La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 21, 1945, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextIT mi U lift LA UKANDB EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, UREGUN cSuturday, April 21, 1945 1 1 Page Six m . r 1!! 1 v"l i ' f1TY.TTf.w?T T ft I 17,1 FJ I h I I ' A FORTUNE IN DIAMONDS XXVIII TJ7HEN I turned In at the ceme " tery gate for the second time that day It was almost dark and there was no sun to help me find my way. The rain had turned to snow. .' I parked my cor under a great ; oak tree ond shut off the motor. j The wind had risen and I heard v it keening mournfully in the i branches overhead. I walked ! slowly away from my cor, fcol- ing the ground with my feet and staring against that curtain of night and snow. i Suddenly I saw the monument : ahead of me, dimly white in the i guthering darkness. . Then I felt the ground, soft and oozy under my feet. I looked ' down. I was standing on the fresh-turned earth of Phincas . nuusuu s giuve. ruiciuy x aiuijpeu i of! and turned towurd the monu 1 mcnt again when something caught my eye. I turned back and looked more closely. ' The grave looked odd. It seemed curiously untidy. As a matter of fact, it was not com- . pletcly filled In. There was a little mound of dirt beside the grave. I stared at ' , that mound and I began to think about it. A couple of swings of the shovel would have spread the , earth evenly, if loosely, over the grave. 1 I leaned down, moved my hand across tho dirt, and felt a hollow In the soil. A hollow, scooped-out, unnatural and unmistakable. At first, I merely looked at it curi ously. But the more I looked at it, the odder I fait. Then I had a horrible conviction. It swept over 'me like the cold wind of a sca , turn. Tho sweat broke out on my forehead, I stood up and looked around. And all the while thut horrid question kept hammering in my brain. Who had been 'dig Mother, Daughter By MRS. ANNE CABOT There is no prettier siKht on a hot summer's day tliun seeing a young mother and her pretty lil tlc daughter dune up in crisp ginghams ami stiffly starched Hutching white huts! Crochet these airy bonnets in all-white or pule pastel colored cotton yarn. To obtain complete crochcling instructions for the mother and daughter Dutch bonnets (pattern No. 5875) send 15 cents in coin, plus 1 cent postage, your name, U. S. Army Man IIOItl.ONTAI. 1 Pictured com mander of U S. KiRhlh Army, l.t. Gcn Hubert 11 Musical quality 12 Flesh food 13 Kxclaiimtion 15 Bury IT Smith lutiludr lab.) 18 Cierm 55 Hawaiian wreaths 57 llistni u.inee 5B tiiiekennin vmt in 1 Elernities 2 NS'iin 3 Letter of alphabet 4 Type measure 5 For fear that t Simda isle 7 And (Latin) 8 Opcnlliif H Aliseoiuled 10 lull I'lment 19 Compass point i '-v.il 20 Total H Placed 21Caie:s 16 llcnd 22 NeKiitivv woid Kiikwnrrt 24 Exist IB Seekers 2G More 23 Island on Gulf primilive 28 Gaseous chemical element 31 Giant kn y.'ishan Wi'hus ' I' p I ji p H' I V PTiirj pir ir is --'"Y"' $ " 7 JIT " u" jr Ti,J7J,$ fJpT'J' 31 T 3 3P i. T f '3 sr" T 11 X. 1 I, I I I I I I l Lii. 33 Cavalry BriKiiiie fab ) 34 H hMi.ir f. Ar(ub.) .IS'Hia.l ii' f tube 37 Custom O QM Wholly 40 Creek letter 11 Skill 43 One of two 4B Pistol 49 Crystalline compuunrt' 51 Concerning 52 Compress 54 Mix ging In Phincas Hudson's new- mode grave? T SHOULD have liked the eour age to run. Instead I went up to the monument, with the ivory elephant in my hand, A monstrosity, I thought, as I looked at the polished granite sphere supported by four granite pillars. Within must be the recess where I was to place the ele phant. I put my hand over the edge. The cold, wet snow brushed my flesh. I put the elephant in and moved him about indecisively. My fingers closed on a small solidity.' And I was at once hor rified and exalted. I drew it out a small leather bog and loos ened the draw-string with numb fingers. I put in my hand, and oven with all my ignorance of precious stones I knew I held one of the OBtcrmann diamonds! And in tho other hand four million and some hundreds of thousands of dollars. My fingers began to tremble. It's quite a common thing with diamonds. They do things to you. Hut this was more than that. This was sin, heartache, and death. I had to hurry. Panic seized me. I spread the maw ot the little leather bag. And I dropped the diamond. But not In the bog. It slid cruzily post the opening and I felt it strike my ankle and bounce oil. Carefully I got down on my hands and knees, and I began to move my palms swiftly, but light ly over the earth. I picked up three pebbles. My trousers got HOKgy ond my hands ached with cold. And I was still looking when I saw the lights of a car turning In at the cemetery gate. It stopped, then came swiftly along tho curving drive. I de bated withdrawing behind the monument. But an Irrational sense of thrift kept me there on my knees rooting in the soft, oozcy earth for thut diamond. Northwest Shipyard Layoffs Unlikely PORTLAND, Ore., April 21 (I'P) Manpower officials pre dicted today thut northwest ship yard workers uie not going to be hurt off us in various other areas facing a cutback in production in 1 the next ilO days. L. C. Sloll, manpower director lor Oregon, und A. F. Hardy, Washington director, announced ufler a Los Angeles manpower conference Hint ' prospects nie bright in the northwest for full Sloll snid probably 1011.000 workers will be laid off. chiefly in Him! hirn ( 'ill i fnrnia iiii rrnti I i'l'.il shipbuilding industries. . Official Records Wilier turned off, April 20: E. E. I.itliin, 203 N avenue; Mrs. A. W. Zweifel, 1403 N ave nue. Wilier turned on: E. E. Litton, H04 Walnut slieet; Mrs. G. Klnffenstein, 1403 N avenue; Mrs. K. U. Cruhlree, Ifil2 V avenue; Mrs. James Hur sin, 21110 Fourth street. Building Permits Fred Wendt, erect one-story fiaine dwelling, 1011 Y avenue, $1,000. Dave Cochran, repair two-story frame dwelling, 1115 V uventie, $150. Warren Ilildehnuult, aller und n pair- one-story frame dwelling, 402 Third street, $200. K. Ilililebrnndt, alter and re pair two-story frame dwelling, .'Mill Third street, $100. address and the pattern number to Anne Caiuit, l.u (liande Kve nmg Observer, 700 Mission St., San Francisco, Calif. II N 'Nil 1 112.1 :NL I W .1 AMV.Ol li i M I N D ... OLLT I A VI 'A T I 'O NY of i;.i:.i 25 Collar '..Mi Snihad'! tiapperi man) Japs near bird II Abstract (ab.: 27 Kv. la III. 4-J Hosier Woody plant 4r Suer-essor 47 On 4H Seme MH'irele part 5.1 t'iii ir ( pretix! V Lord Lieu tenant (ab I :fl Symbol for samaiinm of iloilust 'J'.l Fetich Jo llin mest wt'orl spirit 3(i Urlallri; to I'liv sieuns 3K llir I.u.mii laiopaiin m luch ins forces shari W. kV N .... .. V ''L. Ri M'ROL I. II", CM: CM ll'l miAL ',ll .V-jlV Lit - A I . L 1 :J ALLtf The car stopped behind mine. I rested my hands on my thighs and saw the door open. Then n voice, high and clear like a gun shot In thut quiet place, "Nick!" TT was Bronda Temple. "For God's sake, come over here," I shouted, all my tension curiously spilling away. She came across the lots, calm, unhurried, deliberate. "Never mind how you got here," I said, "I dropped a diamond. Help me find it." "Pat called me. Sho was wor ried about you. I thought " Her voice trailed off. She leaned down and stared close into my face. "Did you say a diamond, son?" "As big as a robin's egg," I said. "Great day," she said. "So you've found them." She leaned down, picked up something, and held it close for Inspection. "Is this what you'ro looking for?" It was. "Give me that," I said.. "I'm sentimental about these things," she said. "Let me hold it a moment." ' I grabbed her wrist. She fend ed oil my hand with cool amuse ment. "Nick! Don't be precipitate." "Big words for a little girl. Lookl" I pointed at Phlneas Hudson's grave at a little mound of loute soli. Her fine brows drew down in concentration, She emitted a soft whistle. She smiled up at me, passed back the stone, and took my arm. "Isn t it a bit early for plant ing?" It all depends upon what vnli'rj nlnnllntf." I rpnlipd. (Jome. ' . I We stepped carefully around the dirt. Brenda shuddered a bit and said: ( 'How horribly fascinating! Who I d'you think did It?" I didn't answer that question. ' I never even hod time to ponder It. Brenda had turned for a last curious look at the disturbed gruvo. I heard her gasp sharply and I turned. And I had my answer. (To Be Continued) ' Princess By SUE BURNETT Get your share of sun and compliments in this clever prin cess sun dress. Uliet cap sleeves on the bolero make this outfit v oiulerfuliy easy to make. Pattern No. (IB51 is designed for sizes II, 12, 13, 14, It) und 18. Size 12, dress, 3' ynrds of 3!) inch material; bolero, 1 yard. For this pattern, send 20 cents, in coins, your name, address, size desired, and the nattern number ' to Sue Hurnett, l.a Grande Eve ning Observer, 70!) Mission St., San Francisco, Calif. Masonic Groubs to Meet Tuesday Night M 'inbers of Eastern Oregon cnmiiiandery, Knights Templar, of La Grande, will be hosts to the members of Baker commander) Tuesday evenine,, w h e n the liitnilis will meet in tl".' Masonic temple to confer the Malta de Bree. Victor F.ckley. commander of tile La Grande todo, announced the lUs'i'tinc will be convened at 7:30 p.m. Hold Everything 4 1 'TV !. mm Of I ' -. Our Bomrding House rW ESAD, WAL"0o76ORRV -0I5TURSNDO SO IAT6, OLD PAL. BUTT CAKJ VOL) . gvj& SArtcrde.v to BAD K&tVS, 8URXE ? -OrOW FOR A. FEW DAYS UNTTIU WE- THRASHES THAT iipctb.pt ruiik"j-s' 0ML HELPS OLTf ft, CUlM Boots and Her Buddies VOAVOO GVOCM? Freckles and His r. If ir WHV dARO HAS SOUGHT A SECOND - HAND MICfJOPHONe FOR. 30 AND HAS LEFT" HIS VALUABLE STAMP COLLECTION AS SECURITY UNTIL HE CAN EARN THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THtT mike Red Ryder Just moKZ t-on o w RED RIDER rvrtCH j-X.S Wash Tubbs I'fA SORRy THEy ARRESTEP YOU FOB TH' RECKLESS PRIVIM' I PID IN V0UR CAR , MR. McK.EE--BUT IT SAVEP yPU FROfv Alley Oop ' v" pn-H p TO rJlGHTSHlB-TJ OH. SUB.E. MA3bf? AMD 1U& WlEKS AWW MAMMEC . - .. IS. THIS gOZO A . , i CARPENTER. 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