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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORI), OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1934. PAOR SIX BLOND HGODDESS A IVew Serial by Herbert Jensen SYNOPSIS: Deal bv drownlnt teeme to be the late ot a curiously aeeorted auartet cauttht in a val ley Interior Yucatan that it rapttltv tllllna with water. Frank Orahame. the explorer hat taken the oreat chance ot hie life in order to eave the othere. Janice Kent, the movie etar. whom Frank lovre: Pill Lanaton. the aviator, crippled trylna to act out ot the valley, and the infurcd hinh vrieet of a eavaqe tribe that hae tried to kill the either three. Frank ie llontinn down an v.nderpround river, truina ---' the coaet. Chapter 43 DARK HORROR T-vESPITE himself, Frank's teeth began to chatter. He had esti mated eight to ten hours Immer sion; would his resistance bear It? Then suddenly the phosphores cent glow disappeared. The water seemed quieter; then apparently the current became a scarcely per ceived flow. He touched the sldo-wall. His lenses had not deceived him. The current had indeed diminished. A sudden (ear contracted bis heart. He believed that he was at least halfway to tbe coast perhaps 1 little more. Despite tbo probable Inaccuracy of his estimate of tlroe lapsed, he was sure that he had been adrift at least Ave hours. boiling of muddy water marked Its disappearance Into tbe cenote. Grahame reprossed a sllebt shud der. He knew alligators: sometimes they attacked a' man, but usually not. Although his knowledge waa practical and Jungle-bred and did not conform to popular belief, never theless the sight of the reptiles al ways gave him that atavistic sensa tion of skin crawling upon bis back. With tbe footing firm beneatb him be left tbe water and climbed up ward to the edge ot the cenote. It was then that be realized that It was raining. Raining with tbe In sistent steady downpour that told him that the rainy season was In deed upon them. It would be only a matter of daya now perhapa hours before the caverns and cenotes would be flooded. He looked about blm. Tbe dim Jungle pressed upon him from all sides. Only vaguely cduld he esti mate the points of tbe compass. Swiftly be analyzed the alternatives confronting blm. He could attempt a return to Jan ice and Billy. But even with com pass, supplies, machete, and Ore arms It would take him days to roach them even supposing be might And their cenoto valley readily a chance as remote as finding the pro verbial needle. TEA POSTER PRIZES ARE PrJzM in the poiw content, spon sored by tlie Parent-Teacher nssocl ntlon In connection with the "Wed ding Gown" tea held Saturday at the Colonial club, were awarde4 LouIm Cowden In Junior hli?h school nnd Wanlta Fdwards In the jrrade schools. The latter la In the sixth , Qrade. Second prizes were also -Iven Eva Hedrlck. third grade, Washington, and Ruth Oarlock, Jun ior high. The posters were Judged by Miss Louise Hollenback, supervisor of art In the Mcdford schools and prizes wore awarded Saturday. The committees arranslng the tea extended their appreciation today to the many people of the valley, who supported the tea. and to the mer chants, who displayed posters and Towns, prior to the event, among them Adrlcnne's, Mann's and the , Craterlan theatre. Also to J. Verpe jShsngle, who displayed pictures of f pioneer brides and who photographed j the models appearing at the tea Sat urday, and rushed the films through to return the photographs to the tea guests before the close of the afternoon. Brophy's Jewelry store and Mont gomery Ward's were also thanked for displays and the loan of articles used. The owners of the beautiful dresses loa nod for the event were also thanked for making the affair pos sible and the success, which it prov ed to be, with approximately 400 guests attending. SHIFTS MADE IN With the formation of a head I quarters detachment In the Med ford CCO district, & number of the per sonnel are being transferred back to various camps, and some have Joined Vie new detachment. 1 Returning to camps from head quarters were Leader Harold F. Prln dle to Camp Carberry; Leader A. J.I Tittinger to Lower Pistol river; Leader Bruce B. Bo Id en, Camp Capej Sebastaln; Assistant Leader Richard H. Wilson to Camp Applegate. Joining headquarters group were , John T. Shurtllff from Camp Apple-j gate, George E. Babb and Earl Kill- j Itz from Camp Carberry creek, Ed C. Nelson of Camp Evans creek and Harvey Miller of Camp Kerby. j WHY? By GLUYAS WILLIAMS Higher prices for wool haVe made the economic outlook In New Zealand seem brighter now than at any time in the last three years. 15 makiu6 a 6ra1"d!tal of noise on hi5 drum When father Tehs him FoR -PnV'5 SAKE TO BE quiet a uTTle While ASKS WW ? FATHER EXPLAINS Hf . 15 TRYING -fo WRlTr; A LETTER ' asks why cant he WRITE ft LETTER WHilE HE 16 PLRVIN6 THE PROM ? J- FATHER SWALLOWS HARD. RUf EXPLAINS TMiENHY HE HftS To CONCENTRATE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT LETTER ASK6 WHV IS rf fi (ERf1 IMPORTANT LETTER ? follows this up BV ASKIN6 IRRELEvANJLV WhY CAttf HE 60 OUT-OF-DOORS, IT ISN'T RAININ& HARP ? WANDERS OFF, CALLIN6 To hoTher WHY DID DfiDDY 6t INTO THE study wo sim the POOR.? 3-5 S MATTER POP By C. M. Payn J , '.Smeul.k,1 Y Lao X rfcjS . fooI J ( TSuT Too nev! Jh& S L TAiiiSrlN 'KOaiMX M nrlng in Every u-insAut iove! By Hal. Forrest Alllgatorl Supposing that tram this point on, the current flowed sluggishly! A chill that was not from the water wept him. As be splashed forward, hoping to assist with the effort bis down stream progress, he began to be aware that- ahead ot him ' there glowed a light that was not the greenish yellow of phosphorus. He could not let himself believe that grayish dimness that suffused tbe blackness ahead of him was the end ot tbe cavern. His disappoint ment, he knew, would be too keen. Tbe clumsy lite belt Impeded his progress; yet he darod not dispense with It lest some weakness over come him, or some mishap occur. A vagrant eddy caught him and hurried h.m forward. He was whirled dltzylngly for an Instant. He bumped against a buttress of rock projecting Into the channcd. The stream made a twist to the left; then to the right. Suddenly he floated Into day light! Sudden pain stabbed his eyes He shut them tightly for an Instant: then slltted them against the unac customed light. He was In a cenote. It was not so large as the one below the pyramid, nor so hlgh-walled as the extensive one where he bad left Langton and Janice Kent. It seemed, however, doepor. Tho water flooded within i to a high level on the cliffs. At one edge the cliff had broken down; shrubbery and creepers grew upon It. With an ejaculation of hope be raddled to ward It. Perhaps from here he could gain the level above. Instantaneously the trough! csme to him that could he somehow get word to Rill; and Janice thai they could drift down to here on the raft and unce above ground, could chop through the Jungle to the coast. T IB splashed Into the shallows. As J he did so there was a sluggish movement In the tangle of water plants between him and the slope ahead Qolden, blackJllttnit eyes ob erved him; a wide tooth-fringed maw gsped. Alligator! He stood still. The rep tile did not attack. Instead It slid to one side .nd away front him. A To attempt the coast on foot would doubtless end with more success for himself. It might take him days to accomplish that; It would be too late, then, to rescue his companions supposing the rain continued and they wore unable to get out of th valloy. sudden thought struck him at this point: Langton hinted that the high-priest knew a way to get out. Perhaps the ahkln had been bul biding his time until hr had but a crippled man and a helpless girl to put some sinister plan of hla own Into operation. ' PRANK wiped the dripping rain from hla face. Ho thought wltb a slight bitterness that It was a trick of Ufa- to give a man not two altematlvea, but three or more. It Increased the odda against his be ing right In the one he chose. He lookod down at the pool of the cenote. He saw the break In the wall from whence he had Moated. On the other side he observed that the roof of the continuing cavern was a scant throe foot above the water level. Doubtless driftwood had dammed that exit causing the water In the pool to rise. However II would not be long before that dam would crack through and the whole system ot the underground river would be gorged with a turmoil ot floating brush, logs and debris. He descended to the pool and wadod In. He gave no thought to the rcptllos that might be lurking In Its depths, nor to the possibility that the cavern might be choked at the farther end In which cese he would never see daylight again. (le had taken those chances de liberately that morning when he had left Janice: the situation had not been altered. He splashed to-1 ward the exit whore the water swirled under the three foot arch. Just before bo made the plunge beneath the arch h saw the alli gator scnln. Ma was lying on the hank, his malevolent little eyes flxod on Frank. Then there was only darkness. .-,,jtf. I'll, I, Herterl Inunt Frank falls tomorrow, Into the -naw flf daath. 60 AHEAD AND ' FINISH IT-- I'M INTERESTED .7TL.E EPISODE. DOWAt V NOTE BOOK KSHA NOlHi - IT you A JL47tTtl OA- Hnter Permit 8ALEM. Ore,. March 5 ( AP) R. E. CH1I lam of Wolf Creek filed the only larfte application for water per mit with the stale engineer during the pan week. 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