Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1939 — Page 16

PAGE 14 wa — I'HE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1939" SERIAL STORY— | GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lickty| OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY By Williams

SO THIS 1S TH Vv MANDOLIN 2 =TH! CITY X NO, MAAM MOM AIN'T HOME WAIT! WAIT! T'LL TALK TO HER!

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DATE WITH | ff Tune JaLopey BUD DUMP TOOK A TERRIBLE JIST NOW NO, SHE WENT AFTER ALL, I MERELY ASKED YOU 2 - -— ' HOW HARD 1 TWIST IN MY COLLECTION | 7777 HH SHS Lua WEEKS! HER “TAIL! IF A PRIZED ARCH= | 7/77 IT PROBABLY WAS an ! gangster. aT I'L JANICE FRENCH—Society deb. BE OUT LIKE oan

‘N' DUD LOANED US! DISCORDANT TRISKING BEFORE THAT OUT THIS MORNIN! .... NOPE, TO TELL HER I WASN'T HOME, WE LUG THIS LUTE, SPIRITED 7 ALL TH RAGE WHEN JIM SHIRLEY—Playboy. go fs ga | pr BUSTED FETCH 11!

GOSH, MAJOR, TH' CONZRAPTION REMODELED ANVIL WAS T DON'T KNOW WHEN SHE'LL BUT WHEN YOU GET FINISHED wo . , FLOCK OF PHONE PA FROM THE PALACE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS GARTERS!

Yesterday: As Ladd prepares to gO on the French story, Mary telephones, says send the police. Then there is a shriek | and the receiver crashes to the floor.

CHAPTER FOUR ARY'S adventure began when | she stepped out of the tele- | phone booth earlier that evening. | The Duke was talking with Nick] Hart. Glancing casually toward] y them she crossed to the lounge. | \ Cl SRE ey - , 2 AAR “My wrap, Mrs. Meadows,” she JE \ 2 - TB 2 | NUR said to the clockroom woman. “I'm | g ¢ 0 : ‘ 4 4 3 A leaving early.” | : \ " ; a \ 3 ( If Jane Meadows called you by! A BR is \ hater 3 ey NN N RLU : . name, your social stock went up.| | SEE NEN 5 off i NN i! MAJOR GREAT = A i She contributed the right air of re-| {SSEses GN 45 0 HEAVENS, BRING ZZ Pz A \ spectability. Hy . > i Re ae CS \ ~ TOUT = EL 7? WRN . Mary stared thoughtfully at her. Q 3 : oN TH . o PAY’ ; ; : : 3 o ; ~ Ea y \I »r WN 2 \ ’ we. ¥ NR 78 FAY. OFF ec. 12 COR¥. 1933 8Y NEA SERVICE. Ine. WwW Vv MOTHER'S GET GRAY i ‘Has Miss Janice French been here er > > a y SOPR. 1339 BY NEA SERVICE. ING 50 i = tonight? he ' —By Al Capp tor Miss gg Pur lowered | “Father promised me a coupe if I didn’t smoke till I was 21.” LI'L ABNER : y r voice. “But h'l a 0 lay ’er| . down on that couch last evening.| HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis 7 GALS FO’ AH SHO’ LIKES I-| GALS P-WHAT GALS?-\ SIGN THAR THEY

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ia W ; sin’ ‘ “THIS PLACE.. | JUST GAVE YOU SAY 7 ARE F-WHUT oT a | | M JRE, (28887 ) THEY SERVES | | weRE CALL THATS COMING TGALS FOR HE_ JA BLACK RUFE “Who took her home?” FREE TO YOU), AND HEAVEN ) $1.00-WE STARTS “Mr. Martin ‘imseif.” | DRINKS AR TY DOLLAR, WE $ FINISHED As Mary hurried down the stairs, | if TTY 2 NOW GET OMT | NOT GET the Duke tapped Nick on the arm.! / ‘ U OF HERE i GALS, ONL

A } Y “Follow her.” dg 2 SWEET DRINK’. After the babble of the Dove, MUSEUM | SE 3 = NT or CROOK 7”

the silence of the street was soothing to Mary. She hailed a taxi.| “The New York Gazette, and don’t

3 a 55 ! BD ’ ’ “A pa A 4 f slow up because I'm a woman.” EN OW 3 2 , / GS She glanced out the rear win- i \ A 4 : ! EE of ZAA £ Noes”

dow. Through the rain she could

po J i i i Yor 4 Sa oS \ ; g 7) | | 74 7 4 . ) s x 2 il 3° 4 SrA barely distinguish the shadowy Fin y , A JAY 2 3 ; 5 ; Mor Sz

lines of Martin's black roadster, \

swinging suddenly away from the RENT ly \ /X 3 | { & ) A q >

curb. “I've changed my mind,” she 3 ; / : 2 cried to the driver. “Drop me at the 3 ’y i FF = ALK X K a , CO Grand Central subway station in-! 24 g : = g =z - stead.” Throwing two $1 bills at the be-| wildered man, she climbed out of es \ ; ; : — the cab at the Lexington Ave.| : ZN FEN IF A MOUNTAIN LION MEBBE YOU KNOW HE'S TERRORIZED TH’ entrance, turned abruptly down the! [+ Pai) VES ; 3 HAS BEEN GETTING WHY WHEN ME TELL Ww _: [ | RANCHERS STOCK FOR or goin pwn Se | pb x &F MY STOCK, WHY DID- Tl YOU DEVIL CAT 1S ? ~. YEARS AND NO ONE nearest subway stairs and was half ¢ y | NT YOu SHooT IT 2 SCAR-FoOT/ : i HAS EVEN LAID EYES through one of the numerous under- : : ;

ON TH' CRITTER / ground passageways before the long, : ‘\ K \ Lf == __ ; ] HELL PROBABLY black roadster had nosed to a stop| Sit it“ r . " = 5 PAY US MORE VISITS, in front of the Lexington Ave.! Wa | | KO! entrance.

1 | b WY. AOUNTAYN 110 At 40th and Madison Ave. Mary x | \ { A par \ (rie NTHAT) | @ $y ! &

EVER. RANGED stepped breathlessly into another THESE HILLS,

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cab. “Forty-five E. 70th street,” she

said to the driver 4 |! ATE \@ 4 é gf 4 4 & [| | a $ } U

HE house in front of which he ete HD FO - % > ' Ve.

eventually stopped was an ex- ; \ : eee 3 3 NE ; i : XxX: - HOURS LATER, AS THE MOON LIGHTS THE act copy of a French chateau at SOPH. 1309.37 NEA STRVIGH, We 4 , ~ i ’

La 7 p { ; RYDER RANCH, A HUGE, TAWNY MOUNTAIN Fontainebleu. It had recently] “Steady, there, old girl!” 7 AR : “A LION STALKS ANOTHER Kill. 5-13

been converted into apartments. |= 18 v : a i a RA j Mary pushed a button coats a FLAPPER FANNY = : ; j By Bushmill blank door-plate. There was no ny smi response. She pressed the button] 3 - = we uw ¥ 7k again. There was the sound of! HE : 5 PID YO & Hi pile all ML ld Zz shuffling feet on hardwood stairs! Se Bie 8 : . 1, WONDER |, CALL Mg EY 'RE v and then a fumbling at the door. | SETH SR 2 : " | E \ \ ; A IF IT'S "4 NANCY ¢ A BE THE A woman's voice called out sleepily, HEE 5 | 5 hl [| gang B05 © 7h WE 5. Wl ALWINS ’ “And what do you wish?" Rea > | BEE |=, 5b ¥ DOG HOUSE. “Let me in,” said Mary 5 : 2 5 wW, A important.” Clutching her flannel dressing gown about her as the cool wind struck her face, the maid grudgingly opened the door. Mary slipped a $5 bill into the maid's hand. “I want to wait for Miss French.” Suspiciously the girl beckoned Mary in the hall, closed the door and silently led the way to a sec- gh ’ - - ond floor apartment. Ris N 5 | ra rh For ee 18. Pal. Of AD rights ressreed Teall ; i em

- — Tm Rag US Pa Mary dropped down on a couch. SE J Fa ; — “Ill sit here.” P| WASHINGTON TUBBS |! By Crane ‘ /' || [AS T UNDERSTAND THE CASE, GENTLEMEN, YOU THINK , | [HARDLY y CERTAINLY, WASHS FINGERPRINTS A N , FoLLov jumpeq to her feet and began look : TUBRS GUILTY FOR THREE REASONS: HE TWREATENED / HUMPH: |e SPLENDIX HAD AL A MR. BOLITO COKER, BOY-FRIEND OF THE FAN ing at photographs on the mantel, ANT THEY | | pEADY BEEN MURDERED DANCER WHO WAS HIRED BY THE SPLENDIKES it af | | TO KILL SPLENDIX, HE WAS SEEN LEAVING THE ENOUGH re ESS, GENTLE - Shp ra Bi Re Be ge SPLENDIX HOUSE, AND HIS FINGERPRINTS WERE Doi o| | WHEN WASH ARRIVED.» . TO RUIN WASH. TM AN EVE-WITNESS, & the table and searching the desk. ON THE 32 AUTOMATIC FOUND Yr &F REASONST] | THE FINGERPRINTS Oh . MEN, TO COKER'S ATTEMPTED RAC, Excitedly she pulled several can- os

\ \ THERE. - , THE GUN ARE 7 7 / 3 QUARREL, AND MURDER did camera shots of a man and | \ el ¢ ’ / IRRELEVANT. OM, AOR RS hh OF MR. SPLENDIX. ™% woman from a drawer. “Janice and 3 4 o> A G Martin,” she cried. Some were]

snapped in a beach cabana, others in this room where Mary found them. Janice had an exquisitely graceful figure. Her lips were full and sensuous. \ Where was she now? The ques-|§ / | x DN tion beat a tattoo on Mary's brain. | 0 ark \ 13 ih NE She moved over to another lamp = S (IR % | to study the pictures more clearly.| “I gotta break our Sunday date because I'm washin’ the dishes for | A door banged shut. There was! Mother's Day. But honest, Chuck, it won't ever happen again.” the sound of feet on the stairs.

Turning, Mary saw Nick Hart. By William Ferguson | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

Mary took a step toward the a phone. He lunged at her. | } | | I WONT HAVE “Before you make that call, give| |} / NR I WONT HAVE You HMMMPH

i RIDICULOUS | You WASTING YOUR. me those pictures,” he spoke omi- | 5 e GOING AROUND TOWN IF I ASKED LIFE ON SUCH

nously, reaching, as he pushed’ S - Ef FOOL Z You © DO GOSH NONSENSE | i NOT DS Mary back into the chair, for his s S URSELF | A THING LIKE Iw see j 2B MS GOOSEY hip socket, “and I don’t want to! oS - ¥ YO . / 7 THAT YouD ; R THAT You THAT'S - FRECKS hurt you.” | _ = S | YY } J = FEEL ABUSED! = As HORRIBLE Mi THEN DO ) OLD MAN She struggled. He caught her] Sk b ROUNDING A 77 jo 5 \ JOR Jus 3 7 WHAT "we | throat with his right hand. “Don’t| . m—— A CURVE AT 1 E rR 7 ! : you know any better than to fight] VA 1.8 ° me!” / 4 7 Gasping, she sank down as his Ly Sr 5 SS YW fingers closed about her neck. He] ; = (5 was strong and powerful. Horror | Hz < and fear made her weak. 3 SN { }/

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pS / BS 1% / " * Xk A Lo 3 J ING THE SAME | / h \ ND then, came the sound of a| Nk A RY NSH CURVE AT AN ; % " police siren shrieking like a VAR £0 a N fi \ 20 MILES | P 2 ) banshee. Nick released his hold on| (#8 : Ne AY GF CN N N\ Ls from her Timp hand, raised nis re. BAAODMMP Nd BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES By Martin volver as if to strike her, hesi- 3 \ SES | tated as the wail of the police siren | came nearer, slid the gun back into | his pocket and silently left the room. A minute later the door shut down- 3 | stairs. The police siren sounded A |

THINGS TO 00 MY SUMM TUG AND 1 BOTH DIO WRONG AND WE'RE DOPE O\S APPEARANCE, CAMP OPENNG WO TWO WEEYS = SORRY +50 \£V's OW ,1 FEEL WRY, TRE POOR we AND NOU WEEP ME RERE | == Ral FORGET \§ : S50 SORRY MAN MOST TWIOOLING MY TROMBS ! =A . 5 FOR HM / BE Sur OF H\S

TRIN RE WAS OUT OF HS MIND TO GO OFF AND LEALTE

HERE 1 AM, WITH A MILLION 1 OONT BLAME YOU FOR BENG SORE | (WITH HER IRE » 1

again. This time fainter. It was not coming to E. 70th street. Trembling, Mary lifted up the phone. She was in a frenzy. oF THE ELK “Whitehall 3-9300,” she screamed POPULATION into the mouthpiece. Thus Is Massy OF THE UNITED STATES Franklin calling from Rhinelawyder IS IN AND A N 4-7254. Nick Hart has just left this ROUND “= € apartment. He tried to kill me. RI. \\ Zz

Send the police. . . .” She dropped

the receiver. Dimly she was aware nde of a violent clicking in the receiver. | YX Who OR. WHAT | | i

“Hello, hello,” a man’s voice] ot ¢ shouted. “Are you all right, Mary?” | ZEA ARE THE FOLLOWING P

Until the radio car stopped in| FF ROSA Fo LL front of Number 45 an unearthly] /( ROSETTA STON, - — i = { - ' os AND BARRY MORSE #! THE HAM ACTOR HE stillness cloaked house and street. > ROSE OF SHARON | SS JUST IT- MADAME POMPYDOOR VM GETTIN IT ALL CLEAR NOW-: WHAT M E HAM SEER HER. Immediately after, a violent ring- - 5-13 - 5 HE AIN'T A MER SHE'S A-- HE " DISUSE MMSELE 46 A LADY-: AN’ RUN OFF SUASTIANG NR ee i Ao : i / . war . ne or Sarens Oe Tread ANSWER—Rosa Ponsele, opera singer; Rosetta stone, a black : THAT'S AL = A ED ‘EM GET AWAY + |\VE GOT 70 STOP - running to the door slab of basalt found in Rosetta in 1799, which uncovered the secrets of ; "VE GOT TO “Where is Miss Franklin?” de- Egyptian records; Rose of Sharon, a shrub of the mallow family.

manded one of the men. j | “Ow should 1 know?” angrily] The detective held out his hand. asked the Commissioner to bring retorted the girl. “I don't even | Sim Clase of Seaudvarvels, {rhe | you to headquarters. He said he know Mees Franklin.” The detective Commissioner sent us. Mr. Ladd ’ put his foot against the door. ‘called him. Where's Nick Hart?» |3idn't want to lose a good society

“Sorry, Miss, we'll have to search| Mary shivered. “He left about 0 | Editor.”

the house” He stepped into the minutes ago.” | “Have they found Janice hall. “One of you boys watch the| “Cause you any trouble?” | French?” ont ori Skt hegit ore et | “Not Bo Walked Slowly benind service en ce. | thoug er : - | “ Before he reached the top step graphs instead.” (her down the stairs. “Her Saher Mary was in the hall. | “What photographs?” and mother are pretty worried. “I was frightened,” she spoke! “Nice ones of Janice French and | nervously. “I'm Mary Franklin of | Martin.» | ai le Continued) in or", the Gazette.” Pe By the way, Mr. Ladd | An > Bethn) Stats

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