Evening star., 1935-09-29
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II JULIE ANNE MOORE

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stay together all afternoon?
Carl (who has been asked this ques-
ton at least 10 times before) We
did not Desne wanted to visit a
friend at Harvard. so Mr.. Hudson
drove us over to Cambridge and let
US out at Harvard Square AS
have explained several times before, /
had promised to keep all eye on Deane
while we were away. but I had no
reason to believe he would try to skip:
SO while he went into the college yard
I went across to the cooperative
store apd broWsed around. Deane had
promised to meet me there in 80
minutes. After waiting almost two
hours. took subway train back to
Boston. called the police from Ire
mont street drug store and gave them
Deane's description and then. on
chance. went to the South Station
where ! found Deane at a ticket WIN
dow.
@. Did he offer any explanation as
to why he hadn't met you, as he had
promised to do?
Carl; Only that he was sorry he
had gone to Boston and had decided
to take the first train back to Wash
ington.
@. see So then you took him
back to the hotel?
Carl: No. We had an afternoon to
kill, so We took taxi back to the
Common. Deane wanted to go to the
movies, and agreed. 1t was 7 o'clock
when We came out, which meant we
were too late to have dinner with the
others at the hotel.
c. Now, Miss Rogers (Ann uncon-
sciously stiffened every time her name
was spoken, will you tell US again
when was the last time you saw Deane
Runbrecker alive?
That was the way it went. The
same questions over and over again.
Why can't they think up a new
set OF questions?" she walled after
one Of these sessions DO they think
one Of US killed Deane and sprouted
wings and flew down to Washington
and propped the body up in the chair
and then flew back to Boston? Can't
they see we're telling the truth?"
*&*
AS Ann and Rita were leaving the
office one noon man wearing a cap
and dark glasses reached into the
crowd in the corridor and caught
AIMS arm. Rita was the first to
recognize Lee. but when she was
about to speak his name. he put a
finger to his lips and shook his head.
Il get it," Rita said. "Greta Garbo
stuff, Well, children. this is where
Rita gets the air, suppose"
DO you mind?" Lee asked. quietly.
Rita said she did not mind and
walked away grinning.
There's a sort of dug-out up the
street." Lee said to Ann. 1T will be
safer than a fussier restaurant-if
you can stand it,
After IS minutes of almost COM
plete silence. they left the lunch
room and Lee signaled a taxi. Ann
protested that she hadn't time to go
anywhere, but Lee got her into the
taxi. We're just getting out of the
crowd" he said. They stopped at
Seventeenth and M streets.
Lee walked with his hands showed
deep down in the pockets of his coat.
They were crossing L street before
Lee spoke again.
Ann" he said, not looking at her,
"I'm heading for home at o'clock"
Ann looked up. For California
tonight?"
He nodded. Thought I'd try to
set new mark for the East-to-West
hop. If nothing happens to prevent
it, I'll have breakfast with my mother
in Los Angeles"
Ann counted the lines in the side
walk they crossed. After a time she
said, "Ill miss you, Lee. You've been
awfully nice to me- And then.
moved by a generous impulse that
was as much a surprise to her as to
Lee, she told him, II hope you'll tell
your mother how sorry I am about
what happened at the hospital. From
her point of view, she was right. and
I shouldn't have resented what she
said"
Funny" Lee smiled, but Mother
says she was wrong. was to de-
liver the message to you, but I've
never had an opportunity. When I
was leaving, she said If didn't bring
you home with NE. shed turn me out
of the house. I'll have to tell her
I'll do 1t next trip"
II he intended a question, Ann
ignored it. They walked on. Lee
broke the silence.