Show I I I I u I GOLDEN OLDEN GODDESS aY is s S a Begin he here e today i Tiva t had a door Tiva could be Derek Derel Derger wealthy owner o OI II entered Tiva had bad been entered IL ILa ICa It IC a Brazilian dia diamond on mine is ob could be entered a again ain when back bacic with the dyna dyna- ses cd by bya a desire to get his hands hand came camo mite Mira's story was true true but but the long hidden tre treasure oure of ot an on then he had thought it would be Indian tribe tribe- the To r realize true He had believed In from rom this ambition he sends Bends his aide first the ho the Walter Julian to New York Cit City As for the treasure that would for a Q blond girl to play the tho role ole of or come later when he went into the the legendary Irac g goddess goddes's Who is temple himself Unless Tiva had expected to appear before the tribe it was there and it at Mount Tiva returns with his was Lulls Farnol who learns from her T This ls great rock a treasure house native maid Manuela just why Derger Der- Der i Der-i This mountain which was not even ger has hired her 01 I mapped until he had mapped it him him- Derger leaves leave with Lillis LUlls and nd a afew self few Cew natives instructing Julian to Ho Je blew a ring of ot smoke through remain behind and watch his secretary secre secre- secre 1 his lips Ups and watched it c curl rl in the Ute tar tary Jim Cavanagh Cavanah h and his new newl still warm air 20 feet away to the engineer Rian Troy both of ot whom rock of the cliff and break the might attempt to help the girl Despite De Dc 1 circle spite careful watching Rian and YeS he was satisfied Day after Cavanagh J get gt t awa away following Manuela Man Man Man-j tomorrow would return with uela ucla over a shorter trail to Tiva food and reinforcements more ex ex- The The accept Lillis LUlls as J their loii long long- IOng 1 plosives He knew exactly how he awaited goddess and open a a secret vas was going to go about opening the thedoor theto door in the mountain which led leads d door or He had planned that out last to Ith ir temple the hiding place of or night Tonight the dead ead Irac would their treasure be e buried burie in a pit off the pt plateau plateau- Rian gets inside the temple and as s e. e soon as the sun aun went down and Cavanagh fires ires some shots snots outside out of the some ome of of the heat went thus thus' drawing answering I fire fira fro from Seventy of air ir An ai alj al nig night t job Derger's p party Alarmed the Julians Julian's t there thor That was rush outside leavi arid and Rl Rian bo er d to verify imprisoned il iI t himself lt Now go go on with the story The Theother The others other had bad gotten away away- CHAPTER 88 33 many of them wounded Probably som some of them had died on the trail Derger glanced over his shoulder down own fro from Tiva He hadn't bothered a at his me men who were were putting to to- about boU Y verifying th that th either be because ause I Ithe ge gether er a rude h hut t at af the edge o of c dl didn't n t care care They wouldn't come come the pond It was nearly up only the p bac Jack hack th the sorry remnants of the sides to to be laced to the woven n roof if did tribe that was left Even they hut his went to 10 the From the eyes it w wouldn't matter water which was dull under the By Bythe the time they reorganized their afternoon shadows of late treasure would be Besides gone The little little pool was not large barely bare bare- there were too few of of th them m left to todo ly Jy 50 feet across round and its ith do any harm Mira had lad said the deep basin was as rock but the were only men nearly as and fresh and re remarkably re- re water was pure remany women and 50 children n. n Barey Bare- Bare many cold forthe for the tropics After I y a handful Some day soon t to satisfy satis satis- the heat of oC the day It seemed almost fy his curiosity he was going to see hidden from cold It icy came a where here the tribe Jived He Ho th that t rose in T Tiva's Tas as depths spring Mira had given n him directions lingered in the basin and disappeared into another underground Only Onty a ft Tool pass passage ge for there was no outlet Into How content he felt But th that a t was the jungle I usually the way when his plans suc sue With Villi the sun shining down on it lt It had been that way when the smooth rock sides and bottom 0 of the basin could be seen and the he f fund found und his first diamond and clean green moss that clung to it staked out the land h he wan wanted t e d But not a fish swam In it Derger Contented Rela Relaxed ed He took a deep had bad looked many times for life in inthe the pool and h had d not found found it it He Hel breath and ran his fingers through had even plumbed ed the depths and his damp hair found it alm almost almot t as d deep ep as asIt it was The knowledge that Cavanagh wide ML I Manuela and Troyer Troy were er somewhere Getting to his feet slowly he about didn't disturb his feeling of at walked over to it dipped his h hands Into nto the water and bathed his face although this morning he and head With With Villi the drops of mobs mois mois-l mois remembered b ere d he ha had b been en distinctly ture Lure clinging t t to his hair he went annoyed when Julian Juhan brought the back to the tree under which he himself The had been sitting and sank down on message annoyance had md h however wever and andic andU quickly passed the stony ground I he had barely given thought to ic a He TT U i m f fn 11 i the t 41 61 h A cliff liff 1 li 99 of ot f f Ti Tiva He TT U i m f fn 11 i the t 41 61 h A cliff liff 1 li 99 of ot f f Ti Tiva was WM wasand facing ac ng e c o va and as he took out his pipe and filled it it he looked again upon the rock which was like a great wall A slow stow cold smile played about bout his lips The Tho other wall up above which had opened to the leader was vas much the tho same sameh Much tuch The same sanie f formation the sime same seams scams riding up into the stone tone the same weathered reddish veins running running run run- ning fling through itHe it iL He picked up a 8 piece of or ro rock reek k a at his tiis side and studied it with a glass he lie took from his pocket Hard gran gran- ite Nice for building The texture smooth as marble Different from the stone at the mine better It wasn't the only sample he had examined of Tiva's Fivas foundation He had many of them at his house within the stockade but he n never ver tired of at 10 looking bakIng king at them and fi finding finding find find- d- d ing gollie others This This' specimen he put into his pocket to place with the others others' wh when n he returned home Tiva Could B Be Entered cd The smile continued on his lips even when he ho thrust his lighted pipe between his strong white teeth Edging back a little he leaned against the trunk of the tho tree and his eyes eyes' narrowed The expedition on the whole had been astoundingly successful successful more more successful than he heh h had d hoped the ho two white men men and brown bro woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man since There was hardly a tho thought ht either cither for Lillis Lulls Farnol Farnal who had her part s so o well The tools he 10 used were discarded as soon as ashey hey had b been ri of service and Lillis had md been a tool A pretty tool to be sure but only a tool She had opened Tiva's door for him aim and that was as what he had wanted her to do Where she was now he didn't care Julian said she was vas not among the dead but Derger was not interested in that information The he sky was turning faintly gold and the pond was reflecting the color Derger saw his hand tinged too oo with yellow as he lifted lilted his pipe to o his lips It should be bo after alter 6 He Heat got ot at out his watch and found he was right It was but too hot yet for the men to start with th the burial pit above Another hour In the sunset light the cliff cUff was deeply gold the veins and seams of oC it darkish brown Two seams scams he noticed went almost to the tho top of oft it t two straight seams about four feet apart He got to his feet and went over and ran his one of them He hadn't noticed the peculiar lines before when he had bad haden ben been en looking at the rock for tor so long When he went back to his seat by bythe bythe the he tree he took a small notebook from his pocket found a fresh page and sketched the lines lines' with their other otner inter interlacing lines between and beyond Then while he was at atit it he made a rough picture of the cliff itself which was the of Tiva His drawing was crude but exact and he worked quickly When he got back to the house he would transfer the sketch into a book ook of drawings he had been making making mak- mak ing ng for years year of rock formations Tomorrow he would study the wail of X Tiva Xa a above and sketch that too oo forthe the same sama conditions At any rate ate it it w would uld well be be well to have tho the two wo in In his fit fil files s.- s. aiToo Too bad he hadn't been able to find the s secret of the entrance to Tiva he thought as his pencil filled In the minute details qui quickly kly But he had wasted enough time as at t was on the secret And J Julian lian was probably wasting more time on it now although Derer Derger Der- Der ger er had particularly asked him not to o. o Dynamite would be quicker for he knew where the door dooz was knew the exact location even if he he couldn't open it even if there was not nothing ing on the wall of Tiva to show that a a door was vas there but the weathered cracks and fissures One further l look ok at the cliff cHIt be before before before be- be fore he pu put his itis notebook away He Ho was taking it comparing his lines with the of oC Tiya Tiva when he frowned Hadn't he got it right at after rall nil He never never made mis mis- takes The light perhaps was was as deceiving him Rock Moves ove He looked again ag ln and then he be knew he had b been cn right that his sketch was right With lightning quickness he ho pulled a gun from the thele le leather lher holster In his belt with his right hand and with his left reached on the ground for another which was lying beside him All the time he never took his eyes ees from the rock In front of him the rock which was swinging out moving a slab of it as the one above had swung out when the Irac leader touched the hidden lock in Tiva's face The two guns leveled at at the widening aperture he rose to his feet teet but he didn't D m ve forward He I waited breathing gently evenly This Is a su surprise prise he barked as ashe ashe asie he ie took a step ahead Down with the gun Troy Tray Troy who had come from the thedoor thedoor thedoor door first his gun in his hand blinked at the changed light Down with the gun Derger ordered ordered ordered or or- dered again The movements back backof of him told him his men had heard and were coming A shot rang out and Troy felt the he gun leave his hand Derger's bullet had knocked it away Out here came another command com corn mand and Rian moved forward still half blinded by the queer gold bright light which hurt his eyes so much So the girl is with you too Very nice Glad to see you Miss Farnol Farnol Far Far- nol not nol Lillis who had followed Rian out fell to the ground To be continued Wednesday Copyright 1935 for The Tho Salt Lake Telegram |