Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1939 — Page 34

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Battle in the darkness. Watching from her spot of shelter behind the rock, Betty sees that Hope may be killed. She raises her pistol, tires.

CHAPTER EIGHT

ETTY MARY JORDAN had] learned to shoot when she was a teen-age girl, at the same time when she was learning to ride a horse. In the emergency now, she knew involuntarily what to do. Betty Mary saw the alien about, to kill Hope Kildare from behind. She did not scream nor faint nor even try to find the sights of her pistol. She simply lifted it god h \ fired, all in one precise motion, The ) ak I Wf X bullet quite definitely broke the ; \ di TAN SORT EoD | Ss i war 18%e a he > base | k iy \ | 2 aliens leg Com 15:8 he United Feature Sendteste | tli 0 A SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. : pS

“For 's sak ie down, Betty —— | For eds gare lie Ne “1 “This is the last law work you de for me—not only do 1 get nicked

LAN Hope himself who for alimony but the judge awards me custody of my mother-in-law!” —By Al Capp

shouted that, He had known the . - y boulder behind which she was con- HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde ewis SHO Wh SAN 13 4 L

cealed and so knew it must be she : » a a Y when her gun flashed in the dark-| 3 bo! Ps $ JR rl ie ness. He knocked out the man = ; 3 UP = WIE ==HANK-=* * "/ i POWELL HAPPYwith whom he was fighting—first| } : = he: AH FIGGERED ~AH = NEST wresting an empty gun from his | : = MI hand—and saw the other alien fall. } NE . J : d rm No Then he plunged recklessly down) f= 0 SEE 8 . r . the hill to her, bounding over OE ~~ 5 3 & SENSE-WAITIN SHO" ‘NUFF stones “What in the world are vou doing?” he demanded, pushing her to a crouching position with him. “Didn't we tell vou to lay low? But vou shot that alien! You got] him—hy gosh vou did, Betty Mavyv!"| He gripped both of her shoulders, almost hurting her with his! strength, “And you were fighting with the Halla a ; other man.” she added. “You would SE SA < 3 RRS 8 | Le. A SA A have been killed. There wasn't : \ : time to warn you” | Bag : | {RED RYDER ‘The shooting has ceased.” she } ' \ ; EB : : said. “Where is Mr. Starr?" Ny ; —— Goal in Re Cor \ ILL GIVE YA TEN Yay WHAT'S OUR SPREAD OUT AN’ | His hands left her shoulders then > ii can be | LET Fy ee 8 I Fran oghinh Pl MINUTES -To SELW fed SIO NEXT MOVE. Boss? GET READY To, and he stood up. “Glory. I've got = Be & —1 fay Red! Co attack New 2) 73 OLT OR GT BLRNED : OVE, BOSS; SMOKE ‘EM

work to do! SHERRY! YOU FS NG asa 7 op OVT/ or Xi OKAY?" “ ai hy ei | = LA NL >. i “Esta Bueno!" Sheridan veiled Sea INS i | mn Sr gn, Al NA . _ [ y : x ; A {! )

back, still speaking Spanish. “I've got four coming.” i » = »

HE young officers never quite knew whether any of the aliens escaped or not, but they didn't think so. Darkness and rocks im- ot : : peded them. : : Of 12 prisoners taken, three were (BWR %-14 cop. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. badly wounded and had to be given. “Look, dear . . . MILK! ... I've reformed!" first ald in the dim glow of flash- —————— GE lights. Betty Mary tore a silken FLAPPER FANNY petticoat into strips for bandages. Sheridan Starr was trying to / / stop a flow of blood from a man's F ; 2, 7 77 y side. He paused to look at Betty rf JAS 7 7 ff 7 yg); . | COME ON, LET'S SO FAR IT Mary, their faces verv near. # 57 7 > A / | é0 IN AN’ SEE DON'T LOOK strained. And in that moment. too. |” / Zz J 77 7Z 7 | \F IT'S REALLY SO SPOOKY! she heard not the dying man but |" , 7 7 4G 7 ly | : the strong-muscied American offi- J 7 cer sobbing, the big man who could fight furiously for order and law. “This is—ealwavs—the pavoff— Befty Mary!” Sheridan sobbed it. _unashamed. “Mv God. we have to do it! But—I can't—blame the poor devils. They have so little at home. The United States is—heaven—to them!” She was holding the dving Mexirans hand now, and stroking his brow ever so tenderly, trying des- £81 \ ; . g ? - perately to control her nwn erving. any Ys iD: or BN 1 pide r= 5 \ la Tae ; Z Grea He was a man of perhaps 30 vears. f° y 1) io i \ : > \ : ER 2 part TF” [TT ek, 8, Pak. Of AR rgb re

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“He doesn't look criminal,” Betty , CIR Ee > ON \ \ ' y ahi Re Bill IF | LIN | \ 7 | IIa . MIC PERSONALITY! FIVE, A RED! AND SET MAC, AN' MY SON |S MARRYIN LEAVE ME LIVE IN THE LAP O' LUXURY WITH Mary whispered in English : i eA wh Md PINAMNS $50 Lids Ue A Sew BE OVER YOUR Aon. + 50 WHY vou AN' CAROL AN' SONNY BOY, AN' THA'S About half of them are not’ |, i I a” A WEEK BOV. IN AFRICA FOR vou. SHOULD T WORK ? , ALL T ASKS... EXCEPT SPENDIN' Sheridan deciared. “They are— just 7 AUN RLS 77 Ah La L TIVE | N MONEY, OF COURSE, AN' A FLASHY

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“PRETTY MARY.” Hope Kildare began, ever so seriously. “I can try to say my thanks now, I suppose. For saving my life.” The two were on horseback now. |. h riding guard behind the string of | oy SEE prisoners who had been tied to- ink v ’ os | gether with @ Isrist ree. Daten - T think you get so much closer to nature in an open car, don t you?” ! was casting its first illumination. | THIS CURIOUS WORLD You owe me no thanks. Mr. Kil-! _ y cesses - dare. Hope’ She added the last) [i ) because somehow she felt that forManty was out of place between i | em after the night's experience.” | HE’ . Z=7 Bur, boct ‘Well, we do. too.” he went on. N ALNE HSE WA = : PAR eyes constantly on his men RX y ! OOCTOR PRETTY BRADLY M Were Hs PARENTS) He turned to look at her. He real- "| mh 57 & BANGED Maley a Ea. ized again she was beautiful. And! E hE 17) 1 = NT spd | : oN {AT PRESENT.

Hope Kildare was still young enough | . HES GAPING rn to be very impulsive. a \ F 2 7, TRANSFUSION) SHEER “Betty Mary” he suddenly | Xs : Zn 7 BN TRANSFUSION | INFORTUNATE | BUT reached to touch her. “I've got to N 4 / : S : / ( Ii YOu CANT SEE Him! tell you that I—that vou're grand. 3. / Why-—-" But the right words wouldn't come. “It's all right. Hope.” she smiled | up at him. “You don't need tol feel that wav. We—well. vou've had | a terrific experience, I'd sav. and | when we can send help back to re-| lieve Sheridan of the wounded and! dead. let's all three of us get together to—celebrate or something. After all. the Border Patrol won a

stiff battle. didn't it? I came out 4d \ ENR NH 4 ek | ry ww GROUND BLERY SRE WITHIN ; Nd ; HANDY we OL) 8 first hen information and be- | f REARING O\STANCE LTS A GENERAL HON MACKEREL! ARR NNR [4 AND PVG ‘ - re Biden Cris) Suing it 4 COPR. 1838 BY A | aToRM WARNE NOTHING \ NN NN N NOLO T\GHY . S . A’ that di %) wo \ \ i L-\'™M SCART them both good. Hope felt better PAAEN, / / CoS =r uP \ NN \ g i ®

But he wished he might have fin- THE U.S. BOARD OF shee saying what was in his heart TEA EXPERTS, “We sure will celebrate,” he RY TAST REDS agreed. "We can send Sherrv help oF AILS Ee from the Marcial rancho, and wait} vO ATE for him there. We'll eat and rest | THE QUALITY OF THE and clean up, and then step out! | 7 WENTY S8ILLION together. The three musketeers, or CUPS OF 7A

something.” | “One for all and sll for — all! DRUNK. ANNUALLY

for—" They laughed again, and didn't talk much more after that. And he kept remembering that his friend | Sheridan Starr had the Saturday | ! ON A VEARLY AVERAGE,

night date with Betty Mary. a— ig 1 Betty Mar) THE NORTHERN ORTH ABBIE AN' SLATS By Raeburn Van Buren

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