Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1938 — Page 20
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HAYWIRE HOUSE By Edwin Rutt
“ CAST OF CHARACTERS KINKAID PARKER—hero.. Handsome, I jobless, he has just inherited half- 3 ; B 3 interest in a vacant Connecticut home. ° \ > © : \ SALLY PENNINGTON—heroine. Blond, pretty, she has inherited the other half HEY! HE'S SLIPPING OUT OF |.
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THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 1938 By Williams
THAT WONT DO! | YOU CANT GET THE SOB ON TO PAPER. | THINK SPOOK IS RIGHT=-HE SAID A MORTGAGE SHOULD BE MADE ON A PHONO — GRAPH RECORD. ULL THINK IT OVER. cece -
OUT OUR WAY PLEASE. PLEASE — DONT Tur [i ME DOWN! | GOT TO HAVE TWO BUCKS! I'M IN A TIGHT FIX! WHY, THIS STUFF |S. \ WORTH THREE TIMES THAT... PLEASE, GOLDIE! VLL PAY YOU BACK WITH A SMILE, AND (LL PUT DOWN ON PAPER EVERY
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LAW CAN HOLD AN INNO* CENT HOOPLE WHEN HIS IRE 1S AROUSED! HAW=~ ¥ I HAVEN'T DONE THIS © TRICK SINCE 1 WAS A LAD IN MY TEENS! : ° 0
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of the home. Together they turn it into & “Restatorium.”
Yesterday: Not everyone is haywire _ at the Restatorium, Kinks observes as a ‘well-dressed gentleman appears after the Griftin-Cheese feud.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
R. C. K. TITUS was a quiet man with grave, kindly eyes and a pleasant manner. He arrived at noon the next day after the Great Pierre had returned and, with many “Mon Dieus” and “Parbleus,” reincarcerated his
_ snakes. It is a matter of conjecture whether or not Mr. Titus would have remained at a house that permitted reptiles to wander at large. Since he seemed entirely sane, the probabilities are against it. But, happily, he came when all traces of the previous night's disorder had been celared away. Without ceremony, he engaged the last room that Sally had to let. Much to the surprise of Sally «and Kinks, the team of Griffin and Spaldini remained at the Restatorium even though the Little Cheese was no longer gunning for them. Bull explained this phe- . nomenon in his inimitable fashion, It appeared ‘that the organization dominated by the Little Cheese was large and widespread. Its members were under orders to give the works to Mr. Griffin on sight. Wherefore he had deemed it advisable to remain where he was until the Little Cheese had had time to round up his cohorts and announce that the feud had been called off.
O add to the general serenity that now prevailed, Wilton Ames had been in and out and making himself most agreeable. And to Sally, Wilton was more than agreeable. He was downright apologetic. ‘Not only had the shares of the Great Divide Copper Company falied to go up; they had cravenly turned tail and slid toward the market's nadir. As day succeeded day they had continued to slide. With the due date for the payment. of the mortgage interest and amortization impending alarmingly, Sally found that the stock was worth precisely 25 cents a share. Off and on in these last few days she had been tackling Wilton about it. And Wilton never failed to be charmingly contrite. He couldn’t - understand it. His tip had come straight from the horse’s mouth, as GRIN AND BEAR IT it were. He had always found the 7, : judgment of Brown, Sherlock, Inc, ran his brokers, wellnigh infallible. He added that he had not been unaware of the stock’s decline. He had been in touch with the brokers. They were still firm in assuring him that the promised rise would come. Sa “But what good will that do me?” said Sally distractedly. “If the rise comes after we've lost this place, it just isn’t any use. Oh I know it’s not your fault, Wilton. You meant well. But I wish I'd hung on to _ Imy money.” i: 8
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WHO? OH, HELLO, WEBBIE. HOWZA BOY ¢ SURE, SHE'S GETTING ALONG GREAT, WEBBIE... GEE 'AT'S TOO BAD, ‘AT'S TOUGH.
ANSWER THE PHONE
[ BOY, HAVE I PUT MY FOOT W IT! I GOT PLEASE, WASHIE.
VIRGINIA THINKIN THAT WEBBIE NEW- | HOPE'S MAD ABOUT HER. AN’ TH DERN HEEL WONT EVEN COME OUT bm © TO SEE HER. OMY, OMY! v7
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2 = . COME DOWN FROM THERE, HEN one day Kinks brought up FELLA! THAT the general subject of finances. “How’s the exchequer getting along?” he asked. “There is,” Sally informed him, “just about $400 in the exchequer. Bull Griffin paid for another week in advance and I've hoarded everything and stalled off the tradesmen. In other words, Mr. Parker, we need . $200 and wé need it in a hurry.” : Suddenly she bit her lip. “The— the pitiful part is that if I hadn't been a darn fool, we might have al most made it.” ! “What do you mean?” said Kinks quickly. At the end of the recital he stared at her perplexedly. “But, good heavens, girl,” he exclaimed. “Didn’t you know that the Great Divide Copper Co. has been on the rocks for months?” “Now how on earth would I know © that?” retorted Sally irritably. “If i Somes to that, how do you know “You forget, little one, that I - was in the bond and stock business before I became half a hotel pro- - prietor of half a hotel. It’s a well- - known fact. Our firm laid off ~ Great Divide like poison.” For a moment Sally was silent. “Then you think . . ,” She did not finish it. “I don’t believe Wilton would do such a thing,” she said, at last. “Well,” said Kinks, “there’s one way to find out. If you went in I MEX HERE THE OTHER Dav L and called Brown, Sherlock on the 25 A A ed 1 CAN'T GET WM OFF ty phone, you might get the real low- : @-. a A i “ a Sle 5 SN MIND down, You've just been going on Zyih al in FOL <x. : " what Wilton’s been telling you.”
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ALLY stood silent for another | moment. ‘Fhen, suddenly, she turned on her heel. Presently Kinks heard her slam the screen door, He waited 10 minutes. When Sally same back her face was white and - set. “When I get my hands on Wilton Ames,” she said bitterly, “I'm going to tear him into little pieces. Those brokers not only didn’t recommend Great Divide. They . told me distinctly that for a year they've been advising their customers against buying it.” Her blue eyes misfed suddenly. Kinks patted her shoulder gently. “If you don't decide to marry those little pieces of Wilton,” he said, “you might remember that Parker is still around. And Parker is willin’.” “Oh, go away,” said Sally. That evening Sally went to her rooin after dinner. Kinks mooned vacantly about, wrestling with the problem of how to raise $200. He finally wound up on the porch where he found Mr. C. K. Titus sitting alone. In a sudden burst of confidence, he told him about their predicament.
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William Ferguson pc
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00 YOU THINK HED BE WIERESTED \N PLANING FOOTBALL IWS FALL ?
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COPR. 1938 BY NEA SERVICE, INC.
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: ss » = = HE quiet gentleman listened at- XJ tentively. 4 “Well,” he said, when Kinks was finished, “it’s a grand’ place. Too bad youre going to have to lose it.
idly passing his hands over a saltcellar, making it disappear and reappear in a most disconcerting fashion.
mess. Disposséssed at 3 tomorrow. And Sally is going to be heartbroken.” ’ He spent a restless, futile night.
I'm very sorry, young man. Very sorry. But now . .'. well, I'll just say good night.”’ : Kinks stared after him. mut
When he came down next morning |.
two people occupied ‘the dining room. One was Mrs. Clipstack: who
Kinks watched him for a second. Then, suddenly, he started. -Inspira-
tion, like a ‘great white light, had :
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