Show GOLDEN GODDESS iRO arn W I Blond Lillis Farnol goes to the thc estate of Derek Derger in the Brazilian Brazilian Brazilian Bra Bra- jungles as a stenographer to the wealthy diamond mine owner She is thrust into isolation upon her arrival with only the companionship companionship companionship compan compan- of a native woman Manuela Manuela Man- Man uela ucla permitted Dr visits her daily but she distrusts him altogether alto alto- gether ether and t there ere is s no noone one who can help her estate because of the strict regulations regulations' placed over the members members members mem mem- bers of ot the household Lillis Lulls is frightened to learn that Derger in his ruthless quest for wealth and power has determined to wrest an ancient treasure from a mountain tribe of by using her as the mythical goddess who is to appear and give the tribe trib her herin herin herin in forestalling any threatening allm ail all m ments I 1 have h heard ard women say that they cannot keep their babies in bed when they are ill That is nonsense The place for a sick baby is bed bcd and it will stay there well enough if It it has been accustomed accustomed tomed to the right kind of treatment treat treat- ment Of course if it is used to being held constantly in an adults adult's arms that is something else Our babies were picked up only when there was a reason for it They were handled as ns as pos pos- sible And they were never played with when it was time for them I Ito to be doing something else else to to be eating for instance That is very I. I important Must Use Intelligence I I cannot repeat too often that each person in charge of a baby must use her intelligence and common common cornmon com corn mon sense I 1 do not think for example example ex ex- ample that you can set down a arule arule arule rule for feeding all aU babies Dr Dafoe worked out the diet that best suited our babies They like some of their foods perhaps better than others but there are none they dont don't cat eat If they refuse anything anything anything any any- thing it is casually taken away but given another time Every baby should have these things a balanced diet fresh air sunshine freedom of movement and clothing that allows his body to become conditioned to all U kinds of weather Proves Health Possible Dr Dafoe and I 1 used to discuss the problems that arose with our babies from day to day He al always always always al- al ways ended by telling me to use my own judgment and I 1 think that it usually was his judgment too You see Id I'd known him so long longin in health work that I 1 was familiar with his ideas and principles He was the head and we nurses were the hands with those babies There are arc certain principles and logical fundamental laws in infant nursing which must be carried out or the baby most healthy at birth may quickly turn Into a sickly child The Dionno Dionne babies are the most vivid and convincing proof that these laws and principles are not only right but necessary in a practical practical practical way Of course they can more easily be carried out in hospitals and d clinics where they have all aU modern equipment Nobody denies that But the great point that the case of the Dionne babies and their first year proves is that any baby anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where in America with tho the correct handling can gain health Five prematurely born babies il in ina I. I a small unequipped farmhouse in northern Ontario during the most critical three and a half months of their lives got the tho simple proper I Icare care that every ever baby born can have I The Tho End I consent to reveal a store of hidden gold and jewels When dines with her one evening Lillis LUlls realizes realizes real real- izes that she Is about to be released from her prison for the excursion after treasure B By a subterfuge sh she only pretends to use the drugged sugar in her coffee and later feigns unconsciousness NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR FOUR Lillis' Lillis eyes were closed and she was lying back In her chair was vas feeling her pulse pulse his his fingers on her wrist were thin and chilly She almost shivered under their grasp but controlled herself in time Whatever came whatever whatever whatever what what- ever ever happened she had to go on pretending that she had taken th drug she ho was supposed to take Once out of this room out of this house she had a good chance to escape thin chilly fingers were lifting back her right eyelid then her left Call Senhor Derger he ordered ordered or ordered or- or dered Manuela sharply find fine him in my sitting silting room The door dooris is unlocked The thin chilly fingers left her lids and went back to her wrist Their pressure was quite firm and they seemed to get colder and cold cold- er Lillis l Pretends Lillis hardly dared to breathe The darkness behind her eyes was first tinged with crimson then purple purple pur pur- pIe then yellow The panic which had bad tailed failed to materialize while she was having dinner with was upon her Derger's voice booming into tha darkness frightened her still more How is it 1 Pulse is pretty rocky Otherwise Otherwise Otherwise Other Other- wise everything is all aU right replied releasing her wrist Take all aU the coffee Derger demanded Every drop How many lumps of s sugar gar One One Enough 1 Plenty I 1 planned on only one knowing the cups would be small As I told you she should be unconscious unconscious unconscious un un- un- un conscious for ten hours hours complete complete completely ly unconscious as she was before and for the following five hours partly conscious but not able to speak Well were we're ready then You took longer at dinner than I ex ex- That black shawl Manucia Manuela Manuela Manu Manu- ela- ela Si si senhor senhor- Something silky fell teU over Lillis' Lillis bad body booy and face and strong arms lifted her up D Derger she realized because the tho hands weren't thin and chill chilly but firm warm and muscular lar Under the shawl vl she opened her eyes but the fellowship darkness darkness darkness dark dark- ness remained with her She was out of the and into the dressing room and then Into another room the very breath of which was different from that in which she had lived for tor so many days A few more steps and she was out of this into fresh air t thit was balmy and yet cool Derger's footsteps echoed on the gravel path as he bore her lightly along lon Other footsteps echoed with his his short uneven steps steps almost almost mincIng mincing ing beside Derger's long stride Wants to o Scream Only the two of them LUlls Lillis listened for more footsteps but couldn't make them out Some of the desperate panic that had settled settled set set- tied on her while was feelIng feelIng feeling feel- feel Ing her pulse was gone She was getting getting getting get get- ting calmer Derger's arms were lUte like iron not tight around her and yet not loose and he was her as if it her weight were no noto nothing to him She thought of scream screaming Df and once she opened her mou mouTh under the shawl and took a deep breath ready to s scream ream she didn't Who would hear her IT she did What good would It deher do de her Far better better to to wait Far fir fati better better- Other sounds were mingled with the mincing steps of and rid tl the tho steady long ones of Derger Derge Low spoken words the whinny cf of cia ofa a horse the creak of steel on stefi sted The girl heard them first faint then more plainly just before ger stopped abruptly G tSee t. t See if theres there's a 0 blanket In the tit cart ho said softly Yes sir Blankets Blanket's in the cart you get in and rido ride with lIt lIt- Ill I'll walk t t The strong arms laid her heron dow on something soft and someo e stumbled up beside her She recognized his short quick t breathing near her A cUck sound and the cart on which sh sill was lying started to move alO and q quietly etly The noise of th I wheels moving over tho the gravel was muffled She could hear other footsteps foot toot steps than his as if the feet wed clad in moccasins TheN was someone some one directly beside her head oU ou- ou side the cart she cart she felt a presents and and heard the tIe dry ra rattle of rein 05 on rein rem The driver i 1 One horse she thought Not tw twi i In the stillness she caught the bes belt bea of hoofs of only one horse No NOW Novt the animal was switching his tal tail now rubbing the bit between h hIs teeth Those sounds were familiar Long ago in her childhood she h hid had d known these sounds from the tho fans fariD where Aunt Mabel Jabel got her fru fresh freih supplies I Someone was smoking not because she knew the smell of his cl sweetish very sweeP ish This was a stronger blend lena I Whiffs of at It came under the J loc shawl to her nostrils Dorger Her fingers lingers felt of the shaw Black she knew it must be be be- because bt cause Derger had asked Janti Manuel j for tho the black shawl Black a i an jf soft the silk loosely woven She had lad never touched material exactlY like it before so she Wll what kind it was vas but although it j cov covered red her completely she c could breathe through It it and It wain warm around her limbs Cool In in stead The cart was going downhill SM She felt the strain of the weight the wheels which were gr nin quietly under the brakes 11 T horses lorac's steps were shorter Was Vas she to go tho the whole nc had said i. i H in the cart crt Manuela Sid mountain Tiva where the In e foi tol every ten years cars to wait vait wai Over a o goddess was far away Oer Continued on Pare Pase F Golden Goddess i. Continued from Pace Pue Eight cht Journey Was Vas there a Cl road to Tiva The cart jolted badly once and Lillis LUlls took advantage of ot the tho jolt oIt t to move the shawl away from her eyes At first she opened them gingerly but could make out no nothIng nothing noth noth- hIng h- h ing in the darkness The dark bulk I of beside her finally took shape hape His face s seemed emed very white in the night and his hands on the side of the cart very white too After After Af Af- Af ter awhile she made out another shape outside the cart bobbins bobbing along then another Darker shapes than Their faces weren't white Brown men Inert like Manuela Derger Der- Der ger was on on the other side side she she knew from his footsteps but she didn't dare move her head that way way unless unless the cart jolted again It appeared to be going more mor smoothly however on level ground Faster too Two men inca on the side next to Dr One man driving probably probably ably a brown man although Lulls Lillis couldn't see him How many were walking beside Derger One two She couldn't tell Above her through the dark tangled tangled tan tan- branches of the trees which almost met over the road she caught glimpses of the stars at in in in- No moon though ant and there was as no brightness in the sky to suggest it was rising The stars seemed dim the dim the black sky almost blotted out their light So quiet with all aU these people around bround her No conversation Derger Derger Der- Der ger and were silent Even the driver made no sound Footsteps Footsteps Footsteps Foot Foot- steps that was as all aU both of the animal and the men the wheels of the cart rolling along along- How long the ride rido in III the cart lasted Lillis didn't know although it s seemed emed very long to her because because be be- cause cause she had to keep so still When the party finally halt halted d her limb limbs Were cramped and her head was I throbbing robbing The stop was made in silence In silence she was again lifted into Derger's Derge s arms carried perhaps a dozen steps away and set into something that wa was soft and gave with her body A hammock If it was a hammock it was WM as such a one Lillis LillI had never experienced before padded very comfortable unlike the cord hammock that swung Wung from between apple trees In Aunt Mabels Mabel's yard in Elmwood I Y Yes cs this was a hammock and It was as swung from the shoulders shoulders' of men she men she could feel it sway gently from side t to side hear their footsteps foot steps as they walked evenly along For a n while she sh could hear Derger's footsteps oo too beside her then he dropped behind and she felt the branches of low Jow hung shrubs brush the shawl over her face Were Verc these thes men going to bear her pounds of weight for p p. day and a night over a. a mountainous ro road d The path was getting steeper and she could hear the men breathIng breath breath- I Ing tag more and more heavily as they i went ent The bearer in front was puffIng puff puff- lag Ing badly but the pace was vas the same name Even not Even not too fast not too Blow Elow The bearer behind appeared to be stronger LUlls Lillis could hardly near hear him inhale and exhale Soam s and Derger still said nothIng noth- noth lug Ing Jut but they were directly behind the hammock Julian Where was Julian JuHan Lillis liked the hammock better tha than the hc cart She didn't have to lie so quietly in it She could move move now and then stretch The Tho night however when she peered out t from the shawl still was very dark and there was a n dank danl smell amen of C too nast fast ST growing Jungle foliage mi We r II stop op here and d change men on n me Lne Derger's vole voice announced suddenly Ill take the fro front t pole Ho He gave a quick order In some language had never heard before and she felt herself herself her her- self Belt being set gently down Then tho the procession started again Der Der- g ger r in front Keep track of the time for me Soam he ho said shortly 1 want th the men relieved every hour Yes sir And when do we top stop for tor a rest 1 Thinking about that already A dry laugh from D Derger Not until 7 o'clock in the morning and then only for tor an Em hour Lulls Lillis deep long breath They tg bing ing to stop to rest That wa was good news She might be beable beable beable able to g get away at the stop To be continued Monday Copyright 1935 1035 for The Salt Lake Telegram v I Iv |