La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 09, 1945, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texth!! o mi: I? Ill w I. 1 III r l!!i) if Bi: Pill! f- to if v ii' m pi,; tail"1 li'iii.h' IMP; IUiii"' iiiniii(ii; 1 lis;: j.i! i"$ ft? i'.J! 111 Ptfce Four THE LA GftANftfe EVENING OfiSEftVfiR, LA GRANDE, OREGON TENSION XVII "HARLEY sat quietly for a long time staring at the distant white tower of the lighthouse on Old Prince. Finally he said: "Could that fellow have killed you, down in the cellar?" I I shuddered. "What makes you think he didn't try?" ! f'l figure It this way." Charley .spoke Impersonally as if he were working out a simple problem in long division. "If the fellow who entered your room last night and the one you encountered in the cellar are the x same man, and I think they are, you may explain Ihls actions as attempts to avoid discovery. You surprised him In your room, and, of course, he shot. But there's the possibility that he may not have known It was you in the room. Then you were prowling around in the cellar and, In order to protect his identity, he hit you on the head. It strikes me that if he had really wanted you out of the way, he could have hit you a lot harder or he could have hit you again. He had plenty of time, you know." I felt the back of my head gingerly. On the other hand," continued Charley, "the fellow who slugged jjoubert and sabotaged our plane meant business." "All of which still Laves us ; precisely nowhere," I said. I "Not quite." Charley leaned forward and tapped me on the knee. "You haven't forgotten that Booker was anxious to talk ;you Into something, that Cala- vestrl slipped you what is very , probably one of the Ostermonn diamonds, and that she was mur dered while trying to contact you." . I "Or Eric Woolf." I "I doubt It," replied Charley. "From there on it scorns rela tively simple. You had possession for awhile of one of the Oster mann diamonds. Somebody be sides Marks must have known that Booker possibly. So far as anyone on the outside goes you might still have It. And that makes you a marked man." "Very pretty," I said, "but still no more than a theory." W71IEN the seven of us gathered " around the table for lunch, the air had cleared a little. Bruce Temple, it seemed, had been persuaded to delay his de parture until afternoon by the promise of native pheasant, which Pat had Wheedled out of Nig Nelson's, the grocer's, own private refrigerator. And Temple had brought In Tecky, his Fillpln houseboy, to cook the meal. Woolf beamed ecstatically at the ap pearance of the birds and Char ley murmured: Four dollars a portion at Har vey's." Harvey's?" Eric looked up pleasantly. In the presence of good food he became expansive, almost human. "In Washington, you mean?" "That's right." "Dinner at Harvey's Is one of the bright spots in my life. Mar tinis first at the Carlton. Then sturgeon at Harvey's." Woolf put back his head, closed his eyes and bestowed a reverent kiss upon the memory. Martinis," repeated Bruce Temple. His massive, rock -like features had relaxed. "That calls up memories. The best martinis In the world aro to be had in the Palaclo Hotel In Estoril." At first, that made no Impres sion upon me. It was mere pleas antry about food and drinks that went unrcmembered in an hour's time. But suddenly I was aware of a strange silence and I looked across at Temple. I could have sworn that I saw a faint flush on his controlled features. Phlncas Hudson had turned and his eyes were fixed Unwlnklngly updo his 9est. Brenda 'Jmple's face0 had mne suddenly rigid, and all of the expansiueaess had gone out of Eric. tat thla-llpsed smile was there Bad taot cold, dead-pan looft, "Estor?" he asho. TEMPLE'S eyes swung slowly toward Eric. "Yes," he said heavily, "In Portugal." "I know," answered Eric. "Neer Lisbon. The Palacio Is a splendid hotel." "I prefer the Aviz," sold Temple bluntly and for the moment I loved him. The Polado was the German hangout about IS miles down the Tagus River from Lisbon. The Aviz was more luxurious and had no Germans, "When were you In Lisbon?" Eric asked. 'I've been there several times. Temple replied. "necemiy?" Erie persisted. Bruce Temple took his time In replying. He regarded Eric as a man looks at an apple before he bites into it. He said: "No. Hove you?" "Not since 1933," Eric answered readily. "It used to be lovely," Brenda said. "It's changed,!' Charley Strand said. "Now 90 .per cent of .the transients about Lisbon have se crets. The other 10 can't keep them." "In Lisbon," Eric said, "It Is dangerous not to keep a secret." "It is fatal," Bruce Temple cor rected him. We had coffee. It was black and bitter. The remains of the pheasant had been cleared away and I could see the large oval im press in the tablecloth where the platter had rested. We had all grown quiet. We watched each other attentively over the tops of our coffee cups. 1 saw kric glance at his wrist watch and his eyes rested calcula tively on space. The last cup hit the saucer and Phineas Hudson said: "Bruce, Tecky can cook." That was all. ! (To Be Continued) Nice Hankies! 'v,-.;-:v . Evening Observer, 709 Mission St., San Francisco, Cnlif. Washington M erry-Go-Round Continued From Page 2 By MRS. ANNE CABOT Wo all like delicate, pretty handkerchiefs and thoy are such a price these dnysl But nice ones con be tin ned out with the aid of a crochet hook and fine thread. The four hand-crocheted edgings and designs illustrated are extra pretty the rose design is to be embroidered in color. To obtain complete crocheting Instructions and color chart for five gift handkerchiefs (patlurn No. 5870) send 15 cents in coin, plus 1 cent postage, your name, address and the pattern num ber to Anne Cabot, La Grande out. Ho had known FDR since he served as page at the Roose velt wedding and he wasn't afraid to say whut he thought. Unfortunately, Ed Stottinius and the new stale department uids have no experience in stunding up to the president and probably arc afraid to. They were hired on llic basis that if they didn't behave they'd be fired and they owe everything to him. It Is generally known for in stance, that Slettinius did not. ap prove the three-vole deal at Yal ta, and t hat he also favored open publicity on this and other I things. In the end, when the clean light of publicity was focused on the three-vote deal, the American position was cor rected. But Stottinius either wasn't strong enough or didn't have courage enough to put across his views w'th the presi dent in the first place. If so, it might have saved a lot of head aches. That is why seme of FDR's most genuine well-wishers are hoping that he will see the im portance of bringing stronger men into the state department and do it soon. Suit Mates Official Records Water turned on, April !): ( Luther Feik, 1108 Third street; ' Mrs. Perry Lofton, UM W ove I nue; Henry Johnson, 504 Penn ' avenue. I Water turned off. April 9: O. E. Kayburn, 1304 W avenue. j Water turned on: I 1 Esther Cruder, 2112 Pine street. I I U. S. Naval Leader Ancr In Vrrv HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured U. S. naval leader, Rcnr-Adm. 11 Silkworm 12 Paid notice 13 Weight deduction 14 Jump 15 Short Jacket 17 Hat material 10 Skill 20 Therefore 21 British Colum bla (ab.) 23 Wine vessel 24 Flower 26 Musteline mammal 28 Percussion Instrument 20 Fog 30 Symbol for rubidium ' 31 Mountain ! (ab.) 32 And 34 Seaweed 37 Angler's basket 38 Requires 40 Regiment (no.) 41 Be quiet! 43 Natural power 44 Entangle 1 45 Male deer 1 47 God of love 80 White frost 51 Sicilian volcano 53 Area measure 54 Hindu queen 55 He l deputy 16 commander of the U. S. forces VERTICAL Scoffed Speaker Body part Symbol for sodium Chapeau Bustle Risht (ab.) 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