Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1938 — Page 14

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SERIALSTORY— | HOLD EVERYTHING

MYSTERY at the LAZY R

By Clarke Newton

CAST OF CHARACTERS A NIKKI! JEROME, heroine; blond; popular, is engaged to six-foot, blackbaired STEVE MALLORY, hero; who is accompanying her on a trip to Nikki's . aunt and uncle on .a Wyoming dude ranch. Nikki’s father, PETER JEROME, is a wealthy New , York jewel merchant.

Yesterday: The first night at the dude ranch becomes strangely sinister when Nikki overhears ‘Sarto and Bancroft plotting about her.

CHAPTER FOUR IKKI and Steve stood silently in the shadow of the shed after the two men had vanished toward the ranch house. Steve was waiting for Nikki to speak; but she was lost . ; = | 2 . 2 & . in startled thoughts. we © 3 | : = . as Pvt What was the “Jerome affair” and | |&° 7.25 cOPR. 1938'BY NEA SERVICE. INC. = sR) : = — TR So s | why was Bancroft so afraid of her| «ypese moth balls aren't worth two cents! I haven't hit one all day!” a . : : : — wll be ; getting in touch with her father? |- : : : : What did Sarto mean by that half- FLAPPER FANNY . By Sylvia

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tomed to having men interested in 2 A SUITE IN THE. -F/TZ, NOT yt UICKL ~HEAR = =A - her. Several had been, with varied : FAR LROM Hepa. HOSS. L¢ . VA fd SH." y 7 DE ATH SENTENCE thoughts behind their interest, but 3 ; ” SED NTERNAT L ING WHAT is IT CLPON = ~AN =

there was an implied menace in the | : : : : = i Sarto blend of innuendo. Steve POOR DEAR GhERrr serve] | E LAST INS ] HEA ORPHAN--CHILD

finally spoke. \ & FROM WHAT | - S ; . ==LI'L-ABNER-“Nikki, this business has gone far , : — H SE YOKLIM = « enough,” he said. “I want to know who Bancroft and his unpleasant friend are and what you are doing mixed up in their business, or they in yours or whatever the devil is going on,” he wound up, bewildered by his own words. a “They seem to know father, all right, don’t they?” said Nikki, mostly - to herself. “Nikki!” Steve was almost exploding. “You said that Bancroft was an old friend. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe you ever saw him before you got on the train. Any-| way, if he is an old friend, I can’t say so much for your taste.” Nikki| REEFS. j turned to him. [ MAKE IT SNAPPY, ROCCO- DON'T WORRY, CHIEF = JUST “Steve, believe me, I don’t know ; Je FLe01 Moves OUT AT A FEW (HORE TESTEAND x ! 5 a - anything more about all this than ae : ee LL See ac J : BE GONE LOCKER!

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you do, at least not much more. And I can’t tell you anything right now. Please trust me, just for a little while longer, won't you? It’s something I can’t ... well, I just can’t talk about now.” “You mean it’s something you can’t teli- me?” Steve's tone was ’ ssecscse half incredulous, half accusing. HE ETE ne, it's something I can’t SS RADIO CONTROL ROOM yone just now. Besides, 3 "OF CARDELL’S YACHT there's nothing to tell. Please trust ANCHORED NEAR THE me.” ? : : . : SEN FLEET. MYRA /S’ . “I'm to trust you, but you don't| “A dime! Gee, thanks—now I can buy a new battery for my flashlight!” LOCKED IN A'CABIN trust me. I'm to stand by and see .. BELOW ~— what happens when the girl I'm to | . . -. marry tangles up with a couple of | CRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty | \WASHINGTON TUBBS Il

strange thugs she won’t even tell me about.” NO, T AIT SEEN HIDE NER PAIR OF EASY, BUT THERES WOAT A RELIEF! OBOY, YOU CAN CALL OFF THE) TIA IIGHTY GLAD WESTERYS

: pa ? \ \Y TT ASY'S BE ALLED INVESTIGATION, SHERIFF. TO HEAR IT, WASH} : RELLY. as thotouphly sngty. Dut 8345 a0 | PE A SPECIAL DEL ER LT cone Ue | [Ea oy a I JUST GOT A LETTER ) TWAS GITTIN' A | HOW COULD EASY HAVE JUST TYPEs strange meeting on the train or of Li — BE SWE ' run YS FOR ME. ~~ FROM EASY, AN' S'S WORRIED, | WRITTEN AMD MAILED A LETTER 55H J 0 ! , Roous WF T= a : HE'S OKAY. WHEN FOR DAYS HE HAS BEEN NEAR the dressing case full of money, so 4 3 3 Fe Shy i. 3 DEATH WITH A FRACTURED SKULLZ they parted for the night unhappily. » 8 = HE next day about noon Uncle Jim came ‘driving up to the| ranch in his prized station wagon with a gray-suited stranged whom he introduced as Donald Fiske. ~ “Mr. Fiske has been visiting the Gerley’s every summer,” Uncle Jimy explained, “and when he arrived

this morning he found the whole TT be i : \ 7 7 kit and caboodle of ’em down with Y y ges 2 i : : 7 i — IF EASY DIDRT WRITE THE LETTER, the mumps. So se decided to come ; NN a, J i ) Z ; : : PR, 1938 BY NEA SERVICE INC A. THEN WHO DID? AND WHY?

over and visit with us.” 2A Sl \ ZL : Fiske was 4 amallish man, thin By 7 FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS B +. 1 mBy Blosser]

lipped and narrow-eyed, Who : i ; ; Sodded Dlessqniy si 1s mttodhe- = 3 23 : A \ ee aa | . / na 5 ions and gave his home as i- 5 : y > = : RAPS 27 cago on the Lazy R's register. An ; 8 x BR | mm A ol AN ETY { STL prov] sang ! 1 ANT PUSSY odd type, Nikki thought, to be vaca- Foal & a ie o HOBBY ? 2% ABOUT THE ANIMALS, tioning on a dude ranch, but re- | : , ” am” JUST 80 LONG AS 1 called that there were other odd EN You! OE | RY fm “Sead! | L flit BRING ME BACK _ types there beside Fiske. : to YY WHEN I GROW il ALlve/ The day was rather dispiriting. Nikki wished desperately she would ar I hear from her father and watched [| - fA 5 : Jl unhappily Steve’s obvious avoidance. CA Tei ~ SO That night she lay in bed hear- 4 ! A ing every sound of the ranch as it drifted off to sleep by quietening degrees, but slumber would not come to her, and finally she stepped out on the balcony which opened ; ofi to her room. re e— A dog barked shrilly from the| “It’s a little annuity I took out for junior—it’ll make a nice nest egg corral and then the night was bro- when he grows up and needs bail.” ken by the sharp report of a rifle : ; : Svs. went Io the semvteres eabne| THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson Lin : = RR % PX ricer Ive JueT mmeEN a . rAE-IM AWFUL GLAD ® Se — ~ Yeloy her in an effort: 10 Arce ihe a YOU'RE GOING To PINE XY LL PADDLE over To OR: TUROS. READING THE RULES oF CT : : Duna CAMP WE'LL GO CANOE- Your CAMP EVERY DAY. wonpeerdL! 4 PINE CAMP--TAZ BoYs Ape HERE was on. ight. loi i | starts For | [ INS AND ALL THAT--MAVRE, Bl | -we'LL dave cap FIRES § A | ON ALE crs EE the interwoven shadows traced : ; En MARY'S - — THERE'LL BE MOONLIGAT “ND BveER IN: Vg = 7, ’ Sie) To Et. by the cabins and the trees, Nikki ~3UT ONLY TR

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or movement caught her eye with om a surge of recognition. “eee DUE TO ; Be It’s Sarto, she thought, it couldn't MELTING OF “THE dk : ; be anyone else. But why? Before| |.2 Glee POLAR ICE. | = she goal} sve: hazard a guess, she| J¢ 7% caught the clamor of voices below J po oo. 3 : : mas - m— i and her uncle's: \ oF : j : pus. - \ J YSN a : : Yi THE TUTY ora an warnation ls goin’ on| EEEERE=————— =a z 2 ee BROT DOORS. OF ma. around here?” : A ————— — : 2 ; = ; TXHAY AEN PLACE wee Nikki threw a dressing robe over | | —= 2 fl WAY OP \NTO ThE = he : : : ¥ pw Yo E 5 her pajamas and hurried down the MOUNTAINS = BACK, AX = ; > ; . / we a | steps just as her uncle Jim came MANY c oii - ; rl : = 0 4p A SUP FROM THE he. SN 7S r= Hier”

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out on jhe veranda. OF THE SMALLER, “What are you doin’ here, Nikki?” acs “he asked. “You hear that shot, fa EE ——\ ; ARPORX HAS MADE too?” : : ; THE NECESSARY “I was awake and heard it,” she WILL. DISAPPEAR. ENTIRELY ad REPARS TO THE answered, not mentioning the figure AS THE WATER : ‘ WEOOWGE PLANE, she had seen darting among the : : AND 800TS AND shadows. : : . : THE BUNCH ARE ON There was a light among the cab- - ) : LT THEIR. WAX HOME, ins now. NW LS SUN WHERE. NEWS OF-THE 3 Thal y Fakes Cabin said Uncle h Bh : : WEDDING WAS = | im. “I'll go and see—Nikki, you 4 AN A RW Oy : of PRE Mowe Peiter stay here he bid in as : \ \ : Wi : : CRVED hi i : - v : = ; X 0. U. 8. PAT. OPE e prepared to follow, but just then dl dC : gy EE Er m— — : r : hg ET Ari : A Fiske stepped out of his door. =: // 0 vy vo “od 2h far = = + «==By Raeburn Yan Buren | 2" Hl / No ON THE GROUND | (remo A va ci wa : : 9 AY IN HOW COULD YOU = vs holding a rifle in one WRI FST INORDER | |r COUSIN ABBE) SLATS ~WHEN | WAS band and in the other was a | ~ 2 TO BREAK OFF : : : oh : : | SHOULDVE KEPT of SHOUTING MY FOOL Mi little wad of cleaning rags. He © On a THE HAIRS. MY EYE ON HiM--- 15 «1 LIKE HER---walked up to the pair on the porch | _GOPR.1938 ay wea seRVICE, ING. AR 7-25 " 3 ; ; 2

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and said apologetically: : " “I'm awfully sorry. I was clean- Sa ing my gun and ‘I guess it’s an-|there wasn't a light in the cabin| . SO THEY SAY other case of just not knowing the | before the shot sounded. But she thing was loaded. Bullet went | remained silent. She glanced at the Everyone in the United States, exthrough the floor. That's what|capin occupied by Bancroft and | cP Perhaps our State Department, comes o not handling firearms | sorte. It was dark and quiet and| knows that a state of war exists in enough to keep on famillar terms | a1 too peaceful looking. "| Chinw—U. S. Senator Arthur CapFiske Spologized again for his (To Be Continued) Pn Kansas, i. carelessness (All ts, ; hie would. finish the task in tna| Hay sre wholy Retidours ' te| Our ranks are now thinned down morning. " to the veterans who can take punusually cleaned his guns in total| 'Connoiseur is pronounced kon’-i-| rado, after a five-hou congression darkness, for she could have sworn sur’; not kon'-i-shure’,: + | debate from S3¢toat.,