Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1939 — Page 34

ajor Hoople OUR WAY aL “By Williams

HAW, LADS [ GEE worERT WHY, IF T WAS AT NOPE, TIT CANT THAT'S TH . ENJOYING YOUR PLAY CAR E VOL SE | ’ YOUR AGE AN’ HAD TAKE Tre JOB -- Se Oe “TO THE FULL IN THE: MISTER “HATS : : A OFFER LIKE THAT | T CANTWORK } OF US-- | CHANCES TO NEW HOOPLE PARK, T HOOPLE EE I'D QUIT HERE AN’ | FOR LESS THAN \OPPORTUNITY. |GET RICH - SEE-~KAFF: KAFEF ‘Y wHO Gave RIGHT 1 GRAB THAT JOB | TM GETTING DIDN'T KNOCK |BUT I DIDN'T HAR-R-RUMPHZ 1 TH’ MILLION pes a SO QUICK vw WHY, HERE --T'VE GOT: \TILL WE WAS |HAVE THE | CAST OF CHARACTERS ; ] ! i , HAD INTENDED TO MAKE Ee BEA YOU GOT A CHANCE A WIFE AND KID, \BOUND HAND | MILLION an SETI ne | | LV aia | {RPE J ASTRAL [\ SEA Mik oves) pan on Angle IAW Foor | BEST ZN ry or. v LE E * = AE k > ’ ; EMILY WARREN—Alan’s wie. : 3 {Heme he 2 oN = THAT, WHILE HERE / ... NOPE, THEY WONT NTE A "EM? © , ERIC EANE—Comstruction engineer. || :ii% : : g STHERS HAPPY i XTC \ °°» WHAT? DON'T PAY ENOUGH A - Your ag FARRELL—Alan’s elderly asso- x = & : aD yy : ~ TO START 1 EE tinsdar—Al Aen JE § i : ; DECIDED “TO DONATE iE : Ss ZN & Zeveals his worry about his dam. Later, 5 oa i = HE SPOY ove ‘ COULDA > Aa J 7 \— Ao himse i he confesses his worry about Fo ie dr J ; : cry! ~ GROWED K a7 vo ; g I nN ‘Eimily, Another man’s wife. He is in RE pre JE : HEE ; : THAT FUZZ . N.Y AEN | /\ = | | | 2 oY i L : 7 : J \ Hi

“love with Emily! Br 4 pe ph : UNDER HIS / AN \ lI : | i 2 2e=\s, SCHNOZYLE ; Y > 3, \ ANN = Hs : Ere Drougn; lulls peace to nN She) 7 \ean : BURICHER wif EN GT PI) =) ui y wh ne. Even at the dam, 8 5 wr on ANS MADE al Rhu WY NZ. at ‘Where a hundred men toiled like ; a Ls Fy CRE i 3 : 2) 7 )): % S22 E galley slaves to carry out his gis haz i At ==] : x oN es orders, he could not forget Emily. 3 Foi” gi A NR ah : : oN IR ) fh ~ “Looks like we’ll make it, Chief.” io - fd ee Baker was at his elbow. They stood beside the engineers’ office, high Above the diversion dam, looking down on the gravel trucks, edging out along the high trestle, dumping their load of stone, then rumbling| back to the gravel dumps, piled high along the railroad track. Unmind-| Js ful of danger, men worked at the edge of the trestle, guiding the grav- Vi ot Wi a el into chutes, to spill it over the qo CTE a | (Cope, 13M : Tz dar mn. i — J um > —-— ml 8 ‘ 3347 “Pay those men out there “G’wan—a local constable; has | o jurisdiction over us. LI'L ABNER i Al Cop —By Al Capp

Sean” Erle Seiler curtly. (an We're intirstate chmmerce.” gel em there, y reports on - fr : ; Ba COSTUME BALL AT A MAGNIFICENT ESTATE IN THE SOU — Z the weather?” HOLD EVERYTHING rT] By Clyde Lewis| pla LLL TE DEAR FEL LO SARE F'M -A -RAGGED — Temperature rising steadly,” y ly {ACCOMPANIED HIM DOWN _ > ONE DANCE 1] | FOR SOME AIR- YOURE € THE Fane JB Sh EY ory —— Bal answered. But we can INTO HE. BALL-ROOM-AND THEN WITH HIM WOLILD p> QUITE RIGHT” Bana Shek, i we dont get rain, AE ARLIANG FOR RM SINCE : foe BiLLY 7 : ; WE, : a oo = oF FOr another he WAS WEARING ACHILL-BILLY® MEET HI : CRASH Nis 4 NOT SVE ALWAYS - TE oe avi yall har mow a : OSTUME. HE INSISTED ON IT! OW. THAT | AM ; RTY’-Now, | A If if rains, and rains hard, it’s go- i SO AWAY OR ing to be just too bad.” ~_“Eric—telephone!” an assistant shouted from the office door. ““'Emily’s voice came to him over the wire, giving him a pleasant thrill. “You're coming down for the Country Club dinner-dance tonight Eric. Alan and I won't take ‘No’ for lan answer. You've been up at that old dam all week. I'm having a few iin for cocktails, then we’ll all go together. Please do, Eric.” “All right. I'll try to make it. But don't be: disappointed if I don’t get: there.” He could hear Emily

laughing, delightedly. j “Fine,” she said. “We'll wait for ; 5 \ i I'M SCARED STIFF SINCE you.” She knew he would be there. : WE SAW THAT MOUSE IN HERE AND LOOK --- 1

And Eric knew it too. a a THE OTHER DAY. FIXED IT SO THE MICES ; WILL BE AFRAID TO

2 2 ¥ s y = 7 #ONFLICTING thoughts raced| |. i : . 1k : COME AROUND through Eric’s mind as he drove | - Co so aa ANY MORE? toward town. He tried to think of Fe = ; the dam—remember to tell Baker ‘about that low creek bank upstream—if water backs up there it

will cut off the highway—but the motor of his car sang “Emily, Emily” and pe Jace danced out be- | yond the headlights. _And Alan. He was so big, so fine. ae 3-17 i The man Mio hay saved rs fife “The market hasn't beea so good to Gregory lately.” i ‘ if. Chass AL 5 y ave to be Alan's wife? . . posted i pi . : SS Why did Emily have to marry a fel- | FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia : A : N ERNIE ELS AIA hd Pm = lov like that; he nusiel you 5s his Brn | WASHINGTON TUBBS II By Che - friend. He was blind. Loving Em- . : : — 5iy with all his heat, adoring her / | BUT, X AW, SONNY BOY, THAT'S | CY / OP. THE NIGHTS IVE LAID. AWAKE, SOU AINT A LITTLE BOY NO LONGER, SOV [ "7 THIS 5X ME AND MV LITTLE 80%) every move, Alan could not ‘dream XX = vy ! PAPA, YOU \ WOT THE TROPICS Y 1 WW TH' TOM-TOMS THROBBIN, A- YOU'VE A-GROWED INTO A MAN. BUT, MNY=—MY | FOLKS, \S THE HAPPIEST] that she might not love him the wR | SEEM SO DONE TO ME. D.4 TWNKIN' OF MY LITTLE BOY BACK THANK HEAVENS — o\IFF SNIFF — WE'RE PEOPLE ALWE' same way. He must know that other 7 DIFFERENT, . WOME! OH, THE SORROW AND, bn TOGETHER AGAIN, NEVER TO PART! pesff - men were attracted to her. | 7 : : \ LONELINESS OF A POOR : 2 % It was his faith, his belief in + 4 | — », FATHER'S HEART! - _ the honesty of all men that made S a Alan blind, Eric reasoned. There was no other explanation. Why, why couldn’t Alan have passed him there in the blizzard? But Eric had loved Emily first. Ever since that first night, in St. Louis, he had known that all his life he would love the Fairy Princess. And that knowledge had kept him from marrying anyone else. For years he had secretly hoped to find her again and then, when all trace of her was lost, he had felt that he would have cheated any other girl \ i ve married. 5 NN 7 . a cheated,» si wnat was he XY A> (On. Freres, 1m |) [ Toner wen cete- | [Lu euy Your Ticker So I CAN TAKE A BOW=--— Ey, orga At § of —— os arpy ABOUT JOUR BRATE! LARDS GONNA || © THE RIALTO THEN YoU RAISE A RUMPUS AND THEYLL friend, loving his wife. BL | = SONG BEING PUBLISHED! THEATRE IE 1 Ul PUT YOU OUT AND GIVE YOU NOUR: MONEY #- 8 8 —M = == : APIECE | WELL ALL GO © JE | YOU'LL STAND ¢ 2. BACK,AND YoU CAN TURN IT OVER TO ; : = : S ; THE RIALTO! THE 4 UP AFTER. THE E! ? : pul OFT lights. Music. Holding = i ! i A S 7 A ORCHESTRA THERE ORCHESTRA PLAYS . ® . Emily in his arms. again, hear- = | = v 1 y IS GONNA PLAY OUR SONG, AND ing her gay conversation, listening | == an : oe &' | DRY” *I REMEMBER to her tinkling laugh. She was beau- : ‘ SONGS" / tiful. Men surrounded her constantly, begging for dances. Whenever Eris danced with her someone was bound to cut in. And he let them, gladly. He was sanding in a doorway : 3-1 staring at the dancers, searching| «His studio says he’s only 10 yers old but I'l ’ i for Emily, Suddenly he felt a hand TH tes arith TU Det hes 1541 ve on his arm, heard some one gaging: [HIS CURIOUS WOR ~ “Dance with me quickly. ere’s LD ¢ | ot a fellow following me. He's drunk.” ! By William Ferguson MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE MEBODY HAS

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sparkling. She clung to him as they 7 glided across the floor. ii ih 7 re R “You see,” she said. “I've come | ll D yo LAU NV TRUCK? = FIREback, Sir Knight. Just so you could | | / Sw : ny RAT, 7 : 7 ADR Ye : Works! ) rescue me from another drunk.” Eric ALTHOUGH : YOU- I'LL} \ lt loved her for that. This was the 8S8LIND, TTT 7 y. way it should end. In the same gay IS AN EXPERT | AN, A dd y 7 7 mood. She would disappear in the WOOD i \ % ” 7. nf) crowd again, go out of his life for- Cc UTTE / : ; : I “rt ., ever. She would go back to Alan. R. | Woo > 2 I 0 | “There's no drunk this time, = : | 74; a “gither, Eric,” Emily was saying. \C RNIN A : 5 oti A | 7 “Just a husband who leaves his: NK : | : : LN i wife stranded 2 3 dance: Grandma a Sy | \ of = / ) li } i" Yrank fell and broke her hip an : — Sr / i) Alan had to dash off to the hos- SBA Al ; \ —_ “Wh in pital. He said to tell you to take =) | | A Ng

me home. You will, won’t you?” : : \ , RA Z#Probably. But I don’t want to.” Rm FYE oo?

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“Then Ill get someone else. Wi ; ot : There are at least five eligible TL N] a= | BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES —By Martin bachelors who'll take me home.” - EE —— | Ts - me & on > ; . Emil i i ) \ \ Bl DCE GONG ,B055 4 BOOTS THINKS SHES PRETTY CUT or al Sea am : |< URE BRED? \ | Sco eres POTTING WIM US To DONG THAT Dy a ere 1S Net | ours Listew' J WELL = NOW I GUESS 11 HAVE half angrily. “Alan said for you | AN Rae SHAE to go home with me, and you'll do — " CARN. NOR! just that, and like it.” ! 2 2 N the car, she snuggled close to him. The perfume of her hair | left him tingling. | Eric glanced from the road ahead of. him to the tilt of her nose, the

long eyelashes, the small curls N a around her forehead. | | AND THE FEATHER,

| She hummed softly to herself, I Sh BECOMES A iE but said nothing more until they REA 1 DEAD orcAN/SM ui

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"| turned into the driveway of her|| CH — | | ‘home. 4 3-11 i 7 . “I'm going back up to the dam, |] SS Ss 30 8 [| Emily,” Eric said seriously. “I won't . ga : | : ABBIE AN' SLATS

be back. ob and alan have been : erful to me, and I'll not for- L ops rs ng TION A RVER I ©OPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE. WC. | ™M SICK oF HAVING ALL iy WHATS THE USE OF HAVNGA — [ 1 BARRY MORSE! HE'S A AND NOW THAT ER-JUSTA Y GIVE x32 | HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND | | GREAT ACTOR--AND IM GOING YOU UNDERST. MINUTE, MISS / THE

get. But this is goodby. ok t can’t be like this. : | YOU OLD FOSSILS SCRUTINIZE | aS 2 ; fa ob Just con He's oe, Foy eh it ANSWER—On a tree. A sha(dock is a pear.shaped, semitropical EVERY MOVE | MAKE--CRITKIZE ; 2 BEING BEAUTIFUL IF YOU CAN'T TO MARRY HIM! CHORUS MY POSITION= | AUDRE Ww e ever known, Emily, And he's| itrous fruit. J EVERY FRIEND | HAVE SR HAVE FUE WELL, Bn (so LEAVING 2!

go great and honest and honorable | {World War, the money in circula-

he thinks everyone else is that bi | 1 Em xy Questions and ion totaisa $4,172,945914; the

y too. I'm not. Alan saved my ! e. He'd do it again—even if he {|lamount in circulation on Nov. 30, 8 ;

- He Answers 1938, was $6,786,994,297. ? “Even if he knew—what, Eric?” Il qe . Her voice thrilled him. Qs cotton grown commercially admitted to. th United, States in * “That I love you, Emily.” in Alaska? the period 1920-1924, and in the A—No. | period 1930-1934? er . 2 A—For the first period 2,774,600 srately, Eric bent, kissed her lips.| Q@—How does the amount of mon- _ p ’ , ¥ Then, almost roughly, he pushed|ey now in circulation in the United and 426,953 in the last period. r away, reached past her to open | States compare with the amount Q—Which Army officers have held s door. Wen the U. S. entered the World the temporary rank of general while : ro 3 {acting as Chief of Staff? (To Sie Continued) A—As of March 31, 1917, just be-

A—Charles P. Summerall, Doug