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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1930)
!I«LUSTRATE!) FEATURE SECTION—January II. 19»» L-’SJE PLAYS hide and seek with booti . eggers ntinard lr»m Page One) «H 'r n l one of t « o men »landing on gto an obscure comer of the reme gout six graves by digging tlie hard. I kr It. ft glvea me a twin lo o k s Tearlli and ».»I away These were all »11 the work It makes, and In Iho t<- u, or m line ol duty the porch. The voice carried dls- terv and ordered him to work All day long lie worked, slvovellng parallel to the cemetery Irne® and lold weather tool Now 11 1 could - l<ultonm„ tils 00« t. sliding III* tuu-Uy throutili the trusty air The It .were In plain sight u! the man at well, if It wwsn t tor this prohibition. hand» deep into Ills pocket». »nd door i>iiene«t ipileklv and * » ipilckly and digging and tilling graves. Tilts had Hie J could stand It better ” M trllr on a Urn« * a Ik that would cloned. prnnlUlnii two men wiUi a was hard work, back breaking, es- Ulr suspected house Jackson thus played Ida trump penally so, since he was not used to ¡desired rllecl. It worked on his brine J 1 in new ol the suspected satchel to enter He had brrn working Indus Tlie *'* - man railed to card house “ .u- in the day and after th e ; Jaek.win knew that he would need It When evening came and he otter- superstitions triously while lie talked He slopped someone lusldr. and lie In Inni ra il cemetery sates had closed, he deter- a warrant and more evidence. He ed to work irretirne, the superintend and I.Hiked at Uie visitor, saying: ed to another, until all three of ent allowed him tlie best way out mined to see what tie could see. cool would gel tile legal document on sus- them were watching me. "You know. I d give five bucks weather or not 1 ptcion and the evidence. 11 there aiui left him alone light now for a pint of the real "A t last one crossed tlie ruad. say Hid Behind a Tomb were any. later. Tilts was f.ve chance he wanted It's mighty cold tonight. When the sun had gone down he Thus, early tin next morning an Hu l i e im rd ia trt.i t n i i . - f c n e d Ins op* ing as hr rame up 'How many more stuff | I mma “ mmed cautiously over to a tomb kempt, tired looking colored mall real Urns to the street side ol the erm- you got to dig there?' j With liiat lie returned to hts dig facing the hoc-e and crouched in the presented himself at tlie superintend- e t r iv . less Ilia n a h u n d re d fe e l horn ” H aven!” Jackson related that he Tlie man on the oilier side shrubbery tha surrounded It. He ent's oftlcr o l this remetery. Hts tlie suspected house A man stand answered on the spur of tlie mo g in g Of tlie fence looked cautiously around settled down to watch and wait fur coat was threadbare and out at the ing In the frvmt of the house regarded ment But h. *. 1 « .kr without are If anyone was near and a|iukn possible developments. ¡elbows. Safety pins Instead of but- him with bored Interest. Tiieti he rnt Interest and rotti limed hts work to n a low voter: For tiiree long, cold hours nothing tons tield It together. He was a tor- went about hts Job ot shoveling the , with Ins shovel. "You came to Just tlie right place, at all happened He had Just about lorn sight and enough to arouse the «old. heavy earth the I "Eleven I” almost slum ted decided to climb the fence and strike 1 pity ot any one as he stood hunched ” 1 wanted that man to otter me "> »" "W hat a the matter? Eire. colored man: drop over to the house when you get through and maybe I to.- tiie distant suburban street car and old. a drink.” Jackson explained "but 'accident, or explosion?” terminus when hts straining eyes " I want a Job as a grave digger.” I he appeared unlntrresied "It does arme sorta strange." the can hg you up " In my Jackson was duly appreciative and caught a yellow pencil of light from he said ” Iin experienced and can welfare. He didn't siisi apeet my grave digger obscrvrd. "Ilu l I guess Hit of the door of live blackened d good work. ' identity. I telt sure, but he didn't that's tlie way It goea these days tltanklul. When It became daik hr bouse Then the light wldrned to I The superintendent didn't wait ( appear very frtrndly. either Sometimes people won t die for put hla shovel In live tool house by kbout an inch tr. width. long In deciding Pointing to where } "Then I decided Ui startle him, months i hen all of a sudden hun- "We've brought ttie yeast,” slits- the shovels were kept, he sent him and Immediately went about laying drrd will up and dir at oner I d on t m i p»fl* • «• )