Harvey Porter Does Dallas by James Bennett Page B

screen.”
    â€œWas it maybe like one of those blue screen savers on computers?”
    â€œNot really, but that comes closer. Now what is it you want?” He made no effort to hide his irritation.
    â€œIt’s real important.”
    â€œIt better be. I don’t like being disturbed when I’m deep in.”
    â€œI think it’s important enough,” said Harvey. He took out his wallet and reached into one of the hidden compartments. Out came the yellow legal page. No more tennis can. “I’d like you to take a look at this to see if you can tell me what it might mean.”
    Oboe tried several times to hoist himself into an upright position, then finally gave up. “I’m going to need my glasses for this,” he said. “They’re in the side pocket of my overalls. Can you please get them for me?”
    He can’t even reach into his own pockets . “Sure,” said Harvey. He reached into the side pocket of Oboe’s overalls and got the glasses out. Professor Meel put them on slowly, then started reading while frowning. Very slowly, he read it through two times.
    â€œThis isn’t hard,” he said, as he folded Harvey’s paper up and returned it.
    Harvey immediately felt excitement bubbling up. “It’s not hard? What do you mean?”
    Meel yawned. “This is a list of places where Lee Harvey Oswald lived. Or where his mother and brother lived.”
    Harvey couldn’t believe his ears. “But what about somethin’ like Yokosuma?”
    â€œThat’s the name of a Marine base in Japan where Oswald was stationed at one time. Where did you find this?”
    â€œI think it was just in some dumpster somewhere. How do you know so much about it?”
    â€œWhen I was younger and not this heavy I got involved in researching the Kennedy assassination. I could climb stairs, as in libraries or newspaper archives.”
    â€œDo you think Oswald wrote this list himself?”
    â€œI can’t answer that. But if it’s in his handwriting, you are in possession of something that’s worth a lot of money.”
    â€œI am? Even if it’s just a list?”
    â€œThere are thousands of collectors out there. Anything written by Oswald himself is a valuable find. If you put this on eBay, you might get yourself a nice fat check.”
    â€œYou mean like online?”
    â€œYes,” answered Oboe impatiently. “That’s where you find eBay or lots of other online auction outlets. Are we done now?”
    â€œJust one more thing: Did you read the back?”
    â€œIt’s safe,” said Meel. “It’s in the bank. That’s the part that leaves me clueless. Can’t help you there.”
    â€œWell, thanks anyway, for clearing up the meaning of the list.”
    â€œYou’re welcome. But Porter, don’t disturb me again when I’m deep in.”
    â€œFair enough.”
    Harvey didn’t know how to maneuver on eBay, but Victor Vice sure did. “I do a lot of online surfing,” he said. They were using one of the computers in the computer center The computers were supposed to be blocked from Internet use but Victor got on eBay and made his proposal.
    They got an answer which said, “What materials do you have that would authenticate?”
    â€œWhat does authenticate mean?” Harvey asked.
    Victor read the message again and frowned. “This is going to be harder than I thought.”
    â€œHow?”
    â€œeBay wants to know if you can prove that it was written by Oswald.”
    â€œHow do I do that?”
    â€œI really don’t know. This part is over my head. Sorry.”

13. CARLOS VILLANUEVA
    Carmelita got back to him the very next day, in the cafeteria. She was finished eating. Lichtenstein and Vice had just left, so they had the table to themselves.
    But there were still lots of people eating and lots of noise. She was whispering again. “I’ve got