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'Mil: SIX MKUFOKK MAIL TU 111 LINK, M Kl)i'()KI. OiiECUX, 11 IDA V, MAKC1I 1934. BLOND A IMew Serial GODDESS Ly Herbert Jensen SYNOPSIS; By a nrlni fofe, Frank Grahame, the explorer; Janice Kent, movie etar; Hill l.anuton, mieaina aviator, and tlie hiph prieet of a eavape tribe in Yucatan which hat tried to kill Or a ham e and Janice, all are cauaht in a Uexican valley from which they can not etcave. The badlu wounded ahkin malntatne a eontemptuoue calm, hut the other three prepare means of eurvivlna the rainy eeaeon. which will, they tear, fill their valley with water. Chapter 41 NEW PROBLEMS BUT Langton had developed a cun ning In the hunt With a long fiber rope, his club and bla atone illng be brought them quantities of game which Frank dissected and put In the sun to dry. Their meat diet was augmented by fruits from t variety of trees. Here the ahkln helped them. He spurned their offerings of meat, but once after he had expressed a will ingness to Frank to help th:s to the discovery of fruits and roots, they varied a diet of saltless meat that dally was becoming more repugnant to them. One day Frank suggested to Lang ton that the hlgh-prlest might be come a problem to them when once they decided they were able to leave the valley. "He's physically helpless. Suppos Ing we did get him to the top of the cliff, we could never take him with ua through the Jungle. We'd have all we could do to get through ourselves without any such hindrance. If we decided to UBe the raft and float downstream then what? We might he taking him to bis death." "It we leave him he dies anyway, muttered Langton. "I'm damned If , I'm so concerned about him. He' crazy as a loon. Remember I tried to kill blm once. If I had It would have been good riddance." "But you wouldn't leave a dog here If you saw a chance to get out.1 "If It were a mad dog, I'd kill It, said Langton significantly. "But not a mad man." "No," replied Langton soberly. "Not a mad man. At that be might prove useful to us. 1 have a funny hunch that he knows bow to get out .of here. Frank passed a hand over bis streaming brow. "I hope not," be muttered. "I hope not. That would mean he'd get to hie friends and then we'd " "Be out of the frying pan," com pleted Langton, "A pleasant thought iTm working on a jacket of balsa wood. I'll have It finished In a day or two, and then. . . ." "I hope It fits me," said Frank significantly. Langton replied grimly, "It Is not Intended to fit you.". Frank put his band on the arm of the other. "Billy, once or twice you got a little bitter with me. Said you're balf a man, and all that, and It didn't matter whether or not you made the trip successfully through the caverns. "That's the bunk, and you know It, old man. A good bone doctor back home would have you straightened out In a jiffy. You've got people back home; I haven't any. Vou've got lots to live for; I wonder a little about myself. "I've been paid to take chances all my life. One more won't matter much. It I survive this one and get to the coast, I'll got down to Cozumel ' where the mallvplanea stop and have you both out of here within a week after I start "IT'S a good gamble, Hiily. This 1 stream runs from tour to slz miles an hour more than we could make In a day in the Jungle. We're not more than eight or ten hours from tbe coast by way of the stream "I'm going to try It There may be lot of swimming to do: you couldn't do that Billy, It's my gam tale. 1 tell you, you've got to let me dolt" "And Janice Kent?" queried Lang ton softly. Grahame looked a Utile sot-raced. "It Is very Important to me that she gets out ot this somehow." "And Isn't It Important to her that you come out all right?" Frank laughed shortly. "Not any. Bill Oh, don't misunderstand me, she's not that callous. 1 Just sensed In your question that you suspected a romance, and answered It as If you Implied that she had more than an ordinary Interest In me other than seeing a fellow companion In dlffl culty get out of his Jam. Truly, Dill, I" "You gabble too much, Frank. Me thlnks the lady or rather the gen tlemandoth protest too much." be quoted. As they talked Janice came up !rom the stream's edge wllh a bundle f wet cactus fibers. She smiled gaily as she passed them. Her shirt her Jacket, her breeches were beginning to show the rav. ages of dally toll. They looked torn and scuffed. Her hands were swollen and red from the unaccustomed severity of working with the coarse dber. Only her face looked serene and fit, that and the minted gold glory of her balr. Langton said softly, "Frank, a girl ot her courage deserves taking chances for." Frank turned away. He suspected that his old friend had discerned that be, Grahame, waa In love with Janice. Tbe kindly fellow, however, had not hinted at It; but certain little tactful gestures when none were necessary made Frank realize that he was conscious that perhaps at least one of his two visitors from civilization might be aware of a sen timent that was deeper than mere comradeship. , The thought was painful to Frank. To him Janice's, decision In Holly wood had been uncompromising; there was no further appeal to be made. Any thought or speculation upon what might have been served only to stir unpleasant memories. Langton bad said that she was a girl of courage; to Frank this en. forced Intimacy had given him a greater opportunity to Judge: shs was magnificent miraculous. That night he helped Langton complete the balsa-wood Jacket It waa a clumsy affair made of two foot lengths of this curious wood that Is lighter than cork. It was-tled together with twisted strands of cactus fiber: shoulder straps were made of the same ma terial. Frank tried It on. He resolved that In a day or two he would put It to use. BAN FRANCISCO, March 2 (AP) A survey of 120 Oregon industrial establishments showed employment considerably higher ln all lines Ulan year ago. The survey was made by the Federal Reserve Bank of "3an Francisco, and reported today. The Index of employment for the tate was 60 in January that Is. 'or every 100 men employed In 1928. here were SO at work In the first nonth ot this year. This index com pared with 49 a year ago, and 68 n December. Payrolls stood at 40, against 30 in January, 1933 and 45 9 December. There waa a aharp decrease from the December level of employment. All groups except textiles shared In this decline. The greatest contraction was in the lumber Industry. Studies made by the bank's statis tical staff to show net rhanges after allowing for seasonal Influences pro duced the following set of employ ment Indicators: The seasonally adjusted Index stood at 71 In January, with payrolls at 49. This compared with 77 for em ployment and 52 for payrolls In De cember, and wlt,h 69 for employment and 37 for payrolls In January last year. ' CALL CODE CONFAB SEATTLE. March 2. (AP) Stock holders of the West Coast Lumber men' association will hold their ad journed annual meeting at the Win throp hotel, Tacoma, Wednesday. March 7, W. B. Greeley., association secretary-manager, announced today. The entire lumber .Industry has been Invited to attend and part let-1 pate In a dlAcuulon on the lumber code. j Reports will be given by west coast ; representatives on the lumber code i authority and by west coast lumber- , men who have attended as delegates , of various sessions of the authority j and Its committees. THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR Used car dealers In southern tex- j tile centers have enjoyed a thriving business since the textile code In creased wages of cotton mill workers and gave them more leisure. The manufacture of hand-made rugs has become an Industry of some Importance at the mountain village if Mars Hill, N. C, and 100 moun taineers skilled In weaving have ound permanent employment. I WILL MAKE IT K OX. MOlMAN.luOT S UP "THE HILL, f StAMDARD GrAfcOLlME J j-7 c? Jfen S vwitrt Tetraethwl. Jf . i' l i By GLUYAS WILLIAMS A 61-OVAb . iyi.LIAV7 , , AFTER YOU HAVE 60T fn BfcfH -ROOM SPCrfi TOR SOESfS WHO ARE - COMltfe, WVR HUSBAND Af ftE LAST MlMfg DECIDES 10 PlK NEW WASHERS IN FAUCEfS ( Wlfrt A 50-50 CHANCE HE WON'f BE ABLE To PlK -THINGS fofcETHER A6AN) ' (Copyright, 19M. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) S MATTER POP By 0. M. Payne T ATER that night, sleeping sound ly. they were awakened by the crashing of thunder. Shaet-llghtnlng flared about fie skies. Huddled In the doorway of the shack thai screened the entrance of the cave, they stood until the sky opened Its ducts and drove them away from un der the flimsy root Within the cave, dank with un evaporated water from the last floods and musty with bat offal. Qraname and Langton stared at each other soberly. Resinous torches provided In an tlclpatlon of this emargency bad boen lighted. The thunderous boom ing without precluded any possibil ity of sleep. "The rains are here." muttered Grahame. "It won't be long now." replied Langton lightly. Frank noticed that his friend's face looked queerly pale on the patches his beard did not cover. In the morning, It was Janice who told them about the curious behavior of the ahkln. The girl had Insisted, despite the protest ot the men, that she be the hlgb-prlest's attendant. She had, bowever, been deter mined; therefor they bad construe ted a pallet In a corner of the Inner cave for the ahkln and one nearby for the girl. When the two white men, who usually slept In the outer shack, had entered the cave and lighted the torches, Janice had looked to the welfare of her charge. stie nan round blm, bis back sup ported upright against the cave's wall, rigid In a state approaching catalepsy. She had shaken his shoulder thinking hlra In the midst of a dream, out ne Dad not awakened. Usually, she knew, he slept lightly. His limbs and his body were marble-stiff. Ills face was frozen although his eyes were open but opaque. Janice reported that It sounded like a quiet droning so Imperceptible was his voice, but by concentrating she was aware that words were Is suing from his parted lips; strange words that held the cadence ot mys- ' tic ceremony. "He was asleep and dreaming," Frank suggested. Langton looked thoughtful. The wo men did not press her with fur ther comment or question, but as ol one accord they made their way to the stream's edge. The sky waa sullen overhead: It bold more than a bint of rain It was ' threat. The stream undoubtedly was higher, tawny with the dlacol oration of vegetation. It ran awlftly, definitely, and dlf ppeared Into the maw of the lowpi cavern leaving little sponges of yel low foam clinging to the rocky pnr tals. ' With luck," stated Grahame star Ing speculatively at the stream, "we have about a week on dry ground here. After that..." (Cetnttto. I'Jt. Ir Nfttl lmt Pra ik bQlna, Monday, his oraat at trial. By Hal Forrest eT AwotIbts. ( wo ) YWP ( Hi mANK wPoUTAmt eat T-His owe- WM Sector IS ! xP? V v- TeTe-TsuV) at bot--rv r2e.Ai J 1 3-"3 ; L- Sj jSwXT.Qgy y 1 (Copyright, 1034, by The BeU 8yndlcat, Inc.) TAILaFIN TOMMY Gilbert Hia.xJ.n person I . jfH I 6AV GOOD ) s- w- uIhE. IF VDU IOH.I. 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