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MECFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, JRESGif, f StTKSfoStf, MARCH t, 1-934. PAGE ETflTTT BLOND A New Serial 9 GODDESS by Herbert Jensen Chapter it TEMPLE DRUMS SCANNING th sky sba saw tbat yesterday's occasional cloud patches had dluappeared. It would be a clear day a day without rain. She made a gesture about her boulders, as if it draw an Invisible cart about flesh tbat was suddenly chill The sun rose In a sudden upheav al o purple, go.d and crimson. A jaguar snarled in the moat. Janice lett the root and retired to the sump tuous room that was hers hers un til the rain stopped for a day. A remote thumping, vibrating some chord In the recesses of ber mind, came to her. For a moment she lay relaxed staring at the V-arched ceiling. Boon she was con scious tbat about ber silent figures were moving. She propped berselt upon an el bow and watched tbem. They were her servants women garbed In the ankle-length robes square-cut and embroidered at the neck. The thumping continued. Sudden ly she realized It was the flat sound ot the temple drum sounding out Its dread summons from the pyramid top.. ' The women were preparing a cos tume. For a brief Instant of panic be thought ot screaming, of Hunt Aneaa sne saw a curious cage ot wood upbeld upon the shoulders ol half a hundred mea clad only In loin cloths. Above the murmur of th crowd she beard the snarls ot tbi Jaguars imprisoned within the bug cage. Tbe beasts, evidently, were to tx part ot tbe ceremony. Desperately she shaded her ey against tbe new sun whose rayi were beginning to pierce the sk) over tbe eastern Jungle. Where wai Billy LangtonT Could It be that hi had been done away with that hi . had sot been held to participate li this gbastly rite? ' . She saw him, finally, beading tbi approaching procession. It was lit tie wonder tbat she bad not beei able to pick him out of the column It was bis limp that betrayed bin to her. He was atrlpped to loin clotb an sandals. Some garment a skin ol some sort was bung from bil shoulders. His bead-dress of tea there was like ber own but fullei and more elaborate. THE two columns joined one an other on either side of tbe cag of Jaguars. Bhe saw the deep Unei on Langton's face bis blond beard could not hide those engravings ol suffering. Ills eyes were shadowed with pain and despair. . The drum Increased their tempo. Ing, ot making as great a difficulty as ho could anything to delay the In evitable procession that she realized was now scheduled tor today. But reason told her tbat she must conserve ber strength. Some remote opportunity might occur that would give Billy and btr a chance for liv ing, or at worst a chance not to die on that horrible altar atone that to Janice seemed an animate thing crouched In the shadow of tbe priest's house awaiting the slanting rays ot the morning sun. She struggled, and succeeded In retaining her poise. She allowed the women to dress ber, passive under their nilnlstra- tions. A sleeveless robe, such ss the one she wore yesterday, but more boer ot material, more lovely as to embroidory, was put upon ber, Jeweled sandals were slid upon her feet. TIER mlntcd-gold hair that the XI demands ot her profession had kept long was combed In a vivid cascade down her back. A Jeweled Circlet was placed over the crown of her head, a band tbat served as a base tor a multitude ot brilliant feathers. m Food was brought to her, a veri table cornucopia nf abundance, but be did not touch it Her throat was dry, her eyes felt hot and tired. Her heart seemed a pulsing machine that hurt as It throbbed. The.thuddlng ot the temple drum continued. She waa scarcely con scious that she was led out Into the open. She noted curiously aa ahe passed through tbe small door out In the other wall that tbe Jaguars were no longer there. People were hurrying across the great open central plaza toward the pyramid. She saw a procession of priests and guards approaching from the eastern snd of the plaza. Her own column of women waa aug mented by male guards. He flashed toward ber a brief smile, a amlle of encouragement ahe thought, but plteoua in Us Impo tence. She returned his smile; and thought she saw his eyes mist with a Sim of tears. A Jaguar screamed and threw Its sinewy weight against the wooden bars. Instinctively she shrank away. The bars gave slightly but held. She noted in that Instant that the gate to the cage waa held by tied thongs. It seemed a flimsy prison for such ferocity. She turned her attention to a litter, upheld by four men, that waa approaching from the base of the pyramid. Reclining upon It was the figure ot the high priest. She had not seen him alnce she had been brought to the city. His lace' waa pale it shade lighter than the usual mahog any color could be called pallor. Hla lips were grim under thl beaked nose. Only his eyes lived. They examined tbi grouped caval cades Impassively; his glance hear Ing upon Langtcn and the girl caused his eyes to gleam In fanatic approval at what they observed. He raised hla bind. . . Aa If the signal had been awaited the flat thud ot the drum Increaaed its tempo. The columns stirred Into action. A murmur, 'like that ol spreading fire In a' sun-dried savan nah, arose In the steamy air. The throngs about the pyramid and tbe cenote cliffs were antici pating their performance. The atagf waa set; the drama ready to be played. The prologue waa dont with; now tbe ceremony of the aao rifles was about to begin. Janice thought of the bravery ot Horatio Greene In a similar situa tion not long before. Would she be equal to the ordeal, she wondered? Would Billy T Tomorrow, there Is eioltimtnt en the attboard. E E flALEM, Ore., March 8. (UP) Unification of tha lgUature into on hot- being uriwt !n Nebraska by tVnntor George NorrU, may alio be attempted In Oregon. At leant that la the threat voiced br the Oregon Orange, Bulletin, which expreaacd tha opinion that "aoone-r or later, in order to permit the people to decide their own lawa, and to keep 4 doner check upon elected repra entatlvw, the at at Orange will be compelled to Initiate a constitutional amendment limiting tha legislative body to one home composed of not more than 80 members. "With two hotiffpA, rraulta are ob Ulned too alowly and under the prei ent net u p. on houae paasra the buck to the other. Iiwt-ancea could be re el' fd where a me an re ha pawed IM lower houae with the understanding that the aenato mould defeat the pro posed law.' All ktnda of .al blanks for aaie for rent, no hunting no trapaaal:ie and other carda for sale at CommtrciaJ Piloting .Dept. ol Mail Trlbun. MISSOURI FLOOD ATCHISON, Kant., March 6 4"i A swollen and rampant Missouri river, Inundating 10,000 acres of bottom farm lands, had marooned M persona this morning and five were mlaslng. aa farmers, in tncreaalng numbers, aban doned the low lands on the Kanaw Missouri border. The crista had not passed. Flood waters, sweeping don from the Da kota, were piling up behind a 35 foot tee Jam. Rescuers risked their Uvea in small hoate aa they attempted, amid floating ice, to reach the refu gees. The family of 8. Nunn. which fled from Itt home near Oak Mills, Kan., last night, returned to the edge ot the flood, hoping to aalvag belong nunn noiise criisnea, nirnrq upwiow down and reatlng on Ja?ed Jawa of Ice. Rum ma it 8ale. sponsored by Cath olic ladies, will be held at m West Main St-, March 0 and 10 for fur- thtr information cU 703-W or 40J-X. DEALER SPEAKS Q. If. Hurd of the Rogue River Chevrolet company,1 who recently came to Medford to make hla home, waa gueat. speaker at the Lions club Wednesday,' briefly gave -hit Impres sions of Medford, and expressed hla enthusiasm over the buslnesa oppor tunities here. Lion A. H. Banwell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, also ad -dressed the club members, and In an Interesting . manner explained the manner In which the radio broadcast from the Chamber of Commerce la conducted. ' To further explain the programs, Mr. Banwell read some broad oasts that have been presented. In hla speech be told of the many advan tages of residing In the Rogue River valley, and cited numerous instances concerning the Ideal climate, and how many flowers had been blossoming here all winter. "Persons, not people, make up a oommunlty," Mr. Banwell told the, Lions. Vitality, vision and virtue were named by him aa the three requisites of fine citizenship, and said that a city should be beautiful, courageous, and radiate good-will. These, he said, were Intangibles by which Medford people may make their own city great. The program was in charge of Wal ter Abbey, who had as his luncheon guest, Mr. Hurd. Lion Roy Elliott announced that the committee for ladles' night had set March 22 at the date of the party which members voted to hold at the Colonial club. Lion Coleman was named in eharge of the entertainment for next Wednesday. PORTLAND. March 8. (flV-Harbor patrolmen, dragging vne Willamette river opposite Oaks Park for the body of Melvin E- Johnson, 36. were ttl:l unsuccessful this morning. Johnson lost hla life when a canoe upset late yesterday. Three ' com- panlona narrowly missed death is the accident. They were Marlam MoClure, 22; Maxine Bar, 20, and Locke Reeder, 26. 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