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THEN we took over the Amer
1 " lean House, we had inly one
regular boarder. This was Mr.
Martin Tnpley, who owned the
dry goods store. Mr. Tapley was
a bachelor, middle-aged and
growing bald. He dressed very
untidily. His teem were stained,
and his skin was sallow. ("That's
what comes from his smoking so
many cigarets," people said, nod
ding wisely.) But smoking wasn't
the worst of it. . , .
He had a good business people
were careful to point out that he
hud Inherited It but he took It
lightly, seeming not to care
whether his books showed a profit
or loss. He seldom appeared In
his dry goods store until noon,
leaving everything to his two
oftlcious clerks. ' - .
1. You could alwaVs count on Mr.
Tapley to be contrary. He called
nlmseii a socialist and Kept
picture' of Eugene Debs In his
office. - whenever the Censoring
Committee of the library banned
a book one by Henrik Ibsen or
George Bernard Shaw or Upton
Sinclair or Robert Ingersoll, for
instance he sent away and
bought a copy and then carried
it around openly under his arm.
Naturally,, mere was a lot ot
talk about him. People didn't
approve of his never going to
church.? They didn't like the Idea
of his selling his house It had
been in the family for three gen
erationsana moving into a no-
tel. There was talk, too, about
the way his family lot was kept.
'There wasn't evon a marker on
his mother's grave,
j ) Mr. Tapley's mother had been
I a very Important person In the
I Village. No project was ever be
I gun without her approval or com
pjeted without her zest. She. was
superintendent of the Sunday
School, president of the Thursday
Circle, and founder of our branch
of the W. C. T. U. .
, - "What a blessing It is that she
Isn't alive to see the way her
ison has turned out," her friends
aid, sighlna,
Sew Them Yourself
5727
By MRS. ANNE CABOT
Slip-covering Isn't half as diffi
cult a jab as we've been taught
to believe and now that you can't
get un upholsterer for love or
money, why not turn out a per
fectly slick job yourself? Takes
five yards for an upholstered
chuir fifteen yards for a daven
port. Measuring, fitting, seum
ing and finishing instructions are
given in the instructions.
To obtain complete instructions
on "How to Muke Slipcovers"
(pattern No. 5727) send 15 cents
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Mr. Tapley's drinking had be
come almost a legend. Whisky
was like water to him. Wha,t he
drank regularly In a prokibiUoa
state would Wave hejtt anyone
else unconscious, so the story ran.
Yet he boasted that no one had
ever seen him drunk. Even tipsy..
TyTY mother was one of the few
women In the village who
had a good word to say for him.
"I believe if that girl had stood
by him . . ." she said one day
long before we moved.
, "Whot girl, Mama?" wo de
manded. It seomed Impossible. :
She was never one to gossip.
"There is no point in digging up
the past," she said firmly. "H
was just thut he had a girl who
dion't clare stand up against his
mother. She married someone
else."
By this time we were ell ears.
"Who was Bhe. Mama?"
"Was she somoone from around
here?"
"How, now," she said. "I'm
sorry that I ever brought It up,
You just go and ploy some game."
But it was too late.
"Just tell us if she was someone
from around here, Mama."
' "Just tell us if it was someone
we know."
My father couldn't stand teoe
ing. "Tell them," he said. "Now
that you have gone this far."
well," she went on reluctantly.
"But see that you don't repeat it
to anyone."
Wo promised.
"It was Eunice Sawyer. She
was Eunice Hinckley then."
"tunlce sawyer," we gasped.
Eunice Sawyer was a DlumD.
hearty farm woman with a hus
band half her size and three ro
bust boys. They lived Ave miles
out of the village, It was hard
enough to believe any middle
aged people we knew could have
ever felt romantic love. But Mr.
Tapley and Eunice Sawyer , , ,
"Oh, Mama," Sue said.
"She was a real pretty girl."
my mother insisted, "and I auess
she makes a good wife, too."
City News
In Brief
Ilnllis Solomon, Negro tran
sient, last night was arrested by
city police on a vagrancy churgc
on complaint of Union Pacific
railroud officials. He was placed
in (he city jail pending a hear
ing in the municipal court.
Glenn Victor of The Dulles and
his sister, Mrs. Beverly Pyles of
Battlo Ground, Wash., returned
to their homes lust night. They
hud been culled to La Grande for
the funeral of their brother, Ed
die Victor. Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Wells of Pondosu, a brother-in-law
nnd sister, have ulso returned
to their homo. Another sister,
Mrs. Gettu Diivenport of San
Francisco, will remain hero with
her parents, Mr. ami Mis. ft. L.
Victor, for two weeks.
Best-Seller Stow
' Comes to Liberty
A film version of A. J. Cronin's
best-seller, "The Koys of the
Kingdom", will be the Liberty
theater's offering beginning to
morrow. Gregory Peck heads llio cast,
which includes Roddy McDow
ell, Peggy Ann Garner, Sir Ced
ric Hardwicke and other well
known film personalities.
The story is that of a young
rebel who speaks for everyone
who ever dreamed ambitious
dreams . . , and for everyone who
fought to make them come true.
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number to Anne Cabot, La
Grande Evening Observer, 709
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THE
(fTf'JE Saturday eveUHg late -lp
May Julia and I wera titting
on the steps of - the American
House watching the farmers come
in to trade. In one of the bug
Sles that passed we recognized
Luther Sawyer and Eunice,
weighing down her end of the
seat.
We looked at each other, re
membering. Then we looked
back at her. She was still pretty
in a heavy, faded way. Too pret
ty, at least, we decided, for the
little pinched man who tied the
horse on the railing of the general
store and without a word headed
toward the barber shop.
We watched her get out, pat
the horse, pick up her basket,
and start off.
"Do you suppose she will go to
hit store?" asked Julia.
I had just been wondering that.
We didn't take our eyes off her
as she passed from one store to
another. First the meat market,
then the hardware, then the cob
bler's, across the street again to
read the notices on the Post Of
fice. Then toward the lone: line
of gray buildings where the dry
goods storo was, Would she go in?
one aian t go in. sne didn't
even look in. Head up, eye
straight ahead, she went on to the
bakery.
We watched the next Saturday.
the next, and the next. She had
gone into every store but his.
Had they met face to face since
their quarrel? We wondered.
What would happen If they did?
(To Be Continued)
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