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| PAGE 1M _ : a THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ° Ss : MONDAY, MAY 2 1097) SERIAL STORY— * 7 + GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople ~ OUT OUR WAY By Williams

| HIVAH, MRS. HooPLE/ y Z a FOE el, TEE — PLEASE DON'T EMBARRASS ME ANY FURTHER BY MAKING EXCUSES!

Border Rn a tier | RE OR Es Ve t | Buweu nila Ect = Z| ‘I SAW NOU TURN NOUR HEAD AND : : so PRE: PETRY. | AM, MAN! ISN'T DUGAN ! =r in : ? cand RRPR al Fn. | PIGEONS! HOW'S THAT /772 DUGAN AN'T YES, BOYS, HE Fe 4 poo DORIS, POSTER! On ® T LAD oF ventu re ; , fo SRA RR BELFRY BOUDOIR OF GOT A BRAND THIRD FLOOR ROOM ALR 7 ONLY TAKEN MOTHER'S ’ ! i |) Yours? DIXON AN' YOURS NEW ACT, MRS, [7] 15 VACANTwx AND A gv. ADVICE BEFORE T TRULY WiLL CHECK IN HOOPLE warns THE RULE STILL IS d Gs : MARRIED YOU ~~ ef ; Cg

By OREN ARNOLD 2 | ye i ||| vor FODDER FOR A FEW |\ RED HOT MILL ONE WEEK IN | | 46% “Ml | ALWAYS SAID YOU CAST OF CHARACTERS ! WEEKS WHILE WE'RE 5 BILLY HOTCHAwWA ADVANCE wis 18 | 8 : HAD A PHILANDERING V/ BETTY MARY JORDAN—Pretty young oe Ne KNOCKING OVER A RADIO MAKE YOUR EARS TOR TWO ! wa MM- Mw ue V) . QUE GLINT IN YOUR Border Patrol service secretary. | I SPONSOR [ YER, WE'RE HAPPY AN' TUNE ISTHAT YOUR ly \ OLR EYES!!! : 0 I LEAVING “TH' STAGE IN ON ITSOME BAGGAGE YOU'RE: : A E2

SHERIDAN STARR—Handsome Border ” FLAT ON ITS BACK / : NIGHT OVER CARRYING, MR.

Patrol officer. 3 a 48 | HOPE KILDARE—Starr's fellow offi- } EEL - &® 9! ; | 7 = / cer, also a bachelor. : 16 3 : . - | 7 XTION SQWK | DIXON ¢ LUIS BARRO—Mexican smuggler. ‘i 3 7 '& y! aw . > Yesterday: Hope reaches the Barro | HH gf . - af ! = X 4 ~ rancho, sets off his flares and then ; ’ J EL : 4 q 8 . CL 3 seizes a Barro horse to ride with the E Y x iE o_o »

aliens themselves across the Rio Grande! 6 Ig 2 } &r ; \ : 2 a 4 ¥ 5) pr : y » > 7 57% CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT 7 HE Rio Grande, like all rivers, frequently forms islands by its] “al \ shifting currents mn flood times.| § 2 h 4 id o 3 | \ 4 | ”

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but grass can grow on them. They "are of little consequence, ordinarily. | . But when the Rio Grande slashed hard into its eastern bank during “ a flood several years ago, it struck i RSVR J ore J ‘ ) . a deposit of soft earth, cut over into | £75 hy 1] ms A an old arroyo, and with a sudden] ; ed ; 10 ) GUITAR dramatic rush left its old bed com-| ; a Wo oy y J D) / "pletely. IE EER i 3 I\rr- UGANSG DIXON WHO For an hour it flooded a big field, EEL | W Wie) SAID THEY NEVER COME BACK? = then began slowly to eat out a NEW | J cope. 1939 by United Feature Syndicate, Tne. ; $8 1 . 4 : J “earn, RT

BORN THIRTY YEARS TOO SOON S:RWILLIAMS route. Soon it was back in its reg-| Sr

‘ular course, but removed a mile| “Please, Mother—I'd rather pay full fare and keep my age to myself.” | LI'L ABNER —By Al Corp

downstream. Meanwhile silt and] . pI debris had completely dammed the HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis [Bot od TOMORROW MORNING — N_ON BOARD SHIP - WITHIN THE 3 f BOX ADDRESSED TO BEATRIXE',

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The result was that a piece of land nearly a mile long and averag- | BEATRIX \ Re OUT OF CASTLE ng $0) ares 0 WIR lay BOW On OUCHESS F%; BLACKMOOR= / VD HAVE TAKEN OATH THAT * the west bank of the Rio, whereas OF Bors lcs Oi 7 ; ay J VE eT x ave NL an ~- AVA Gi THIS VERY CASTLE’

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Channel Island,” even though the \ ‘ = a . 7, TA 7 7, ; river's old bed remained dry Zz: Ys &a Ny ir) — SS A 2 h lo 7 7 Hope Kildare had a good mental | ” AY rap TA? 7, We 4 x \ HT picture of this place and, as he : tH ; iF A 7 Ti A = l\

rode along in Barros cavalcade of aliens he realized anew that this New Channel crossing was ideal for | smugglers to send over their human ! contraband. The Island was miles downstream from EI Paso or any other settlement. Yet it was relatively near a transcontinental highway in Texas, and near open fields ; : suitable for airplane landings Ny « —By Fred Harman

Abandoned now, it was flat and \ barren, and so held no place where y a N\A a Border Patrol officers, for instance, { ] Drrrine ‘ ENN \ A — Beare Dest § I Eas oe Noon FR might hide. i A Yr A BA Te \ A < Es Sa RE 2 SQ a AS COME DOWN / “It's Barros idea to lead his men| |_ = — A RANCH Nl i = IEA 'S = ROMNN AN B SN) Aa right to that river bank, where the AFTER . - { Er 2 d : 2 y, 4 FRIED BEAR ¥ Twinn water is broad and shallow enough HELPING HIS \ { 3 Ze Ji Hi 4 SS ’ v M ’ for wading, and send them across,” FRIEND, ZEKE, \ sy : ; 8 . " ai y Hope was thinking again. “As RED RYDER ? : usual, he probably won't cross him- : AND HIS self, even if he thought no officers Sn IND\Ay FRED were over there. He'll play safe.| a tue Lin sid St re ; Bais as VER, But—this may be once where we! | «3 , a s ; 2 : TANGLE hold a trump card! I _—— 5 C : : WITH A Hope had kept silent as he rode. Th SS . srt — SHE - The cavalcade, moving at a fast : TU SORES. COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. sa GRIZZLY walk, rode four abreast, and Hope] “Es . " . maneuvered his horse to follow an| Friend of yours?” Z - inner row, the better to escape fl APPER FANNY suspicious glances from Barro or his henchmen. Beside him now rode ca & CHO = two Chinese and another Asiatic RCH PHY i whose nationality he couldn't qui v NT Z A | ; \ TS - guess. "ney a oan iv he nel Ye > : I THINK TLL . PRE YOU'LL STAY BUT 1 WAS THAT DON'T Mexican disguise, another of the AS ; hs) GO _OuT ON ’ a INDOORS TODAY GOOD THIS F SEEM FAIR=«--aliens anxious to be sent across the = THE PORCH K AFTERNOON! ; I WAS GOOD international line. In the darkness ks ; AND READ ~ I Z FOR HALF he was simply another human form. = ! THAT A : MAKES NO

” = 2 i EEP moving and make no un- / | J DIFFERENCE. necessary noise,” Barro and his interpreter, Gonzales, urged the line of riders, riding up and down speaking in low voices. “No talking, no breaking line. We can’t afford to scatter. If strangers appear, say nothing. I will handle it.” Hope wasn’t at all sure why he had slipped into the line of march § himself. Still, he couldn't possibly S ] N ae have worked his way Sach to El ) 2: R — id Sa ROR AR Paso in time to join his fellow of- J — | WASHINGTON TUBBS II

ficers in the mobilization which his \ pr 1 red signal flares would surely cause. JUST AS I ENTERED THE BACK ) THREE PEOPLE HEARD TUBBS | [ um! OF COURSE HUM! I WONDER! IF WASH OH, WELL: 1 SHOULD WORRY

/ . This way, riding boldly with the DOOR, WASH JUMPED OUT A THREATEN TO KILL MR. Y : smuggler and aliens themselves, he WINDOW. AND HERE WAS MY SPLENDIX, CHEF. AND HIS LOOKS HES GUILTY! a or Aci HERS Resi OLR would certainly be on the scene if . DEAR FATHER. . FINGERPRINTS TALLY WITH || LIKE TH DIRTY WERE UP TO. HELL BRING IT OUT INHERIT MILLIONS and when any action occurred. The MURDERED! THOSE ON THE GUN. TUBES (6 | CROOK! THE AT THE TRIAL, AND RUIN MY ANY thought gave him a certain boyish ; a? \ , MURDERER! CHANCES WITH CAROL. exultation. ' ] y NY) g \ PLEASE, GENTLEY LN ‘I've just got a pistol,” he told : / : : g MEW, T~IM T00 himself, glancing around. “I wonder y ; : HEART BROKEN if I could conk one of these aliens > ge hE -) j TO CONTINUE. on the head and take his rifle.” He considered that at length but finally gave up the idea for the time being. Maybe later, if the chance presented. Or maybe, at New ! Channel Island, he could—glory!| «1 wish rd kept a diary Maybe he could maneuver then to . » ride in the darkness right beside 1600 When 1 was ine

Luis Barro inset and render al [HIS CURIOUS WORLD : : genuine service to the United States FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS —By Blosser

Border Patrol!

When the radio call for mobiliza- | & CA 2, 22% : 2 5 ANGAROOS, | Hi, FELLAS { come 2 pn 3} i I'M NOT Ar

tion was sent out, Sheridan Starr ACK paused only to drop a few more clips WHEN MOVING SLOWLY. | ON IN! BROTHER FISHER TY Rom. OMI Bor 1 wa :

of ammunition in his pockets, and ON ALL FOURS, WILL SHOW YOU WHERE FROM OMICRON BUT I KNOW

to say a last word to Betty Mary. USE THE 10 PUT YOUR HATS J LIKE SPEED Emil CH Er w TL S i MIA Te ; A ! HEN ee

“Listen, Yank,” he had slipped / : : Vn, } 9) into calling her that pet ny TAIL | : CEH Vk I No To ou “We're about to have some fun, and AS A FIFTH 3 : > Kk | ! . rah ve "MAKING “ (UB MEMBER ! I have a hunch it may be the old! || LES, TO SUPPORT f | SBS , i f CAUNCHED! re a rootin’ tootin’ two-gun shootin’ va- THE BODY k Gh =) : filth 5 i These OuTFT nA riety before it's done. You'll nat- WHILE THE nH f il y Guys RATE! ) Like Tis! urally be jittery to know what hap- HIND LEGS : 4 Ati § A , , pens, so don't go to your hotel. Hang ARE | right here—you can doze in there on BEING the old couch if you like—and the MOVED radio operator will tell you everything that comes in. Every bit of news. “But Sherry—" | “It’s ail right, don't thank me.

I just wanted it fixed so you'd know | » BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES

it promptly, when I bat down Luis] Barro’s ears. Or get mine batted | [GEE “wh. 1 BE GOWN | \O : | BUT, HANDY «WE HAVE = OW ,I ARRANGED TO HAVE down. Well, hell's a povpin'—s » SEE = WL! lL LOOK HOW THE RWER HAS RISEN UST SINCE ot, — ' A POPPI 50 GLAD TO GET AWAY |] WE'VE BEEN HERE | ITs A 00D THING 1 THOLGHT TO HARDLY ANY OAS = | sae TORS SRoue HERE

long!” | ; Sone Avarities SAY: FROM HERE! ’ TE UP THE PLANE

=” 2 2 E was out the door, whistling, Because THE Zraaai. % \h & before she could get in a word CROSS STROKES Ye 2M 5 of protect. He had been unusually Gas J ON PRINTED Vg IRR / | ; ; gober of late, seemed actually hap-! CHARACTERS, SUCH 4 iA Wr) ; PH Drs or : on Ne ! ZF 7 ! py now about the impending battle fH AS THE LETTER | [EERE 1 7 AX 5 sy, SA > 2 \ % ; Noh ar down the Rio Grande. His face hil REsSEMBLE TAILS, "77 oA ose o 5 7 ox < : we No had been more animated, his eyes Hin og THEY ARE CALLED he [WE 2 7 % #7 2s ? ELERY TRING, Bag held a devilish, teasing expres- | tii X SER/IFSS, FROM THE "4S = = Bgret KX Kx - a mT - 5 ZZ ZZ f OON'T WE sion Lad] a¥VS BREW , 2 A Dutifully, Betty Mary went back | > , 4, HES WORD to the radio room and sat down.! COPR. 1530 BY NEA SERVICE. ING. RAL, The operator was busy and so ig- “ AeA NING & \ » .nored her until once he turned to Whar VICE PRESIDENTS SERPENT. say, “Theyre coming together by || OF THE UNITED STATES now, at the appointed place. T'll| | BECAME HEAD OF THE i tell you when I learn anything || NATION THROUGH THE == Ee hy _ : a : ABBIE AN' SLATS —By Raeburn Van Buren

maam.” 5-8 IARRY=DARLING 7 -YOUD BETTER PUT | [| DON'T WANT TO KEEP UP THIS I'LL WANT TO SEE THE GROUNDS --OF a EXACTLY / COMING HERE 1\/ OH, BARRY

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“Thank you kindly’ she said. | PRESIDENTS DEATH? After that she just sat and| thought. ANSWER—John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Cheste TMAT AWEUL WIG BACK ON SOME ONE MIGHT ACT ANY L THAN | HAVE TO. AND YOU WILL OFFER TO SHOW ME AROUND. NOTICED A JUSTICE OF THE ING CAN She tried to envision Sheridan Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge. ad SEE YOU MY PLAN Se THEN-|'LL DEVELOP A TERRIFIC INTEREST IN THE PEACE ABOUT FIVE MILES KEEP US APART Starr in action. By now he would | = : SURROUNDING COUNTRY SIDE «I'LL WANT TO BE BACK. | STILL HAVE THE § NOW--NOT ALL MY be in a car. She wondered what|to interest herself in a magazine . = - DRIVEN AROUND IT OLD LICENSE WE WERE GUARDIANS -- NOT ear, with whom [that was at hand; she tried looking Questions and ” 5 , . NEVER ABLE TO USE EVEN THAT AWFUL She envisioned Sherry's very out a window over the city lights; / / a els ( RED-KEADED Boy! broad shoulders, his lithe grace. He she tried to interest herself in the Answe rs 1 iS i! J Se moved in an easy flow of muscle radio equipment. But it was futile. Quick, effortless. His face was at! “I think I'll walk outsid itt once refined and strong, his lips full, | while,” she told the Operator. “But | yi is Wobulism® his eyes deeply set, his chin chiseled I'm anxious to know if anything! {an estremely Serious type of as if by some sculptor’s tool. happens.” ’ (food poisoning, caused by the for- ; Je eareied me across the river| “Yes, ma'am.” He Gen of poison by SE Which ast night as if I were a baby!” she]! Outside she paus BOWS in Lhe a sence 0! Air ih non< was thinking, now. “I wonder why moment of Sere oa Te | acid canned foods. Ten minutes of je hasn't already—why he hasn't sudden snap decision she walked a|'iS0rous boiling and continuous stirmarried.” block and hailed a taxicab. ring Kills the germs. For another half hour she sat Rh Q—How many Peace dollars were there quietly, but after that sh (To Be Continued) minted in 19219

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