Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1939 — Page 16

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ALAN WARREN—Ambitious young : country doctor. 7 PE A i HE'S NORMAL EMILY WARREN—Alan’s wife. ] Bot J : i : HAVE A CARE, ERIC KANE—Construction engineer, 71]: ¥ ‘ A Oy. ; i WOMAN! EGAD 1 i . | sii ° ’ }

DR. FARRELL—Alan’ lderl ie 5 ! ' r ate. > Z COW f : A HAVE RECOURSE IN Yesterday: Eric Kane pulls through | [3 : / °» \ RR ; THE COURTS IF You and a night or so later visits Alan to f y a Ns - , THREATEN ME IN MY thank him for saving his life, SN: b ) 3 a N RS a] | | 2a | I ;

CHAPTER SIX NE : i! Sal c “QO youre Eric Kane!” Alan|{ @& NY 4 7a S py / : l= ¥ he : : BK shook Kane's extended hand : BY NOAH'S BEARD, ? warmiy Sig im iprougn the door- | ls ; ; VR 14 SHE HAS ON THE WAR way and s . silently surveying oa A RA LL Ea ¢ ar! his. unexpected visitor. y ae NL ) Pram TS BETTER [THAT Kane was taller than Alan, and | [Fal ; Ni NA / UMOR HER AND DRESS heavier too. Long days in the out- ; 17 f gs | v BEFORE SHE SCALPS doors had bronzed his skin, sun- \ y LA or REA ; Hern 1 ‘yy 7° /, ME / : burned his blond hair and eyebrows. 7 : g er / Zs ’ Although his narrow escape and his ; D.. > : ; = os ' stay in the hospital had left him ! : | 4 : £ ~ pale, Alan could sense the strength i N i 2 {i of the man. Instinctively he liked . Kane, the man’s friendly smile, the : little wrinkles around his eyes. ~~ “I came to thank you for saving my life.” : : h\ Tg 2 “I almost went into that same : is pn [ANE ST NH Nl ditch mysell, That's ov I hap- ED Ee { HE MAJOR HAD pened to notice your tracks. For- § get I ke on Jour coat and join Bis. 1 by nite Frater Sr hh |- Al, THE Svrioven 1, me, here beside the fire. } : : Sram - “Thanks.” Kane dropped his “—and now hand over that two weeks advan : ’ Pre , : es aay eel alan JF Ssh od Opes savens you gu BER | (FRE into the living room. ho 5 MA “Mrs. Warren just drove down to, HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis LH _~ ~ 7 LOVE VO s the postoffice, she'll be back in a L ul =a | 7 T4 7 OH BOY”- THAR . minute. Make yourself at home, - J NER << JE 77 ER DUNNO WAS A WORLD ! [SANE N &/'¢ Qo’ MEANING IN i (\ [) / HC . ot -r

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Kane. Cigaret?” THET WINK?

“No thanks. I'll take a pipe.” Together they smoked in silence em" for a moment. : A \~ : \ = “How did you get out of the hos- >” oA) | | KISS DAISY JAE WOU DAT HYAR HE

pital so quickly, Kane?” Alan asked : \ J d SHE TRULY LOVED EM. at length, : Ron i W-WONDER EF SHE TRLILY

“I guess I was too much trouble LOVES THIS POLECAT —

for them. Dr. Farrell said there was no reason why I couldn't be moved to a hotel. I'm really not sick, you know.” “You might be inviting pneumonia.” “That’s what Farrell told me. But the hotel is warm, and I can keep up with my work by phone there. hE : One of the boys came down from a AUNT FRITZ! --- ARE | MAYBE IF IT N the dam to keep an eye on me, until I YOU THROWIN' OUT THIS PRACTISE I CAN) all the danger of pneumonia is| Fi i J NICE BOTTLE OF \ BECOME A past.” : NATL PULISH - YES. NANCY --- MANICURIST “Well, it looks like it'll take more WHEN I GET than a blizzard to take you out. B Farrell said you are an engineer.” “I'm with the Government proj- |

ect up the river, building the dam and trying to keep the river within its banks.” “You've got a job. This river has been flooding all the lowlands every | spring as long as I can remember.” | “I know it, Dr. Warren. That's why we've got to whip it. After this project: is cmopleted every | farmer in the lowlands can be sure! of his crops; he won’t have'\to lie! awake nights worrying about his ; : 4 £ SRVICE. INC. Ea ; house being washed downstream «Now, listen, darling--if you spoil this scene again the income tax man WHEE! NOTICE ANYTHING STRANGE, VV aR OM, HONEY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS ) ( OH, HE'S SWELL, I JUST*BARELY REMEMBER every spring. Why, this dam will vill get you, so h 1” HOORAY! ZL VIRGINAT _~ : : TOME. ALL MY LIFE IVE LONGED T Ae HE! AN! ¥ I got Jou hin ne | ox id = 07 LES, AND DAV! I GOTTA HAVE A HOME AN’ KINFOLYS ee 2 Tin] AN HANDSOME iy 2% EXPLORER. / IT WORRIES ME, pF S| TEL cARoL OTHER FELLOWS... AND AN' LOOK, HONEY, THE CLIPPIN'

: Pipes went out and the fire died | FLAPPER FANNY B ta ING TH’ FIRST | : y Sylvia, A 2 7, ASN. WASHS FATHER 2 : . : : down as Kane talked. Both were : | ¢ | TRAIN: HE'S SENT THE WIRE ; cor RE = i Eos Z COME TRUE ne Lo RICHEST MINERAL DEPOSIT

so engrossed that neither heard S | com’ TO Emily enter the front door. /~ COLLECT. Ee « ON EARTH... HE MUST BE 2 & : 2 7 ® J x AWFUL IMPORY- : 2 A 7 / 3 ANT, AN WEALTHY dig

» ) | MILY, this is Eric Kane, the . i CP Ty [7 | [ NT IT GLORIOUS, DADDY? AFTER fellow I told you about. ; ror SIXTEEN vEARs,

“Your husband refuses to let me ye 3 : ; | 5 —w= 1 WASHS FATHER HAS | : f 2 Wet | AS BEEN FOUND.

thank ‘him, Mrs. Warren. Perhaps you can convince him that I am grateful.” : : “Alan told me, Mr. Kane,” she said. “I'm glad to see you've made | ’ such a quick recovery. But you two were deep in a discussion— don’t let me interrupt it.” “I was just talking about the { dam we're building up the river,” I : i ] RS vr Kane replied. “I can talk about it| | q ro Yo re a ESPONSIBLE : J LISTEN, LARD, “THIS 1S IMPORTANT for hours, when I get started.” ' THE FIRM IS Fi STUFF ! LETS GO WHERE “pr , : : REVERSES ! HOW MUCH HAVE DO YOU GET NO NSER. in WE CAN TALK | I'm sure I'd enjoy hearing about WE GOT LEFT? ! THAT “we” I TO BE KNOWN FFs , it,” Emily laughed. “You know all | er?Z. STUFF 2 ‘ AS MC GOOSEY VF 3

.a doctor's wife hears about are AND SMITH =--- / Ras Y patients and babies.” SO TAKE YOUR e SILVER SPOON SN YOUR

“I certainly won't talk now,” Eric OF PEOPLE || FEET OFF MY [GOOD I countered, but he did, for almost an STARTING | ON a p 3 = MOUTH /

hour. And from dams the conversa- A SHOESTRING ! tion turned to Kane himself. Emily and Alan learned he was a Clevelander, a graduate of Massachusetts Tech. Starved for companionship, Kane talked with the enthusiasm of a youth. “I remember my first glimpse of the river at St. Louis—" 3 “St. Louis?” Emily echoed. 1) TON “Yes,” Eric went on. “I spent six| KN 3) ] dRkudvi=dvly LR why kv . — leo . = months there studying all the old | Kid Sali j 7 7 TO TH' G-MEN'S IN THE HEADQUARTERS LAB, JACK HAS JUST RIGHT. AND IF THIS BIRD EVER HAD charts and records of floods and the : { J WHERE D'VA CSE , SNSHED DEVELOPING Tok LATENT FINGER A RECORD ANYWHERE IN) - THe river's annual rise and fall. That| [54 XP GON! 2 “STAM PRINTS OM T ER ET OF 71 COUNTRY, WELL HA was the only time I ever was able to : : at ° THE DARLIN LAUNDRY, 7] DOPE ON HIM BACK HERE A : : WITHIN 24 HOURS! combine business and pleasure. Daytimes 1'd copy records and every on os ; night Walt and Rosalind and I" like a wienie roast or Sunday school.’ oy Walt and Rosalind Glea- THIS CURIOUS WORLD : By William Ferguson “Yes, of course. I've known Walt a ] | Gleason since we were in school to- : id OUR. WORD gether.” td Pest / 4 MI NMNOW ‘Walt and Rosalind are our bes Nadi , ] COMES FROM THE

friends in St. Louis, Kane,” Alan , Ue. explained. “If you know hem, a : D A . ROMAN msm | ¢ MINU TUS. “I haven't been back to St. 1k § MEANING Louis since that first visit, six ; : : gears S%0,” Joe Smid at tie AG : 7 a =: al - , thought, “I sho ave gone, NW > HEL iy _ 1} ANTI TM NSLP ON NOW WELL w+ THATS THE FONNY though. I left some unfinished| J 4%% 0 5 ? IE Ca SOMETRING | | | WANTED TO SEE ME ? RE OWNS THAT PART © Be AE El WERE 1 | | WHOPPING B\G HOTEL. DOWN TRE FT 1 NOTHING 4 { i : ; 2 SEACH » AND RE WANTS ME TO : WORK. oH

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“That explains why we didn’t meet you, then,” Alan continued. ; \ FASE 18 n v ; “1 was still in school, and I didnt FLEE | WF NC . : Ee ony me meet Walt and Rosalind until I AN WR RNS = a z CR RY 0 ; a AoEk CRLRI - OW, CTE, VANDY +» was interning. Emily knows them Ay ; : ; ——— . grat SN wo ra 7 = a = ) J RON SWELL far better than I” 20 Ae A ; : te ER O0ES We “This is grand! It's just like a DOES ; & Christmas surprise.” Emily’s hap- 2 piness shone in her eyes. “And if|you know Walt, certainly you know Jphn and Katherine Fitz, and Myron Sharp.” “I haven't heard those names for years,” Kane said. “John is short, inclined to be a bit fat. And Myron—the times we had with him!” “Kane, if you'd brought Emily . the mint you couldn’t have{made her any happier,” Alan told him. “She’s been actually praying for Someone to talk about home folks 0

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“Say, I've got to drop into the >; hospital, so I'll leave you two to chat about the old town.” : ® 8 8 “PY; RIC—I hope you'll let me call / you that—” Emily said some- NATIONAL FOREST. - time later, “this has been a happy CALIFORNIA ja surprise, discovering you know| Tk dil LIGHTNING RODS practically all my old crowd. I ‘ORAW LIC : . feel youre an old friend, too.” lb ! WI LIGHTNING “So do I. And Emily—pardon me, COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. ©

Mrs. Warren—" “. «Emily is all right.” ANSWER—To a slight extent . . , enough to draw the electrical

! « “Emily, then. Perhaps you can discharge away from unprotected portions of a building, and divert |

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- markably pretty girl. We met at a : : Veiled Prophet ball. “‘I'm the Fairy Princess,’ she said! “I never saw her’ again. When

© “I won't ever forget her. I was 3aily. ‘And you are my «night. I got back to my hotel there was a . standing in a doorway watching the! You have rescued me from the message that my father was seri- © dancers when she came running up dragon. You shall be rewarced, Sir ously ill. I took the first plane. I . i to Knight’ And she tied her chiffon wrote Rosalind and Walt and they ! |

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me. «“‘Dance with me, quickly, she handkerchief around my arri. tried to help me but--Why, Emily, ; li i il 1

said, ‘There's a fellow following me,| “‘Stop the foolishness.’ I demand- |What's the matter?” UP fn “You, Eric, you? Oh, it can’t be i SANITARY

insisting that .I dance with him. ed. ‘Who are you? Wh ill I} | : He's drunk, and 3 can’t stand him.’ see you lr held did {true : GT : “We danc at one and another “‘Tomorrowa@icht, at Rosalind’s | y j ) f° A 1 7 ; : re I led her out to the balcony. party.’ And stil oh wile ; (To Be Continued) by ; : CONTAINER your name,’ 1 begge iS ‘(All events