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PARLY the next morning my
JLi father took Mr. Cutter back
to the ..Insane Asylum from
whence he had come. "He was
supposed to be harmless," he had
explained. "When his case came
ur'ln Trustee meetins. the doc
tors said he could be discharged
If there -was anyone to take the
responsibility for him. I couldn't
m man kept In an institution
Just for the lack of a place to go."
"Of course you couldn't," my
mother said warmly.- She was
feellhg'.very benevolent. Wo were
at home.
One after another, the mem
bers of . the Sidewalk Society
called up to talk about the Are.
f'Yes, it's most unfortunate," my
mother said.'" But secretly she
'was as relieved -es they were.
Through no fault of our own, the
American House was in ashes.
It had been Insured for $2500.
i The day after the fire we girls
spent every spare minute on the
steps of the Town Hall, facing
the ruins, which were still hot
and smoldering. Time and time
'again we shut our eyes and
opened them. We could never get
aver the surprise of it. The whole
village seemed lighter, as though
e , shadow, had been lifted. - In
place of the American House we
saw only a back yard, a stable,
and a stretch of field to the bay.
i "I can't believe it s gone," Sue
kept saying. Her voice trembled;
Sue had liked-the American House
better than any of us. She had
a chance to run things there. '- '
'' "It's gone all right,'7 Julia told
r. "And It's a good thing; too."
'Julia was, as always, practical.
But she was sober, too.-
' ' Perhaps ' she felt as I did.'
'Though I wanted to live at home,
I didn't want to lose the Amer
ican House entirely. I wanted to
be able to go in it at any time.
To listen to the drummers in the
office. To smell 1 Mrs. Guptlll's
bread from the top of the kitchen
stairs while I waited for Jay. To
vet my hands on- the register
whenever I felt like it. Once in a
Summer Sandals
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i Cool crocheted flats make mar
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lor small, medium and large san
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cents in coin, plus 1 cent postage,
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3 Tantalum
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4 Polish
5 Newspaper
1 tinr.igraph
6 Arrive
7 Redact
8 Muslrsl
Instrument
9 Like (miIHx)
10 l eft end (oh )
1 1 Hardens
(radio)
15 Greek letter
18 Possessive
pronoun
18 Drag through
mud
IB Fuzzy cover
ing 20 Row
23 Allot
23 Demigod
24 Mountain
nymph
26 Farinaceous
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27 Sinew
28 Heart beat
20 Isle of Wight
(b.)
30 Morlndin dve
31 Withered old
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40 Individuals
41 Blood (tuOIx)
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while I might even want to sit on
the well curb in the cellar. Of
course, there was still the stable.
On the second day we could go
close up to the ruins. From there
we could pick out familiar ob
jects. The office stove, with all
its covers missing. The bathtub,
black and dented. A plant pot,
holding a charred stub that had
once been my mother's geranium.
One of the telephones, now only
a crank, a mouthpiece, and a
tangle of wires. Broken pipes,
lying In heaps, like Jack Straws.
Radiators, already rusting. The
furnace, half burled, Its arrow on
zero. ...
rpHERE was something dlsturb-
Ing about seeing these thing:
once decent, orderly now
stripped and littered, right, out
in the face and eyes of everyone.
Something that made us resent
other onlookers.'.
"Go right straight home, Julia
said fiercely to children who tried
to Join us. Uo right home this
very minute." '
On the third day, wearing old
shoes and aprons, we ventured in.
With long sticks to help us, we
picked our way over the debris.
Over bedsprlngs whose colls had
snapped and splraled. Broken
crockery,' A' great' sheet of cop
per that had lined the tank. Bricks
that still held a little heat Only
the base of the chimney was
standing.1 A fiat of metal had
fallen over it, keeping it clear of
debris.
' I put my stick down in it, won
dering if it would come out smell
ing of kerosene. "There' some
thing in there," I called.
Sue pushed me aside. "Here,
let me." She took my stick and
poked about. "So there is," she
said. '
'We leaned over, forgetting our
dresses. There, still recognizable,
was the paperweight and the
brass-topped Inkwell and Mr.
Cutter's chimney plate. They
were black now and crusted. Once
they had all been round and shin
ing. ; . "
It was easier to go home than
Washington , ,
Merry-Go-Round
Continued From Page 2
been introduced first. Even Well
ington Koo's resolution to refer
the matter back to the original
committee was brushed aside. '
As usual, most of the Latin
Americans come to Stettinius'
support, and he won. The vote
was 33 to 13. But among those
voting against tho U. S. A. were
China, the three Russian delega
tions, France, Australia - New
Zealand, Greece, . Yugoslavia,
Mexico and Czechoslovakia,
Hastily Stettinius adjourned
the meeting ducked out of the
door without calling up the other
point on the agenda.
Editorial
(Continued from Page 2)
In addition the county will re
ceive about $44,995 from income
tax revenues to offset tho levy
on property for the county school
tax of approximately $10 per
school census child.
What is going to happen when
these. funds arc no longer avail
able? That Is the question to
which we should at this lime be
looking for answer.
City News
In Brief
Justice of the Peace Fred H.
Guthcry nf Elgin was transacting
business here Monday. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Guthcry.
- v.. a. spencer ot me union pa
cific's Portland right of way de
partment was transacting busi-
iii-sb in uu urmmc monnay.
Grande Evening Olu'vrr, 709
Mission St., Sun Francisco, Calif.
AMHtr l I'rrvltrttN l'te
12 Continent
17 Prophet
19 Dropped
21 Gorges
2J Charge for
hauling
25 Moistened
26 Kxtra
31 Pick
32 Moat rowed by
tliieo persons
33 Was indebted
35 Novice
36 Ancient Kino
pcan country
37 Soaks
41 Ages
42 Net
43 Small part
44 Fish sauce
47 Greek letter '
48 Kntomnlogy
(ah )
51 CVntiliter
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it might have been, for Benjamin,
Jay, and Ada were with tis. Ben
jamin was to run the stable, grad
ually selling the horses and equip
ment Jay would stay Until the
contract for the stage! expired.
(Being young, we lived H re
present) Ada was to do the work
until my mother was rested. (Halt
a dozen times a day my father
tried to get her to go and ''
down.) Mrs. Guptill had gone ir
her own home, thankful, she said,
for a chance to do her own clean
ing. - .
Right after the fire a letter had
come from Cousin Victoria, who,
mercifully spared by the comet,
was giving her attention to other
things. Would Mr. Googlns be
available to work for her at Bal
moral? she. wanted to kr w.
"Mr. Googins?" my father re
peated, bewildered. '
"Mr. Googlns?" we echoed.
Then it came to us. She meant
Boshy. .......
It was the first time a Job had
ever been offend him. He took
it, tickled to death, without even '
asking about pay.
i )N day early in June, my
mother and I were in the sit
ting room. She was sewing and
I was standing by the open win
dow. The air was warm and
sweet with lilacs. The day was
quiet, too quiet, I thought
"Now Lucy," she began, "if two-
thirds of twelve . , ."
"Here's Papa," I said happily.
He was coming up the street with
a lively, Jaunty step. "He's wav
ing something."
He come into the yard, looking
very pleased with himself, across
the piazza, inside, and . ver to my
mother's chair. , ' "
"Just take a look at this." ha
said, flourishing a piece of paper.
"You, too, Lucy."
It wa a check frorr! the Insur
ance company. A check lor $2500.
It was the first time I hi.d ever
seen such a figure outside of an
arithmetic.
'Just' think what that will buy,"
he gloated.
My mother reached an in
sistent hand. "It won't buy one
thing," she told him. ' "It will go
right in the bank and stay there."
THE END
For Tots
By SUE BURNETT
This dainty little party frock
is bound to please a mite of two
to six. Ruffles will make her
face look even prettier! - " '
Pattern No. 8745 Is designed for
sizes 2, I, 1 5 and 6 years. Size
3 requires Hi yards of 35 or 39
inch material; 2 yards machine
made ruffling to trim.
For this pattern, send 20 cents,
in coins, your name, address, sjze
desired, and the pattern number
to Sue Burnett La Grande Eve
ning Observer, 701) Mission St.,
San Francisco, Calif.
Official Records
Water turned on. May 2(: '
Mrs. John Leslie, 1808 Pcnn
uvenue; George Batley, 1U22 Ben
ton avenue.
Building Permits
Helen Carpenter, repair two
story frame dwelling, 2907 Third
street. 'SO.
George W. Brown, erect one
story frame chicken house, 2108
Walnut street; $30.
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Merrill Blosser
By Leslie Turner
6QT TO HAKE AN EXAMPLE OP -'-
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