice, "He's hurt, Frank, oh, he's
hurt!"
Langton muttered, "That hap
pened weeks ago. I'm all right now.
I got cracked up badly trying to get
out ot this valley, t. Una I'd made
broke when I was hallway up the
cliff. . . , Getting food was pretty
hard tor a tew weeks. . . ."
Janice's eyes glistened. Langton
smiled. "Don't (eel sorry tor me
Miss Kent wait 'til 1 show you my
Crusoe bachelor quarters. I've got
everything including running water.
Too much running water, but I'm
afraid not so many groceries as I'd
like. . . ."
He chatted on, gayly. Inconse
quentially, as It he were admitting
them to bis bouse tor an afternoon's
visit. Frank could not take bis eyes
from the gangling emaciated figure.
I The few rags ot clothes he bad
'were soiled and torn and hung from
him like pitiful tatters on a scare
crow. He suggested that they walk
to his camp.
He ambled ahead with a grotesque
limp, swinging his stone-tipped
bludgeon with what was almost an
air of gay insouciance. The other
arm stood out at a pitiful angle.
, The afternoon sun dipped beyond
the western cliffs as they reached
Langton's. Ore. The higb-prlest lay
as they bsd seen him earlier In the
afternoon, face Immobile, eyes hate
ful. Frank experienced a little crawl
ing ot the muscles of his back as the
ahkln's eyoj rested upon him. Help
less as the man was nevertheless his
glance seemed to have substance.
Frank felt the malevolent Impact
of his gaze. The ahkln seemed to
have a power tor harm tbat was be
yond the physical.
Langton poked the Ore with a
tick. Several hours had passed
since they had found him at their
camp acrosB the stream. After show
ing them bis "Crusoe quarters" the
small shack that stood before the
entrance to an extensive care, he
had pressed them with questions of
the outside world.
His months out ot civilization, 'ie
bad said, seemed like so many years.
Frank had gossiped steadily, and
bis news, supplemented by wbat
Janice could tell, seemed to bring
back the side of Billy Langton's
nature the lmpudont, reckless
charm that the world had thought
lost forever to It. "
Langton listened with the com
plete absorption of a child with a
fairy tale.
Once with a vaBt penitence be In
terrupted to ask them If tbey wore
hungry. He barely waited for their
answer, but disappeared Into the
cave and brought out a woven bas
ket of dried venlaon.
Janice and Frank- ate ravenously.
The ahkln, when It was offored to
him had waved bis hand negatively,
almost contemptuously. Nor djd
Langton eat any.
"He's like I am, "Langton
grinned. "I'm so sick of the stuff my
self I'd rather eat a bucket of
spinach ... If I had a bucket of
spinach."
FRANK glanced at him suspicious
ly. "Is that all you have?" He
pointed at the basket.
Langton chuckled behind his
blond beard. "I got you. But you're
wrong this time . . . There's more In
the cave. And more running around
loose in tho jungle.
"This place Is sort of a wild game
trap. Animals that don't fall off the
cliffs float down the stream and
land here. They can't got out." He
stared with Impassive reflection
Into the fire.
"I've done as well for food as could
be expected. I've had enough, any
way. 1 made a rope of vines snd
cactus fiber. With It i could trap a
deer when 1 wanlod.
"I've even caught a turkey or two.
and managed to net flab. Tbs flab
weren't very good. The trouble wss
" Langton msde a grimace . "
that the rope finally got me In
trouble.
"I made a long one, tied a rock to
JUSTICE COURTS OUT
SALEM. Ore, Frb. 28 (AP) Jus
tlce court cannot tmnoM fines or
sentences under the terms of the
state liquor control art, Attorney
General I. H. VanWlnkl held today.
Van Winkle's opinion stated: "I find
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by Herbert Jensen
It and practised slinging It 1 got so
I could throw It quite a distance. It
occurred to me tbat if I could sling It
ud over the Up of the cliff It might
catch on something and I could haul
myself up by It.
"1 tried It. After a while It fast
eued on something 1 thought stout
lyand after testing It by climbing
ten feet or so 1 decided to risk the
entire climb. Well , . . It let mo
down. . . ."
He pointed to bis maimed arm.
"I broke that, and dislocated my
hip. 1 crawled back here. It was ,
pretty bad for a while. 1 had some
food but 1 couldn't hunt 1 guess
for weeks." He grinned again. "But
my appetite wasn't what you'd call
hearty, and I got by ail right."
"What did you do for Are?" asked
Janice.
"That was the least of my worries.
I found a wood that burns forever, 1
think. The natives used It back In
the city, and 1 had a few matches."
They sat and talked late into the
night. The mosquitoes did not
bother them. Lauglon claimed that
It was because there was good drain
age into a swiftly flowing stream,
and therefore there could be no
breeding places.
Langton's story was that he bad
been blown out of his course by the
hurricane anil sighted no place to
land until to bis amazement he saw
the great stene-slabbed clearing
near the pyramid.
Not only could he land there but
It appeared designed for a later take
off. He had, then, no hesitation In
landing.
"I'D been spoiled, I guess," he went
A oa with a bint of apology in his
smile. "When the natives surround
ed me I thought that they composed
a sort of jungle reception commit
tee. They seemed to know who 1
was, too.
"1 used to read stories about these
people down here who made gods
of blond men you know lota of
those old Spanlardi. were blond,
which Was one of the reasons they
got by so well In the old days.
"Even when they came they found
the natives had blond-gods-from.
the -east -legends. The Spaniards
took advantage of those legends.
"Maybe I thought I might do the
same for a little while. I'm kid
enough, I guess, to try feeling how it
is to be a king. Yep," be continued,
"I tried, but 1 didn't get away with
it I met the ahkln here In a day or
two and I began to wish that hurri
cane had blown me somewhere else.
"The blgh-prlest Isn't a bad sort,
really. I think he's a remarkable fel
low. He doesn't apeak English
only Spanish yes, that's right, just
Spanish and his own language, but
he can read your mind like a book.
"Don't tell me you don't believe
In telepathy, Frank this boy can
give you some startling exhibition.
Either tbat or he's a twin brother
to Herman the Great. Anyway we
got along fine when I'd aak him ques
tions that he could answer with a
yes or a no In Spanish 1 know that
much of the language, anyway.
"We got along line, I say, until I
wss taken to the top of the pyramid
to witness one of tbelr little sunrise
performances. They'd dressed me up
quite trickily.
"They killed a poor devil on the
sacrifice stone . , . and a girl. I went
a little haywire and in the fight came
out second best.
"They put me In a stone room, and
gave me to understand that my
scrap on the pyramid top had elect,
ed me to take a more or leas per
sonal part In tba next performance.
"They treated me all right though.
Tbey gave me soraj stuff from the
ship, pop, chewing gum, and choco
late bars" He grinned a little '
shamefacedly. "You know me.
Frank. Frank used to tell me. Miss
Kent, that all I needed on my crate
was a peanut whistle to go Into bust
ness.
"I wrote a note on a cablegram
envelope, and scratched my story
on the wall, high up. The "envelope
I put In a pop bottle and sealed It
with chewing gum and a piece of
rag from my shirt. When they took
me to the pyramid top I carried the
bottle with me.
"To cut a long story short, I tried
to take the ahkln with me not be
cause I bsd anything personally
against him, but he la a dangerous
lunatic and with him out of the wa
ttle vital statistics of this ancle
city would take quite a drop for t
good."
tCefyritel. 19S4. h Kerlert leetf
Frank and Bill discuss sic
tomorrow.
nothing In the act which gives to
the Justice court concurrent Jurisdic
tion will that of th circuit court
fnr Imposition of a flna or a Jail
sentence, thereunder.'
The opinion waa requested by the
district attorney of Columbia county.
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 38 (AP)
William Newland, 97, stabbed In
fight between a (roup of Filipinos
and white men here Sunday, died In
a hospital today. Ha waa stabbed In I
the left side.
MEDFOUD MAIL
AUSTINS TOLD
Copyright, MM, by the Awoclated
rrenn.
VIENNA, Feb. 38. (AP) Prince
Ernst von Starhemberfc, leader of the
victorious fiuwlst helmwehr move
ment, eaid today of Chancellor Engel-
bert Dollfuas:
"We aland or fall together."
Von Sterhemberg made thia declar
ation at his first official press recep
tion. At his elbow was the federal
press chief who customarily sits be
side Chancellor Dollfuas at such
functions.
The helmwenr leader, however,
quickly disposed of any suspicion
that he was emerging aa the sole dic
tator of Austria, by emphasizing re
peatedly that he and Dollfuas are In
full agreement and that the helm
wehr Is absolutely convinced that
Dollfuas will carry out the program of
von Starhemberg and the helmwehr.
The prince denied extra precautions
were being taken along the frontier.
"If It should become' necessary to
safeguard the frontier," he said,
"helmwehr troops would, of course,
be rushed In that direction, but per
sonally I do not anticipate this neces
sity." Call for Warrants.
SALEM, Feb. 28, (AP) The state
treasurer today Issued a call for war
rants marked not paid for want of
funds, date from December 16 to 20,
Inclusive, and amounting to $103,783.
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TRIBUXE, TifEDFORD,
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 38. (AP) The
Cor va Ills General Hospital association
must pay personal Injury damages
of iOOOO to Mrs. A. R. Hamilton, the
Oregon supreme court ruled Tuesday
in affirming Judge Earl C. LaTpu-
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li i tin iv n hL - mfrswrL a w u "VLmm rst .
OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1931.
rette in an appeal from Benton
county.
The hospital association lost the
Judgment case In the circuit court
when plaintiff claimed Injuries were
sustained through bodily burns oc -
ess toned by the use of an electric
heating pad while in the hospital.
The hospital appealed, claiming It
waa 'a charitable Institution and
therefore not liable.
In the long opinion written by
Justlre J. O. Bailey It- wss held the
hospital was not charitable but was
operated for profit, and therefore
liable for payment of Judgment de
creed in the lower court.
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By GLUYAS WILLIAMS a
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