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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, BEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1934,
BLOND
A New Serial
GODDESS
by IterLert Jensen
Chapter 49
DELIVERY
JANICE beard a scream and a
v crasb Demna tier, zn an instant
of dull bewilderment she realized
aha was no, hit.
She saw an expression of stupid
dismay In the face of the rifleman
Hla gun-barrel dropped.
Sbe shrank against the cage In
time to avoid the falling figure of
the little bearer who bad atopped
the bullet She saw brown arms
striving to reach the flopping limp
ness tbat v as the body of the para
lysed high-priest
To ateady herself she put up the
hand that held the knife. It came
In contact with the 'bongs tying the
cage gate. A sudden desperate
thought swept her mind. At any
cost the area of the great square
must be cleared for the landing of
the planel
Her knife slashed at the thongs,
the keen steel sliced through the
leather as through grease. She was
aware of snarling Jaws, of yellow
yes wild with hate and frenzy.
The gate slammed back upon her.
Tawny black-spotted bodies soared
above as ahe stumbled down the
steps.
Sbe heard a deep-voiced scream.
The multitude knew the cats were
loose!
She was sobbing. Scarcely con-
sclous now, she tugged at the limp
body of Langton, hoping to drag
him to the cage that now offered
protection from the Jaguars only
from within. The figures were run
ning everywhere. Suddenly the mo
tors ceased their roaring. She beard
vicious, stadcato bursts, like short
volleys from grouped rifles.
T'HERE was a crescendo of shout-
Ing scattered rifle fire, then
more bursts from the machine
gun. . . ,
Strong arms gripped her about
the waist; she struggled futllely
twisting away to reach the knife
she had dropped to assist her com
panion. But with the arms came a
voice, a voice that drew the strength
from her and left her sobbing weak
ly.
"Janice . . . dearest. , , , It's I
Frank. Dear " '
The arms lifted ber to her feet
She burled her face In the stained
and ragged shirt Long, blissful
eons later, 11 seemed, she withdrew.
She smiled uncertainly and blinked
away ber tears.
"Frank . . , dear. Look to Billy
He was hurt "
"I'm all right," came. Langton's
voice at their feet weak but un
doubtedly Langton's. "I ... I was
Just resting."
"You dam' clown," muttered
Frank, a curious softness in his
voice. "You're as bad as Greene.
. . . Here he Is now."
Mr. Horatio Qreene. pross-agent
extraordinary, was approaching
with his ambling gait. He carried
a monstrous pistol In one hand
monstrous In relation to the site of
the little warrior and over the oth
er a gold, turquoise studded collar.
"Got It off one of the leopards," he
explained.
"Jaguars, Greene, not leopards,
mlled Grahnme.
"Jaguars or leopards they won't
need these any more." He lifted
the collar. "It's the one souvenir
I'm going to take home from this"
Suddenly he broke off His eyes
widened: slowly the color drained
from bis face. He moistened his
Hps and gently expelled his breath.
Frank put his arm about Janice's
waist and firmly drew her against
him. "Don't look, dear. It ... it
Isn't"
"Whew!" exclaimed Greene, draw
ing hla forearm across his forehead.
"Did you see what they did to the
hlgh-prlest "
Suddenly catching Frank's eye, he
hesitated.
He mumbled:
"Those leopards Jaguars, I mean
wouldn't make loving house pets.
I'll . . . I'll Just take the collar, thank
you. Come along folks, Spin's war
lng to us from the ship. You, Lang
ton I guess you're Langton can
you make It?
"Fine. I'll give you a hand. We've
gone to a lot of trouble about you,
and we can't alow down now. You're,
probably the best copy of tbe lot of
us, and wnen Horatio Greene says
you're good copy. ..."
THE slanting rays of the afternoon
sun flashed through the open
ports. Despite the altitude It was
warm wltbin the plane once they
had lifted above the zone ot rain
clouds. The cabin echoed with the
drone of tbe motors and lurched In
the bumpy air.
Langton was In the master-pilot's
seat delighted aa a child with an
old, familiar toy. Spin Wlnslow
loafed next to blm, behind tbe dual
controls, yawning between spells of
dozing. Three young men squatted
In the rear ot tbe cabin muttering a
strange Jargon. One wore an over
seas cap wltb a tarnished Insignia.
The cap looked somewhat moth
eaten. They seemed very, very absorbed
with the antics ot two small red
cubes wltb white dots on the sides.
Juan was wltb them, and Greene
was nearby Indulging in bis favor
ite occupation: talking. In a pair of
seats halfway between the crap
shooters and the pilots were Janice
ar.d Frank. They did very little else
than to look at each other, smiling
occasionally.
". . . then, when Spin got our mes
sage " Greene apparently did not
think It worthwhile to addross any
one In particular "he picked up
three young hoodlums he knew, ar
ranged tor thla bus. got a machine
gun, swallowed bla lousy disposi
tion a record ot some kind, a veri
table Ripley, in fact and in three
hops, total elapsed time less than
twenty-four hours, landed on the
beach back there on the coast We
met him there. Wo took off Just
before dawn. Not seeing Janice
and Billy at the valley, we kept on
to the city of the pyramid. We ar
rived Just In time. We couldn't
land until Janice let the leopards, 1
mean tigers, loose. . . . She did a
good Job there ... so we"
Spin Wlnslow, strolling back,
asked In a loud voice If Greene had
ever heard tbe story of the half-
smoked stump of the Corona-Corona'
perfoct cigar and the wad of chew
ing tobacco that were floating aide
by side down the Mississippi.
"No," replied Groene testily.
"What's that got to do"
The three young men at the crap
game lookod up grinning.
Well," answered Spin gravely.
"the wad of chewing tobacco asked
the porfecto, 'How far are we from
New Orleans?' The porfocto replied,
with an expression of distaste on Its
urn. gold band, 'Listen, Dunk:
I'm too hundred miles from New
Orleans. Where do you get that
we stuff!' "
Frank chuckled at the discom
fited look on Groene's face. The
crnp game continued. Finally Ja
nice loaned toward Frank.
'You won't , , . you won't go away
again, ever?" she whispered.
The burnt child fears-" he be
gan, but the tendernesa In his eyes
belled the Implication of his word.
Janice wrinkled her noso. "You
can take It," she quotod colloquial
ly. "It was those dorn dishes."
"Dishes?"
"You mentioned our doing the
dishes," she stated firmly. "I hate
em."
"Not even If I holp?"
"Well," ahe replied consideringly.
Probably there's some dishwash
ing that has componsalon." She
lookod up at him wlnnlngly. Her
voice was honoy-awoct with propi
tiation. "But If we do camp out
from time to time Id one of youi
Jungles, we'll have Juan along, won't
we?" Her eyca coaxed. "And." shs
concluded brightly, "he can help
too."
Frank laughed and nodded.
Oreeno, sotto voce to Wlnslow,
said, "And that meana. Spin, that
the big palooka and Juan will wash
and wipe the dishes between them."
The little man sighed. "And thai
meana that when we get back tc
Hollywood tomorrow t hunt me an
other Job."
"Another Job?" queried Spin ske
tlcally. "Why don't you go to wori
for a change, you bum!"
(CtfyTifH, I9S4, h Hntirt Imn)
THE END
E
Cherry trcs showing sign of bac
terial gummosla cankers may be
given at this time the copper nitrate
treatment, according to the advice
of County Agent L. P. Wilcox.
Bacterial gumtnosls Is a aertous
disease causing gum cankers on
'trunks, main branches and spurs of
alt the common varieties of the
sweet cherry. In severe cases young
trees may be killed outright.
The copper nitrate method of
treatment as worked out by the Cal
ifornia experiment station is the best
known control and Is therefor rec
ommended to Jack-in county cherry
growers.
At this time of season gummosls
cankers may be easily located be
cause of their dark colored bark tis
sue, somewhat sunken and near a
gum area. Such cankers when found
should bo given the following treat
ment. Make numerous longitudinal cuts
with the grain of the wood, cuts
to be through the bark and Into the
sap wood. Extend the cuts some
eight to ten Inches above and be
low the diseased area. Space the cuts
about one inch apart and make suf
flcent number around the branch so
that healthy tissue Is encountered
on the sides. After preparing the
canker in this manner, mop the en
tire area with copper nitrate solu
tion, being sure that the liquid pen
etrates well Into the many silts. A
RESIDENT PASSES
TABLE ROCK, March 13. (Sp).)
Mrs. D. D. Sage, formerly of Medford
paaaed away at her home at Dllley,
Ore., Match 7th: after a brief Illness.
Rifle Marlon Trearott was born In
Trumble county, Ohio on Jan. 31,.
185B. and when a small child moved
with her parents to Chatfleld, Minn.,
where in 1883 ahe was married to
Dudley D. Sage. Mr. and Mra. Sage
homeateaded a large farm In South
Dakota where they reared a family of
even children, all of whom survive.
In 1800 they moved to Medford, Ore.,
where they lived until they purchoed
what Is now the Lydiard and Co).
Miller farm in the Table Rock dis
trict In 1009, living there two years.
During the laat 33 years they spent
most of their time at Dllley, near
Portland. Mrs. 6a pe leaves to mourn
her loss her husband, D, D. Sage and
the following sons and daughters:
Norman, of Spokane, Wm. Clarence
of Grand Porks, N. tmk., Wetden of
Table Rock. Ore., Howard of Poplar.
Mont , Mra. Maud Pike of Minneapo
lis., Mrs. Ellie Anderson and Mra. Ef
fle Knight of Dllley; also 18 grand
children. Mra. itage will long be re
membered aa a loving wife, mother
and neighbor. Welden Sage left for
Dllley Wednesday evenliig to attend
the funeral service at Forest Grove
cemetery.
Dance at Hague Elk Saturday.
March 17.
In keeping with the times Drugs
and Toiletries at Cut Prices at JAit
MIN'S DRUG STORE
ti tHAVOR L'A-SrTVS
sponge may be ubed for thla purpose
with good results.
The copper nitrate solution to be
used la made up as follows: Stir
one ounce, of copper carbonate into
two quarts of water, then add one
and one-half ouncea of concentrated
nitric acid. When the solution be
comes clear add to one gallon of
denatured alcohol. The solution
should be prepared In glass or enamel
ware containers and kept In bottles
tightly corked'.
Protect Co-education.
JUAREZ, Mexico (UP) A sugges
tion that both boys and girls be al
lowed to attend the same grade
schools in Juarez brought a fiery
protest from the Parent-Teacher as
sociation, which warned that co-education
Is "Immoral." The protest pe
tition was signed by 200 parents and
rent to the governor of Chihuahua.
Not Affected by Repeal.
JUAREZ, Mexico ( UP ) One liquor
shop here which Is not affected by
repeal across the Rio Grande la "La
Unlca Julquerla," which sells nothing
but pulque, the mllky-looktng drink
made by fermenting "honey-water"
from the manguey. It generally con
tains less than 3-2 per cent alcohol.
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