Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1939 — Page 18

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES EE — WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1939 With Major Hoople R WAY - By Williams TTT ATT : OH, ICK! ANSWER THAT Border f: SHARE J, RAY: Sy ty LeTus STATION. WHILE TM A-TVIN' gh - : A 7 WITH NO FIRE JGENTLEMEN, UP THESE CUBS T' TAKE HOME! LADDER/ ‘Wr DISCUSS YOUR

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Border Patrol service secretary. \ : = BU. A SHERIDAN STARR—Handsome Border ; | BS. ; : ; 3 WE COMPROMISE Patrol officer. BS il IS 3 5 y AND CONCLUDE THAT i HOPE KILDARE—Starr’s fellow offi- Sy re EC AD 2 5 : eer, also a bachelor. 3 Ah —— : Ne 5 : , IT WAS A BALL, AETER 2 ~ LUIS BARRO—Mexican smuggler. - : 3 J Leases nl EL : ALL? HAR. RUMF £ i 3 HH 5, 5) y 3 \ “ny ALLS WELL, THEN wo pied) _ Yesterday—Cleverly disguising them- | 3 ny . IN / 7 4 = Stives, Hope and Sherry reach the a { §\ia\\ : SEE : 5 as) S BALL “TWO! Barro ranch and rescue Betty. Too 4 b | BS & 2 late, the Barro cook realizes Betty is gone. No one knows where.

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR HEN Luis Barro learned that Betty Mary had escaped from his ranch stronghold, he cursed in a manner that could have been called classic. One reason was uppermost in his mind: she knew that he was a smuggler, and probably knew most of his plans for bringing over 100 or more aliens Sunday ‘night. Naturally, Barro turned on his| ; help to vent his anger, his head EVERSES A MOMENTOUS : = cook, all of his servants, and his : : HLTH = - DECISION = = SS JRwiLLAMS guards. These latter he especially F358 ; % P| ; : Stead $$ Dn = 3 COPR. 19: x SERVICE, Ji Sed drightened, for on them rested the = = Rk “= = - - : : ’ i im

burden of keeping all prisoners. But| i trip. eh? Then what are your golf clubs ‘ BNER a none of them, the guards, servants,| © JOU Were on a nt the Closet? u ; A By Al Capp

RI a © TRE : 7 J MAH NAME IS ON TH’ BUT ZAH DONT KNOW FRE, Bug fan Jom Ameren GID EVERVIHING by ove ove [off Flr, pure eae | Aesieetstres ™ . : as zr RYING TO - & In the end, Barro cooled down bee Hi | "FIGURE OUT THET DOWN /- “A” PLUS “TRACK THET 7. AN’ WHAR and took the affair more philosoph- § whom THE LETTER “P7 EKALS “€” MINUS DO *@” COME IN ?-NOW AH DIVIDES ?- ically. 3 ~ 3 FROM SCOTLAND BOTH O' 'EM-2-7-7 - *(GULPY-)- TH ANSWER SPELLS “Is no matter,” he said to his aids. 3 - = WITH LI *CAT”- THRT DON'T HELPS” “What if she does know our plans? & ABNER'S ] “What is one spy now? Are we not ¥ : NAME ON _ IT. strong. The gringo federals have S AS bluffed and been very lucky. We : S GIVEN PAPPY shall have more than 100 men J : S ND THE armed, no es verdad?” 3 : ) POSTMAS “Seguro si, Don Luis,” one of = 7 A \ MISERIES them nodded. NT } iN, AD “But that girl—maybe yet she 5 y k . can be found! I had promised her FEAR AY eS "THEY BOTH she would travel with me! If she EF ax : > : LIE. IN BED has slipped back to El Paso—I £8) HS fc. A-GROANIN = have the idea to get her again for x my guest. We shall see if people can make fool of Luis Barro!”

He might have conducted a & ; > RED RYDER search or pursuit of Betty Mary . EER : a ., . FSi : : i SHER) 3 of or rg It 3 : BES FOR SORE | | AND LAND AGENTS ARBEST "ERR Yor 2 7 Baka SO REDS ROUBLE NOW ERE 4 RAINS i 2 Aue sof sever 1 1 EYES, RED’ COMIN® NOW? ATTEMPTED i LL ANXIOLS TO DAMS ITE OF A ©) RECKON ME AN' L AY fered. Aliens of several nationali- . EO: : A ED ; Dan-st i SECON ME AN LITT ties were now at his ranch, waiting ; ; ; y > SSN : by d : dn A ARES NLU FoR shipment to the United States. | =e AK hg KLE : &( 3 : OFF 0A VERY They had paid high prices, some] \ Te as much as $1000 each, American | coin. He realized that he had to| deliver the services he promised or | they would not only expose him to} Mexican authorities, they doubtless | would slit his own throat too.

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: taken half dozen or even two | dozen aliens in cars to some point | near the border, then walked Jom A » zs TH § over at night. But this time it was] . 7 = ) _ / rl 4 i \s. Is . Sie ES > not feasible to move 100 people in FLAPPER FANNY ‘ oe ne : 2 y / cars at once, without exciting : —By Bushmiller 0 suspicion. r _ He would, therefore, transport =f OH, SLUGGO --- NQ === I GOTTA WELL “== Te oD ot hi ped ere GAN WANTS SEM Shea , MARE DAT'S ug a nerq Oo orses Ior Jus Jo KN \ . ADM) i of 1b pe ead rn (Et vs ag TEV Ber QuTSIos! Chon As mounted, his armed aliens could - = 2S ! TOO ? ADMITED FREE wade right across the shallow Rio, | ? SE g constituting in reality a troop of cavalry too big for any Border Patrol force within the whole dis-| trict. If the aliens couldnt slip through unseen, they could easily fight their way through, he felt.

His only concession to the fact that Betty Mary knew his plans, was to change the date of the crossing. Arbitrarily he advanced it from Sunday to Saturday night. To crouch on her hands and knees under a mass of corrugated pasteboard boxes, burlap sacks,!

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The burro cart in which che rode, furthermore, had never known springs. Her knees soon were ach- | ing, her hands were almost raw. One leg was half asleep and ting{ing from strain. An hour passed. Two hours. Three.

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ELHE could hardly bear it at first. [°s_9a 3) At the end of perhaps two hours she thought she should surely| “Poor guy—marryin’ a teacher! Just wait til she catches him readin’ die. But she scarcely dared make a a magazine inside a history book.” noise or move. Then, suddenly,| r ve the “Mexican woodcutter” called HIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson his burros to a halt. He spoke wn J a — 3 ‘through the trash to his passenger . v a =

underneath. en fi sam Sr A WHAT 4 FROM NOW ON I'M + I SIMPLY “Are you all right?” Sheridan| § OX I Shan APE GOING TO PUT MY ALLE= : THEN ME MADE ~ SWUNG MY RIGHT

NG nded, i y r GIANCE BACK IN Mo™MBAuS / ABOUT SOME CRACKS BACK 7, EYE, AND HE WASNT tent ve ive come at a gy : . " ; L WONT SACRIFICE MYSELF AT ME, AND AROUSED| | ABLE TO Duck HIS “I am exhausted,” Betty Mary Lea ‘ =} PB ON THE ALTAR OF FRIEND = MY, FIGHTING \ FIST IN . answered. “May I come out now?” NN SR ; , AC p SHIP! i FAN ou “No! No, Betty Mary. Not until after nightfall. I shall unhitch the burros and pretend to cut more wood. I must keep up the act. No telling who's likely to happen along,| § Ex . or watch us from a distance.” f L, “All right, Sheridan. I am grate- ; a ful to you. I'll do just as you say.” d Ne = : NE. ®

“I'll unload some of the upper : 7 EAN SWALLOW,

poxes, stirring around in the wagon. : EGGS SEVERAL TIMES While I do that, shift your position| NN} LASER THAN MS HEADZ IT AN

to lie down, getting as comfortable é AA 8s you can. But do not move the| JAE DISLOCATE ITS UPPER JAW FROM Za

grash unless I am apparently mov-| Wil] THE LOWER. AND THE .TWO HALVES 3001s AND HER BUDDIES —By Martin ing it.” ily o= ™e Loner : eee : | a sii When that was accomplished she FROM EACH” oY) » You COME WN OES E PY SAY, WHAT'S PU TRAY B\6 BULLY TRIED | [AND NOT rd #10) (H 1 felt blessed relief. The cramped 4 { ; | = GONG ON TO GET FRESH WITH ONY s | position had been well nigh un- RN 4 / 1S : HERE © 1 BOOTS | HE WANTS TO THAT w i 0 i iE pearable. Now she could relax. : PL = | a WES WER HE : TOOL ® YOu There were enough cracks to give 2 COPR. 1930 BY NEA SERVICE. We A = , SLAPPED Oo Say her sufficient fresh air. 1S THERE A gs) = OH MANDN we “Me i 2? z ROLLE, , “All right now?” he queried again. LIMIT 70 THE NUMBER. Go AY = ; CE CAREFUL. : rr} fan J 2 _- . “Yes, thank you. Thank you a ! : NES x ’ L : Ea \ 2 f _ Hillion times, Sheridan.” OF TERMS A PRESID AN) : s BE | 33 0 Le “That's all right, Betty Mary. I : EN —N : : EN | 7 was just about crazy, before we ok j \ ; J 7 found you. Hope and I both. We finally got your sighal.” “Sherry?” “yes?” “Were you—Sherry, were you

really concerned for me, yourself?” R | y 3 ANN :

“Oh my God, Betty Mary!” It was S : 3 NY Ny almost a prayer, the way Sherry an- \ BV a NNT gwered her, in low tone. A a er “Thank you, Sheridan. Again. I IE TUIRE nd a, ABBIE AN' SLATS am honored.” Cl 7 eNSHpk : : : « a : HH HOW ABOUT 2 OM =BUT NOM (1 OM, WRIEU: YOU | WER ster, Theres mo use dogetne | Bape = sen ns VL Neves SLOUOVE EREATIN Vi ('GlEes rm t it Were both just about — - wr —_— he B: LITTLE LANE, 8 ACCEPTED A LET LL HAVE TO PUT ThE about it. - Jus ANSWER-—No. A President may serve as many times as he can ABV 2 , § EROM T™H(& VIONKEY: SLUG ON MIM") erazy over you! be elected. i : : “Are you saying that you love — Sherry?” she murmured. Then ters. But he was very earnest : was Sherry’'s turn to hesitate. |Sherry.” Questions and “y can't take unfair advantage.| “Hope is—Hope’s a square guy! ot here. If Hope were here, we Were friends” Answers cant Sy re yet. yi, be Sr He is one of the we get you safely back home, | finest, mos vable characters 1 Who was the first European Hope and I— have ever known,” declared Betty SO to mention the Fiji an Var you are an ex- Mary. . K Islands? ) ary gentleman!” Sherry picked up his ax. He had ait Avie ks, but—" to maintain his act as a woodcutter Wa Tne Diva RN aan: an a0 not JR Hope pro- wath efter dark at least. did she | 16 Named for him, e e, ma ve to me, after ut, thought he, whatever ; : gh Ha shel oO Where 1 Bhp Musios

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