Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1938 — Page 18

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terest in a vacant Connecticut home. . " a; vii BULK OF THEM) * . SALLY PENNINGTON—Heroine. Blond, | ’ 2 i; : . “pretty, she has inherited the other baif 2 AE > > oT “of the home. Together they turn. it inte \ a “Restatorium.” 4 . Je™.

Yesterday: On sudden inspiration “Kinks invites two strangers to try the . Pennington-Parker Restatorium” <- his aunt’s house.

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‘CALLY PENNINGTON gaped at ‘him. Fortunately she was too flabbergasted for speech just at that moment. Thé elderly woman eyed Kinks, who was feeling as Caesar ~ ‘must have felt on the opposite side of the Rubicon. f : : “>“The Pennington-Parker Resta- ~ NN 5 alm das \V torium?” she repeated. “I never | |; + ; ; Uke ONIN yr Vig heard of it.” y : ! ; ; ; ; _& NH a Tv a “No,” said Kinks. “You couldn’t ; i | } a nal a Ctl, ih Wf) have. It—it only opened today. ar i ar Otyes- . RL ; PAE LS Gt; “iets You'll be the first—ah—pairons.” . > : nl 3 [7 jw ; = y : . ; INC. ] - [ras ae Hal CQ NPWILLIAMS,

:- “Well, what’s it like? Where is . it? Who runs it?” So “I don’t know how to find the cubic contents of a barrel, “It’s wonderful,” said Kinks, in Junior—you might ask your father!” an all-inclusive fashion. “Excellent ;

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ye F-ISNT TONS © we run it.” ci ar Re The old gentleman behind the : BE RNABLE wheel spoke for the first ttime. | 5 : . : [Aaa LAS “It wouldn’t do any harm to a Ta : have a look at the place, Mother,” : LS he said. a «_»“Now, Papa,” said the woman, in\a hushshush tone. Then she adfe Kinks again: “What - are your\rates?” =

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was leading. 2 if this imbecile : : ; Kinks were lettihg her in for oper- 0 YOU WERE RIGHT, MISS LOOK! HERE COMES A) [ GOODNESS! I'D WELL, 1 J T ating a boardinghouse or something, : NORTH... CARDELL'S LAUNCH FILLED WITH |} |’ BETTER DUCK MADE 7 . I ON om she was going to demand a fair 4 : < CAREER 15 ENDED / ; FEDERAL MEN - YOUR. | | BELOW AND | LsTER YOU, LEW WEN? TAKING HIS TEA IN A HOSPITAL price at least. ; TROUBLES ARE OVER PRIMP UP A : The woman in the car took time out for thought. “Very well,” she said, at length. “Mr. Harkness and I will look at it. And-I hope you have electricity. Mr. Harkness likes to putter with electricity.” “There is electricity,” Sally told

her. ~ “All right,” said Mrs. Harkness. “How do we get there?” . y “Just follow our\car,” said Kinks : 2 \ 3 Sy Bes A

grandly. w “Now you've doneiit,” said Sally, \ as she headed her ancient Ford X : . of r . ) lace. ; < ? ) q X Pack loward Mrs. Bresion's piace “He's my fav’rite actor. Did I ever show you my horsehair charm : : HERE ARE BUT BUY, HECK NO! I WAVE A DATE ut E WIZ! THERE'S BIN A ‘What on earth possessed you? \ 18 nai, SH nes. / WEBBIE NEWHMOPE, AND ' , | OFFERED VIRGINIA SOME EXTRA || MISUNDERSTANDING i VIRGINIA have the brainwave of a lifetime : “TWO EVENNG DRESSES YOU WERE TAKIN TICKETS, THINKS SHE HAS A DATE WITH end you make it sound like an| GRIN AND BEAR IT : By Lichty TO CHOOSE FROM. HER, WEBBIE. 0] : YOU. YOU CAN'T JUST HAND ‘ER

idea out of her looney-hin.” : SOME TICKETS, WEBBIE— “I think it's nuts,” said Sally. | : _SHE HAS EVERYTHING " mortgage is due in: two weeks. : : > vr PLANNED.

And even if we did this'\mad thing, the money wouldn't be all clear profit.” “Something else will turn up,” said Kinks confidently. “Just like the Harknesses did.” i = x =» fo. RS. PRESTON’S house was as ; charming inside as out, save for the presence of a superfluity of mounted animal heads in the living room. While Sally, dither- yf : ged) $v: : - ing slightly, showed the bedrooms 3 RNR ak ; = : : ; to the Harknesses, Kinks inspected i Em cit ti Kn HY PD You : [7 I GET T WORRYING the collection of mounted specimens, Ey = ) =X . pig BA ABOUT WHAT SHE MIGHT so strangely at odds with the an- : PN TE Jf Me \ THINK , AND 1 GET SO tique furniture and tasteful curtains. : “Well,” she said, “we're in the soup up to our necks. The Hark- . nesses are crazy about the place. “Swell,” said Kinks. “Look Sal -—er—Miss Pennington, do you mind if I say that T'm getting quite a kick out of being in business with you?” | “Very nice of you, I'm sure, Kin— er—Mr. Parker,” said Sally. “Let's take a hurdle,” suggested Kinks, “and make it Sally and Kinks.” “All right. But I still think you're | | ; g : ! 3 Shs on : Be a et oe 7 # hu: You KNOW, RAE HELLO, GRLS --T T first thing about running a hotel or Lg Ba: : N , - ? : #4 L a a or oe this place J : A -I DIDN'T USED TO LOOK AT THose ZS 0 WOULDN'T BE ‘WITHOUT is turning out to be.” : / ; f LIKE You BECAUSE oe POOR LITTLE COUNTRY ). RoY FRIENDS VERY LONG--“Confidentially,” said Kinks, “I ; VE BF “520 ns G5 Tea Festi Symone; Tos You LIKED TUBBY ROYS--1 BET THEY — —~TRU-LA-LU-U/ don't’ either. But I'll try anything Suns mE | 7 Never rao 4 soDA 7 once.” . : “You should complain about my cooking! Why, you can hardly get : “And what Mrs. Clipstack is going ’ 2 W" » . to say, I can’t think. She'll prob- out of the breakfast mook any more!

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Richmond.” < . Mrs. Clipstack was white-haired, 7) 3 PATEL ] 7 RE — oonG T RAI o A CoA NES 0 PN red-cheeked and built on the same y #% ~T -7 y | \ / — KNOW «= JOST MOST ALONG 2 general plan as the Pennsylvania —~ vii ; y a rE = : ; 8 ANYIVWG THN : CY == station. She radiated a kind of 17: y 5 / N so NEEDS TO 8% comfortable, flat - footed solidity. / 5 | hy Z. : But she was deaf as the well-known r post. . “This is Mr. Parker, Mrs. Clipstack,” said Sally, raising her voice. Mrs. Clipstack put her hands on her hips and her eyes gave Kinks a thorough going over. Then she removed a hand from a hip and cupped it behind her ear. / / “Eh?” she said. = / ol 3 “I said,” shouted Sally, “that this 8 R— ; : : 3 A _ LL, TONY-- HAVE YOU L_( IM sTiLL ] | WELL? ARE You LOOK, TONY Dray’ DADDIKINS 7 I'VE

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over the Clipstackign visage. “Then —then he’s Mrs. Preston’s nephew?” Sally nodded. J “Well, young “man,” sald Mrs. Clipstack severely, “I hope you ain't né improvident scapegrace like your father was.” : x ® » = INKS looked blank for a second. : “My father? Oh, I get it. She's heard that from my aunt. Tell her Pm not a scapegrace, will you, sally?” | \ a sel” x oa Sally, ANSWER—The plural of deer-is “deer,” and the antlers, not horns. “Kinks told her, at the top of his : lungs. He also beamed upon her. |the living room. “You can go into | ing our rates?” Kinks said jokingly. But Mrs. Clipstack looked skeptical, | Winstock tomorrow, find a glazier | “Don’t be silly,” said Sally. “That “Who broke my winder?” she de-|and pay for the work, too. But| was Wilton Ames.” manded, at last. right now, I've got.a job for you.| “Wilton Ames? Who the devil is Sally pointed to Kinks, | Out you go and bring in the Hark- | Wilton Ames?” #Tnere!” said Mrs. Clipstack, | nesses’ luggage.” . “Oh, nobody very much,” said trjumphantly. “I suspicioned it all| When he returned laden with lug- | Sally negligently. “Just the man | along. He is a scapegrace.” lly was at the phone in the | I'm probably going to marry,” Youll ha ®. yourself | hall. \ She ung up as he wa a

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