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~ Bill is dead and that Jack may be injured for life. Judy can scarcely bear the tragic thought.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

T was only another casualty in the long list of many. The pa- + pers carried headlines, “Navy Fliers ‘Crash at Sea.” Just as they had © run headlines when the Akron went : . down; just as they flaunted the / | = tragedy of the trapped submarine. == 1] EARN \( N al! / But to Judy Alcott, waiting for the| f: : bi 27 WN R WE 2 ) | bh Relief to come in, and to Diane Bell, EC : : who was left alone with her baby,| “But I'm not a deserter from my family, your honor—I'm a refugee!” _ it was agony too deep to bear. Tempe Gn Tielke Was Jack going to live? How, FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia "badly was he hurt? If he didn't] [—7—— LI'L ABNER

pull through, she thought passion- ; ately, she wouldn't want to live BUT-THAT'S MRS, Ei JEST TH’ VAN SCORN THE AHLL. BET

either. | : : : {a Then, hearing the baby cry, and EST SOC Diane’s tear-choked voice quieting LEADER IN AMERICA! him, Judy knew that she must put _ aside her personal problems. Jack was alive. That was enough for now. Alive, with a fighting chance. © But Bill was irrevocably gone. There was no hope for Diane, nothing she could cling to and find com- * fort in. Except the baby. And he Was so little, so helpless. Every time she held him in her arms, it must "be like a sharp thorn in her flesh. iFor he was all that was left to her! of Bill.

WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY

” u ” O Judy pulled herself together, NX ( and did her best to assuage the LESION A :f 2 ? ; = E : — Za stunned, incredulous grief that : CIN INNI V-27 — a ii 19047 Ones [3 ' was making Diane so hollow-eyed, : A ; : : so numb and deaf and unseeing The next day the Relief dropped : anchor in‘the harbor, and Judy A GOODNESS Se wanted to race down, to take a 1 MST . shore boat, get aboard, see Jack. ; 8 . HUNGRY?

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But her mother said sensibly: “It would be too harrowing an ex--perience for Diane, to go there and watch them taken Bill’s body off. You must stay with her. I—I think. it will be better if you wait until -

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“1 know,” her mother said. she’ —— . | . .._. did not meet Judy's eyes. “There' GRIN AND BEAR IT will be reporters and photogra- mse phers. Let’s not give them a Roman holiday.” : : Judy controlled the rebellious [WASHINGTON TUBBS II

. words which were on the tip oi EE - & her tongue. She realized that “he fo E LAE 7 ' [ BUT MV \ EET EES IMPOSSIBLE, SENOR, EEN ) . experience would be disastrous for 3 Fa SR 7 ree THEES COUNTRY PEOPLE SLEEP homecoming of the man who had : : : % : EVEN ERY Nay A kissed her goodby, who had said 48 hd jh . AWAY MATTRESSES MUST HAVE varelessly. “See you Wednesday!” & E £0) N : . IN PANAZUELA. | judg 7) BRA : XN Ey But for - herself, meeting Jack Bev E hy 1 why a, 7 Co 7 on ] ch , : would be| to find reassurance—to | 7 ; PRLGRRISG | A : - a \ yy ; : 2 TH GUY AT'S See with her own eyes his face; to, : J : 51 : : : ny, AY GOT EM.

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TW. TAKES BRAWNS TO SELL MATTRESSES ME. McKEE. IT'S MY DEAR BOY, WHERE. I'LL HAVE NOTHING TO DO IMPOSSIBLE! YoU \ 'S MAPOSSIBLE, WITH QUITTERS, UNDERSTAND! THE PERCAN'T EVEN GIVE : ; bry SON WHO MARRIES MY DAUGHTER /

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~ hear his voice. To be sure, sure _ that he was alive. : » ” a2

A Roman holiday, her mother had said. Reporters, photographers. They, : ; od 8 Sg | \ "would make cloying, sentimental § - Lo : ‘ ; , AN eA g \ : y copy of her joy at seeing Jack. They | # 4) 4 a 7 ND ‘would print, “ADMIRAL'S DAUGH- | \ Wo g “TER SOBS OVER NAVAL FLYER NAD “rz INJURED IN CRASH AT SEA.” They might even take quick, for- . bidden pictures of her, leaning over ~ | the stretcher, being taken down the ~~ gangway. Oh, no! No! Mother was right. She mustn’t go. . So for two hours she and Diane - ‘sat side by side on the sofa, a terrible, waiting stillness . enveloping them. Now they were carrying Bill's body down. Now they were lifting Jack. Judy prayed inwardly that the men would be gentle with him. She thought of the cold, choppy vater in which he had been im-| i a pr ; mersed. She thought of him. sitting! ; ) in a cockpit, waiting for the nose to | ° ‘slap into the waves. How had he crawled out? And Bill, flying 10W,| «gat your spinach, Junior—it will gi a / : i : E ; 1) = = forgetful of his own danger! y » double io % yop greng'n to sig Yitvagh a 7 3 - 3 ‘ J J : : ] ” / 5 And yet, even as she sat there, she Seo “)

knew that she never would be able| THIS CURIOUS WORLD to ask Jack anything about those RSE

dark hours after his ship crashed. : J.J. AUDUBON

"The story of what had happened ould be locked in his heart. SAW ONE FLOCK. OF

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- came back to the bungalow and said, “I'll stay with Diane. There's: a car outside to take you the hospital.” Judy was glad of the enlisted man sitting at the wheel. She couldn't have controlled herself sufficiently p drive. Yet, she knew, she must Jack (with a smile. When the chauffeur opened the ‘door for her, she tumbled out, murmured, “Thank you.” There was a ‘wide, empty hall, smelling of antiseptic. A nurse came forward, and said, “Miss Alcott? Comm. Sloane said you may go right ap.” °) “Sick Officers’ Quarters,” said qe nurse to the man in the ele-

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1 ASKED THEM ® TAKE . IT DOWN ! WHY RUB IT IN.ON A GUY 2

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By William Ferguson —By Thompson and Coll BUT, MA JOR- I NOTICED THAT DAME

WHO WORKED ON THE TO YOU SQUARELY, DID ANY OF THERE BACK O' TH’ SET RIGHT CASTLE SET, MAJOR. YOU NOTICE ANY SIGNS OF AFTER IT CRASHED /

MAJOR GILDER., BEFORE SURE, MISS HERE ARE THE CARPENTERS BOYS, IM GOING TO PUT THIS YOU MAKE ANOTHER NORTH, ONE ‘MOVE, PLEASE LISTEN SECOND

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EVER NEEDED FRIENDS,

Judy’s heart was beating dly, and the palms of her hands were damp. : “Jack was lying flat on the bed. s face was pale, his eyes were

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HE NEEDS THEM NOW

d. There was a heavy white ter cast. encasing his shoulder, under the covers it made a ump, as if it extended down his

Jack!” she cried. His eyes flew

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udy!” He wasn’t unconscious. wasn't! | She was so thankful rs came into her eyes. She pped into the chair beside the : ; 4 : “Oh, Jack!” There was noth- iaSa tr SY) Ios » ¥ else she could say; words SPR Fp AEE, | i dn’t come. She could only look g in his face, the g eyes, the gladness that sd from him to her. eut. Hanley has had a very o hree hours,” said the nurse fessionally. SGetiing nim nic a — —— and X-rays , and he's very i > ~ She did not say, “You SEERA VHFETER {EY IER {NES CIE

n't stay long.” But it was hn worst enemy ?

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en she had gone, Judy touched hand. The one that wasn't

ed. She said, “Oh, Jack, I—| < |THE BEST FRIEND AND st died! I'm so glad you're — X ENERGY-FOOD OF CANDY

‘Tl never, never be such a