fapt "row
I THE expedition to the hill had
-l originated with Lem Dott, who
had chosen the pot, presumably,
for convenient ascension into
heaven. Once the word had. got
' ornund. ' others decided it would
i be Just the place for a good view
not only of the comet, but ,ln-
I cidentally of Lem,, making his
creDaratlons. ' Finally half the
town agreed to go. The bold re-
i garded it as an outing. The timid
were not willing to be left behind.
I There would be plenty of fresh air
on the hill, they said, Just .in
case . . .
i My father approved of the
nedltlon. Comets didn't come very
often he appeared thankful for it
and this was a good time to
clear up a lot of nonsense about
them. If Deoole were together, he
said, a few couldn't, start lot of
foolish stories. He would go nun.
self. Benjamin would drive all ot
im to the foot of the hill. .-
That morning Benjamin hauled
1 his last load of grave). When he
came, in for dinner, Mrs. Quptlll
wu ready for him. He had prom.
ised to change the stove. Well, he
could do it that very afternoon
i hafore he aot tied up wiui some
thing else. She started out again
about her and Job.
. He'd do it. Benjamin said. He
wasn't one to go back on his word.
But it would take two men for
lifting. Boshy was jno good. He
was shaking so much .now... he
couldn't lift a feather. They would
I have to wait for Jay. -
('
NOW that spring had come Jay
was on an earlier schedule.
He came In at 6, and he and Ben
jamin .changed the stove at once.
He was just finishing his supper
when I went down into the kitchen
to tell them that the teams were
almost ready,
Suminer BiMerflies
By MRS. ANNE CABOT
A lovely and unusual embroi
dery dcsiKn a cloud of big and
little butterflies to be done in
three delicate shades of blue.
Use them on guest pillowcasos,
on towels on a dresser or vanity
table scarf or scattered about on
an organdie dressing table skirt.
Nice on a breakfast, cloth, tool
To obtain throe transfers or
the summer buttortlies (pattern
No. 5887) color chart for working
amounts of embroidery threads
specified, send 15 cents in coin,
plus 1 cent postage, your name,
address unci the pattern number
to Anne Cnbot, La Grande Eve
ning Observer, 709 Mission St.,
Son Francisco, Calif.
I Free operations were offered
I as prizes nt a benefit dance given
, for a hospital In Los Angeles.
U. S. Naval Air Unit.
HORIZONTAL 52 She
1.8 Depleted is 53 Mountain
Insiitne ot
Fighting
, U. S.
naval aviation
11 Cabin
12 Girl's name
IS Noun suflrx
14 Summer (Fr.)
18 Worked
IB Guides
20 Greater
23 Young salmon
(pl)
24 Drama unit
25 Forenoon
lions
VERTICAL
1 Do quiet!
2 Strange , .
3 Articulates
4 Doctor (nb.)
i Rltnidnndo
(ab.)
6 Indian
7 Iliad
8 Fencing
position
9 Vous.ioir
10 Either
15 Gaelic
(ab.)
28 Symbol for
selenium
27 Tellurium
(symbol)
28 Doctor of
Forestry (ab,)
29 Red Cross
(ab.)
91 Symbol for
cobalt
f". Street (sb.)
Vranspose
(ab.)
38 Msn's name
38 Wigwam
,40 Marvel
IT
42 Pompous
show
43 Confirms
48 Wager
47 Before
48 Dry
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' "I'm not goin'," Mrs. Ouptlll
said. "It's Wednesday, and I've
got my bread to bake."
. "Course you're goin'," jay told
her.' "Your bread can bake with
out you hangin' over it. I'll come
back myself and take it out in an
hour." .
At first sho wouldn't hear ot it.
Other people could go gallavant
jng oft to mountain tops, she said.
She could hear the Town Clock
strike 9 from where she was.
Jay winked at me. "I believe
she wants to be left alone with
Mr. Cutter," he said slyly.'
That settled It. She went off for
her coat, leaving Jay to build the
fire. He crammed the stove with
excelsior, put In some edgings and
opened the draft. "You go on out
side," he told me. "I'll stay here
to shut it up when it gets goin'."
' At 7 o'clock we' started off, nine
of us, filling a- buckboard and a
surrey. On, the way we passed
groups of people on foot. The
Pettigrews.' Tho Bowdens. ' The
Sawyers. The piddings boys.
' "Give us a ride," they called
out, laughing.
At the foot of the hill a num
ber of teams were already stand
ing. Benjamin tied the span, and
we started up the narrow, wind
ing path that led along the side to
the top. Trees cut out any real
view of the sky. It was still dusk.
"Seen anything yet?" we called
to those ahead,
"Not yet"- ' i v v .
, .I hurried to catch up-with Ben
jamin. . "Think, Benjamin," I said
soberly, "I may never see you
again."
Ho laughed and took my hand.
"I wouldn't count on that," he
said. . "Come on, let's keep our
eyes open for Lem."
E found him at the very top
of the hill, surrounded by an
City News
- In Brief -
' Joseph Biro, Kansas City, and
Banco Marks, Bradley, Ark., wore
arrested on charges of being
drunk and Louis Develcr,. tran
sient, on a charge of being drunk
and disturbing the peace, and all
were to appear in the municipal
court' today.
Auto Crashes Kill
14 During April
SALEM, Ore., May 18 (UP)
Fourteen persons were killed In
traffic accidents in Oregon dur
ing April, the same number as
died during April of 1944, Secre
tary ot State Robert S Farrell,
jr., said today. ,
Six deaths occurred in Port
land, and one In Eugene and tho
others in rural areas.
A totr.1 of 89 persons have died
in nuto accidents since Jnuunry
1, Farrel suid.
KAROLYI AGAIN? Count
Michael Karolyl, pictured at his
London residence, may become
president of Hungary for a sec
Old timo, it is reported.
17 Endure
IB Bird
19 Kind of cap
21 Conclusion'
Ji Umpire
Jo Mlnod money
II Old mlvr
32 Hsvy blow
33 Pierre with a
I knife
34 Rounded
35 Scalier
.17 Trap
39 Father
41 Harvest
44 Age
45 Iniquity
47 Eiclnmaticn
49 IVlrrlum
tremens (sb.)
Jl Nova Scotia
(ab.)
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THfe
interested group - of spectators.
(No one was bold enough to laugh
at him then. They would wait
until 9 o'clock for that.).. He was
dressed in his best suit and read
ing aloud from the 12th chapter
of Revelation. Every few min
utes he would stop, .look at his
watch, and call out the time in a
very loud voice. . '. .
"Half past. 7. Just an hour and
a half more to repent In!" . . .
"Twenty minutes to 8. Just an
hour and 20 minutes more!"
A few small groups stood apart,
scanning the west. Mr. Havens
was in one ot them, offering com
fort to Lily Poindexter, who had
brought wet towels to protect her
from breathing In the gases. In
another Mr. McKinley, the prin
cipal of the Academy, was giving
Instructions to some of his stu
dents. "First find Regulus, at the
end of the sickle." Sue and my
father keeping a. tight hold on
Boshy joined them. Ada sat in
differently on a rock. My mother
and Mrs. Guptlll stood admiring
the view. .-
In the west the last of the sun
set had colored Wood's Pond a
bright crimson. Ducks made dark
lines against the sky. Frogs
Bounded like slelghbells. ; Now
and then you could hear a loon
crying.
Benjamin and I walked on.
Just over the crest we came upon
Jay and Julia, setting up the bot
tles. "Land, I used to have no
tions myself," Jay was saying.
"Seen anything?"
VNot yet."
I had seen something, not In
the west at all but in the south,
.where the village lay. It came
again a long, red tall ot flame,'
"Look!' . The comet!"
They looked.
"That's no comet," Benjamin
said. "That's a Are!"
"It's high," Jay broke in. "Do
you flggor. . . ,"
"That's jest what I was flg
gerlnV'.. t: . . ' -
It was the American House.
(To Be Continued) .
Afternoon, fctiarm
8861
36-52
By SUE BURNETT
On warm summer afternoons
you want a sheer cool frock with
a trim comfortable look. This
one will be lovely in all-over
floral fabrics or in polka-dots.
Pattern No. 8881 is designed
tor sizes 35, 38, 40, 42, 44, 4U, 50
and 52. Size 38, extended cap
sleeve, requires 3 yards ot 35
inch fabric. Set in sleeves, 4
yards. - .
For this pattern, send 20 cents,
in coins, your name, address, size
desired, and the pattern number
to Sue Burnett, La Grande Eve
ning Observer, 709 Mission St.,
Sun Francisco, Calif.
Ready now the . spring issue
of Fashion. Just 15 cents. A com
plete guide in planning wardrobe
needs (or all the family.
Official Records
Water turned off, May 17:
E. J. Rostock, 1314 Jackson
street; Mrs. H. L. Clark, 1410
Monroe avenue; Lee A. Powell,
901 G avenue.
A flea found imbedded in am
ber at Palnickcn, East Prussia, is
said to be more than 5,000,000
years old.
Hold Everything
"Lucky youl Tomorrow while
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