Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1939 — Page 18

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Be IOAN STARR—Ranasume Border | 18 NT-o WW 57 Tid TONIGHTS (HALLENGER 4 Patrol SS NRE " rellow ‘Oi a \ A. \ RB : . : 4 “ae ALL RIGHT, HAVE AT EE KILD! -=Starr's fe - : pA 4 4H . NM /, Y Pray = bachelor. Cl — » ; Wo i BOYS LET'S HIM GERALD! LUIS BARRO-Mexican smuggler. a oh ~ d ) a 5 O ’ 4 1 HAVE PLACED Yesterday = Taking increasing risks, E » a a = } el “ : 2 \ - New » A #1000 WAGER Betty goes to Barro’s ranch. There she ( y \ i J ” 7 AND YOu WiLL ii DON'T POLISH will try to find out when he will smuggle FA RR a Si HTT TTF HP RECEIVE A GENEROUS Ii HIM OFF TOD over Wis WhiEHS: | ; ® BONUS SHOULD YOU All QUICK wa~MAYRS

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| CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | HE ranch home of Luis Faustino

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\ mii Ai known in the vicinity of Juarez, Tt| Iw 8 Samos J GN oll ei > 4B", 5 em | re fi ] A Te fl was like other ranchos in Chihua- ey es oN Sa GPT RW - | sor A i TRAY HN i pin 4 = Ii Sa er \ hua. save that this one was reputed | ' ; y RN, J 3 ( f= "a tis: ots ‘ Ee IV a (Ht ~~ Jn ” 4 BY so BS ERNIE [TT 1 [meals U0,

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to be rather luxuriously furnished | : \ . Ml! 3 pY V7 and maintained. Re ES ! ; [LHL A a ; es ZV Wat R i 7 \ gee brs # p = a / 2b 1 From time to time cattle appeared SG SRT » 3h ~ , — - na Te - : — : fl A Gc: a on the hundred or so acres behind Rn Rh ) or : Son } vy A = 2 he — 0 We rma WEN Mh I 0 | it, but the information seemed SL Nea h ri 7 Rea ror ar ra o ’ In VE ) \/ fay fo 8 mn I a vaguely to be that Don Luis made AX ~~ SEER 2X ; IA DY RD a ova v lic ( SE A! | NIA a By by ae a E : = en ’ : “ ¥/ Li h Wa dy 2 0 Vy Vr!) a ea iW | hwy selling cattle, rather than raising \ Pe — . : —" E 7] / TA them. That is, to those persons who : pr. 194 View BP 1) Yi N TRL Cm LAL Se THE BUSYRBODY A

knew only superficially about him.| «Gq, ghead—laugh! But since you've become a candid camera fiend, : By Al Gop

The entrance was a long curving . we never get invited anywhere!” driveway to she house proper. And | : . oon rr . " the house was indeed striking. {HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis = £7 ie The main entrance was labeled | - om — et ———— with a painted sign, after the man-| f= Le CL Nh us N A ner of so many old Spanish or Mex- | X Se : 7 RETURN TO YOU ~TO SERVE ican homes. This one, Don Luis] 4 ‘ LER YOU. IN RETURN-] ASK ONLY / had caused to be named “Casa Her- | ) 3 M THIS = THE PRIVILEGE ALL OF mosa’--beautiful home. | Ny 1 | YOU HAVE-THE PRIVILEGE. OF The elevation of Casa Hermosa ] N 3 ¥\ MARRYING WHOM | PLEASE ~ added immensely to the view, Betty | 8 3 SIT rn. _ nr . Mary noted the hill or mountain | } LY v ™ y ret i that rose abruptly immediately be- | i SS gee hind the house, too | “Senorita to see Don Luis,” the taxi driver told a man servant who | appeared in the arched entryway. |

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® 5 8 | ETTY MARY got out, paid the| driver generously and told him | not to wait. She wanted an excuse to be here as long as necessary, now that she had dared to

come. She gripped her sketching | f . 5 5 . LL p 101 ing 'V= | ¥ 1 al PEE, PAPOOSE! W NGUM GUNFIRE! ZEXKE AN’ ELLEN pad hard to avoid showing nerv-| f \ ’ 3 D ‘ : ousness, and followed the servant | ih HELP PRONTO L CAN'T HOLD OFF gn

inside. He opened a ponderous, hand-hewn door and motioned her | through. It led to a great living room which ‘held 15 or 20 people, | mostly men. Luis Barro was sit-| ting at a table with several persons around him. “Senorita.” He jumped up in high surprise. { “Hello—hello, Don Luis!" she began her artist manner again. “I Just couldn't resist calling on you Qlyoe- ff > ; , in so lovely a place! So picturesque [las® %-26 copk. 1930 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. o ay \ § \ AN : \ “

and all! It just must be painted!

’ “You can tell me that fingers were made before forks if you want to | § el i Nr oe \ a \N ( I should think— \ - . , " . \ 0 z, % - irs “Miss Jordan! How you co =Dut YOURS waren’, Sear} : \ ; ; : g ; >. an - here? How you know this place? | FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia ! : : -—s cOPR_1530 BY-NEA SERVICE Ne TM. HT L

How—you—what you do here?” “Oh, I just took a taxicab. It was a lovely drive. Really it was! 2 i OM, HE SAYS HE LIKES The hotel or somebody, I forget NSN Q ME BECAUSE T ACT who, showed me where you lived.! (SO 3 H (A MORE GROWN-UP THAN I have always wanted to visit a real| < HIT MOST CHILDREN MY Mexican rancho, dear me! So nice x ay WITH SLUGGO? AGE) of you to welcome me. Aren't you ! X going to introduce me to all these interesting people?”

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| 5 5 8 ER chattering had given Barro

time to collect his own wits. |

Ie made a pretense of introducing | his companions, mentioning them as | business callers from Chihuahua | City. “And let me present Senorita | Bettee Marie Jordan,” he bowed to] her and to them. | ; Bi ER : ; Now, in all truth, Luis Barro had | SN on a \ been highly impressed by Betty | 3 ; Ad 4 X WASHINGTON TUBBS Ii Mary's beauty. When he was in| EE a : X 7 n EL oy Treo | : RONEST TO GLORY, CAROL, YEAH, 1 WAS CRAZY TO vou GOTIA THINK Higher mood, feeling Formenlis and | ge # & I NEVER SAW THIS DAME | FALL FOR YOUR LIE, || LAZY, G0OD= | eELiEVE ME, HERSELF CLEAR, YOUNG a trifle devilish in the Juarez cafe - : UNTIL TONIGHT! SHE vou OILY. TONGUED tOR-{ | FOR-NOTHING CAROL! | /

that day, he had maneuvered to be- A Ni MUST BE CRAZY! FATHER... come acquainted with her and im- | % \ 4 \ SHE'S MAD! YOU'RE

press her, as he thought, with his / y 4 own good manners. 4 ) ®/ XR SHE'S INSANE! And in truth, also, he would have ¢ \ followed up that meeting at once if circumstances had permitted. But meanwhile, too, his private business had been experiencing some very definite upsets and troubles. : % ; ; ; . : Black anger had suffused him when : \ Nh 0 NV % 7 Y/ i - 0 his avenues for smuggling cocaine : b ‘od , Bong) Legit % © / | (¥ : \ 2 had suddenly been CRY He| “As bad as that? Maybe it woula pep up business if yon had an NC . ’ ? ) ; 7 HH] Vr A was furious at what he thought was anniversary sale. : ae Wy “ 4 / a

7 a group of bungling, incompetent | Ne lieutenants on the American side of | THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson the river. And he also had a : EE FET — major alien smuggling deal coming

to a climax. a - ONCE FLOURISHED ON J ed————— I have been so sorree not to NT CARE IF Im IS TOPS As A BUT, POP-.ca BUT, MR. MECGONSEY, have see you as much as I hoped,” ST. LAWRENCE (SCAND, ii DO FRATERNITY! JI DONT LiKe ™IS s' NATIONAL | THEY ‘ONLY | INVITE YOU'RE INTERESTED SHOULD SAY he purred at Mary Betty now, as if| JI NOW AN ARCTIC TUNDRA/ FRATERNITIES =====-= THEY, ENCOURAGE THE J 1 HAVENT THE RIGHT KINDA RUSHING SOME GOOD !' TWO Have in apology for his first lack of hos- (BETWEEN AsiA AND ALASKA) : CASTE SYSTEM / 4 | Been RUSHED FELLOWS | EVERY PROS) OUTBOARDS , ONE

itality. “It i r © vou | RI 3 YET, BUT IT RUSHEE HAS : HAS A SAILBOAT pie Yn s honor to have you LOOKS LIKE HAVE SOE OFFER AND THE OTHER GUY

= _ual That was more like it, thought = Ee ~~ : —— NN Ea ; , hi ! Sean or OT ; Wh % RL There] Betty Mary! She breathed a little = es aa S : | : silent sigh of relief, wondering just 8 ME what tack she ought to take now. RN She fell back on her sketching again, deciding to move slowly and begin to pump the servants when she could.

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T 2 p. m. that same day, Hope x Lal . z 4 - ”» Kildare went to a florist in El e SO : \S Y/ i ; ae \=i he : : S slo we or: Paso and ordered $5 worth of roses| Flo "v0 > Ry _— “ COPR, 1539 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. sent to Miss Betty Mary Jordan,

Hotel Montezuma, Juatez. “And give g BOOTS AND HE BUDDIES

them to her in person, or ask where . i N TA O00 Joo : : ERE gooD: ™ 3 you can take them to her,” he com- ~ 7) Ye Ww FOR Tne RSS ST RR SR gone manded the delivery boy. “Say they ; Blin E: ! ¢ are from Oscar Smith in El Paso, if] N A NN \ \ N\\ KA UE anybody asks. Here's a dollar for fo \ RENN \ AN \ ane yourself.” ? = RRR DINE \) \ “Yes, sir, Mr. Smith! Gee!” In an hour—a long hour for Hope YOUR. —the boy was back. Hope had kept an eye on the florist shop, watching S L7 T7LE TOE for him. on HAS ONE MORE BONE “Sorry, Mr. Smith,” he apologized. = 7 THAN YOUR,

“But she wasn't in, and hadn’t been — <3 Tot in several hours. They didn’t know 4 9 87 /

where she went, but I left the flowers in water in her room.” Hope didn’t like it. This was the first time in days that the two white cloths had been missing. He hoped that perhaps Betty Mary was in El Paso again, and so hastened back to headqualters to be there if she

ST oi 1 aay s x; : 78 A BREAK THAT, OF ALL PLACES, YOURE “She hasn’t calle ere, ‘ sen window’s blank.” Sheridan Sha ue ANSWER—Train locomotives sometimes run over armies of : a Re : um formed him, looking exeeedingly| ¢terpillars crossing the tracks, and the crushed bodies makes the rails MADAME ; POMPADOR HERE SHE HAVING A LAST FLING glum. “It's been nearly six hours SO 8reasy that traction is lost and the train brought to a stop. : POMPADOR = TONIGHT BECAUSE+-+- fy now. Whatll we do?” yl] EIEN YA] sil = "\ EEN AMERICA. ce dia an 7, “Let's go over there,” Hope sug-|in mind. It’s still daylight. But to- f NC a 4 : “" gested, glumly. night—" ND yd Z ; 5 5 ~ : a “She’ll skin wus. Anyhow—if| “Right, Hopey.” He was eyeing &Y : i 3 ; Barro was back of that submarine his pal closely, though. Suddenly business, and I'm sure he was—" Sheridan lowered his voice per“You scared to go?” Hope glared ceptibly. “Listen, son, you're in love at his buddy. with that little trick, aren't you?” “Course not! But—all right, let's| Hope ignored him, his face stern. He tock out his pocket knife, and left his chair and|began slowly to trim his finger started toward the door, but Hope | nails. Finally he muttered an anhimself retracted his challenge. swer, “Well, aren’t you in love with “ Walt. You're right, No use be~ her, too?” : i