Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1938 — Page 16

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/ WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1088

By Williams

/ YAS MA'AM - HE SHORE AM KIND - HEARTED, JES’ LIKE DE MAN WHO BRING HOME. HIS DIRTY OVERALLS FER HIS WIFE TER WASH J

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i Rm THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES SERPALSTORY=- | HOLD EVERYTHING | OUR BOARDING HOUSE

Trial Flight [{ | TE

By Adelaide Humphries

CAST OF CHARACTERS JACKIE NDUNN—heroline: she tn flv ROGER RRECKNFR-—hero. he te test the stratosphere RERY! MFRILOSF—wealthy she wanted Roger FVELYN LA FARGF-—Jackic's mother;

in-law

OUT OUR WAY

YOU HAVE A GREAT, KIND HEART, CURLY, TOGO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO BRING HOME THOSE LITTLE ORPHANS OF

With Major Hoople

OH, TANT NOTHIN MA’ AM - = ] GUESS )

women / 1 canN'TT DOPE ‘EM OUTTA IL BAIT MY HOOK WITH HOTCHA-SPOTS AND MOVIES, AND JUST WHEN 1 THINK 1 GOT GERTIE HOOKED SHE sWIMs OFF WITH : THAT EiSH OF A GERALD “a WHAT DOES SHE SEE WwW THAT FAT-HEADED, BUCK ~TOOTHED, TRIPLECHINNED HALIBUT “HEAT 1 I=}

= YOU CAN GET ANY SUCKERS TLL BACK YOU 10 TO1 waa WHY, ONE LOOK IN A MIRROR SREY WiLL PROVE THAT FER "Em! /\ CANS YOU COULD SPOT | a ee TR HIM A CHIN AND z rn i ll, BEAT HIM ON a , EVERY POINT vou MeNTIONED/

IT'S ‘CAUSE | FEEL

wanted ~

RANK

wanted a

widow,

she wanted a son

some the searchers but

Grimly awaifing Jackie finally that

wrecked

Yesterday news of Roger, airport. The have found Roger's not Roger

calls

news is

<hip

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

BRANIS THAN YOURS HAVE FAILED TO DOPE 23 atl ‘EM OUT, om \ \ od | A WR ¥ mn RUSTER = NZ : pov) |

3 heen found. the

motor

nHne MS

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mountam A

on VRAIS

4 ' 1inst a onelt

“I don't know what size collar he wears, but my hands just fit around | § ik

his neck.” | LI'L ABNER

wing erumpled like a discarded piece of paper. But aside

from his helmet and parachute

racic | FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia here and REMARKABLE of Roger In | HOW GAT GARSON oo J\ HAS QUIETE!

2 R IN THE. Ws LAST SARL SE

YEAHT-HE™S COME ANT NO LSE TQ HIS SENSES.” IN TCI TOUT DER WHERE HE EVER GOT THE

IDEA HE. WAS

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and ‘a splash of blood &

no single trace could be discovered It was believed though undoubtedly seriously injured. had managed to climb out and get free of the ship, fully realizing the danger of explosion and fire The papers plaved Roger up as the hero who rode his ship down instead of bailing out. Until the verv end he had tried to save the $25 000 plane. Bv =o doing he had, in fact, saved his trial flight from Y, ending a total failure, for the baro- | | { =~ ; , ¥ 7 | graph, containing the vital records { / ; 7, of the speed and altitude, had re- A . 4 ; mained intact. It revealed that |¥, A , 74 Roger had broken all records for / =] #/ / , 7 | altitude and speed and had added | another page to the glory and future of aviation. “As though that mattered.” Jackie said to Mac. As soon as she could get there. she had driven out to the

there

that the pilot,

[a3 17 FAST

7 MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE

MRS. BENTLEY, FROM WHAT YOUVE TOLD ME, IT'S PRETTY PLAN TO < HAND AT : SEE JUST HOW THE PROFESSOR |} WRITING, MISS } 15 GET BACK TC

field again. “As though anything OPERATES. IVE TAKEN or 3 Ba NORTH pt mattered except that they must find J DOWN ON THIS PAPER AND IL : eid | ee pre EE FOWN ANID ROUND Roger.” : a WANT YOU TO SI16N IT) Bs se | NY he A LP A POSAE, At least he was alive since his | faa ji Spe —_ ; Se a { 3 TR bodv had not been found. trapped in the cockpit. So that now hope shone like a silver star once more

—By Thompson and Coll EVERYTHING SEEMS \ |

ETRANGELY QUIET | ; WONDER. IF THE RAT'S | CC BMELLED A CAT AND MOVED OUT! |,

| MRS. BENTLEY. NOW } ALL WE HAVE 70 DO

ZEB vou

OUR OWN BUS-

THERE WE ARE / BHOULD FIND © PENDERS COMFORTABLE BE BACK FOR YOU AFTER I PLORE THE PROFES2OR PLACE ALONE

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» Ed » » had been almost nightfall when the had The searchers had diligently increased their forces and zeal, hoping

been discovered.

ship

Why, that means ‘Please answer.” 0

in code, too?

“R.S. NV. P.2? “Am I supposed to answer

GRIN AND BEAR IT

to find Roger before night settled down. In the

the high range it

thick underbrush of |

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OF COURSE WE'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU OUT, BUT AS FOR | | ) TAKING YOU INTO THE GANG. —— NIIX | ME AND THE / | BOYS PAVE THIS TOWN WN THE 7 ~~ PALI OF OUR WANDS, OKAY, , N fr

[ERANKIE, | N v Ye og BR ) ARN ~ Rs 3

=By Crane | TUBES 1S WIRING A BODYGUARD! )

KNUCKS, YOU AND JOE BETTER GO OUT AND SEE HOW TOUGH THEY ARE,

would not be easy

time. to find a man-—or his But

the

at any

HEY, WAIT! 5IT DOWN AND HAVE A DRINK, PAL. THAT'S A BS. DIFFERENT |

(GUESS TLL RUN OUT TO A PLACE CALLED THE TOPSY TORY, THEY'VE JUST IMPORTED A COUPLE OF I 5 ¢ TOUGH MUSCLE BOYS, : — S G

darkness had de- AND I HEAR THEV'RE | LOOKING FOR MORE,

be doubly

hodv. after

scended task would difficult, “Thev’ll find him, Jackie. ‘“Mavbe not until davligh now “—it, ‘was midnight in the little tower and as vet no word had been received— ‘hut they're bound to find him. Jackie. He could not have gone very far, you know, and even after night, they'll send up flares and Roger will see them, or hear them calling.” “If he ean answer,” Jackie said. Roger had been alive when the ship had cracked up. but that did not mean he was alive now. That last message from him had come through around nine o'clock in the morning: 15 hours had elapsed since then. If those bloodstains meant he had been badlv cut, he might have bled to death by now. Or he might have heen internally injured. A!lthough it was late May nights were damp and cold in the densely wooded Alleghenies, so that the long exposure, without food or medicine, might prove fatal. too But she would not give up hope Not. even after that long night had finally come fo an end, and a dawn broke that was filled with despai the silver star of hope almost vanished “He can’t be dead he e¢an't Jarkie repeated over and the fol-

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Mac assured

| PLEASE LET ME FORGET THAT I'M

A HOLLYWOOD PICTURE STAR ! I'M HUMAN AFTER At AND 1 ENJOY A 00D TIME THE SAME AS OTHER / IN ALL PEOPLE DO! J THE LOCAL = \ PAPERS /

WiLL YOU NO WE WON'T ! Mice

EVER UNOER = STAND THAT SOMETIMES IL DO THINGS BECAUSE [ LIKE TO OO THEM | Ne

THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, DOLORES, ACCEPTING THE INVITATION TO THAT PROM! IT's GOOD PUBLICITY !

DREEM , COU > © TAM Mie THIS PROM IS IM- WE HAVE A PICTURE. OF DREEM , AND IF PORTANT TO THOSE ME INVITING Sou © THE \ CAN PEDDLE KIDS | ITS THEIR PROM (TL BOORI OVER 100 KET PARTY, AND [ HAVE TICKET SALE / WE CAN LET YOU nN FREE /

NO BRUEINESS TRYING :

WF ’ ? TUE Ti WE'LL GET “PICTURES OF YOu

the TO LET MY CAREER og Ja ON Bn INTERFERE | SEE : nay WHO'S AT THE DOOR!

over to herself all through Lane. 1938 hy United Feature Syndicate, Tha, owing day. She must hold on to “I'm so tired 1 can hardly keep my mouth open!” "

that thought So £rimly. So faithful- | wee a that it “Would swered. Tik LITTLE MARY MIXUP NY hal It Would be answered, Hien | TS CURIOUS WORD By William Ferguson som— Jackie ®ould think of Beryl now | § | Emer 5 You've ear \/ TAEre AIN'T] [hers in pitv and sympathv, all her re- } | (A ol THAT id AND We No KD. HERE I TELL You - NY) KNOW 177 \wWleBE | — 166% AROUND THERE AIN'T NA 7 is We 2 | 14 /]

1 = LIKE No xD Hees id 1 [ -~ y n i ew Eo 2: A A 1 FP [1/7] ¥ ay LTA ar “a Ay

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AHusTie! wey are HDNT FIND Yeu AT HE ©LD FARMERS ~- SHE Wik. BRE BACK dere LOOKING

Cope, 1938 by

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sentment against this other woman LOOKING -

all her anger and jealousy swept aside. For Bervl had loved Roger. : | though Jackie alone had known | that Jackie, who knew too late—that she, too, had him S = {

| |

wi ?

now

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loved ¥ Ww %

NOR this was the awakening. ihe

growing into womanhood that

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to Jackie during those

She that she had loved Roger from the first She had up a tefense, love . A ~ \ A | pA gi jt o i . n wr a. a

itself, but She had . ; ; + BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES By Martin

she saw, with this sudden, terrible | MUST LOME || BHES TH ONE WHOS GONNA | HOMETAIN |

clarity, that “without it Roger, life could hold no meaning nothing except emptiness Oh, she was glad now that had managed to slip in that word or two, and that almost the last | words Roper had heard had been “Jackie sends luck--and love.” Perhaps Roger had known. with sudden elarity, too, that that had not been pretence-—~that he had her love him. Though it had not much Inck-—or the had worn his pin how she should not it Not in the wa: anger, in pretense,

came

agonized waiting hours knew

tried to put

not onlv against

against him

that love

in her

PARLIAMENT WEAR "EM

PROHIBITED THE BUILDING OF RAILWAYS FOR, SOME TIME. FEARING THAT IT WOLD INTERFERE WITH

without |

Mac

with brought him Le) fact that <he Jackie knew have acceptea che had in

her heart

MURR =@IREN

Buren

Steeled against him Oh. Sf On Roger found in time. <0 that in she could make all prove to him how big. how fine her love could be for him Pravers sometimes are answered. Jackie's was. Though she was Not to know, even then, in her Yejoicing, in her thanksgiving and great relief, that her praver with all its promises -was to be put to still another test,

could be some way this up to him.

» » ”

OGER was found thai dav about four o'clock. He had man"ged at Jast. through a long and painful process, to reach the side of ® TORE and to attract nf a Dassing motorist. He had lain Jneonseios during most of the wight, weakened from loss of hlood roi a severe head wound; chilled

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and thirsty and hungry. We had managed to half crawl, half drag himself through the heavy underbrush, only a few feet at a time. He | had seen | him, circling high over head, heard the shots and some distant shouts from the ground. but he had been unable to shout back in response His condition was eritical, reports said. but there was hope for his Yecovery He had heen | mished to the hospital at Phillips- | burg. Tt was{only ‘when she \Yead this

the

the planes searching for!

that Jackie burst into tears, a wild fit of weeping that was beyond control. She had held back those tears so long. She had tried so hard to be brave, to hold on to that faintly shining star of hope. Now, at last, she could let go, find relief in the balm of tears, healing for Ther spirit—such joy, stich gratitude, she had never known eould within one human heart.

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