Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1938 — Page 26

HOLD EVERYTHING Ge By Clyde OUR BOARDING HOUSE ~~ Cs | 0 By Williams

: \ / Z UNDERSTAND HE LIKES ZZ "3 TLL GIT HER TO CLOSE THAT DOOR LOVERS EL ; 7 HE GOT > BARK AND RUN AROUND _ / : ; WITHOUT HURTIN' ANYBODY!S FEELIN'S

IPPED IN NIGHTS w~GIVE HIM ONE SNIFF : ER NOTHIN?== 1 GOT TH' BACK DOOR

gu + HEAT WARMIN' HER BACK SHE'S F WEI G , Re 5 Be COULD LOCATE TH! STILL / \ GONNA DO SUMPIN ABOUT IT... A be = © YOU JUST KEEP YOURSELF WARM | ; BO ONE OF THOSE [7 Z GL UME» SpUTr 11 FER A WHILE Sig

ENA HE AN'T Sick f SPUTr: FUFF we

| : = oH) BERNARDS EGAD, WERE IT By BET I Y WALLACE : iu : HIMSELF! | \ ( I HIS NOSE IS NOT FOR mY a ) UK . COLD AS ICE JZ \\ 5URED LEG AND a HARACTER' : ; HOW TD rrOare Rats NR sms is! AN OLD SABER She faced a choice between two Navy id : . WOUND THAT LAYS

- suitors, ME LOW, YOU WOULD DWIGHT CAMPBELL—Ambitious lieu-

: - NOT DARE AROUSE A BE rs aa casiss Defoe y ; = = MOOPLE'S IRE THUS / JACK HANLEY—Flying sailor. He = ’ J 0 ~ : ’ . faced a test of a patient love. MARVEL HASTINGS—Navy wife. She faced the test of being a good sailor.

TTI

Yesterday: Judy drives- Dwight to the pier after their turbulent meeting. Ar- ° riving home, her mother tells her she . has been seen with Dwight, asks if he

AEE made love to her! S 4 HHMI NS CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN | 5% : ERIN \ UDY’S “face flamed. She cried ; a = angrily, “If we had anything to 3 =" i rete Te SSE hide, do you think we’d choose Navy $ i Pier for a rendezvous?” :

: But her mother said: “Judy, I ~ know you have never quite rid yourself of—of being foolish about AFTER THIS= 2 Uf BERS Dwight. Please don’t see him again. 2-7 wach =) Ih 'I°7 WM. ER. V. 8. PAT. OFF. ; + He's another woman’s husband, and| ; ited, Po e expected a girl this | + - : RY ; : -— you are engaged to Jack.” : Mom's. gonna be preity disap pointed, Pgh pes gir LI'L ABNER : : : —By Al Capp “So you—even JousEhink Shap. - : SrTn Because it was true, because Dwig: . : , S 1 CTHAR'S SO any ~~ had made love to her, she was even| FLAPPER FANNY : By Sylvia Li’. ABNER CASHES BASHBY'S CHECK oN, An WiLL a < : 7 .more indignant than she might . ;

HERON, | . HAPPY DAYZ-BLIT AH - otherwise have been. } ) : EST LE OLE MOSE C w A YES eli acs Sloudad. She MONEY 20 TIMES AH &, 4 Wit BE (/ FI} SALOMEY NO HO'urned away silently. € never na E A Mi -~ A : YRAR A P 4 DAR, Ll A

= “HH

HERE ””- THAT MANHOLE ‘S SEALED 0 WELL

. + quarreled with Judy. She simply IRE Z-NOW AH ”) + stopped discussing things. Judy felt | : KIN SHOW HER PAPPY peer”) . cheated, helpless. You couldn’t argue AH IS A SUCCESSY” with a person who simply went out ogg / " of the room. You couldn't change a — J), (

~~ Mother's knowledge. She knew. She ZL : knew. 3 C ;

The next morning she went to |’ } vo / e

the hospital as usual. Jack was in : asked happily. “Boy, a few more, \ \

a wheel chair. “How'm I doing?” he \ . days, and I'll be walking! Walking Od NNN WN

N bh

TER Ta SI

ke | i

y ** <€ A right out of here.” | > . A

_ A

Judy was honestly glad that he , NAN NN was better. But she dreaded his Ah homecoming, now, after what had ASD oo’ ARS

NN happened. A week after he got out, Dag S : RAN they had planned to be married. i Bs ANN J

A week. Suppose pe got os in a NR : : : ew days? Queer how a e cer- 8 5 NA N . - 3 XN ~ tainty had left her, just because she Po NN A |f OH, LOOK, MR. = BUT I TELL YA YN)” A LOOK! cee ou DARLING) saw Dwight again. ol NN \ | SPUTTER-- THERE'S IT'S CHALK --WE F' A MY ly oF 1 SCREAMED I a a i ee A al \ SOME POWDER |_4 OFFICE TO MARK [S A AT YoU! appiness that she had experienc ! ¢ AL RN : e ie room with Jack, contem- i DO! RON N\\ . UP SALES ON plating their future, had evap- ) NNN : Z THE BOARD! orated. There was nothing now but E \ on the old uncertainty, the same end- || less doubts, whirling in her mind, never getting anywhere. Commander Sloane dropped in to pass the time of day. He said, “Pretty soon you’ll have your cava-

y R MN “lier home, Judy.” But in his shrewd : N\ \\ eyes was a gleam that told her he, RN NNN 00, had heard the gossip. Tt didn’t SHLLEBIIIIIN take long to travel! It was like . leaping flame. Five minutes after a| “If you knew a certain party was savin’ for your Christmas present, 2 : : ui ___ thing happened, every house on the wouldn't you like to help him save instead of havin’ a soda?” ZC ot 2 Z| A Corr 13 mn | ; Y | |—Zuswiriire station was ringing with it. ; : , After the doctor went out again, GRIN AND BEAR IT

Jack tugged at the heavy Academy : rp pe Y __ring on his finger. “We ought to pr ee — EW? A LADY \\ SHES WEEPING, SENOR. SHE YEEEE | re Tut reeset Fay || EEE \\<rAvc, © RAVE THE WORD OF MY do this right,” he said. “I'd like you| | Sa i Mos TO SEE ME AT \ SAV € ! 1 ARE GOING T0 KEEL HEEM! On DEAR FRIEND, PRESIDENT ADOLFO ... to wear my class ring. At least|q¥ I ; : ; 7 Bn «ON, PJ OE LA CUCARACHA, THAT until I get out and we can pick |] so ] {HARt 4 _ : MEESTER McKEE, I LOVE HEEM, I NEED st WE WILL BE FREED out a diamond ring—whatever you ha 4 : : ; i _ <3 HEEM! I IMPLORE YOU TO SAVE HEEM! / 4 want—" 1 : H : : PD Si Judy thought of the square, emerald-cut diamond that Marvel had worn. Everyone said maliciously that Dwight’s pay never had ; paid for it. 90 She said, “I—I don’t want a dia- = WEATHER JETT, “mond ring, Jack.” ; BVREAU ; “Diamonds aren’t Navy,” he said. z PR

LY \

0 []

“But I thought maybe you like EK gt = them. Theyre your birthstone, a : wor; TY ~ April.” He remembered all the 4 p AX little things, she thought, in a sud- - den wave of tenderness. The colors { SP : Xi Y i / she liked best, and that she pre- . is 2 : ; o : gon 0 ferred sweetness to gardenias. Her FN : A ; FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS 3 ! birthday. All the dear, unimpor- 4 Y : : "YS - . /) 1 ! ; i ; ofS i cee I / DUNNO ! BUT THE _ tant little trifles that because they ; Sg A 9.) O10 You come Te O-- IM Just, [ our vou auvs 7 THOUGHT FRISHTENED THEM concerned her were important to ; Am, 1 r1.q TO APPLY FOR THIS MYSELF, PROBABLY "nh AWAY , AND THAT MAKES You him. She wondered wearily if ; oF Hh 3 i 5 DELIVERY BOY JoB, To0?/ 1 WANNA Se me THE ONLY ONE LEFT, CAUSE /— Dwight so much as knew exactly : 3 i @ : o JUST HOW CLOSE : ne al I'M SCARED, TOO / : Ny ! " x CAN A mM » 100 how old she was. He probably AW g NB y a | . to pity didn’t. | : : 3 ; fi ul HE . 1 g

» ” 2

SH hugged . Jack impulsively, and then put her hand out while he slipped the ring on her third finger. It was far too large. The heavy gold mounting slid to one

side. She said shakily: “I'll have to wrap string around it to make it it” |

While he kissed her, she thought}. ,. ; Sieadly} nod Dower So, snyihing | — MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE 7 8 Ls —By Thompson and Coll 0 make him unhappy. He's “Keep your mind on your work, Wilton—this is the third day you've : APPE iA 3H predicted a flurry in the market!” STAND BACK, DAISY. HERE'S ONE X58 SouEBony DRAGGED — I) See IGoED7 BUICK 2 Le rH) |

fine. Too trusting and unsuspect- DRAG ing But the kiss Dwight Camp- -11 | "mE SHE MA LIES EMERGENCY AX AND ON Bon AGSsD ) vey ane rio ee bell had given her yesterday burned lle COMES : hi oR.’ ; ! - on her tips even Riv TE Han- | THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson ui DOO ALLED A Tom ley’s mouth touched them. = ~ Wearing the ring, Judy went to Magda: Hamilton’s cocktail party. It wasn’t really a party—just a bunch of people coming in informally for a drink. Two or three times a week, - Magda phoned everybody she knew and: said, “Come over.” It didn’t take long for the sharp eyes of the wives to spot Jack’s class ring: “Judy!” they squealed. “Oh, how sweet! I'm so glad, darling.” This, Judy told herself, made it . official. Irrevocable. She was engaged to Jack Hanley. She was his. . She wanted it to be positive. She ~ didn’t want to be able to draw back. . “As were safeguarding my- abuses 1 ) 3 ; es 60's JUST AS WE || OWN HANDY O\ONT UR ROR WELL PERSONALLY ,1 CAN ERY in 1 HAD AN O\O . gait Hom Jacksliains ne Hough. Nf “THOUGHT, EX 2 MOSH EASILY FORGET TH WHOLE BLSWNESS! ; : | Jl AUNT ONCE WHO : = RS iz . WAS TH’ CALSE OF || READ € BUT TM _O\SAPPOINTED AL,L AX VSED TO SAY ww herself. Even her pride had come =I : SE TAN WN) HANDY, LETTIAN' THAT BUT ,FERO [()|| SEFORE You dangerously near crumbling, that eR y y be, TD-PLATED BROTHER OF Nu : 1 Dont HH SPEAK ALWANS moment in the car when Dwight s— “ a; es E> DOWN {1 AX Ne NN bd took her in his arms. : : : ; | WIND 2\5 WT 2 2 & ; \ ene) NECESSARY? Ir Jack were out of the hospital, dal ES i A able to spend most of his time with her, it would have been easier. But there were so many empty hours in which to think! And her thoughts were treacherous. They were all of Dwight. : She was not really surprised when he phoned her, two nights after she ‘had worn the ring to Magda’s. It was as if she had expected his ~ voice. He said: “Judy, may I come

Se Wah

pO a

EA ]

IN i mR

BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES

{i ll

; In

ARRAS

a @ 22 ] J ; = g £2 == ; = ha Le. C 93 ACE, INC. _T. M. REG. U. §. PAT. OFF. over?” ABBIE AN’ SLATS : | —By Raeburn Van Buren “I—¥ don’t think mother—” she = ; EY

said guardedly into the phone. : 1 CANT : “I'm losing my mind!” he said. : : . POPS TAKING SOLONG TO / THIS FLASHLIGHT . “I've moped around on the ship SD MEN HAVE FIND HIS TOBACCY IN THE f{ OUT AN' HELP . until I never want to see it again. = Sl ONE LESS 2 CAR : I must talk to you. Surely there’s A / no harm in Our, taking 8 ride to- = THAN WOMEN, gether, or going to a movie?” Then = RICH TOR WRONG, he said SWLY, NS, not a movie. x : Ws ace ere — - SODs,Plats Where we wan—just| ANSWER—Wrong. Both mien and women have 1% pairs He was lonesome. Lost. The g : : empty white house with its cruel|as if you were going for a drive by Pasian, CY aks 0 Ie : Nomemories; the unfriendly ship and self. meet you in y cares—. » Judy, just for a the men who knew that Marvel had ou a 1 soul y few minutes, couldn't you see me?” left him, dp So in the end, even though she ~ “I know how you feel,” she said.| No. No. That would make truth |gnew it was wrong and that she had “But I—I can’t get away.” out of all the lies people had said.|{no right to go while she wore “Please, Judy! It means so much |It would corroborate every whisper; |Jack’s ring, she said: “I'll be at the me!” \ breathe life into every ugly conjec-|same corner, in 10 minutes.” to |ture. Yet she wanted to go. Sinw : bo | He kept pleading with her. “I'm an outcast,” he s¢ “Tike