The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-15
GODDESS
by Herberf Jensen

life, in fact, deserved safety at the least.
 One more consequence of girls sudden action in Hollywood weeks before. That slap had precipitated a train of death-like the string of | dominoes when the end one had been pushed over by the casual fin ger of child.
 It would not seem so utterly tragic, Frank decided, if there were anything he could do to right mat ters. Once again. and with the ut most weariness. he surveyed the field" There was the window, there was the door. He thought sud l denly of the observation of the chicle buyer he had met in New | York.
 Once, generation ago, Yucatan had been the exile of central Mexi- can criminals, sent there for their various crimes.
 It seemed more than probable that these people, appropriating this ancient city, had established this jungle-hidden community. They would have mingled with the na- tives they found there.
 Also there would have been a scarcity of women. ...
 Greene" he said suddenly. If you stand against that wall, under the window, I'd like to use your back for a ladder"
 Obediently the smaller man braced himself against the wall. At the fourth try, Grahame gave it up. Sweat, from the heat and pain, streamed down his face. The rooms walls weaved slowly about. ATO USE" he gasped. "rm too
 V heavy for you. and l can't get high enough to drag up with my left arm. Let me stand there and you do the climbing"
 "Its going to hurt you" replied Greene doubtfully.
 Grahame wiped the precipitation from his eyes.
 You should have been a dentist" he grinned, and placed himself against the wall.
 The smaller man put his foot in Grahame's belt and struggled. so that he had both feet upon c IT h m 8 left shoulder. To Grahame, the pain in his torn back muscles was exquisite.
 It's open country" Greene spoke swiftly. We could get through this window if we could cut the bars. l can see the base of the great pyra- mid off to the left about a quarter of mile. There, lot of buildings like this one. some larger. some ! smaller.
 R"Say :" His tone was incred- ulous. Here is a funny one. Some one has scratched lot of words on the sill. 1 guess you'd call 1t under the bars here. It says" Viewer mind" muttered Grahame hoarsely. Cant hold you up much longer"
 Just minute more," pleaded l Greene. It's dated only a few months ago. December 18th. It's signed ;. it's signed by all that's holy. it's signed by Langton, who fell in the ocean last year! Grahame. D
 The blood left Grahame's head. 1 He felt new strength flowing into him. The pain even. seemed to abate as he heard the little mans voice cry out that there was a mes sage scratched on the stone sill of the barred opening. by Langton.
 What does it say?"
 December 1S Log covering trip until midday December IS will be found in map case on ship. Storm passed and visibility became good about four P M. Gas almost ex- hausted. when sighted ruins. Ship undamaged in landing. Taken here by armed natives three days ago. My guard tells me am to be sacri. feed by the ahkin-the high-priest -on the central pyramid and thrown into the cenote.
 December 19 Ahkin here today. Was taken to ship. Am to teach them to fly. They are sending run ners for gasoline. For good-be- havior they let me take some food from the ship = chocolate bars. chewing gum and pop back here.
 December 20 No use. Guard says tomorrow some festival begins and I am to die. It would not be so bad if these people were ignorant In- dians. but some are as white as 1 am. will copy message and put it in bottle. Perhaps goodbye!
 That's all," said MT. Greene. He slid down to the floor. q found this up there." He extended his hand. Within it was a fragment of glass.
 Probably Langton scratched his message with this. Busted a bottle and used the pieces. They said his message was written in blood. and he used another glass splinter for that guess" Grahame drowned.
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