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i : MIT DER CHEWS HARP CAST OF CHARACTERS i “ol a % FH % DAN DER ’ TN MARY FRANKLIN—society editor. ts | © OE =n i ARCHLUTE | a) PROFESSOR wo MARTIN—sgave might club | |g NEE ZN : 1 n Bg —— ~ XE =| 7 | KLOTZ,GUESS JANICE FRENCH—rsociety deb. [fo EE A \ i 4 5 i 7 — HOW MUCH \ ) ; , u : WATER MY

JIM SHIRLEY—plavboy. Ni a) Vd [4 7 (Za Ys Lua 7. & = i eat A FIDDLE WiLL

Yesterday: Mary identifies Janice French. Then Ladd tells the doctor to | look for drugs in the stomach when he ! performs an autopsy.

CHAPTER SEVEN AWN was breaking when the | «oR J | : 23 br . : last couple left the Dove. The | == 3% i : Pi | a a . RN BY 5i pr { Az 7 ; storm, after sweeping the city. had Bs % & IEE . $ nr ho ~H 17 oP ¥ vanished in a level line of black clouds. The wet streets, as pale as death, were smooth and slick, like ag % polished steel. Bright lights blazed pn. oer oy Guat Bo

from every window of the Dove.

“Bosses not gone home yet?” in- RET ; y &

quired an officer of the doorman. wh i. ; 4 S SREY ) LL = pr 193 by United Pen R 1% DY EXPERT INSTRUCT! | po. = “Nope. It's against de rules of Capr: 1939 by United Feature Syndicate, Tne. 5-17 y < 246 3 AY : Bin Tc - Cor get: a : N . J 1 ayn Ra, “ y A U.S PAT, OFF, AS ~ YH Molle NO I oma > 5 “| “We're looking for a beauty operator with a following—one who knows BR ! = EN Y/ body's qumb enough to stay. 51 all the gossip in the neighborhood!” : weather sure gives me the ‘creeps.! mein ib i A soca | LL ABNER -—By Al Capp Somethin’ spooky about it.” He HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis EE hase ick posed BI : : TT Sr ENTERING THE N.Y, RAILROAD YARDS = A HALF-HOUR LATER = COS TUMESS Sa An : fenly. Nick poked his ® Rha EE SR y ANER Ci ha I : | ALTHO YOU'VE NEVER SEEN : WHY SHOULD VY PUFF, PUFKE? WHEW. WAL CARL HOLD MAW GENTLEMEN ARE “Whats eatin’ you Tony: ~~) | ET RO ERS. INEER” | STOP P-ALL IT'S TOUGH GON HYAR WE IS IN FIRE TIA WE. LOOKING FOR A route nervous as a cat. How'd IN | YOULL RECOGNIZE THEM THEY HAF TA < BUT WE GOTTA NOO YAWK. LES CITS 7 SOME CAR TO TAKE YOu Youre nervous as a ‘cat. How'd TX £03, | EASILY. THEY'RE ARRIVING EM OVER” ( DO 1S GET OFF | STAY ON THIS AX SOMEBODY QUIET PLACE WHAR TO THE BALL GIVEN IN BS TT ig AT THE STATION IN THER J — TH TRACK” / TRACK ON youl | WHAR LiL AH KIN STOW AWAY HONOR OF LI'L. ABNER drink?” NN SPECIAL TRAIN ALREADY 89 ACCOUNT ITGOES) BETTY ABNER 1S = a7 7H CARCASSES") Tonv smiled sheepishly y , vi : DRESSED N EARLY = x \_T'NCO YAWK? / WERE » x \ : / Nick spoke to Martin ‘Tony's 1 +s 3 3 : ny yg ( Rs, tI Was bY V7 Za bringing Mike in for a drink. Old h \ 3 : : v : 7 7 friend of ours, eh Duke? No He poured the policeman a Scotch and soda

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IKE pushed back his cap. “I had my troubles last night.”

“Drink your drink first,” Interrupted Nick hospitably, “mebbe vour troubles won't seem like trou- { CL Xo) 4 = A J a fae bles after a swig. I've discovered or W foe AN “hy Son dn SOF 0 Hebe peered that meself, say what I Went

through wid last night— 3 Nr : 7 4 : LAR IRe NA = S \ HORSES MAKE BIG WE'LL SOON night,” Duke asked | ra \ : NAN Ww ae NG NOISE + MEBBE FIND OUT, LITTLE The policeman drained his glas | A 5 NW \ \ “8 A i BIé Devil CAT BEAVER’ “I fished a girl out of the Rive a = : SoA WANTUM COLT! ; oo The men showed casual interest , “Some dame’s always flving off the handle,” Nick remarked indifferentlv. The policeman paid no aitention “I might of saved her if I'd got there a couple of as ‘earlier but it was rainin’ and blowin I didn't see her until she was jumpin off the dock.” tes “Go in after her?” inquired the “I don’t care if your father is the maver—you can't park here and De ATH STALKS RED RYDERS Duke that's that!” CORRAL AS A HUGE MOUNTAIN “Yes. That's why I have on these | =. 4 i osm = - LION LEAPS TO A SHED ROOF NEAR duds 1 had to leave me own at "LAPPER FANNY By Sylvia | “THE FRIGHTENED HORSES. the station house to dry out.

“Was the girl good looking?” in- \/ — r= ps \ — 7. \ AS? NANCY guired the Duke ‘w C3 fd AB | - | \ R ¢ “Dat’'s what kept me workin’ to od EGETA a ] S I J IVE GOT 10 RAISE ON ISNT HE SWEET-- ; Ss a EAM HE =a = - EE rR

save her,” said Mike. “She sure was J 7 z y < N WiLL You BLY beautiful. Red hair There was 7 FA A, SH 7 2 0 Aree HIM FOR ME, O.K. ’ AN' HE'S FULLA class written all over her He ; ZZ 77 PUPPY. DEAR Ix ; FLEAS AN' HE sighed. “When we was almost to 4 Z iy 2 . Aap HOWLS ALL de dock, We came to and begun ‘ 7 \l WE'LL GETH a LA 1 NIGHT AN’ HE whimperi ‘Don’t make me live / (i = IT I £2 \ HATES WOMEN officer,’ she gasps, ‘deve got me. I Et Per aS hy *% SOMEROW ! A can't go on. Let me die.” “She musta had some hangover on,” said Tony. “Dey all get weep: when dey's drunk “No. She wasn't drunk,” said Mike. “I've handled plenty of dem I know dat Kind. Dis one was desperate.”

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again, she was dead.” tet CO RAD SHES 4% LC NW WASHINGTON TUBBS i

Byes I dl got her no SOY, B 7.) [LETTUCE (ot AA Ja PERES A LETTER THAT CAME TODAY ) ylived Nie ’ rand | IC onions wh 1 —T 71 | CAROL. THOUGHT YOU'D BE g—1 hy AE ae a oh : YY —\ =<1000! = INTERESTED. shook as he filled his glass for the third time The Duke yawned ind ‘out who she was?” “No.” Mike smiled. “I thought mebbe she might be one of h customers. She was classy eno to be.” The Duke frowned “Cut the kiddin’! We don't go in for suicides.” “What did she have on quired Nick “Some sorta pink dress Tn

al, “Iris ooo of me to| MIS CURIOUS WORLD

port.” He began reading “Dragged BE = == : out of the East River at 2:30 a. m Ee —= -By Blosser Nov. 2¢4, a girl. Height five foot So A RE \ Iwo, weight 113 pounds. Red hair oe RHINOCEROS 1 Bov, THIS 18 A JOB. WASHING CIN 8 REALLY, WHEN You }/ MAvee so. THs 1S SPEEDS p GET RIGHT DOWN TO /) BUT WE FURNISHED

Brown eves. Pink evening dares / : ye : \ i = ([ MUD OFF A CAR WITH A TOOTHBRUSH |. - silver slippers. Platinum ring set Q NO Will. CATCH AND A BUCKET OF WATER ! CAR AND AFTER WE : IT, THEY'RE MAKING THE MATERIAL. with sapphires on little finger of A ~ “ THE SCENT EE "dh * ea Nad 11 GET IT CLEAN, WES FOOLS OF us! AND TWE ) yvight hand. ‘From Daddy to Babe > 2 OF A S 4) Rp AA SAID IT, SONG TO TAKE MY ALL or Ta PA omy OPPORTUNITY! March 23, 1936’ inscribed inside. RS, Wik// TE NMA RT Wi J BUT ITS A GIRL. OUT RIDING ! STIFF! J OVER THE NAP TET, ~ The Duke put his glass de I bi wv a a= ( LOT WORSE FOR THERES A LESSON IN pl Pre NET ==0 ££, ) Ton) face had paled. “Sound ka Sob SOONER, 7 SE | IB 5 PF M ] THAT SOMEWHERE J ry wo bh — 0 tuft t > 3 Gra THAN THAT NES =) Qo ’ <¥ stu 6 me he said abruptl { Fo sn INITIATION \ : OF A 4 N= Al JR os ASSIGNMENTS |

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“I don’t know where this price war wiil end, but I'm fightin’ to the last radish.”

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“It's time to be closing.” He walked toward the door,

” » » ICK glanced at him nervously “Drop in again, Mike,” he said flatly to the policeman “I will sometime,” the officer but- NR "14 V 107 3 : r-) ‘ 83 7 2 2 {

toned his coat Thanks for de AX * z drink.” ’ = - : “You run along. too, Tony.” ore = i BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES By Martin usd ve Dale. * ew uN : NE IT SEEMS THAT ME Whe ONE OF A x ~ YE CR Se di— PARTY WHICH EMBARKED ON A MR. AIGHR'S REPRESENTATIVE WN LONDON AND 1 RECEWRD A CABLE She LY {

up.” 2 Eagerly the doorman put on hi TE. PUGS TATHER \& wees WACHY FROM ThE RMOMERA RECENTLY hat and coat I don’t mind if I d MIS Sop £7 NOT TO BF FOUND AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY FROM HIM TH\a MORNING, STATING _ ‘ ; & pv | SUORT , THERE WAS A STORM A THAT ALL HOPE \S GONE ww 4

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I de a SUPERSTITION SAVE: rg SAND THATS A! THE SEARCH WAS BEEN POS Dr The Duke listened for Tony t . % | A "7. DISTRESS SIGNAL MAND THA Ns ) shut the front door. “We've got t¢ EACH DAVY IT TAMUNDERS EPL | & = > J - THE QOAX 19 A OSE. DOS iin : oy SD work quick, Nick.” he spoke with IN FEBRUARY, TNE % SN | OTR. AVL ~ \ = = pe machine gun precision That's CORRESPONDING DATES £ a a — AANDS : J : i, \ Janice French Mike hauled out of IN APRIL WiLL. WAVE V7 < 8 = WW ON BOARD . y — j ~ WA the river. I know the ring he de- FROST | ¢ scribed. Where are those pictures) » you pinched from Mary Franklin?” | Nick took a long white envelope from his pocket. “What are you goin’ to do wid ‘em? The Duke walked through the 3 pantry to the kitchen. Nick fol- NAR - Vz | ro NN \ lowed. He stepped over to the \ 2 = : NN y " INC. YM. REG. U.§ PAY range, took the photographs out of : oY ' Rh eh vero and slowly dropped TRAVOIS @ ABBRIE AN' SLATS By Raeburn Van Buren of those primitive Some CATVInES mh ee \ VYOU TWO WANT WE TO MARRY YOU ~ \ NEVER J] | CAN'T EVEN SEE TO READ ThE BOOK [AN WERE THEY ARE ™ NOW | CAN YOU ow SR = TE . which there is barbarism and ANSWER-—A primitive vehicle used by plains Indians for hauling OF COURSE --OF COURSE # ER-EVERY- 1} MND WITHOUT M'SPECS + TREY MUST st EN SEE YOU TWO Way YOUNG PEOPLE x ~ RE'S strength, but also something terri-| their belongings. ao) A Sk W ™OUT x Ai) . ABOUT SOMEWMNERE -- CAT WAS PLAYIN W! " THE BRIDE ?

ying and relentlessly cruel. —- ™O' OF WEARN' we’ LXE YOU Al N DRESSES C2» HURRY

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Nick's lips moved. “It isn’t going 3 | , to be easy to make the Gazette for- : by : mn get last night after I bulldozed - 3 \ Ji ’ their favorite reporter.” 3A s “Aw, forget it,” said the Duke “They have tO prove the case before they can print anything.” 0 Kill herself,” mourned Nick, “we've been done out of a cool thou-

~ id sand a week. Where are we going 7 IS J nw "Just because the little bum had

® get another customer like that?”

“Janice French isn't the only rick » Ra New Yor” mid the Due: | This Bortle

EEE wm TOM JOYCE 7UP COMPANY.