Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1936 — Page 39

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n EDEN A mn gp yy oe eae Fa 7 "BY ROBERT DICKSON Carle? Ive got it figured out you go the Copyright. 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) right. You can’t falk me out | police call my you | BEGIN HERE TODAY of it. You're in the gang that’s | think it's a bluff? how about |

Canfieid, knows ihe Sorhood | Deen pulling all the robberies, | my helping you call my bluff

8s buszin aden . | and I'm telling you to get out of | here? There's a girl upstairs now, hee of Frank Kendrick, whose encase. | it or Fll turn you in fo the cops. | helping the nurse with the oid 2 = Marcia has been announced. “You're robbing my Justomers, Han, who's wearing a ring 1 toma XK 's funds has is shiriage In my ‘neigh back to

"With her friend, Helen Waddell, snd the same town I live in, hese: Tvs : eT on “others, M been working a decent job an Carlo, arcia is in a restaurant when of old and | fear, fhere is & holdup. Marcia » ring | taking care man, to let a punk Tony

the t was her mother's, where I don’t ng i Learning Frank is in Chicago, Marcia | like you ruin or me or for oes thers to ry to persuade him to re- | Dad. If he wasn't a sick man Ta| of & figure in the doorway until 1

_furn and facé his financial obligations. . Before she reaches him, Frank disap- haye ie} You Ri Je this Be a carefully closing the door behind

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LAR Be any ‘pears again. hy a her, faced them both. “in Chicago, she encounters Bruce Me- | OD his hearing about it; it'd prob-| “ug, “that's how I got my ring ‘Dougall, a stranger, who volunteers a ably kill him. back?” she said. - “Your brother,

. slight service. Bruce is also | = pas- “But I'm telling you now-—quit isn’t it, Tony?” - Senger on the plane Marcia fakes to | that racket, get out of that gang! Tony nodded, aching with his Fo aeturn home, A few weeks later she | Or believe me: Tl turn you in, and |'yame and | #%es him again. Bruce, an artist, has Ill manage some way of keep- A A . old." he said “decided to make his home. in the suburb. i] man § nt of it if Please, Miss anfleld,” Y Meanwhile, Tony Stellicel, restaurant | IN8 the old man ignora “remember the "old man upstairs. €het, suspects his brother Carlo of be- |I have to move him across the| «1 know, Tony,” she said. “We ing involved in the holdup and finds | country and find ‘another job. mustn’t let him know about it. some of the loot in Carle’s home. 2 8 = Here—the nurse sent me after hot

+ Carlo and his confederates make plans : Well ‘$0 rob the bank. ARLO stood his ground. This | water. it up to her P

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& oungster had nothing on him, | wait here.” Ji i ND > N Ea 0) / =" > | | or ! wy AY how so oN. ire THE S10%Y onl : suspicion. 5 Tony filled the kettle and went| prZz _— 8 Sal NEE 4 = 2 SAT Po ATT gs y ™ N\ — a Lam) Ce. TH ro © ° CHAPTER FIFTEEN “Why, you're. crazy, Tony!” he| out of the room. Marcia and Carlo | [GF =. WR = ; RV ETI Y a LS. NY | ick said, trying to sound reasonable.| heard his feet going up the: stairs. NN TZ N = : : 2 STELLICCI, with & sick| uyoy wandered in and helped | They heard the dripping of a fau- J = 5 » i : ;

heart, realized that he had| oi ureelr to what you found in my | cet, the ticking of the kitchen See), Ta oi whom he frst st ern house, ny pe . Rese go" Calo’s eyes were on the Eg “edt - : ou’ve drea up ‘to gyp me ou = . - Ji —_t Qarlo's complicity in the Dog Wagon of it. Well, you can’t get away | ring which could convict him. =z - Se STANDIN

— "It’s so low I'm afraid people will talk.” = JRWILLIAMS “Don’t worry. Bathing suits have hardened everyone to exposure.”

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holdup. His immediate concern had with it.” RA . been to recapture, as a matter of| «I'm not stalling,” - said = Tony. (To Be Continued) ~ bonor, the property stolen before his J :

~ eyes from the restaurant customers. LI'L ABNER a —By Al Capp J

In his efforts to this end, and sub- | er % " - sequently, he had acted in secret be- { ow AR D'S D - A pert . : SN ey TEN he 5 ATES ~~ cause of consideration of his father, : % RAN i Soa ; ys YS DOES, D : 4 : ; : :

AH ~ fearing the effect of the shock upon

£9 ! oo OUG| - "the invalid should he learn that his By Armstrong Livingston THE 'ROUGHY ~ other son was a thief. Having re- : : 2, = - ‘gained and mailed anonymously to Daily Short Story he 271 ( REALLY! . the police his brother’s share of ; a1

Fy: the things stolen at the Dog Wagon, | §T was the night before the liner | he—he must have gone back for ~ ¥ony had felt himself balked; he Palatia was due in New York. | others, Nobody saw him.

Gid not know how to proceed with- | raj. Faulk-Pendleton, D. 8. O., was 2 x = ) SNS Dublieyiy harmful his father. A stateroom by an | #~ARRIED her to a boat! Rather | AR S robbed his customers had |°PPelling crash. He did not know, Ee a a = mn MN 457) pr since committed other holdups in |Of course, that the bow of another ey Yas oon in = J 77. Bobbs Neck — the Henderson ship, the Athens, had sliced into woman who had cared so much for ith Prd ( hrgse party and the Canfield |the vitals of the Palatis, but he him, He was preoccupied, too; he ESS ) his failure. ‘Somehow he shasta | (PCV that something very serious | was slo Ag EL ge ; AYE a have stopped Carlo at the outset, | 18d occurred. He heard screams ivi i I ad was | iY 5S On the day after Carlo’s visit to|30d shouts, running feet—the | Gong” Gong misjudge his own es- eum Cok: | 0 a? Pe New York, Tony awakened, as usual, | 50URds of pandemonium sweeping |... from Palatia. 1". ~ fu Reel Cop [LA 4

“Im—I'm so miserable,” Jessica

~ father, prepared for his breakfast, served by the landlady along with

their meal Tony opened a book to read to his father until her arrival.

GCE Marcia Canfield, as part of her contribution to the welfare work, frequently accompanied the nurse on her rounds, Tony was not surprised when the two ar- ; fived Sogether this afternoon, or, of course, was he surprised When Marcia, while the Siow o efficiently began her tasks, told him of the mysterious recovery of her ring, the ruby ring that had be-

to her that morning by the police. Tony pretended surprise, and mmered congratulations as convincingly as possible, which would not have been convincing enough had Marcia had any reason to Sus-. ; pect Spying behind his manner. “How you get it back?” he @sked, |

“The police called me to the station this morning and asked me to identify it,” said Marcia. ‘They _ Teceived it, with some of the other things that were taken, in a pack- . @ge through the mail, without any explanation whatever. They're as “mystified by it as you or 1.” | 2 2 = PONY gulped, remembering his §- guilty visit to New York three = days before to mail the package. ~ “That—that's certainly fine,” he

Boon after noon and, greeting his | Toush. the ship.

A man whose military career had accustomed him to emergencies, he dressed quickly but calmly. He

time to unstrap a grip and take out his old service revolver. In any crisis, a cool, determined man could be of invaluable assistance. The weapon was in his hand as he glanced through the porthole of his cabin, which was on the deck below the life-boats. Instantly, he saw a bit of drama which seemed to confirm his fears. The light was dim, but there was enough to show him a man and woman fighting desperately over a life-belf.

shrewd little oil baron whose international operations brought him enormous wealth plus notoriety, and Jessica Vail, vivid, emotional beauty of the stage and screen. The Major had the greatest contempt for Gantt, who was the direct antithesis of everything a man like Faulk-Pendleton could admire— blatant, vulgar, conceited and ostentatious. Yet, much to the Major's disgust, the women appeared to flock to him in droves. Lovely Jessica Vail was merely the latest of a long, long line of feminine conquests. ; Now, as the Major watched the hideous panic-stricken struggle between the two over the life-belt, he was shocked to see Gantt suddenly step back and swing a fist with all his strength at Jessica's chin. The blow achieved its full purpose. The

continued, her sorrow seeking relief in expression. “Oh, I know he

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<ame him as his death? That was —that was so true of poor Charlie!” The Major blinked, for nobody knew better than he the exact circumstances of “poor Charlie's” passing. He gazed almost in awe at this woman, so deeply wronged, who yet would shield her craven lover from the scorn of others.

8 8 = “ E—he was so brave,” she continued huskily. “I suppose such moments bring out the best in

s 8 » longed to her mother, taken by the ORRIFIED, he recognized the |all of us. Together, we had helped Dog~ Wagon bandits and returned two — Charlie Gantt, the|several wemen -into life-belts- and

guided them to the upper deck

‘where the boats were being loaded.

Then Charlie suddenly told me the ship was going, that we had only a. few minutes more. We had just one life-belt left. He tried to make me take it and go. I wouldn’t—and I knew at that moment how much I loved him! I insisted he should take it, for I'm a good swinimer and he couldn’t even paddle. We struggled over the belt, trying to force it upon each other—” She paused. The Major looked at her with increasing awe. What could one say to a woman who would go to such extremes to defend her dead? But he could not refrain from staring fixedly at a purple swelling beneath her jaw and blurting out an ugly question, “That’s a nasty bruise you have there—how did you come by it?”

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actress reeled and dropped to the * ® GRIN AND BEAR IT nurse requested ’ . x — — lu Tony Wesied Jiacias deck, to lie there senseless. . . . HARLIE did that” said Jes- : HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzile - 15 To declaim,| ‘ably out of the and down- ® 8 = sica Vail softly, and raised a fin- [ — — 1 Concert T KIEIY]1 IPTRIETAISIAINITT 16 To sanction. stairs, where he stood in solemn ANTT stood staring at her ager to touch the mark carelessly. ; player and 1 NINUINI 110 0 AN 17 To rub. thought at the front door. J moment. In that space of “Ah, how I wish I might carry this composer, U LIEIEIT] D 18 Highly The move was providential, for |time the Major's cold contempt |—forever—to remember him by!” 9 Quantity of 8 susceptible, | at that moment Carlo’s car stopped changed to blazing anger. His re- A sudden chill shot through paper. P ORUINIIITIE : 19 Mends. : in front of the house and his | volver spat flame. The figure of the | Major Faulk-Pendieton. 10 Three, cols, f= 20 Thought : walk. It was only a matter of seconds|Y0W Yet you—you say you want 11 Eye. ro LO TURKE’ 22 Neuter ~The time had come for a show- | pefore the Major reached the spot. | 0, remember him for—for that?" 12 Conceited Oil EIS : SE § down, | A glance showed him that this sec-| iS quite simple,” she explained 14 Musical note. [C NIUINERRIA pronoun, Providence granted one further |iion of the deck was deserted. Ap- | Wearlly, and her closed eyes did not 15 Enraptured. LIOICIAILIS] 23 Wigwam, Tony's landlady appeared in | parently, no one but he had wit-| See the stricken look in his as he 16 Note in "scale. _JA[110] IT TI JAlGIOL 24 Observed. the hall, dressed for the street, and | nessed the struggle that had ended | 18rd What he now knew must be 17 Wheal ~ [Mhiue] [LARGE] [MiulsS]A] 27 Strone. carts} anounced that she was going out |so grimly. He knelt beside Gantt|'N® 8Wiul truth. “He did what it 18 Courtesy title. [ETC Elc[R| 2° Money for an hour. She opened the door and quickly discovered that his aim is sometimes necessary to“do to save |. ; an ? : oy Courtesy title. EEF factory. and, ignoring Carlo, whom she de- | hag ‘heen perfect the fellow was | 4TOWNINg person—he clenched his : : ; . proge = : 19 Very small, . 31 Fish-eating) — , walked away. The problem of | jeq fist and stunned me. . . .” en : ¢ ; t BE. apr i 2 os 2 hall a ‘38 To make lace, VERTICAL ° animals. . private quarters for the interview (THE END) ° Ta NA Ser ar is n> 39 Departed. g : "With Carlo thus was solved. wii Scusioime) io, Seams shy ; pe fa - A : : 5 26 Hanging. sign Woven string 1 Projecting. 33 Ringworm, | “Come into the kitchen,” Tony |grets OF Dis ons, he e NO Te=| (copyright, syle, xu: United Feature | : a down. 41E ; . 2 Pertaining to 34 Bagpipe sald curtly to his brother, and led lie ac pulstve; Simast au-|: ae Joe) | Fae ~ 28 Scarlet. : tergren air. player. the way. ‘ with the right instincts, he told him. | T° *haracters in this story are fetitions. gx 2Coal pit, 10 en 3 Any fatfsh. 3 Wiser. Ee 2 2 = self, would have done the to : aR 30 X ' v ” stan ard 36 Water hole; . #ARLO saved him from m-|a fe same ; : 32 North 43 Verse. = 5Storehouse. 37 To drive in. BC arramers of ay ovis | oroiow, vio would sree sown +1 Ask The Times | America, _ 44 Wanderer.! gScripture. 30'To court. ~ opening remarks. a crisis. A contemptible coward had| Inclose a 3-cent stamp for reply 53 33 Light color. (49 His native 7 1nijquity. 40 Musical note) " “You know what I'm here for!” |got his just deserts. ; when addressing any question of z H Heiss 4 si 5 12 Fe b. 14 £2 on The stooped, picked fact or informa . m - was eb. 14 Malar stoops » San 4s The In 36 Ala. of his issive 43 Road.

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