Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1938 — Page 16

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3 : 1/ YW] RE ‘Bones, eSTesann'g/ # T@& 3 RAGS - BUT AA TIRED . ’ . OF GOING ARDUND MV '\ - U OWN E ARMED WITH. GA > A POT STICK WITH it > A COUECnON OF 7 1 : AN FROGS, * . id By Edwin Rutt Se moa, : EE NR SRA CAST OF CHARACTERS 4 4 KINKAID PARKER—hero. Handsome, 5 wr Jobless, he has just inherited hailf- 4 ih .interest in a vacant Connecticut home. i Si SALLY PENNINGTON—heroine. Blond, 1 3 7 pretty, she has inherited the cther half SSAEHIR : mit ff « 3 3 . Toget they t it int HR 8 \ Em mmm 8 lL nw ie 8 Yesterday: The Little Cheese comes to TYE \ lil! \ et rub out Bull Griffin, sees snakes and | He | : trys to escape. Then a great to-do | Mi il . . : sounds upstairs, HR al / s CHAPTER FIFTEEN ; x vs ISS CLARA FENIMORE was a .

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= the Great Pierre, Master of Magic. fo Up until that memorable Friday, entrance to that fortress of privacy had -been denied her. The reason for this was that the Great Pierre spent almost all his time in his room. He had come ” to this place to rest and, yith true French practicability, he was doing what he had paid to do. 8 This state of affairs had driven| ’ i : = \ ~QPR. 193 ARS. a 7 Miss Fenimore insane with curios- T won't: <all the cops, pal, Jf yh ke this Christmas necktie with. |- LI'L ABNER : : \ : " ity. On several occasions she had > : i . —By Al Gap eped through Pierre's half-open : ) i and glimpsed a ‘heterogeneous FLAPPER FANNY : By Sylvia CONLY A MIND LIKE < L HERE'S . SEBASTIANS COULD . : ET WARNT INK TOP--2-?-collection of trunks,, bags, and CONCEIVE A FLAN ¢& DOWN ; : in bundles. And then on Friday, when LIKE THISEONCE : ; SCOTT. \THER Pierre announced his intention, of HE BOY PRESSES * remaining away overnight, Miss PLATTED ON TH D BE. LONG Fenimore heard Opportunity knocking. Accordingly, when convinced that the household slept, she had slipped downstairs. And Wolfgang, the dachshund, had slipped with her, to the ultimate confusion of the Little Cheese, ; The first of the Great Pierre's cases that Miss Fenimore opened proved disappointing. It contained gadgets whose purpose she did not understand. But, casting about, she: found a long, wooden box with perforations all over it. She unfastened - the catch. : The next instant Miss Fenimore recoiled in horror and uttered the "shriek to end shrieks. And just -as she did so a wild man with a gun in his hand hurtled through the door, leapt over a cascade of snakes that poured from the box and covered himsélf up with the bedclothes.

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T was all very puzzling to Miss Fenimore. But she had no time to consider. Passed a moment in which Miss Clara Fenimore made a monkey out of the most nimble-throated coloratura soprano that ever lived. Then Kinks Parker rushed into the room. , He was followed by Sally Penning- ‘9-24

ton, in bare feet. Bull Griffin, a gun “You wouldn’t hafta hunt your marbles if you'd put ‘em away

in either hand, placed third. Behind : : , similarly armed, came Mr, every time where they're Spel io Bes under the overshoes in the Spaldini. Mr. and Mrs. Harkness : all closet. were in the ruck, simply also-rans. ! % . And the only scratched entry was| GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lich [ SAY, WHAT THE HECK ! IVE SENT THIS \S SOME OF YOUR AFFAIR,) BUT,.. BUT A X, OF N( 1 Mrs. Clipstack. i y ty NO FLOWERS LATELY--YET HERES A YOU DANG RUNT! BA Te AY, DE FLA phic Nr ore) ERS > It was all too much for the snakes. NOTE FROM VIRGINIA THANKING y , CHEER HER UP, THAT SHE'S A SWELL GIRLS. WHEN YOU START MAKING rd 3 In a wriggling body they disap- ME FOR SOME. a ww WEBBIE. SWELL GIRL! | ONLY YOULL) A RIP-ROARING ROMANCE i

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fore Sally and Mrs. Harkness had HER JUST . added their screams to those of Miss nes WEP - - Fenimore. EASE! Kinks took the floor. “What the devil’s going on?” he demanded. ; , Miss Fenimore pointed shakily “under the bed. “S-s-snakes,” she quavered. “Yes, I know,” said Kinks. “They're probably harmless. Pierre uses them in his act, I guess. . Sally and Kinks exchanged glances. Then, suddenly, Bull Griffin stepped past Kinks and stripped the covers from the bed.

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HE movement brought to light a2 pitiful object. The Little Cheese, white as a ghost, lay on his back. One hand covered his eyes. His face was convulsed with terror. And the nerveless fingers > of his other hand still held his,

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gun. The first thought that occurred to Bull Griffin's evil mind was that the Little Cheese had had a rendezvous “wit dis dame.” Ther hef perceived the gun. "*So?” he said, in a menacing | voice. \ Mrs. Harkness spoke. . ; Y Phi is this—this person?” she | |g : Do i Unlics Feaion a ay emanded. : : - : er V : “Dat, lady?” said Bull. “Dat’s| “I understand Snodgrass is stone broke!—He hasn’t a penny in his y . 433 ‘ a : 8 LITTLE MARY MIXUP oe : - —By Brinkerhofligr - =

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Cheese of his gun : = 7 : “Grinnin’ faces all around’ the THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson s on Nw) YES -- ELOSS IE Little Cheese managed to moan. ey | TUBRY 2 : Liat To Sean. aT + “Snakes all over. Oh, uhuh!” : Ne dig 3® Xearry “Well, Elbridge” said Bull Grif- A [ ae fin, “so you wuz gonna git me, Wuz IVAN f 5 fn ceowocsTs|ll | le ’ »” In his infancy a fearful thing had happened to the Little Cheese. His parents, humorists of high order no doubt, had ‘affixed to him the incongruous name of Elbridge. When the Little Cheese was his own man, a person calling him Elbridge took s his life in his hands. ~ “Fer gossakes, Bull, take it easy,” pleaded the Little Cheese. “Wuzn’t we pals onct? T'ink when we wuz big shots in da old Bushwick Ave. 4 gang. Remembgr all dem clambakes .we used to go to. Mid Mary an’ Moitle. An’ now we're in da same racket, Bull. Da same racket. An’ anodder ting! I. gotta wife an’ five ' kids.” ® 8 =

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Bull. You an’ yer whole fambly is| ANSWER—A survey by a farm publication resulted in 81 per cent of : . , . white. the votes being cast to convict the bird as a “sinner.” ; 1 . : : ; \ 5 tf ITH the exception of the rep-| “Haw, haw,” echoed the Little| “Gosh,” said Kinks, “wouldn't it jE | =X : les : er resentatives from gangdom, | Cheese, palely. be something if a sane, sensible per-| | __— : a : ; ” 4 A ln C Ly the company filed out. And as they “What about the snakes?” Kinks son showed up here sometime? One. : Te SEN, ; Sg BD : : of y/ : 6) i. ; glen went they heard the dulcet voice of | oi ac he followed Sally up Just one.” ; : e : A : ; 3 : ig Foe gu Griffin. ) e follow y up the | «pont pring up impossibilities at NINN : - oo . : : : : 3 Aaa ght Gees,” Mr. Griffin was saying, | stairs. this hour, my dear,” said Sally. SA ry | de ; > : “you should of seen yerself in dat| “If they're harmless,” said Sally, | “Good night.” : oY = ‘NN * 5 ~~ bed, Elbridge. You wuz da fun-|“they can stay where they are till ie on WB ee’ L aC ne :} " TRS - " : : _niest, ting goin’. 1 like to died morning for all of me: Pierre can | (To Be Continued) ke =A & “A REBAR Aa Vy B T= ie

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