The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-14
GODDESS
by Herberf Jensen


 entrance through which semi-naked figures poured His shooting arm was numb Vaguely. through his dizziness. he realized that he was firing with his left hand.
 He was on his back. Above him was the roof-r 7ening. He saw a mans naked legs dangling above him. and the heads of other men outlined against the sky. He fired upward. A body crashed upon him.
 He heard Janice scream. Frank! Frank! Duly ht saw her striking savage face with stone. An ob- ject thudded against his head, and he plunged through a flare of light into darkness.
 FRANK first became conscious of two major pains. and several minor ones that were mere discom- forts by comparison.
 His right shoulder. below his neck throbDed poignantly. and there was a great ache in his head that seemed to be intensified rather than Iessened by the cool moistness upon his forehead. A dion trickled down the side of his nose into the corner of his mouth. He licked at it thirst fly with parched tongue.
 "Oho!" exclaimed a voice at this ear. "rhe Governor of South Caro- lima has a thirst" He felt a cup at his lips and he drank greedily.
 "Hullo. Greene" he said thickly, opening his eyes. Pain stabbed at his shoulder and head as he struggled to a sitting position.
 Take it easy. fella." cautioned the other You've had a nasty whack on the old bean. and your shoulder isn't the most pleasan; thing ever looked at."
 Where's Janice? What hap pened?"
 She's in the building here. some where. A fine hiding place you picked out. They carried us from there tied up like three Christmas packages. As a matter of fact you looked like something that wouldn't be opened til Christmas and a long time after.
 They shot you from the hole in the roof. Square bunch of guys. Shot you square in the back. Made a nice long trench frorl your shoul. der to the small of your back. I'D high. Luckily. God gave you a shoulder blade. However, bullets out, and you're doing as nicely as young mother"
 MT. Greene grinned. His counter nance was stredked with dirt and one eye was blue black with puff. ness. He looked. thought Grahame, like a man who had taken a consid erable mauling. He glanced at the smaller mans hands. About the knuckles, they were caked with dried blood and dirt.
 You haven't a smoke about you. have you. Grahame? No? They me too. Have another drink"
 Grahame reached for the extend ed cup. and paused as he saw MT. Greene avert his eyes.
 Say" he demanded with quick suspicion. have one yourself. This ones on me-"
 Not thirsty" said Greene. Had plenty before you woke up."
 You're a liar, charged Grahame.
 "Who. me?" Greene's voice was filled with injury. That's a hell of a name to call man. Certainly is." He moistcned his lips stickily.
 Grahame reached for the water jar. He winced with the pain the movement caused him. He glanced within and saw that only a cupfuI remained. The sides of the jar were moist an inch above the water level and he was convinced that Greene had given him everything the urn had contained. He had been about to give him the remainder.
 He pointed at the cup that Greene held half extended toward him.
 Drink 1t yourself" he said.
 Greene shook his head.
 Drink 1t. you little squirt, or I'll dump 1t on the floor"
 Greene sighed, and put it to his lips.
 Now what?" he asked, wiping his mouth.
 Do you know where we are?"
 "In long stone building, just a little away from the pyramid. Looks like barracks. but it's probably the jail. Janice's here. too. She called to me little while ago and l yelled back that 'ou were O. K."
 "She asked about mel" Grahame was curious.
 And nobody else" MT. Greene's eye bore twinkle.
 Grahame arose and walked stiffiy about their prison. It was not un. like the conventional prison cell, but larger. There were several stone benches arranged against the walls.
 (CObvisht. 1o34, 6y Herbert IsssssJ