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
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By C. M. Payn J
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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
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NOTE
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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. He aftka to appro
priate 20 serond feet of water from
Wolf creek, tributary to Grave creek,
for mining ln Josephine county.
Pol K Ira I Promise
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