Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1938 — Page 28

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1, 1938

By Williams

HOLD EVERYTHING Thu By Clyde Lowis|OUR BOARDING HOUSE ~~~ With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY

: —— { EUREKA LApS| vou ses Here SAY, WY BONY od | NOW, WESTER, t I DON'T ROA LIKE TH IDES Be ; THE HOOPLE FOOL-PROOF DOG RIG UP SOMETHING : T™ JUST AN. || or Bew SEEN Fi £s- : SO TO SPEAK, WITH A PIECE RACKS AND MEDKINE | = |Y 1 MAY BE ABLE EXP HOOKED TO 4 Ab OF MEAT, AND HOLDING THE CHESTS, SO WE CAN {NS A ; : yg : POLE IN FRONT, YOU APPROACH 7 NAB THE LIGHT=et THE VICIOUS CANINE van HE 7\ EINGERED POACHER | , 4 SMELLS THE MEAT AND IN [ WHO'S BEEN PUTTING

: ‘\ GRABBING THE BAIT THRUSTS THE SNITCH ON OUR By BETTY WALLACE aE ) HIS HEAD INTO THE WIRE NOOSE /] SHAVING CREAM

“a YOU THEN PULL THIS WIRE n AND CRAVATS

CAST OF CHARACTERS ° NF SL \ AND HE IS YOUR PRISONER / ¢ | £5 : JUDY ALCOTT-—Admiral's daughter. af 3 - HAR-R-RUMPH © i 5 4 a

She faced a choice between two Navy 8 3 J suitors. \, ! : DWIGHT CAMPBELL—Ambitious lieu- \ FB ; : . / . lenant. He faced a cheice between his i wife and duty. JACK HANLEY—Flying sailor. He faced a test of a patient love. 2 MARVEL HASTINGS—Navy wife. She : a Z= faced the test of being a good sailor. Nb % A

Yesterday: Bill's body is brought back and Jack, badly injured, is placed in the Naval Hospital. Judy goes to see him, begs him to get well for her. Kissing his fingers, she says, “I love you, Jack.”

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

OMMANDER SLOANE found = her still clinging to Jack's : Bd * hand, still looking into his eyes. on : ne Se a

_. ‘The commander harrumphed loudly, : —" =f : and Judy turned, with a slight : a : —_—= — ; : 0 he ; 2S blush. . J T TAKES ; : S| en

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bash like that would have Killed time I ever cut myself!” " - — Ls . But all he’s got is a x : 4 77.) YAH?-YAH’ Z ILL RUI Ir. ¢ ETS OWDY/-Y BY ALL THE RULES OF A er AD u few butted ribs »| FLAPPER FANNY By Syvia| | YAHSYAHL ) YAH. YA ee RIN A EE TE ON vous You ONE. REASON AND LOGIC THE broken arm and a | . “Internal injuries?” Judy asked v BET-A-MILLION" ¢ TWO BETS IN ”. MOST UN-LIKELY KS LOOK BIG ONE. OLIGHT TO | swiftly Ed : ROW JOTHAT KNOW M TO HAPPENZ”-IF A LIKE w > AH lS ES LAMDASIS THE LITTLE En mander Sloane's eves svoided) ETS ON SURE YAH YAH i REASORABLE-HE = WIF LiL YOUR SECRET Now. - hers. “Well—we don’t know—takes| S : , : : o 7 : ( FELLAS!” FLL BET ON THE LITTLE time to be sure—" 2 Eh § 2 ll % ONE- - “How long will it be before he's, a , es i s. : well?” Ww y “Now, now, don't be rushing] . things! A good long rest in bed - never hurt anybody.”

So it was going to take a long] time. Weeks. Months. maybe. She! wanted to ask if Jack ever would fly again, and suddenly she knew = that he had asked himself. Prob- - Fr ably it was the first thing he said #==N Mirren when he regained consciousness.| : } = She didn't ask. | See Jack was weak. He smiled, and| \ NANG, 22405 AON ! ; : Ton Ree U6 Pas OR 4 J : ied talk, but there wwere tell-| hs : : . tale white lines around his mouth, | : ; . i dl YES, STOP BY GOLLY !--- THIS g WOULD You KIDS O.K., BUDDY === ) . ° PLEASE HELP 1

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d his f inched with ex-| PN. or THE CAR, IS THE FINEST ALLOW ME BUT WE'LL a. Re ait olin. Il be. iil i eco BY GEORGE! SPIRIT I'VE SEEN TO JOIN HAVE TO LOOK here every time theyll let me in.| i: i IN YEARS! OUR CHRISTMAS A N? YA Eo ST : i S y 3 N FO . A we ae = FUNE Poor INV YER "HONEST!

to get well quickly!” She bent] : hi i j | i ii : over him. “You must sleep, now.| AIR IE | gl : J - : LE : Goodby. Ill come back in the i FR HEHE : : Te 5 %

morning.” “Goodby,” he said. “Judy. Judy—"| There was so much he wanted to. tell her, she knew. But his breath came short, the cruel plaster cast was ‘like a heavy weight on his body. She said soothingly, “I know. | darling. See you tomorrow!” She smiled bravely. 1

a 22 “I'm not gonna bandy words with you! Lemme see your driver’s

HILE her mother and father license.” Zs \ 2//, W# and the skipper of the Enter- y : ] & a Tn ; AN oy prise and almost everyone else were] GRIN AND BEAR IT : By Lichty|,,, SEETHING WITH PLOTS AND INTRIGUES. , 7 A hY = busy arranging the funeral of honor - : oo 0 Er for Bill Bell, Judy was at the hos- : ~ pital with Jack. The next morning he appeared stronger. “If this accident has brought you! back to me, I'm glad of it,” he said| - fiercely. “Oh, Judy, you don’t know how 1" “But Bill" “Of course, I didn mean. . .. He shouldn't have tried to come down after me.” “He—he was swell,” she said, with

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FF Sis : , y g 3 T | \ \ % 5A 7 Lert Ss EI ” py f Or, a difficulty. : : . 2 ) b Is £ aN k Z > : : . % 7 : 4 , _ Zn, “I know. I—I'm going to do all Pra Na ; i : > vy 7 ane 2 : denn ll le Le ‘ I can for Diane—”" ; $7 3 A hb L ne : EW on : Bil awl LL a OPE. 1838 BY NEA SERVICE, IN LA: Sh _ Lind “There’s not much anybody can| |. if * . ¥ 5d aw -. si 3 do. She’s taking the baby and going| {% = ' const LISTEN, JUNE, {. & 5 go LISTEN ,SUE =~ PLEASE - back to her folks in Virginia. She’ll| Fo Nia »/; \ ” IF WERE GONNA NW H i BEAT me I LE © GET be able to live on the pension there.”| nS # \ LANG MAKE AN ISSUE OF | \ NY i MY HEADACHES THE Jack said: “That’s the Navy for EN : A CE THiS, LET ME SAY A NAN AN NORMAL WAY /

= you. Maybe a woman's a fool to let herself in for it.” ; But Judy Alcott said sturdily: ¢ “No! Diane would do it all over again, even if she knew the end. They were so happy! And we’ll be - happy. My mother and father have been happy. ...” His eyes adored her. “You're so * sure now, Oh, I always knew, if I _Waited—if I could make you see—” “I—I guess it was you all the time,” she said in a shamed little . voice. “But I didn’t know—until that night. Thinking about you— = out there in the water—afraid you Sy . PLEAS WELL. E, GUESS YourLL BE were dead—imagining all kinds of : |g , QE § ed : WHY-ER* MAJ0 IT'D BE MIGHTY YY vn : yj STE, Si ba horrible things—” She lifted her 2 5 MA gE * a Zr! is BUT 1 WAS JUST. 2)| Fok Some STRANGER ZN sob , BACK TD SQUEEDLNROR his TB ate Toy eo er ii ¥ a ih, WATCHING THE BUT, We | eeE,1 WAS... WHEREVER IT WUZ YA COME wouldn’t want to have it otherwise!” » h il SED : Scen 7 BROM~ SLovg/ He said slowly, “When I get well, i Sere With) Vuiied Fentare Syalicens, Ta, i ; 1

, Commander Sloane says T'll be g0od| «Here's a rush job, Sneed! The chef at the Hotel Nift wants plang for

. &s new. Barring unforeseen compli- 3 : 199 cations. I—I'll be flying again, a skyscraper to be done in frozen sugar and meringue!

= Judy.” THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson

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“I wouldn’t want you to quit,” she said. Ee t J 2 tJ a Sx HE next day, Judy sat in the car with Diane and Mrs. Alcoti, and the happiness that had lived in her eyes during the hours she had spent with Jack was gone. For this was Bill's final journey. S2nen Shey were at the ceme- / “ % 19 NO, WE WONT FORGET tim! ry, and Judy stood up beside| EZ j = oy : fi vy). ~w!! : : * THAT ASNT HELPING ANY | y : Diane, hoping that the other girl| F% nN > % : . , 1 THE | S06" THANE” NEAn! e's 3 SHOR TANK MUCH OF FIM ETHER w | L DONT KNOW WHERE We ‘wouldn't break down at the last A 7 .- . # ABOUT dosh || AF TW’ 1 LOATHED WIM AND ALL RE STOOD | RS RW Ns INElast) Bh J 7) J. . : #0 : 2 TA’ POCWER- BOTTOM OF FOR | BUT w HE'S GONE NOW « \ ETS | ; BUT UM SURE HE RAD A - - minute.. The men who were lined > #4 . : : f NE S\zE Pwony! ALL Ts | FORGET wim TN ER EAC NERS ROM. - up facing each other on each side / 7 — i’ . q | . 5 RASH Wore of the grave raised their rifles ny Zi = Don $ 2 | em oon skyward and three volleys rang / {i my " Z : xt ‘out. Diane cried uncontrollably,| | 24 |i Tha 1/74 oe. > er & : 1 : TN

: “Bill! Oh, Bill!” Judy put her RIL PES || nn ES >! h et i oR 51 . arms around her. “Cry,” she said. kill oa ALT ak oe Wiki » NT A e 2 dA “It will do you good.” But she ; o He 0S & Th NAY : : 2 Ry) couldn't watch, = either, as they lowered the coffin into the grave. She tried to tell Jack about it. But she faltered, her voice breaking. He said: “I know what it’s like. . . . And he did it for me.” He added, “He would have done it

for anyone. He was white.” A Z ZEN 3 : 1238 BY NE : ‘ Diane was leaving for “Virginia Is A SPAN =\ pl J / "ACCORDIN' 7 | / vee : ; pion 3 . 4 / OTHS V 7 / 7 WAITIN THE HOURS PASS ---AND AS THE VILLAGE er sa Sr NN INGE | clivrecss. | GENIE Gio | Tee | [teas me a ifking Diane to We sistion. TRATLESuAKE"- Force scaler 4 TE Bho The hover 1 ars | THRILLIN ANT IT 2 2 __ 2 =n GUARD THE FRONT” .

: WHOEVER HE IS--|S Co HE held the baby, while an en- GOIN' TO STRIKE //! \| .aJ listed man from the station car- HE COES TO SLEEP z ried Diane’s bags. op T8:30/ | ml 7 ~~ “Be happy, Judy,” said Diane,

NN WN : 3 : WY “closing her hand over Judy's. “I == La : ‘always said—Jack Hanley’s the best NN “on the lot—” And then she was close EY NCA Sx RVICE one

‘to tears, and burying her face in the baby’s little sweater. OENDROLOGY “+ “Ill miss you so,” Judy said. “Jack . IS THE STUDY_OF and I will try to come out to see . : wxrAa7" 7 you, first leave we get.” > “If you're not ordered to Hawaii, ANSWER—The study of trees and shrubs, you mean.” She hugged the baby. “Bill and I had always expected|“All alone. With that baby. I al- Navy! Maybe it isn’t worth: it. to—7 % darling” ways said they were unfair ‘When | Maybe a girl's a fool to—" “Don 3 ” ph they reduced those pensions. A man| Her moth tted her shoulder. “He's still with me!” Diane said ) other patle qu:de fiercely. “I'm not going to act as if| Who is killed in the line of duty|“Even Diane said she would do it he’s gone. He'll always be with me!” {should be permitted to leave his|all over again} she said. “Service

“I know,” Judy said, and the hot|wife full pay. It isn't fair.” and loyalty are always worthwhile.” & ; FOR . BREAKFAST! : J (1 | CH OCOLATE

were burning her own eyes.| Judy watched a long train of

h, darling!” cars move slowl t. “Mother,” (To Be Continued) bn / 4 And then she and her mother|she said a. Ds it Niele (All events and characters in his story ; AFTE R SCHOOL! i : \\ M | LK ]

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ese standing on the platform, wav-|end this way—for flyers? Daddy Ste Thelly Sctitieus) ; goodby, as Diane he e y |never flew. It was safer and bet- : 5 ; : 0 the window and the train crawled |ter and surer when he began. They TODAY'S COMMON ERROR 35s rf AT BE DTIM El it of the station. {ask 50 much of us. Diane has noth-| Cadaver is pronounced ka he or . Fon os said Judy's mother.'ing now. No more Bill. No morelver; not kacdav-er. = .