Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 May 1939 — Page 18

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN INES : TI [La AON woo OR the third time since he had y ’ | RD b > ; , begun to dress, Jack Burden ; f SR ! x. JAKE MEN lost his collar button. RN & J LE Ca BW: BUSINESS This was typical of his day. AL Figuratively speaking, collar buttons had been rolling away from ! him ever since he'd struggled off pe \ ¥ \ ; to church that morning with his 7 EY : o . v [ WW ind Vat father and mother. < 7 > The Henry Burdens belonged (0 a ; conservative, old New York crowd {eg ] 5 | x Sp a . i I y - which achieved simple lives in spive | $= 0: q - { “RK - = | = of great wealth. They still lived on | Bs ef d 9 , } 3 ; ) . N Murray Hill and still attended the ; ) \ 4, THE INDIANS neighborhood Episcopal church : ahs ‘ad : N ig , J soLD NEW where Jack was an usher. Mrs. ; Cy o FA i BL \\e 7 VORK= Burden insisted that he go with her | ¢ ’ = Ea COPR. 1929 6v NEA 5each Sunday. It was the one thing TM PAT. OFF. THE WORRY WART J RWILLIAMS she asked of him. This mornmng “I don't want a nap—my marcel cost plenty, and I'm not going UNTIL TR’ EXC : + 2 vy { ITEMUNY A ” i <4 she had knocked at his door at nine. to have it mussed!” | FTER LI'L ABNER FASTENSI| CAIN'T UNN + XA ow . " h Lg phgigin = | 150 Sor Re i antici STR CoE] PS SST Frias arian | Sent a | TET Recon his father haa sald 8s they climbed HOLD EVERYTHING By Ciyde Lows | LS SOF SATO TE PRECOLSA TN | | Ao Sree oat MER HT Ho) 2 Soe . R - C, STUFF FO YO. WELL

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mean. Four o'clock.” 1 Mrs. Burden said nothing . “Have vou ever been to the Dove, Mother?” Mr. Burden caught his son’s glance and laughed. “Your mother doesn’t even know what a night club is. Jack. She probably thinks the Dove is a place where bird fanciers meet.” The boy's hanflsome, sensitive face darkened. “Not a bad definition. That guy Martin is a bird J connoisseur. He likes them young. y 3 \\ 7 7 4 LN I! He picks on the Janice Frenches.” A ! B ; NN’, sds A > Bn tee © 6 aon pith

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“Nerve, I'd call it,” put in. “Let's talk about some-| thing more pleasant. What pretty girl did you squire last night, Jack?” “Clem Shirley.’ “Things are rather serious between you two, aren't they?” ‘Yes, Dad. If Clem will have me, I'll marry her.” His mother rested her hand in 3 : ; his. “She's a charming girl, dear, Tes \ f hs ; I thoroughly approve. But why do = is ’ Had vou two have to go to those terrible Aver f % clubs for amusement?” | [itwis $-2% corr. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE. INC

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ACK wondered how he'd got) from New York to study our methods!” through the day. He'd skipped = wr ! - a = | FLAPPER FANNY i IS_THE LADY J\{ YEP !--- SHE'S TAKIN’ p T= rom By Syvia| fl PREALLY THE TWO O'CLOCK $| GET TneRE ; — | (IT'S. TOO LATE.

two aisles when he passed the plate, and he'd been out of step with the od : i ’ . ; \ Tr other ushers when he marched up 7 fl / Y OPES BCAT --- AN SHE'S IN TIME-~-~- : i ft THERE SHE GOES to the altar. At luncheon he'd fallen fl A : BRINGIN’ D' DOG — MAYBE WE ore rv we ’ asleep while a client of his father | 4 7 : NNR CAN STILL was discussing the legal point of a NN case and now he was reduced to chasing collar buttons! He wondered if Clem felt woozyv. He'd call and find out. Mavbe she didn't want to go to the concert this evening after all. But just as he reached for the receiver, the phone rang. “Hello, ves, this is Jack Burden,” he said as a husky voice inquired for him. “Who—Duke Martin?” His tone cooled slightlv, then became a little incredulous. “Miss Shirley is at the Dove and wants me to join her Dp, 8 | i there? I don’t understand! Oh, {| — oS | "aa BAY ) 711 i ILE "PAPA" 1S WI JAIL FOR VAGRANCY, WASH HAS AND YOUR HAIR. SIT ON MY of) THERE! NOW TAKE YOUR DOLLY FOR

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tonight?” He paused. “Of course, I'll go any place Miss Shirley wants to, but why doesn't she ask me herself?” There was frank suspicion in his voice now. “All right, I'll hold the phons.’—A long silence then, “Is this you Clem. darling? What's the big idea? Certainly I'll come if you want me to.” It was already dark when Jack Burden sauntered into the Dove. “What about a Scotch and soda?” he asked as he joined Clem and the Duke in the taproom. Clem gave him a gay smile. “I'll

have one with you. I've just been . { Z Wht _ Site mt | sipping a Vermouth.” pr ——) 3 11 H A A 7 “Make it three,” the Duke called \ \ . | . = - —— { P z "

to the bartender. He pulled out a N on E #2 1 - chair for Jack. “Glad vou could “No, thanks, I'll just take a candy bar. I'm on the wagon.” { 77% LL BE BACK IN TOWN IN A Wi ‘ oO \ 3 \ 2 ; HATS H, LAWSY, WEEK AND IliL SPEAK TO YOUR THAT AHEAD, | AH THINK FE on Tea ATTY een

come, Burden.” Then turning to ie ~11D1] i the bartender again, “Send Pas- [HIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson A BOY ABOUT A JOB WHEN L GEORGE 2 , { S f HE'S OE quale down. We'll order dinner BR a rrr OEE ToT Dy RETURN | ID LIKE © HE'S , GHOST AND THE BRITISH ARE COMING ! here and have it served in my : CERTAINLY OB SOME 2 apartment.” AN AO HITCH = “Your apartment?” questioned LOOKING HIKER CAMEL ! SEE Clem. HITCHHIKER / WHO Gor WHAT HE “Yes, I keep one in this joint for g DURING THE WINTER | Yas] the nights I don't feel like going Q i hack to the hotel.” S Nay OF i212, AND “Janice French kept a separate £2 apartment, didn’t she,” Tlem’s tones were casual. She Sp ; was plainly making conversation. ! NS NSN 1 “I have one, too, but it’s in my [is N AS A |

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brightly at Martin. “But you're } " ) really not concealing anything, are > 0 I 3 Subd Biel os Aoi 0 ; AEN DOWN we you? : NOTRID WWE YOUNG ONS NO How would I be concealing any- AROUND T'PERW oa thing if I invited my friends to see OP FOLKS Be ito" I hm { = o 2 COPR, 1939 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T. M, REG. U. S. PAT, OFF. ALF an hour later Clem and Jack were enjoying a special] dinner in the quiet of Martin's| quarters on the top floor of the| A MAN'S Dove. HAIRY CHEST “Is there any more to this syba-| ss NO ritic luxury?” he inquired later, as| INDICATION OF they all sipped their after-dinner cordials in front of an open fire. | SUFERIOR. STRENGTH “you mean, have I any more| rooms up here?” Martin reached for | : \- z : : CR ve 4 a cigar. “Yes. There is the game| \ 3 " k Suan Zan ¢ bo A Fre a "Al Ne where I sometimes invite the] 3 OPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC, T. M. 8 boys in for poker. My private gym where I come for a work-out after | a hangover, and the glassed-in | g J sleeping porch ongthe back. But I'll j =

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He was looking, however, not at| Jack, but at Clem, as he talked. | THE FOLLOWING ¢

“Now, I guess it's about time to get | JARANESE BARBERSY started. Where would you like to , d JALAN LES go first, Chin Lee's hop joint or| . Ie = CURRENT May Day's new apartment?” He | Nl £58 SANOMAN | smiled. ANSWER—Barberry, an ornament ; . i | { ees Y, al shrub; current, a warm curPigs Stared TY Quins rent of the northwest Pacific Ocean, flowing northeastward along the doesn’t sound quite so bad.” shores of Japan; sandman, a song title of some years past. Jack grinned. The drinks and 53 | oe dinner had revived him. “You will] go slumming, will you? Better be | prepared for anything, even at Lee's. Come on, I'm ready.” It was after 11 when Martin's black car rolled up to the curb at|

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