PAGE EIGHT
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1941.
'by Kit. AWIer HkM
YESTERDAY: Tor many daw
Ann H'illard and Btaia Sher
wood, marooned in the Astatic
dncrt, hai on slowly turv
ing. But now their companion,
Pttt Mackv, li back in plan
and they art sa. The odd thing
i Ihat Anna had thought Pete
dead, and that hla return hat
puzzled her almoet at much as it
hoe made her JoyuL
Chapter 18
Sherwood Cone
- ULAZE might have known that
- no desert could atop me." he
crumbled. "I told him I'd be back
in aiz daya and becauae I took
eight waa no cause for him to
give up hope."
"You told him what when"
fhe stammered, and aat down
ouicklv. He droDDed down beside
her offering her a chocolate bar
and a flask of milk.
She ahook her head. "I aeem to
have loit the habit Tell m
"But you're itarvlng." He tore
oS the paper covering of the
chocolate.
"Am I?" She nibbled at the
aweet Indifferently and aipped
the milk. "Tell me about that
night"
"You mean after your llghta
went out and Blaze aat tiiere
weak'ai a tipsy turkey? Didn't he
tell you about it?
"Not a word." aha laid.
"Well, It waa kind of grue
some, be began reluctantly.
had the gun, you know and the
fellow fought that soldier who
waa left to watch the camp a
while longer after the othera had
one. So I traded coals with him
he had a fine new khalat and
I took him off and buried him be
fore I went I figured
"But why didn't Blaze tell me
this? Anne asked piteously.
"Aa I said, it waa bloody, and
I guess he wanted to aave you
the horror. Maybe I ahouldn't be
mentioning it now," he recol
lected hastily, persisting in his
belief that she referred to the
killing of the soldier. Evidently
Blaze had not Informed him that
he had let her think the soldier's
grave was Mackey a.
She caught his arm. "Tell me
everything that happened that
night after my lights went out
as you word it."
"That's about all." he protested.
"I buried the fellow before I left
I had his camel and all his equip
ment and a straight road to Shani
Lun aa the camel flies, if only I
had sense enough to keep from
getting lost You know the rest
Blaze and I talked it over. We
figured aix daya at the most
would get me back here.
"Say, I must get busy. I've i
eouole houra work on the Diane.1
He looked into the tent "I'll pack
Blaze's stuff first. He said for me
to bring it to him after I take
you to your father's camp. He
doesn't know how long he'll be
in Hami sent you aomething."
Mackey began searching througb
his pockets and brought out a
folded envelope, handed it to her
and went into the .ent to pack.
"I'll get larger plana and come
pack lor tnese aweu rugs and
bales of silk." he called.
She only half heard him. Intent
on opening the missive from
Blaze. A leaf from a notebook
was wrapped around a little
tack of gold pieces. Anne let
them drop as if they were live
coals and hastily read the note. It
was short without beginning or
ending and written so swiftly
as to be barely legible.
Sorry I can't see you again.
No time to spare. Needed in the
capital at once. Will write later.
Guard the dagger. Do as Pete
tells you. Love. Blaze.
New Desertion
SHE could not believe It at first
Money and the casual state
ment will write later. What did
he think the monev would do?
What had he told Pete Mackey?
She looked up. Mackey stood in
the opening of the tent
"Will you please come pack that
dagger? he asked, and then add
ed, "I hardly had a word with
Blaze none private. Ana he was
frantic to get away. Something
about Shy-a Nago.
Frantic to get away! Something
about the treasure cityl She
tared at him blankly. What did
it mean? What was Blaze try
ing to do to her now that they
had been rescued?
But then she suddenly realized
he had known all along that they
would most likely live. He had
kept s'.ill and let her draw her
own conclusions even to the be
lief that death was inevitable for
th'm. How amusing it must have
hern to watch her despair her
aurrender.
Anne rose and stood gazing at
the distant mountains. Life must
still be lived. Pete waa
her to her father s camp. She was
the same girl she had been before
she met Blaze Sherwood. She was
till her parents' daughter on her
first commission to share their
work. Blaze had given her back
to herself with a bang. She was
her own woman again. He had
eMved her problem in regard to
loyalty to her parents.
Her glance returned to Pete
vho had continued to regard her
with his curious, livelv eyes.
"What happened to your
plane?" she asked.
"Nothing much. A few wires
napped.
"Hardly. Til have It repaired In
a couple of houra."
She went into tne tent ana
flicked up the dagger from where
t lay on i bale of silk, recalling
how Blaze had refused to touch
t more inviolate than her per
son.
Pete went to the plane and re
turned with his hands full of
oranges.
' bat some or tnese ana taice a
nap while I work on the ship,"
he begged.
She found that the food did
make her drowsy, but first she
wrote a note to Sherwood on the
back of his own message and
placed it with the gold in the
tame envelope.
"i eem to bring bad luck."
"You're under no obligation
to me," she wrote, "I agree with
you love is unbound if this
were love. The fact that I
thought Pete dead and you
knew he lived and yet kept
still, Is, I suppose, just another
way of surrending to Destiny.
Anne.
When Mackey was ready he
promised, "I'll have you with your
mother In twenty minutes, ana
he added with a smile, " there'll
be no wreck this time." He
helped her to her place and took
his, turning to her a trifle em
barrassed: "By the way, what
shall we tell the people at your
camp?"
"As little as possible," (he re
plied, handing him the note for
Sherwood and fastening the col
lar of her coat anugly about her
throat "I am ready to go."
He nodded and vet took time
to (ay, "I forgot to tell you that
the lama got a message tnrougn
to Shani Lun the aame day I ar
rived. So we'd have been rescued
anyhow."
She managed a faint smile and
met his eyes. "Nevertheless you're
still a hero."
'Something tells me you're one
too and Blaze. I'm proud of all
of us. I only wish Seeing her
expression, he made a little ges
ture of helplessness and started
the motor.
Philip Oliver
RAPIDLY they approached the
foothills leading to the tower
ing Bekkan Bula peaks, spied the
little Cottonwood grove and wil
low fringed spring beside which
thi Expedition's camp was situ
ated. They circled a couple of
times and sat down on the bare
space between the living quartera
and the dig where men were
working.
People came running from all
directions. Two white women
darted out from the big mess hut
in the center of the camp which
waa laid out like a circular vil
lage of reed huts interspersed
with Mongolian felt yurtas sur
rounding a courtyard with a few
Cottonwood trees in the center.
The women were dressed alike
in khaki field clothing.
"One's mother." thought Anne
with lifting heart, "and the other
must be Beth Huff. But Diana
Martaine should at least be stand
ing in the doorway looking bored
and beautiful."
Except for Philip Oliver, Anne
had never met the members of het
father's itaff in this present ven
ture. She knew Dr. Martaine and
Larry Huff and their voung wives
only through her mothers let
ters and the snapshot pictures that
had been sent her. She had looked
forward to meeting Beth Huff, the
fiery little girl who fit into the
lite so pericclly according to re
port, and she was fanklv curious
about Diana Mavtmne. Diana was
the daughter of the wealthy man
who financed the expedition.
"Why she should push her hus
band and herself into this Ex
pedition il a mystery to me,"
Mrs. Willard wrote. "She's a con
firmed flirt and belongs on the
slave, rather than in an archaeol
ogists' dig. She makes passea at
ail the men including your fa
ther. But young Larrv Huff seems
to be taking her seriously. How
ever, his wife's red-headed so I
know it will turn out all right"
Philip Oliver came forward and
caught Anne's hands and kissed
her quickly the first kiss he had
ever given her. Their courtship
was a letter aitair.
To Anne's surprise one of the
women in khaki proved to be
Beth, the other Diana. Nor had
her father appeared with the men.
"Where are father and mother?"
he asked.
"With the Nagaras," anwered
Philip. "Didn't you know that?"
Anne's heart sank. She told
them ot the note she had received
from her father. "Are they held
prisoners" She remembered
Sherwood had hinted at such a
thing.
"In a way," Philip admitted.
They're held until you bring
the dagser." Larrv Hurt ex-
taking 1 Plained. He was a blond young
and twinkling blue eves. "I don't
think It's anything to worTy
about "
"Will they he brought home
now?" she persisted.
'The trilemen will come and
take vou to them, as we under
stand it."
Philip Interrupted, "Where
have you been all this time.
Anne?"
"We had a wreck." .i!d Anne.
'This Is the same nlot though we
come in an enemv plane." She
introduced Pete Mackey and was
(introduced to the olii-r.
On the Radio Chains
STATIONS!
Whrr ta rind them en the dial
KtX. lino, rortland: an. fio
Loa Anrtlrst KOA, 1510. Spokane:
KOO, aio. San franeliro; KUW
620, Portland! HJH. 1000. an III
KNX. 1010, Lot Anielrs: KOA,
aso. Denver; aolN. 70. Portland:
HOMO. SAO, Seattle! KPO, 30
Mi rranrtKOj KSL. 110, Salt
take.
Time Shown Is MT
Sunday
5:00 p. m. Manhattan Merry Oo
Round, KPO, KOMO, KOW: Charles
Dint's Music. KJR, KEX: Bummer
Hour. KNX. KSU KOIN: Music Por
Everybody. KOO: Melody Time. KEX.
e:3o p. m. Bookman's Notebook,
KOO. KJR: American Album of Pa-
miliar Music, KPO, KOMO, KOW:
Vincent Lopes' Orcn.. KEX.
6:00 p. m. Hour of Charm, KPO.
KOMO, KOW; Goodwill Hour, KOO.
KEX, KJR; Taka It or Leave It,
KNX, KOIN, KSL.
6:30 p. m. Deadline Dramas.
KOW, KOMO; Helen Hayes Theater,
KNX. KSL, KOIN: Comedy. KPO.
1:00 p. m. Crime Doctor, KNX.
KOIN; Arturo Arturo'a Orcn.. KPO.
KOW; Inner Sanctum. KPO. KEX.
KJR; News, KSL; Radio parade.
KOMO; Symphonic Serenade, KSL.
730 p. m, Treasure Trails In
Te Se contlnnt 4
Song. KOO. KEX. KJR: Reg-lar Pel
tors, KPO. KOW. KOMO. Hollywood
Smarty Party, KNX, KOIN.
6:00 p. m. Dance Orch.. KNX:
Walter WlncbeU. KPO. KOMO. KOW;
Oxsla Nelson'a Orch.. KOO, KJR,
Don't Be Peraonal, KNX. KOIN.
B OO p. m Night Editor. KPO.
KOW. KOMO; Bob Saunders' Orch.,
KOO. KJR, KEX; I Was Then, KNX,
KOIN: Everybody Sing, KEX; Ogden
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SO p. m Enrla Madrlquera's
Orch., KOO; Llonal Hampton's
Orch., KNX; Eddie LeBaron'a Orch..
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Round Table. KOIN; Miirm and
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10:00 p. m Orxle Nelson'a Orch
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10:30 p. m. Etchings In Brass
KOO, KEX; Ken Steveno, KNX.
KOIN: Rev. Henry H. New, KJR;
Sabbath Reveries, KSL.
11:00 p. m. Floyd Wright. KEX;
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KPO, KOW; Dick Aurandt's Orch..
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Classics. KSL.
New. KOO, KEX. KJR; Floyd KOO. KEX: News. KJR. KSL.
Wright. KPO; Stars of Today, KOW. t0:00 p. m. Ray Nobles Orch.,
6:00 p. m. Ouy Lombardo's Orch, I KNX; Reporter News. KPO, KOMO.
auin, Hat,,
Monday
6:00 p. m. Radio Theater, KNX,
KOIN. KSL: Dr. I. Q.. Jim Mcclain
KPO. KOW. KOMO: String Ensem
ble, KOO, KEX, KJR.
6:30 p. m. Drama Behind the
Gordon Jenkins
Orch., KOO. KEX: Contented Hour,
KPO. KOW, KOMO; Scandinavian
New, KJR.
6:30 p. m. Cavalcade of America.
KPO, KOMO, KOW; Blondle, KNX,
KSL, KOIN: National Radio Forum,
KJR: Mlmo Bonaldt, KOO, Shall W
Walts, KEX.
7:00 p. m. Amoa 'n1 Andy, KNX.
KOIN, KSL: Fred Waring. KPO,
KOMO, KOW: Vole ot Hawaii, KOO,
KEX: Oreater Washington Hour,
KJR.
7: JO p. m. I Love a Mystery. KOO,
KEX, KJR; Oay Ntnetlea Revue,
KNX, KSL. KOIN; Harry James
Orch, ' KOMO: American Challenge,
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8:00 p. m. Nell Bondshu's Orch..
KPO, KOW. KOMO; Those W Love,
KNX. KOIN, KSL; The Amateur
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6:30 p. m. Point Sublime, KPO.
KOMO, KOW; whst'a On Your
Mind, KSL, KNX, KOIN; American
Challenge, KEX; Concert Hall, KJR.
8:00 p. m. Paul Sullivan, KNX,
KOIN; Fantasy In Melody, KEX
Memory Book, KOO; Hawthorne
House. KPO, KOW. KOMO: Hot
Stove League, KJR; Hymn Service,
KSL.
0:30 p. m. Eddie LeBaron'a Orch.
KPO, KOW. KOMO; Beautiful Music,
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KOO. KEX, KJR; News, KOIN, Mas
terworka of Music. KSL.
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11:00 p. m. Crl Ravazza'a Orch..
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One Power Line Bid
Portland, Ore.. June 6. iTi
Fritz Ziebarth, Vancouver, Wn ,
contractor, submitted the only
JUST . . .
6 Shopping Days
until Father' Day
STORE rOB MEN
bid for construction of the 230,'
000-volt transmission line be
tween the Covington, Wash
substation and Ciramt Coulee
dam.
Ship Crounded
Seattle, June 7 i.-JI Coast
guard division headquarters and
the naval radio station Inter
cepted messages today that the
big cannery supply ship Dell
wood of the Ala-ka Steamship
Co., was hard aground on Nich
olas Rock, false Pass.
UNKNOWN KEY
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
WHILE PRE55lt(6 Tc WTt'
COMES CM A KEY" ThW HE
DOESW REC06NIZE W A
CORNER OF Hrj COUAR
JRAWER
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WONDERING WMAf If
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STAMPS BEHIND WIFE, 6Effin
IN HER IKsHfAS SHE DOE
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INTERRUPTS PRESSIH6
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JD SEE IF KEY BEL0N6S
1b The old cupboard in.
STORAGE ROOM
6ETS READY ATLASf AND IN MIDDLE OF BRID6E 6 AWE
sets out with wife, still cries he remembers irs
MirfTcp,iN6 ABOUT KEY 1HE KEY OF HIS OLD SUITCASE
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KSU KOIN; Chuck roster s Orcb . I of Commerce.
Mew Chemical Plant
Tacoma, June 6. P) The
construction of a new chemical
plant In this city amounting to
$250,000 was announced today
by officials of the Philadelphia
Quartz company of California
through the Tacoma Chamber
Onee Rainy Area
Bend, June 7 iP Evidence
that the semi-arid highlands of
Central Oregon once had a hu
mid climate has been discovered
by Dr. Ethel I. Sanborn, Oregon
State college paleobotanist, in
the Gray Butte area. Imprints
of jycamore leaves and tiny
flowers were found.
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a fat a Jaw al 1 f
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Haydn composed
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handed the great Jonker diamond for cutting. Because its great site made It useless as a
single gem, it was necessary to cleave it along a natural fault line in its crystalline struc
ture. Kaplan atudied the atone for a year. When he finally tapped It with his mallet, the
Jonker fell apart Just as he had predicted.
The (tone made 12 separate gems, the largest of which weighed 140 carats. Their aggre
gate value was about $1,000,000. Had Kaplan miscalculated, the stone would have beea
ruined aa an investment!
Monday: War with France!
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Gcarhart, June T T" The
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Mundaj'.
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