Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1938 — Page 14

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She faced a choice between two Navy suitors, k DWIGHT CAMPBELL—Ambitious lientenant. He faced a choice between his wife and duty. - JACK HANLEY — Flying sailor. He faced a test of a patient love. . MARVEL HASTINGS—Navy wife. She aced the test of being a good sailor.

Yesterday: News of Dwight’s quarrel with Marvel stirs old flames in Judy; she wonders if she still loves Dwight. _ Jack senses this and asks her, but she denies it, knowing she is lying.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR HEN Judy Alcott left the VV Naval Hospital, her heart was : A < = a heavy, lifeless lump inside her. w Q + 7 7) > She felt stiff, old. Weary as she | or Tal ( \ ih never had felt before. Her fingers| | , a or ; 3 9% { 4 \ ) ) we Beh i 7 touched her lips with a sort of loath- 3 pe : : E THIS DOESN'T 52 \\ 0) J & ; S a Son ing, with a stunned disbelief that a : = WORK HELL ACCUSE | z NS yf > a : — re they could have been the medium i : :

eu Re HT COPR. 193 NEA SER Ng. 12” “THE DOG OF BEINGDUMB= - GI: ee : . CEE : TRWLLIAMS, through which she had lied to Jack| «1 peen tryin’ to make up my mind, girls. Let it go to a finish and Qe Soe IIT, Tn HE Poa oF : ee 12-3 J fhmcuimrom THE DEEP SEA FISH commysvmmsemcewe 12°3 J Hanley. Lied again. How many maybe I ¢an decide.” — RT = ; : LI'L ABNER —By Al Capp

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lost count. FLAPPER FANNY « By Sylvia a. : “ sickening, senseless blow she had ) { A 3 ON THE TOSS TIMES ME WINS -/F : HASS AND IT COMES *TAILS” EVERY TIME” given him, but she was powerless to " O/F | Cy 7 7 TH OF A PENNY. OF | \NARCHERLY it IT ALL ON EVER stop herself. Something urgent : 2 5 4\R INT . Db ~ COURSE, YOU'LL IPED ~ egged her on. Something compelling =~ \ : 4 , ; and indescribable. Something com- ) 7 9) ON MAH SIDE YOU HAVE y SES/-1 CAN'T Love 2 SN» : pounded of the songs she had ; ; / oe, Ay EVERY TOSS! ry danced to with Dwight Campbell, J B® J i ; . the sound of their laughter blend ing. : Something that was part of the kisses ‘he had given her and part of that night on the Texarkana . when he told her he was marrying Marvel. Everything she had: lived rough—everything they had lived through together—was separate and i ~ alive in her memory. The memories N ; i made a little chain, like a bracelet i

of thorns. saa | ere was his voice, asking her to yl |

vel’'s voice saying, “You love him.” : \ 4 | be the maid of honor?” And the ) THAT OLD | YA [ { GREETINGS, CHUM --- IF YOUSE \ | I AIN'T IN

J m / help Marvel get along. And Mar- 7 i There was the time Bo of Shem i Il l . stood before her and said: “Will you| | {8 J . 2 /] ; \ RQ \ : rt TNT NE MAN, JUDGE WILL GIVE ME YER NAME AN’ + ( No MOOD FER gris, overt ne house, Btn 2 7 i i 7A \ HE JOLLEE SURE OF ‘\ ADDRESS I'LL SEE DAT YA ) “. 1 DAT CHEESY g Why peg as done with : & 7, Y) li NN NY ; IS NICE! ii GIT ANYTHING YA WANT Wi KIND O° : ito Why couldn’t she cast him out © ; Le [Xd lis A 7 n 7 FER CHRISTMAS? \ ; 3 COMEDY of her heart? Jack was the most \ \ g / a nde wonderful man a girl could have. Ww, A | Bas : Es : - = : Fine and true and naonest. Jack, 1 mn / SPD, i Can bo who showed her his whole heart, 7 who wanted nothing tut her Hap- ’ 7 9 piness. Jack, on whom she had de-;. 0

pended for so long, and who never would fail her, no matter what it cost him.

A \ \ il But she knew, anguishedly, that — Trem it wasn’t enough. Knowing his worth “I wish I could figure out her line.

“yr 9 “ i 9 _ wasn't enough. There had to be I've heard it’s the one of least resistance.

that other, mysterious alchemy, that ~~ pull that drew you to him, that GRIN AND BEAR IT + made your blood water in your ¥14 | at the sound of his vores. oes) | 4 LUN ya SOUT J 0 || (GLAD YO SEE Sy PERMIT ME,SENOR. O70) ( ON, ) SPLENDID J" OH, DADDY! "SER [EES N JES'A MINUTE, ME HEARTIE: WITH ALL There had to be emptiness when| | NWT | FE: rr ly ~Gh Re aB oy ) iad. YOU, CARIOCA, BY 1 SHALL BE HONOR } : 3 FELLOW, YOU FORGAT 10 | A GEEFT \ TH BLOOMIN' ASSASSINS RUNNIN he wasn’t near you, and singing 3 EY : \ WAN Ey wet GEORGE, T AM! JUST 70 DELWER EET j 21 [WOULDN'T | EEN. AMERICA, SENOR, WHEN SPLENDID! TELL HIM THAT ns FOR HEES AROUND, WE ANY TAKIN NO CHANCES, just satisfaction. Not J . SR 1 3 : : ; TE ) WANDERFUL, ENGRAVE' DELIVERING! / THE PRESI- : . just content- ; Sy Ore: : . oF : WATCH J DENT. ment. Nothing that she had with| [EEEET Lia LATE gaa : kA CLICA ‘ Shiri Jack was enough. The flaming||¥ J ; : ; : ~ promise of what might have been ~ hers leaped to life every time she . heard Dwight’s name. fo ¥ 85 » sa HE had parked the car a couple : * 7 SY) BN N == ; . 7 < Jo 24 < C 9.8 of blocks away from the hos-| [§ EE iE $3 ~ NS A AZ é EM x 0% 4

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For a moment, she felt numb. And i A : j Z y : a : : 4 : then, seeing him open the door, 5 : - X 1s al 4 \7 As BW Hey, sue! BW DonNT Appeal y oO I can DONT MIND ME, GIRLS he-IM | seeing his lean, tanned face, and| Ji; AW ine ; : : : ARN PLEASE —--- To HER, FreckLes! | | know Keep THis | PERFECILY Ne D Be TE Ea | the curly hair under his cap, she| RE , ! ay | xX § an df SHE DOESN'T KNOW BUT 1 UP AS LONG | § 3 IN THE SANDWICH, ; | said, “Dwight!” : 9 ya. a g Vi ZN 3. ANY BETTER | Nae, Le Sr As You wr , A £ | He sat down beside her. The door + : AU h - : : 4 2 —_ ; 1 8 " a i Pi closed. She heard it close. This|} % must be real. It must be happening. | : But she didn’t believe it yet. “I was Walking—not going anywhere—just walking—" he said. “When I saw your car, I thought at first I was dreaming.” ; “I'm dreaming,” said Judy. “You are not really here.” He looked at her. His eyes were - deep wells of pain. “I'm here, all right,” he said with a little mirth- 12-3 . less laugh. “There’s no place else : : 7% 7 RIL ; oa to go. I couldn’t stand the house. “The winters ain’t what they used to be, Culpepper!” : : y 2X a : i Bamtieien oi ; TE er LyVaY. 2s together] THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson —By Thompson and Coll She mustn't tremble so. “Would it| [EEE = - : acl 8 THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRY- | Mewre IN LOVIES PORTABLE meas] help you to tell me what happened, ; : Gut Sr THE Wa DAISY c 4: ING TO Jet You! HE'S NG ROOM | Dwight?” ; Rea . ; SOMETHING /S “You've heard. Everybody's talk- / AEE oR. g : ing.” God, is there any place more 4 CNA NY : ! a ; 2K SN GILDER'S GREAT WAR vicious about gossip than the Navy? vg \ = 0 125% a b ol Bt EPIC.. HERE'S LUCK! Everybody watches everyone else: 5 : : A 94 ir AR TT ¥You can’t have a free, private mo‘ment. You can’t have a private thought!” inns THER YVOLING “It must be that way everywhere,”| || she said, remembering how few pri‘vate thoughts she had been allowed to possess. : (i "We got in from Bremerton a iA ‘couple of days ago,” he said. “Surely | ° | you must have heard by now.” : CINE ei — Ha 2 “No,” she said. “Tell me. If you \ ve Se RS: fi | MA Mi ‘want to.” : \ 5 y ¢ Ee ly Py 7 R72

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I Bell. That was a raw thing. “He was a nice guy. I—I always liked "him. Liked his wife. Whai about 3” She’s gone to her folks,” said Judy. : “The papers said Bell came down : 3 ; fo help Hanley. Said if he hadr’t bo | == LWW 2 Ba ; =. “ roe. o'9 : fee COP. 1938 BY NEA SERVICE ING, Tw SEG. U.S.P ‘sacrificed himself for his shipmate| : ? rn: NNN ig am A | 7 Ne PPE _o 4 mV = What was that, the usual soap?” % A 3 | ABBIE ; aeburn Van Buren “No, it was true. Bill was a—a e Ce. 3 : 2 » : : : : . : : hero.” ; iy as IS THE MH/GCGHEST : : "Dwight said moodily: “Hero stuff MOUNTAIN IN THE | aE 4s usually hooey. Why should a SWISS ALPS. - | | HE COULD STRIKE~HE'S man fhvow Sus Jue away?” Then| . . . RIGHT OF 2 SAFE IN JAIL AND YOu, POP, gp said: “But I guess he believed : : g ’ : ANSWER—Wrong. There are higher peaks in the Swiss Alps than| | GOT NOTHIN’ MORE TO 46. Bell was an idealistic guy. Rot-|¢),, 14782. toot Matterhorn, 8 = WORRY AROUT/ KEERECT

ten pt lik Jack & ? > RTod So 8 Jack Hanley “You're very cynical” ‘| Bremerton.. The other wives bored "He looked at her very directly.| “Why wouldn't I be?” He wasfher. She—she was used to a difsaid, “I'm not a flier. I don’t|suddenly bitterly angry. “Even iove|ferent life. And Tennant’s yacht is ow. Was the spin his fault—|—Ilove, the most tooted commodity |the sogt of thing—" se control? Or just the human|in the book!” : “That isn’t so awful,” said Judy, ent?” “You love her very much, don’t|trying to be fair. “I should think

Tt was engine failure.” you?” you'd be able to understand that.” “I'm probably not being fair,” he| He didn’t answer that directly. “But he’s a snake!” said Dwight d. “I've had such a load of pri-| “She's spoiled. ‘She doesn’t realize. violently. “He’s the kind who thinks hell, I didn't think much about|(. . . Sometimes she’s like a little |a kiss—even if it's another man’s Always have been suspicious of |kid, greedy, eager to taste every-|wife—" : : d-stand gestures, that’s all, But|thing. She’s always had so much. I ve it to Bell-if it was ever |guess the Navy was no fun for her. with him.” _ |8he didn’t want to drive up to (All even

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