Friday, August- 31, 1945
Page Four
Our Boarding House With Major Hoople
Out Our Way
J.R.WUliami
Bleed Loridest
STORY I
eM lyrr. voauuir Heinle lu
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER LA GRANDE, OREGON
rTHl9l.S-We-.r4lR !7?ut HOW FAST THESE J J WAS ALIVE, SIX TIMES, ( iwj
n,s- r-r-i i -rUir- QACn AAV FlDQT AS DEM ADULT Xj I I 1 i- a r-v o. it TMCV S. ftl T TMPV 1 21 I
m-m. - v ' ft HOOKCt) IfJ VM S HIPPOPOTAMUS CMrlSH, MltolAH V FKS2I GET THRU THE f-A DOM'T KNOVJ NEVER GOT
' ijHOUC VJHILE Alll KrVR-RUAPH..' k ?OP, SO fv& AM' K N--VfHipit BRUSH.' fZZfvlK HIM NOW.' J HIM THRU h T
' :
'uiwwm.fur iv oar on fcia lam
Irava aa tkm Married avrveaai
walla ala rtioa.
II
W'ljmjEN I many," Thayer had
" said once to Amy, "I'm go
ing to be sure end It' going to
be for keeps."
But now there was Brock.
"You're what I want, Thayer.
Ten days, 10 years what's the
difference? When you know, you
know: nothing changes that." Not
laughing now; deeply in earnest.
"The difference is, Brock, do we
know?" Everything within her
pulling her toward him, even
while the deep steadiness that
was part of her counseled caution.
"You love me, don't you,
Thayer?" '
"I love you, Brock." Never
more than now with his eyes seri
ous and grave upon her, "It Isn't
that."
'Then what It It? I dont get
It, Thayer. Things can't be half
not with us. You're my girl
it's as simple as that"
Hard to meet his eyes and go
on saying the reasonable thing.
"Brock, you want me now . . ."
"You bet I want you." Standing
there not touching her, yet by re
fraining holding her to him with
something stronger than physical
contact, a new maturity In his
forebearance that moved her as
nothing else could have, sent her
heart into a aide-slip.
They had driven out to Drum
head HiU, a rounded wooded knoll
on the outskirts. They had got
out of the car, above them the
clear blue April sky. A man and
a girl, the weight of their future
pressing in upon them,
"Brock ..."
"Thayer, I want to marry you;
now today. I want to think of
you with my noma, I want to J
know that you belong to me. I
know there's the chunce of my
not coming back, but never the
chance of my coming back with
uny different feeling for you." His
eyes were searching hers; his
hands came out in an odd little
defenseless gesture. "Darling it s
tor always, can t you see?"
She went into his arms then.
He did not kiss her at first, he
did not speak. He stood there
holding her, his cheek pressed
against her own, as if nothing
mattered but her nearness. Then
slowly he moved lift check until
her mouth lay beneath his own.
It was a long kiss and it held a
tenderness that mode tears burn
behind her lids, Then, suddenly.
her arms went about his neck,
her pulms wero aguinst the back
of his head, pressing him closer.
iHe kissed her ugain; she heard
him whisper her name in a sort
uf exultation.
. He was for carrying her off,
then and there. She shook her
head. "We must let your mother
know, Brock. I wouldn't feel right
If wo didn't."
; "Durllng, mothers always op
pose sudden change Just as a mat
ter of principle." Then, caught by
her gaze, he said a little huskily,
'Wn, 1 Know you're right, Thayer."
He, drew her closer. "Always be
right for mo." Ho kissed her.
"My girl, my own girl how'd I
ever do it?"
April, 1842. Gas unrationcd,
and within two hours the road to
Las Vegus unrolling swiftly be-
jncath their Impatient wheels.
THE little bedroom clock said
2:30.
Her living with Brock's mother
wus his Ideu. They returned from
their short honeymoon to lunch
Four Real Etttate
Examinations Set
:SALKM, Ai'g. 31 (Ul')-Kour
exuminutions for real estate brok
ers and salesmen will be con
ducted by the statu reul estate
board during September, c o m
missioner Claude H. Murpliy an
nounced today. Examinations will
New Insigne
HORIZONTAL 55 Sped
1 Pictured 1. 50n
ii o .. 57 Hemaln
U. S. Army
58 Adapts
11 1 Frozen water
12 Pukcr slake
J3 Dine
14 Spi inkle
16 Having a tuste
19 Symbol for
gold
10 Medieval
short tale
21 Drama part
22 Rough lava
S3 Nothing
li5 Mon's name
!8 Uneven
29 Jucob's
brother (Bib.)
VKItTKWl.
1 Placard
i Small shield
3 Coiu-eal
4 Citizen
5 Symbol for
thoron
6 lU'ight (ab )
7 Whale
8 Pause
Light touch
IU Finn
14 Kation.il
SI Proboscis
il Beams
S3 Size of shot
34 Athena
35 Bone
36 Merriment
38 Thin
39 Dismal
43 Neither
43 Make soggy
46 Like
47 Babylonian
deity
46 Kail Indian
shrub
SOtyne E
Oniric)
11 Heavy blows
(coll.)
U Ut puutaclt
T ft "?i;ibir IT
h ita -3
n rir-if sf
h r-i-ii
trrml
7y rji Wir-nr
i 1 1 -yja
' ' "Well," Aunt Hildreth had said, "so you're .Thayer.
. '.' . You're very poor at description, Corinne," she
added to her sister-in-law.
They don't like, each other, Thayer thought, watch
ing them.
with Mm. Klttrldge, Judson Klt
tridge Brock's uncle, and his
wife Hildreth. Thayer had not
met Hildreth before. The very
antithesis of Brock's mother, she
was tall and thin, possessed of
penetrating hazel eyes in . a
strongly featured plain face.
"Well," she had said, "so you're
Thayer." Her handclasp was firm,
her gaze dazzling. "And you're
very poor at description, Corinne,"
she added, to her sister-in-law.
"Why," fluttered Mrs. Kittrldge
charmingly, "I told you, Hildreth,
that Thayer was pretty, that she
had brown eyes . . ."
"You told me none of the things
I'm finding out for myself," re
torted Hildreth crisply. "What do
I care for prettlness and brown
eyes?" A quick worm smile illu
mined her face and she took
Thayer's arm. "My dear, we've
no intention of dissecting you.
When I'm pleased I forget my
manners."
It was an odd meal. Fascinated,
Thayer watched the play between
Aunt Hildreth and Mrs. Kittridge.
They don't like each other, she
thought, and then involuntarily,
I like Aunt Hildreth. Sfte watched
the sharp clever face, so in con
trast to Mrs. Kittridgc's gentle
beauty, and then she was aware
of something: Mrs. Kittridge'e
smile kindled to wormth only
when it dwelt upon her son; her
eyes caught no spark from it when
they rested on anyone else. Only
the tension of the moment en
abled Thayer to hove this dis
cernment. Afterward Brock and Thoyer
had driven out to Drumhead Hill,
for tomorrow Brock would be
leaving. Thayer had presented
her views. "The war isn't going
to last forever, Brock, ond I'd
rather be on my own until you
come back. I've told Miss Mary
to hold my room."
"Hey," Brock sold, pulling her
over close to him. "I'm giving the
orders. Wo KHtrldges boss our
women ull except Aunt Hil
dreth." Ho laughed, then sobered.
"Why, Thayer, Mom's expecting
you to stuy. Didn't you see all
the new chintz and stuff In the
bedroom? She really went to
town on It."
"Is it your room done
over,
Brock?"
"No, mino's next to Mom's: It
could hardly hold me fur all the
junk I had in it."
take place in Medford Sept. 10;
Eugene, Sept. II; Salem, Sept. 12,
and Portland, Sept. 13.
TiiylorcTiif t
A1KIMANKS
Available soon. Place your
order now.
KiiNtern Oregon Airways
Phone 6R13
Anmrr lit Prrvluua I'OBflle
IS College cheer 37 Misplacers
17 HiKh card 40 Natives of
18 Fathers Home
1M Tardier 41 Heroic
ilt Stage part 43 Dunce step
'Ji On the ocean 44 Aeriform fue
J8 lH-st-rt garden 47 Heating
spot device
:u Itulian 49 Military cap
:i'J Wand 6J Pillar
Chew 54 Hodent
T
si a k l icln aMH E
frt-istcloiol LtelgllifiiRl
"Brock, don't think me unrea
sonable, but I'd rather stay with
Miss Mary,"
His voice grew grave, "Look,
honey, this Is my town our town,
3pw. I think Miss Mary's a swell
uy, but I want to think of you
in my home. I want you and Mom
to know each other. I want you
to like my mother, Thayer."
"I want to, Brock; I want her
to like me." But even as she
spoke she was remembering tliat
Mis. Kittridge's eyes dsp down
had held no warmth.
"She's so lonesome in that big
house," Brock went on. "She's
not strong; I think It's her heart,
though she'll nevar admit it, But
if I know you're there with her
. . ." He stopped suddenly. "Lord!
I sound like 'the soldier's fare
well' or something." Swiftly his
mood changed. He walked two
fingers up the side of her cheek,
circled, came around to push up
the corners of her mouth. "Smile,"
he ordered.
As she did he kissed her and
in that kiss was swift breathless
union that robbed her of every
thing but the wish to do what
Brock desired. "Therel It's all
settled," he stated comfortably a
moment later.
For a while they sat in silence.
Brock's arms were holding her se
cure and in her happiness Thayer
pushed away half-acknowledged
fears. This present was all that
mattered.
Brock straightened in the seat,
looked at the green rounded knoll
with its scattered oaks. "When I
come back we'll build our home
right here."
"Here!"
He nodded. "My granddad gave
me this. It seemed so far from
town then that I used to laugh
about it, but now I know that if
I come back I will live here
with you." Then as if ashamed of
his seriousness he laughed and
rumpled hor hair. "Meanwhile,
I gotta keep my women under one
roof."
They drove back to the Kit
tridge house; there was a tele
gram for Brock. Within an hour
he had left; they were not to have
until tomorrow after all. In the
numbness which followed their1
parting Thayer clung gratefully
to one thought: she and Brock had
said their real goodby back there
on the green windy slope of
Drumhead Hill.
(To Be Continued) I
Campus Call
This jumper-blouse set with the
diamond waist and gored skirt is
made-to-order for the Junior
trade. A honey.
Pattern No. 8908 is designed
(or si.es 11. 12, l:t, 14, 16 and 18
Sue 12 requires 2:,s yards of 35
or .1!)-inch material for the Jump
er and l's yards for the blouse.
For this pattern, send SO cents,
in coins, your name, address, size
di sired, and the pattern number
to Sue Burnett, La Grande Eve
ning Observer, 709 Mission St.,
v 11.18. HAil
! 1' CAPACITV- ' J . VylLLMAtOKI' TEXASHISTORy J
Boots and Her Buddies By Edgar Martin
flP lf CM , TrrV TOR THV TfWVi MbOW 1 t ROD WVV V VaJYV'. WS A 1(1 OR AM A
V JO r $ 00,)00X6'. PARATROOPERS J SWfsVV 1 ftM S 1 ? r 1 fiMo
" 1 ! "HWVM6 eNVS' 0
Freckles and His Friends
04K.TOR.WE WERE ONLY" KIDDING f NOW DONY LOSE IT ) T
THIS $500 WAR. BONO IS YOURS JL
AND 6000 LUCK. , r f V
Red Ryder
Wash Tubbs
Alley Oop
'C0, OH,
4-f anruu. j -'
T COME ON! NO TlrVNE TO if f VOU'CE 60IN3 1 ffiET WTH MOP ) f, ,
K (
Vs"' YvXX OUR FEA51 vt LIBEKATIO.M
;"S. V OUR FEA5 1 CJl- LIBEKATlOiM
. V PtMH
1
BEARDED BROTHER, ARISE
IU 1Mb JMK,
IV
Don't worry Tm
gonna pim it inside
my pocket with
THESE .' AND ILL
Be HOME
FLAT THIS IS MV
MECHANIZED UNIT
" COPB.
1945
HE AID NO
WORD, JUST
HOWUD
AWAV...THB
BEARPEP ONE,
. I FEAR, IS
MAP,
T WHAT IF
SOMEBODY m
u
IN NOTHING-
BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T. W. REG. U. S. PAT, nntl
J$lkr, -Bv J EAT, SOU SCUM, EAT, X V
1&M!-JLt PRINK AMP BE MBRRy.' 1 J
4& AND VOU DOM'T fSVEU If
Merrill Blossei
DON'T worry WITH
THIS TWO-WAY
STRETCH I CAN
KNOCK THE BUFFALO
OFF A JITNEY AT
FIFTY FACES J
f
Fred Harman
By Leslie Turner
9
I.KJiEa U. S. PAT. OFT. J
By V. T. Hamlin
cun r rancisco, Calif.