Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1938 — Page 24

i Lia xy - THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES HR THURSDAY, NOV. v7, HOLD EVERYTHING : By Clyde Lewis | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople ~~ OUT OUR WAY oi -— 2 som Ty I : BUT IF YOU'D NO, BUT WE'D

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| MAJOR CLAIMS HE ~ ROPE TO ITS LEGAND | . c, B | - | " een A RIDE OUT \ LET IT FLY AHEAD USING [atu hd [200 “: y | | ! ONCE WHERE THERE'S . AS A “TORCH TO LIGHT : CAST OF CHARACTERS ; AN ELECTRIC WORM OUR WAY BACK TO JUDY ALCOTT — Admiral’'s daughter. . : ; She faced 3 chotes noes two Navy \R Trar ATTRACTS FISH - CAMP, AND THEN WE suitors, BY GIVING OFF A GLOW, ,- . DWIGHT CAMPBELL—Ambitious lieu- : AND WHEN TH' FISH 2

tenant. He faced a choice bet hi : 7 Nie sd aay. | a : PAN GRABS, HIM TH WORM pio 5 JACK HANLEY — Flying sailor. He / . SHOCKS HIM TO DEATH & 23 : ‘faced % test of a patient love. F733 MARVEL HASTINGS—Navy wife. She ) : AND THEN EATS 7 / faced the test of being a good sailor. ® . ? i 7

: or ::7: Yesterday: Dwight and Marvel ask her : : dq N “fo be maid of honor at their wedding— . i % J at the wedding of the man she loves! | 7 oy . * v | A uz : 2 x CHAPTER TEN | —\) 4 Z. Bn HILE Judy stood there, 1 oe ; A arn “. staring at them, her heart : my, mytl I was beating thunderously. Her ; A : \ NEVER THOUGHT throat was bathed in color. How ; \ ID LIVE TO MEET dared they! In Marvel's eyes was A : \ : \ , 'glinting amusement, wicked tri- A ; EET) Ell 7H MAN THAT = ‘amph, that she had added this : g p EY COULD oUT-HOOPLE = t “erowning insult to all the others. : S A HOOPLE / MAJOR] ‘Maid | of honor at the wedding I “X Nuw Sh ; . - LISTEN TO “whichi would marry the man she LIAL AEARER A I sab iL a S= THIS ONE = _ ‘loved 'to this red-haired, green-eyed | “Doc, something tells me I'm not getting along as well as I might!” | | 2 7 a f:M. 20 U8 PAT. OFF. [INI heiress. ; - ; : «For a moment Judy wanted to] FLAPPER FANNY | By Sylvia Wr at = - let the words that crowded to her| romero Mk. KN Gp? > a SIRS NEES im Feb CWHY : ps flay them and scorch them. i ” > 4b 4. THANK COULDNT _ ‘She wanted to beat against the [LAM B AH TA E SO AH : SHE OF - smugness of their complacency; she * 7 iodides 7 RTE M 4 SRL v NS : IT g 4 BIN © ‘‘Wante tell the he bitter (/ ) 2 = 2 . Ls g.8 m ihe / : 7 B= 5 Boop ENEMY, NAMELY No A n AH LOVE o

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S a TH’ MEL*) ings that stirred in her heart. But of course, she couldn't, She YO, LUKE SCRAGG. - knew that in a second. No matter what she said, she'd have to be polite. So, to gain a few minutes in which to get back her self-control, ! she turned her back to them and led the way into the living room. She fixed a cushion on the sofa, and bent to pick up a fallen book. Then she smiled at Marvel. Her |: -face felt stiff, but she knew the]. smile looked all right. “How kind of you, Miss Hastings!” she said “I) never dreamed you'd want me. I| expected, of course, it would be some friend you'd known a long time.” x | 4. 2 2 : | Dwight was twirling his cap.! os oF : ; 7 . f ’- id turned her eyes on him,| 2 R 7 a : / OH, MISTER! mercilessly. « “But of course—if | as \ To ; y 7 “there's no one else you might ask— | REO LA = SET ME up 10 . i i ’ at or \ = * I 'y ; Io om, but this girl who couldn’t Sal | "|| RAILROAD PLEASE ? 7 "He burst out, “I wanted you, | FI : Loi STATION : Judy. You've always been so swell / :

me.” “Yes,” said Marvel. “It was) vight’s idea.” “I'd ‘really have to think about it,” said Judy slowly. “I'd iove to— f course—but there are so many hings. . . .” Her voice trailed off. ! he despised herself for the coolness = wr . NeiT . f her voice, for the lies she was] elilng them. But every lie was arbed. Marvel knew that Judy a : ould turn her down. Maybe Mar-| GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty WHILE WASH 1S HAVING HIS TROUBLES M (“ONLY THREE el had known all the time. Maybe | : ; , ; FAR OFF PANAZUELA, WIS RIVAL, | HOURS SLEEP. iis Was Just her own ides of hav. a iol W ROWDY SPLENDIX, 15 HAVING HIS, TOO+ | OW, WOTTA HEAD- | WITH THE SPLENDID WAY $ ; 7 [NINE O'CLOCK, MASTER ROWER | { VOURE SETTLING DOWN. SEE

1g 2a little fun with the queer Navy | 8 irl Dwight had been interested in. THIS 1S THE DAY YOU ARE TO. NE\ THE NICE PRIVATE OFFICE 1 ! a WAVE FIXED FOR YOU?

8 8 =n | UDY went into the hall, mur-| muring, “I must tell Mother,” nd she strugzled with her inward! rage for a second kLefore she en- - tered the kitchen. “Mother,” she -8aid, “Dwight and Marvel have isked me to be their maid of onor.” . ! Her mother’s worn, but still beauiful, face mirrored surprise. Judy, atted her mother’s hand swiftly.!

“No, thank you—we're together, but my friend’s just looking.”

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an’t.” RRA po / — & Dwight rose to his feet punctili- [ JIS ' NIE : A J i NZ # # : 1 SURE AM--- F————— Sine VEE usly as Mrs. Alcott entered. “How | hy { FB ; ‘ AND JUST POINT wat” f : 727 \NHEN YOU WERE re you, Mrs. Alcott? You're look- | Br | y 4 7 THAT BALL RIGHT | SS = b 2 aed = BORN , THE NEWSPAPERS 4 g well.” AT MR. WANGLE ~~~ | B> YY oo Z WERE RIGHT ! THEY SAID “Thank you, Dwight,” she said.| 1 WANNA BE SURE x Xa YOU WERE A BOUNCING BOY/

e had called too many times for] HE CATCHES IT/ “Her to abide, by the formal “Lieu-| - tenant.” She greeted Marvel with INS that graciousness which was _so'[} lovely a part of her social gifts. [§ .dJudy felt proud of her then. But! she always was proud of Mother. “The thought came to her that even! f Dwight ever reached the rank of miral, Marvel never would grace is position the way Mother graced addy ’s. <i Mrs. Alcott was saying, “How ; : ; i. od : : lf: or - : ai and sweet of you to ask Judy, G i {SE In Ff . ~ aD Y ~ ott 4 i ; gfe. v.h mec us par ory.

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«Hanley has been trying to persuade ‘Judy to take a little jaunt to Penssacola, and in that "case, she “gouldn't be back in time.” :. It ‘was polite, meaningless, the

‘yefusal that Mother knew so well| 1HIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson ‘how to give. But at the mention pf Jack's name, Judy felt her hands shake. MotHfer was so wise. Her ) (CELAND'S ‘kind eyes saw everything. Maybe AE \ ; FIRST APPLE TREE, :Jack had even told her, before Judy 0 ; a : | PLANTED IN /88<4 got home from the shopping trip Salen 5 DID NOT » ‘with Diane, that he wanted to take i Da NT ther to Pensacola. . . . The more she 3 Tr ie op pie 88D 0s :thought of it, the more sure she Sn we nn THEN lgrew. He had told her. vv 0 ARE PRODUCED ONLY i. But she wouldn't speak of it to Tn FIVE RPE APFLES., : bMother. They were very close, and Pl On , IT JUST MAKES ME SICK: HANDY [WOW PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ASOIOING Hie] [HE , OR SOME OF G5, SUE HAS To OO SAN, BOOTS vw WHAT IN ;yet there were some things that lay WAS THE MOST POPULAR BOY ON THE AND 1 GUESS YOU CANT BLAME THEM SOMETHING JOSH , WITH WS CHEAP | BLAZES |S WRONG WITH ‘between them unspoken. Judy felt, : : CAMPOS BEFORE THAT AWFUL BROTHER MUCH | GEE « L HOPE HE HASNT GRAFTING PUBLICITY HANDY 2? WE'S SO BALLED

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1 A -+maccept Jack, Mother had seen Sl . \ ; : ; ng ; A FEEL - pe \ : ) Ta ou OF WT «Dwight only a few times before she ; ) d / ! 2 7 & y 5 «recognized his inherent climber’s «spirit. And Jack—Jack was the sort sof officer Daddy had been. 2+ Dwight and Marvel left soon aftferward, murmuring the proper things, and Judy stood at the door ‘swith her mother and said, “You must come and see us again.” But

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“she wanted never to see either of {them as long as she lived. To # o# - 27g~HE door closed. There was H silence in the house. Judy said, “slowly, “Thank you, Mother.” ¢- Her mother looked at her very | £directly. “Judy, I wouldn't have * Cpermitted it under any circumistances.” Then they went into the = 70 ALREADY TRYING {living room together, and Mrs. Al- : “S , ; gl TO GET UP THERE’ cott said, “Come here, puddn.” eT EL i : em %That was Judy's baby pet name. EY ee = 1 : i i 4'Tears stung her eyes. She wanted ‘suddenly to throw herself into her “mother’s arms and sob. Everything was so complicated. So cruel. £ she could just bury her face in ‘ “IMother’s breast and tell her all the : ' ? #idoubts and fears which tormented (ARE THEY USED Yiher. Even now—even now, as he ANSWER~—Falconry, the sport, or art, of hunting with falcons. rode back to the hotel ,with his

ffiancee—she loved Dwight so much ion the f t i fs THE FIFTH AND SIXTH RL 1 was taxiing ner apart. lion, the frustrated emptiness, came known of a time when Mother in Ls = FLOORS ARE A SOLID

"He had had no right to ask her| through the cry. any way influenced a decision of ) WALL OFFLAME--WE obs. She faced her mother dry- happy. = Poor child. Poor little had requested it. . . . Her face! “Jack Hanley told you he was she said, “I can't see you going on |d€rs had been revoked. uF fg : : ; aving for Pensacola?” her mother this way, Judy. I can’t. I knew| But her mother only said, with To <4 5 ed in a quiet voice. he mustn't leave. So I phoned your|a little smile, “Darling, I did the aw {= AL LON : : “Yes.” - father. In the morning, those or-|best I could. It'll work out. You'll La : - The soft hand touched her cheek.|ders will be revoked. For a few|be glad I did.it, some day.” e\". Ra x * Never before had she (Al! events snd eharscters ln this story AD se eee NS

is thing. Yet she loved him still,| “Youre so young, child,” her) the admirals. And to prevent Jack p CAN'T GET THROUGH! er chest hurt with the bottled-up mother said. “So young and un-|from going to Pensacola when he - d and still, but she knew that pydd'n” Her eyes were thought- ) ; other was not deceived. ful, above the girl's head. Then burned. He'd know Why those Or BIG : a ro You didn’t—didn’t try to stop him? weeks Jack must stay where he is. ; 4 & JUG Judy!” You'll both come to your senses.” (To Be Continued) iis : £