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~ SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1938 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES TT PAGE 13 SERIAL STORY— | HOLD EVERYTHING OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Majer Hoople OUT OUR WAY By Willams

WHY, I WAS WELL, HE DIDN'T RIDIN’ BUCKIN! INHERIT YOUR En BROKEN host: AY} | ! K KED + DOWN pe spPECS | : HE'S TAKIN' HIP, OR SPLIT EAR! ; AFTER ME AND HES NOT GOIN' hy COUNTS HIS A LOT 12 SAIC THEM FROM wl 4 ’ N DOLUSH AN HELP IT? }

7] eeAD, PROFESSOR! MY 1 LATEST INVENTION, THE HOOPLE CHICKEN SPECTACLES, WiLL REVOLUTION= IZE THE CHICKEN IN~ DUSTRY. THEY MAGNIFY THE FOOD THREE TIMES

+ © EASTER CRUISE By Marion White

(Copyright, 1938, NEA Service, Inc.)

CAST OF CHARACTERS JOYCE MILNER, heroine; she took an

TO GET THAT

. Easter Cruise. : KEN “THI : / 2 CS Faron, wes ore epi mive [op har L pe mone J ro ISOBEL PORT) , traveler; she sought ENORMOUS MEAL. WHEN tr THREE TIMES : i:

IN REALITY IT HAS AS MUCH we IT'S

CONSUMED BUT ONE THIRD ITS NORMAL AMOUNT/

¢ 4 mate.

Yesterday: Mrs. O’Hara accuses Joyce of cheating in a ship's game and Joyce éan almost hear the curious whispers behind her back.

CHAPTER X T= rain stopped early on Fri- . & day morning, and when the s Empress sailed into Havana Harbor, the weather was perfect. Morro Castle stood silhouetted against a cloudless sky and the sunlight was ie caught in tiny rainbows in the

©. % spray. Joyce stood at the rail with Dick, fascinated Ly the old-world picture ar castle. Re “Come over to the other side of NVENTOR ! 3 é other e oO HOOPLE

-the ship,” he suggested. “You can

see the Maine monument on the, REPORTING — EE

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Malecon, with a Cuban soldier on ; il 2 af AIN ar , guard 24 hours of the day.” < a ; nes i nL _ nla - -. eo Dinner was a hurried affair. It Zo 2ER —_—— —_— a was as if the passengers, still smart- ~ ai BF NUMBE - Ee. Fay - ing at the disappointment in Nas- PR. 1930 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. ‘ 75348902 TRWILLIAMSG

sau, were eager to set foot in Ha-| uGosh thi is a lonely of road—we haven't seen another car all U-I6_ cop. 1938 BY NEA SH we 2 WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY:

2s -vana before another of those tem- el SE 1 ’ 2h pestuous southern squalls beset moring® : LI'L ABNER Ta ‘oe —By Al Capp |

At the doetor’s table, however, By Sylvia Mrs. Porter set a leisurely pace. FLAPPER FANNY yoy o *¥ “There is no need to hurry,” she explained. “The cars will not start | | - out before 9.” | Tonight Mrs. Porter was more] |

CMON'aE economic. no CONDITIONS ) DOUBT” IN THE & gd SOUTH, NO E ; DOUBT”

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PERSON

sy * agreeable than she had been since IT CAME = the first morning in Bermuda, Even | | ERE Isobel had abandoned her pout. Nor THERE could Dr. Gray induce her to betray the slightest dislike of Havana. oi ¢ Everything was perfect, thank you. They could not know that her mother had taken her severely to task this afternoon. pw “Remember, Isobel, you ruined ; everything in Bermuda with your childish tantrum. Richard and Miss Milner have been inseparable ever since.”

ji ° So it was a changed young lady \ . S ats Jtho game Sowa 30 sinner, 2 gainty of ~ ; (A) ovable creature, all pale blue an : . : - gold and fragile as a Dresden doll. MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE Gi: . Here in Havana the Empress was pp———— pins r——— . anchored nearer the dock than it "YOU CAN GOIN ; -@M THE EDGE OF "TOWN, THROTTLE WIDE SOUNDS LIKEA || THE NEXT |° had been in Bermuda, and the ride ‘IF YOU LIKE, JUDGE ~ A OPEN, HORN BLOWING, MYRA HEADS THE NICE RECKLESS | | MOMENT... | |

I'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR MYRA -I'M JUST A BIT WORRIED!

‘CAREENING CAR TOWARD MAIN STREET~—

x J-JUST ANOTHER: F-FEW SECONDS!

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across the harbor was short. They YUH LIFE!

found car No. 27, assigned to them, y © where a: beaming young Cubano named Adolph offered himself as their chauffeur-guide. Dick got in with the girls and Mrs. Porter. g “I suppose the first Spi Sloppy Joe's?” Dick asked merNly. “Of course,” Mrs, Porter's voice i lacked enthusiasm. ; Adolph drove expertly around the « - narrow streets, where sidewalks were no more than two feet wide. i

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: 2 8 = x . 3 T Sloppy Joe’s they stopped y and Joyce stared in obvious| “I'll bet you'd like to meet her, wouldn't you, Chuck?” “Naaah—she’'d disappointment. This place was just think I was after her money.” — 5 4 sf famed from New York to Miami : : Pe ” me J but like an orange drink stand on| GRIN AND BEAR ir By Lichty WASHINGTON TUBBS 11 — Hama ! : By Crane : B. *, a BY en Joyce?” Dick | {por : oF : : aE Ey 1h OMIA PUT ME OUTA oN MET TAR Deh AA a STA TRE AS, asked brightly, as they found a |f% TOWN FIM A THE ENGINEER ——A FREE TRAIN RIDE TO EACH AND SUN: TO DAT WHISTLE?

table. . Isobel answered for her. “Lets « all have a Planters’ Punch. They're fine here.” 1 : All too soon Mrs. Porter urged |{ them on. “It’s after 10 o'clock, and we should be at the Jai Alai games ...” : Isobel frowned. “Oh, mother, we don’t want to sit there for hours! You run on along and we'll 0 have one more drink and jein you.” “Yes, why don’t you, Mrs. Porter?” Dick encouraged, too. “Adolph can return for us.” She hesitated, but only for an instant. “All rght, then,” she conceded. “But only one more drink

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>. - ns ———— = - - z “ » = { Pes : \ : " . a Jatigher. Only one!” he as BUT, SUE, I THOUGHT SX [HAT WAS 0 [ LISTEN, EVERYONE, THIS iJ I'VE APPOINTED MAYN'T 1 5) ’ aol .theY drew tb In froat YOU DIDN'T WANT TO \ BEFORE, | (IS SUE EMERSON--- A | MYSELF ON THIS NEAR YOU? €n (hey Grow 4p =n Iron BE ON. THE PROM COMMNTEE ! | TOOTS ----THAT TRANSFER FROM BENTON /| COMMITTEE! GOLLY... WHEN I of the stadium the last game was WAS BEFORE! HIGH , AND «~~~ WE'RE GOING JUST LOOK i almost finished. Joyce glimpsed a SINCE “THEN 1 te T© MAKE THIS AT ME, L-1----NS PROM A RING - WELL , TIME. CEASES

quick vision of a sport that was a combination of tennis and handball. And then the game was over. Outside, Adolph waited to drive them outo the famous Casino, where . ¢ fortunes were made and lost on the spin of a roulette wheel.

GOT HUNG UP ON BE A PAIR OF GRAY TAILED DILLY, AND EYES/ | NO FOGLIN'/ 4°

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# ” = _ JNSIDE the Casino, Joyce knew J ve that here was the spirit of Cuba. Here were the beautiful women she

had dreamed of, glamorous and gdark-eyed; here were the proud and

| on gallant mon. Sos. light of conquest| | yp . th dope. 1038 by United Feature Oyndienty, Se. i j . smoldering their eyes. su Te bh n ok feed 1 | a ee J » - RT _TM.REG.L, Nous rien? : Soon Mrs. Porter left to join old| “I hope those signs are okay—a satisfied customer is my best adver- | ||TTLE MARY MIXU ; - : —By Brinkerhoff | friends, and Isobel was carried off tisement, you know” He — — . — p— . eee « noks of co her on a previous THIS CURIOUS WORLD 5 % William F MarY- st Down! a hag . trip 2 ; — sy iam Jerguson You'Re PRANCING |\ BOARD HAS MARKED

He PAPERS AND TdeY KNOW IF EDGAR wWoN or Noro.

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“That leaves us to seek our fortune alone,” Dick remarked happily. “Shall it be roulette, or does

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TO OCCUR NEAR THE FLL MOON

"is my senorita crave another Planters’ Ve fies . Funch. That's the bar.” SO THAT PILGRIMS GOULD TRAVEL pa “I'll take roulette.” She didn't BY MOONL/GHT ON THEIR, WAY 4 (Ng want ‘to play roulette at all; she| TO THE GREAT. EASTER. FESTIVALS. 2 \ "oe hated to risk her precious $22. Bul : il

neither did she want to spend these moments in another bar. _ “Good. Over this way.” He led _her to the roulette table, Dick . bought great stacks of chips, which he divided with her. '. “You're supposed to have a system,” he explained, “but I can only dA *¢ _ tell you my idea. Play the same numbers over and over again; some time one of them is bound to win.” So Joyce took his advice; she Pia picked numbers 3, 13 and 27. Then, : because Dick pointed out that these | were ndd. she put one chip on the “even” draw. : “That’s the girl. Keep going that A @ way.” He placed his own markers on numbers 1 and 7; then scat- $ tcecu weuelS ID ways she did not Aen apienend. They played for many minutes, ’ 1 and Joyce watched the pile of chips dwindle in front of her. Then, astonishingly, No. 27 won, Dick patted her shoulder in ap£2, proval as the croupier swept the

we LOOKS LIKE OL’ MAN LWINGSTON AN WS CRONIES ARE OO SOME

JossoNE CANTY SE HIGH CLASS CELEBRATIN we

«yl DE BEAR T'THINK, ABOUT T= \\) ABOUT AN WOLR SHELL 8 = MARRIED weet COLD ALMOST BAMA, we.

: money toward her. Shed won at THE HIVES OF - 3 Joust Tour Times the Bumberi she had IT TAKES COPR. 1938 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. “on — (7) “=r 3, 1 “ poe she laces) hor Yew Ne ; ABBIE AN' SLATS ; dy ren ] y cam q . sim mani ; sn NE RT ————— . % : crowd and beckoned Dick. 4 : WHATS ALL J FORYOU ANDME WW If LET'S NOT WAIT, Yims ALL Y -THEN-I--] [( HAPPY DAYS, J: |( HAPPYRAYS/ })| = | 7s that Mr. Oar sain” she THING'S OKAY 1 T'S ALL BIGHT | [Coie MARRIED | [SEE sr ser d ‘moi sumose | [x stare” J =r of whispered tragically. “Won't you ‘ ait hicHT, \ ~ 7 A FOR NEXY \ IMSALL rr [= x a ¢ 3 help me, Richard, please?” : ISNT IT y | MONTH/! 1S THAY { MEW! von / 4 : “Of course.” He leaned over = » 1 “r= \ : ALL RIGHT WITH a ME-- 2 ; _Joyce’s shoulder, murmuring a = rs 0 8 : : L You? ) m— wn, 8 1 hasty excuse. - 0 0 IS RIGHT ih . Ce 5 3 vos Joyce did net look up until after yee rd 0 ) £ -e ® 3 the play. They she Saw Dick Sisap. . : 8 : ) p RS rt * pear into the bar. She felt a quick | wore justified. One of the waiters | drive her back to the ship. If she J 0 i 2 - Cd flpoiniment ths ho vou Tove | Bs Hoh Sh ren ee co ta i, treo | [l= 17 a SJE YRS . 7 drink. ? ; lish he tried to explain: other chauffeurs. Money did not Sg 4 2) 5 EEE oh A: v ve I 7 | $34, Perhaps it was half an hour later,| “Sorry. The senor, he is—what matter now! : = ; Fe 9 | [@ L and her winnngs were increasing |You call sleeping. Teo much—yeu (To Be Continued) : — | : Roo \ i = steadily, but Dick had not returned. | know?” ; = : : y gn : 1\ . Ac 4 3 ‘Now even her success at roulette was| Yes, she knew. She rose from | (All events, names sng harasters in this x : oe rd A a Wala 21 | - RS VA a bitter thing. Dick Hamilton was | the table and eashed in her chips, - : JE bi : Cn = Te 3 : Ly : 3 y back there at the bar, drinking him- | Dully she watched the bills counted COMMON ERROR : Ap LIS SYR , 1 ! rR {NT 77 {i : self silly. And Isobel Porter, most | out to her.. is . y ; X =f iA : 0 WHEY 5 y wi 2 Naa i Cli ¢ Mikely, with with him! = | She picked up her things and| Ohasten is never pronounced | at A VY = A 2 rid Of = Af : XN An - Te La 2 i = yA LE 1 > § 3 of tao i % RY Se . oH A 1 Li es HR