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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1941
6 RU Aoa.t Mifrtf
r tiii.KO.tV: Things mi (h
Astatic camp of the IVtllardj art
rapidly approaching e climax.
Mr. and Mrj. Willard arc captivu
of (he Nagara tribe, which Guard
Shy- tfaao. the hiddca city.
Anna to appointed la release
them, but cannot act to them ae
yet And filaia Sherwood, whom
Ann lorn In rptU el herself.
It In the WUIard camp although
Anne 6eltetee he u working
against her parrnu. Noio mys
terious drume hace aroused the
tchol party.
Chapter 27
Hie Nagaras Com
IN tht silence that followed,
Ann felt th drum again.
"Let' go make lome coffee!" ihc
cried. No on can aleep."
ThT atrolled towardi the mess
hut. "I'd like to set up that radio
now," suggested Sherwood. "You
can never tell what'i ahead of
you In this country. I wonder if I
ahould mention it to Oliver?"
"Let th poor devil aleep." ad
vised Larry. "H needs it When
I cam by hii tent he was snoring
like a baby. I hadn't th heart to
waken him."
Ann waa glad to hear that
Philip rested. He'd walked out
of th mess hut like a man in
trance. Che felt h waa close to a
breakdown.
Th girls, rummaging in th
kitchen, found coffee and fat
little Chines nut cakes, In des
pair they gave up trying to build
a fire of thorn root in the mud
stove and resorted to th alcohol
primus Dr. Martaine used in his
chemical work. Th men atopped
labor on th radio to shar th
food.
Sherwood stood apart by the
mantel. After a moment of self
roncious hesitation Anna took
him a eup of coffee. Hit voice
taid "Thank you, and nit teas
ing eyes kissed her lips.
"Sugar and cream?" ah
queried
"So ar you," h murmured.
She made a little face at him and
then noticed Beth watching curi
ously. Mackey dropped hit eyes at
her ease swung to him. She
moved away hastily and let Sher
wood drink his coffee black.
Presently Beth went to the
door and came back. "Th drums
are still at it," ah said,
Mackey rose to start work on
th radio again. "If I had my
way," he declared, "you'd all be
in th truck on your way to
Chuka."
"What? Don't you believe In
surrendering to Destiny?" Ann
asked.
"What's ft ever got Blaze?" he
growled.
"You'd be surprised If I told
you." answered Sherwood.
Ann gave him a startled
(lance and flushed at the half
threat in his grey eyes. A knock
at the door banished the cross
currents tangling the air. Doddap
came in carrying Anne's silver
studded belt with its preciout
burden, the Nagara dagger.
"Put it on." he taid to her.
"Well" ah began, then took
it and fastened it about her
slender want. "Why?" ah de
manded. "That'i wher It belongs." He
turned and shuffled out. She
looked up and met Sherwood's
eves. He grinned and shrugged.
The young Huffs looked at th
belt curiously.
"Coma on, b a sport, show us
the dagger, begged Larry.
Ann put a hand on th sheath.
Sherwood was watching her nar
rowly. "I don't like to touch It." ahe
taid slowly, and explained th
peculiar feel of the weapon in her
hand. "As if it really were pos
sessed." she explained.
"Perhaps that's because you're
a rather high strung person,"
suggested Larry.
"Am I?" she asiced In aurprise.
"You're feminine and you're
not stolid," said Sherwood Join
ing them. "Will you three help
me with these wires?"
Anne complied hastily, suspect
ing his motive, glad that he had
diverted Larry.
"I'd like to get this thing go
ing," he continued, putting the
ear phones on his head. "It may
Lsy us to get in touch with Shanl
un."
Th Instrument, finally act up,
still refuted to work. Th men
started to go over it again.
The door opened suddenly and
Dr. Martain cam in. Hia face
wat bloodiest and hia pal grey
eyes shone with repressed emo
tion. He looked from one to the
other of them and then mad di
rectly for Anne. Sh rose from her
chair to meet him.
Man In Torture
- JISS Willard." he .aid. "sine
' I cannot giv my resignation
to your father, I notify you that I
am through here."
-Why why. yes," she faltered
in bewilderment. "Have you
spoken to Philip about it? He "
"I have no intention of speak
ing tn Oliver." he answered stiff
ly. "My position her it un
bearable. I want to leave on the
truck for Chuka In th morning."
The other in the room could
not help overhearing. He made
no effort to keeo the conversation
priva'e. yet he managed to ex
clude them. Ann stared at him
helplessly.
"Dr. Martain, If there's any.
thing I can say or do "
"I'm enrry. Miss Willard.
there s nothing."
"At least write father a per
sonal letter and I mill see that he
gets it."
He nodded. "I'll be gti to do
that. Your father it a fin man
to work with."
"Is is Diana going loo?" the
Stammered.
"I'm going alone." Sh walked
with him to th doo..
"Dr. Martain. I wish you'd re
consider." "That's quite impossible. Miss
Willard. I'll writ that letter and
I have some packing to do." The
door closed behind him.
Ann turned to th others.
"I'm turprised he put up with
her at long at he did." taid Beth.
Larry merely thrugged hit
shoulders, Mackey continued
whittling on a splinter, Sherwood
alone looked troubled.
That'a bad." he taid. 1
thought Martain could take it
Ha knew her temperament when
he married her. Diana'a a fas
cinating woman. He won't gain
anything by leaving her."
"He may gain peace of mind,"
remarked Beth.
Sherwood gazed at her. "Not
if the's in his blood, and I think
she is."
Beth raised a speculative eye
brow. "If the't to fascinating why
didn't you marry her yourself?
"Maybe I wasn't meant to." be
grinned and turned to hia work
again.
"If the Nagaras don t com to
morrow." said Anne suddenly,
"I'm going to them. Things can't
continue like this any longer:
Dr. Martain leaving. Philip act
ing like an idiot" aha glanced
at Sherwood. " th Chinese gov
ernor interfering with the ex
pedition. Everything is falling to
pieces."
No on had anything to say un
til Sherwood answered without
looking at her. "I imagine that
drumbeat w hear meana they're
coming but I'd like to get this
radio working first."
- "And I'd like to get a little
rest," said Beth curling up In her
chair. "I'm a fiend for excitement
but it's been overdone around
her lately."
Anne lay down on the couch.
She felt someone throw a blanket
over her. The subdued voices ol
the men died out. She stood in a
vast stone temple as thickly pil
lared as a virgin forest. Curling
incense plumes swirled through
th air, like writhing dragons rid
ing th soundwaves of rolling
drumbeat Suddenly a crash woke
her.
The Escort
'"PHE Nagaras!" someone had
thouted.
It wat dawn and a giant yellow
man in atriped sheep-lined coat
and felt helmet waa twinging a
broad sword above th radio,
blow after blow.
Other helmeted men had
crowded into the room carrying
medieval scimitars, battle axes,
and dirka in their hands though
each had a rifle swung across his
back. Ihev lined the white men
up along the wall and searched
them for weapons.
Dr. Martain was already pres
ent, Anne saw. Oliver appeared in
pajamas and dressing gown, ush
ered in by a pair of tribesmen.
Diana came in, demanding Imper
iously tn know what had hap
pened. The cooks were squealing
in th kitchen. Ann rose to her
feet. .
"It It all right." declared
Sherwood urgently. "Though the
camp has been captured no one
is being hurt."
"Yet,11 muttered Mackey.
DoddaD was brought in. Beth
started to leave her chair and
shrank bark at a sharp word
from one of th invaders. A slim.
black bearded man appeared and
ordered the giant to cease his
senseless hacking on the radio
which had been beaten into the
table, and the table into the floor.
This slim bearded man seemed
to be th leader, though he also
wore the felt helmet with the
turned up brim of five petal
points. He addressed the white
men in his own language. No one
understood except Sherwood for
a word or two.
Then Doddap answered the can-
tain. They palavered back and
forth for a while. Th lama
turned to Anne.
"They re come to conduct us to
the high priest, they say, that you
may prove vou are th seed sent
by the Gods to reveal to the
world the secrets of Shy-a Nago."
The dagger gleamed at Anne't
side, its green eye luminous in
the faint dawn light She took a
step towards the man who backed
away respectfully.
"Prove? sh demanded. "What
must I prove? That I'm my pa
rents' daughter? I was given th
dagger."
"And you accepted It h re
minded her sternly.
Anne looked around distracted
ly. Both Diana and Beth were
crying. The white men ranged
along the wall stood absolutely
helpless. More burly tribesmen
crowded Into the room. Suddenly
Ann realized that many of these
fighting men were woman, trut
Amazons, dressed lik their men
and as tierce of eye.
"What if we should decide not
to go on with thus?" she asked.
"Give back the knife and ask tht
return of my parents?'"
"It it too late. Your parents
have seen th treasure city."
"And Blaze has put himself In
the same trap." she thought de
spairingly, noticing that he alone
of the white men had been
bound his hands tied behind
him.
"Tell the captain." she directed
Doddap. "that no harm must comt
to our innocent associates."
"No harm comes to innocence.
The high priest awaits vou in the
mountains. Be readv to travel
soon, he commands. Onlv the ser
vants snd soldiers will be left
here. The tribesmen have brought
sufficient horses for the rest of
us "
The chieftain cleared the room
of natives except for a gusrd at
the door. Trembling Chinese
rooks brought in the breakfast
The white nien. including Sher
wood with his hands shackled
were allowed to roam about thr
room itun. Thinrs relaxed bit.
Larry made a feeble joke.
T a renllnaea
On the Radio Chains
' STATIONS!
Where to find them en the dial:
EX. 1180, rortlands KFI, 4.
Los Angeles; lot, 1510, Spokane:
KOO. Sill. San Francisco; now
S2V, Portland; KJtt looo. Seattle:
KNX. I05U. Lot anteke; KOA
ISO. Denver; B.OI.N, (TO. Portland:
KOMO. ISO. Seattlei KPO, S3.
San rntndKOl KSL 110. Slt
Tlni theme Is PST
Wednesday
6:00 p. m-... Rld Twiner's Orcta.,
KOIN, KSL; Hemisphere Revue, KOO.
KJR: Summer Serenade, KEX; Eliot
Wright, KOW: Playground News,
KOMO.
8:80 p. m. Concert Farorltes.
KPO. KOW, KOMO: Big Town. KNX.
KSU KOIN; Concert Music, KOW.
S O0 p. m Olenn Miller's Orch..
KNX. KSL, KOIN: Author's Play
house. KOO, KEX: Kay Kyaer's Mus
ical Quia, KPO, KOW, KOMO.
6:S0 p. m. Ray Klnney'a Orch.,
KJR; Juan Arvlzu, KNX. KOIN.
KSL: Etchings In Brass, KOO: Allen
Roth's Orch., KEX.
7:00 p. mQula Kids. KOO. KEX.
KJR: Amoa 'n' Andy. KNX, KOIN,
KSL: Tony Martin, KPO, KOMO.
KOW.
7:30 p. m. Plantation Party, KPO,
KOW, KOMO; Dr. Christian. KNX.
foul Play
Portland, June 18. ;T) The
body of an unidentified Indian
woman who appeared to have
been slugged wat taken from
th Willamette river today by
in harbor patrol. Detective Wil
Indian Sentenced
Portland. June 18. (.P) Fed
eral Judge James A. Fee sen
tenced Wilbur Hixon. Klamath
reservation Indian, to eight years
In a federal penitentiary today
for the slaving nf Ahner McN'air
liam Nelson said th forehead A lurv ronvu-tod Hunn nf man
KOIN. KSL: Manhattan at Mldnlht,
KOO. KJR. KEX.
1:00 p. m. Time to Smile, KPO,
KOW, KOMO: Casy Aces, KOO, KEX,
KJR: Fred Allen, KNX, KSL. KOIN.
:S0 p. m Mr. District Attorney,
KPO, KOMO, KOW; Chuck Poster's
Orch.. KOO; Baseball Oame, KEX.
00 p. m. Paul Sulllran, KNX,
KOIN; Musis In the Night, KOO,
KJR; Fred Wiring's Orch, KPO,
KOW, KOMO: Sunnyvale Polka. KSU
I Mr p. in. Don K aye's Orch.
KOO: Plre Edwards. KPO, KOW.
KOMO; News, KJR, KSL: Baker
Theater, KOIN.
10:00 p. m Reporter News, KPO.
KOW. KOMO: Ray Noble's Orch,
KSL. KNX: jay Burnett, KJR, KEX;
Musical Baseball, KOO.
10:80 p. m. Daryl Harpa'a Orch,
KOO, KJR: Otzio Nelson's Orch.
KOW, KOMO; Jerry Jones' Orch,
KSL: Behind the Headlines. KEX:
Masterworka of Music, KNX; Eye
of th World, KOIN.
11:00 p. m. Chuck Pbeter Orch,
KPO. KOMO: News. KOO. KOW;
This Moving World. KEX; Bob Brad
ley and Erwln Teo, KOIN, KSL:
Pishing News, KJR; Knox Manning.
KNX.
Thursday.
0:00 p. tn Music Rail, KPO.
KOMO. KOW; Major Bowes' Ama
teur Hour. KNX. KOIN, KSU Carib
bean Melodies. KOO, KEX, KJR.
6:00 p. m. Olena Miller's Orch.
KNX, KOIN. KSU Cugat Rumba
Re rue, KPO, KOMO. KOW; Rudy
Vallee, KEX, KJR, KOO.
6:80 p. an. Richard lumber's Orch.
KPO; Ahead of th Headlines, KOO.
KJR; Something to Think About.
KEX; Quia of Two Cities. KOMO.
7:00 p. m. Amos 'n' Andy, KNX.
KSL, KOIN: Pred Waring. KPO,
KOMO. KOW; Elizabeth Ruseell,
KOO. KEX; Concert Trio. KJR.
740 p. m. Spotlight. KNX. KSU
KOTN: Clark Dennis, KJR, KEX;
Fanny Brlee, KPO. KOMO, KOW:
Dinner at Ornar'a KOO.
l:0O p. m Easy Aces, KOO. KEX,
KJR: City Desk, KNX. KOIN, KSL:
Aldrlch Family, KPO, KOMO, KOW.
S:80 p. m Tommy Rlggs, KPO.
KOW, KOMO; Answer Auction, KNX,
KOIN; Dick Jurglns' Orch, KSU
Fellow Sportsmen. KOO.
:00 p. in. Paul Sullivan, KNX.
KOIN; Comedy, KPO: Jim Blade's
Orch, KOO, KJR; Comedy, KOW:
Musical Quinella. KOMO; Saltalr
Orch.. KSU
9 30 p. m. Lionel Hampton's Orch.
KNX; Nell Bondaha'e Orch., KOMO:
Dancing with Clancy. KOO; News,
KJR, KSL: Good Neighbors, KOW;
By the Way. KOIN.
10:00 p. m Reporter News, KPO,
KOW, KOMO: Marina Band, KOO,
KJR: Ray Noble's Orch, KSU KNX;
News, KOIN.
10:30 p. m. Bob Saunders' Orch,
KOO, KEX. KJR: Masterworka of
Music. KNX: State Traffic. KOIN;
Industry and Defense, KOMO.
11:00 p. m Daryl rarpa'a Orch..
KPO. KOMO: This Moving World.
KEX; News. KOO. KSU KOW; Pish
ing News, KJR; Knoi Manning. KNX.
Astoria, Ore.. June 18 'JPj
Ed Clausen, Astoria, was re
elected president of the state
journeyman barbers' association
here last night. Other officers
included Roy Rose. Roseburg;
Grovey Sibley, Pendleton, and
nut ureenweu, iorvauu, all
vice presidents.
THROWING THINGS
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
rSTiRED Or HIS B)CH.T'Ccfl)E4 to UVErl
UP A POLL DW 1!irV.4 THEM A.ROOND
foROWS ONE. HEARlf HtTTirJfi THE LAMP, AND
Ai HE HOPED, ClICrflNA fftSS OfPONf "
FROM fHE fAMIlY
Cy-
Law Steps In Too
Late to Save Life
Gilroy, Calif., June 18. VP)
Fourteen-year-old Louise Ford
died today in a hospital where
she was taken on court order
from the home of her parents
who believed in healing by
prayer alone.
The girl was suffering from
double pneumonia with less
than one chance in ten to live.
taid Dr. Leon Melkonian, when
sheriff's deputies pushed
through a crowd around her-
home last night and carried her
to an ambulance.
In Auto Smashup
Portland, June 18. UP An
automobile accident seriously
injured Mrs. W. E. Walter Ti
gard, sister of State Treasurer
Leslie M. Scott, and her hus
band on the Columbia river
highway yesterday.
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
by JOHN HIX
TrlROWS A CWm MORE, CUE Of WHICH
Alb UNC1E MWARP OK 1vi KNEE
BEftRE TAMllY CW, iNltRTERE, SCOOPS UP
RES OF BLOCKS AWP -foSSE-i "fHEM SfRAifcHf UP
3
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HARD vMEN RECEIVED ON YrtE HEflD Ohl
1HEJR. WW DOWN
sJRNS BACK, S0CKIX6 1UUMB, AND PEWSE, "ft
HAVE ANVfMiN6 MORE ToDO WIU BLOCKS Ol?
TAMILY
A 2-INCH 'lO-OUNCE PlkE OF
tfMAUTHAT, WHEN HEATED,
DiUVERS S-POUND BLOWS!
fHCfTMOSTAT UNIT OF READIW-
EXPANWNQ alloy and a slow
expanding ALLOY... ONE METAL
WORKS AGAINST TriE OTHER...
Westinqhouse Laboratories...
The aquatic
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KWIS s
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out in smsism
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LI'L ABNER Fancy Running Into You Herell
Catacombs containing countless
THOUSANDS OF MUMMIFIED JACKALS.,
MORE BODIES THfiH HWB BEEH FOUNP i
AM OTHER BliRml PLACE OH EARTH
Abydos, Egypt,'
fr mitotrMrttM,tnikte.h.
tm. a. I k ru. UO. AJi rutu ihii. aa
SACRED ANIMALS
Because the Jackal wat tacrad to the Egyptian deity Anublt, hundreds of thousands of these
animals ware slain in sacrificial rites, mummified, and buried in catacombs in Egypt, mora than
3,000 years ago. The bodies were found in 1912.
MIDGET PUNCHER
One alloy of the tiny thermostat unit rapidly expands under heat and Its mate ierkt it back
Thut. five-pound blowt are totted off faster than the eye can followl This device is used to
make and break electrical contacta.
TOMORROW: Safety Pin Bonel
By AL CAPP
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By HAL FORREST
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CASMErrOTWIS DART. WHICH - PLACI FILLS MB WITH ORtAOFUL SK HANOAR...ON0ER THtM J
WOUNDED LT. FERNANDO.. IS I (CANO.-ANO FOHEE.OOINC.WHY DID TORANDO J TREES' YEP IT IS Lr
OF THE POISONEO TYPE. USED A HI WAS SO TRX TO KILL TOMMY AND SKEETS? Cr f I CAN SEE TH NOSe"S-
BY THE TORAR-UGOAN SAVAOESJ HANDSOME WHY WAS LT. FERNANDO STRUCK W tT J-. OF A PLANE IN THEllE ' J"--
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