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PAGE 22 : THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES maa THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1939 SERIAL STORY GRIN AND BEAR IT OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY ~~~ a. By Williams 7 " DRAT IT, BAXTER! 1 | MY CHICKENS ARE TRAINED NEVER Qf GOOD GAWSH! TLL

BRI DE ON EE " ES ana HAVE GONE TO GREAT TO TOUCH VEGETABLES OR FLOWERS, NEVER LIVE THIS wel R Re ee PAINS TO CULTIVATE A 77 HOOPLE, SO TRY THE OTHER DOWN IF THEY FIND : : ican BED OF SWEET WILLIAMS, 77 NEIGHBORS] BY THE WAY, REMEMBER 7 IT OUT! : 7’

- fl AND THIS MORNING 1 §, | “THAT RARE CHINESE PLANT WITH U DG ET £ “A NOTICED THOSE GROUNDED THE "MARVELOUS MEDICINAL VALUE” BUZZARDS OF YOURS 7{ “THAT YOU PUT IN LAST SPRING? 0 RIPPING nse OUT BY THE |) 7 SOME OF “THE SEED BLEW ROOTS! EGAD/ WHY 5 IT OVER IN MY YARD, AND NOW T By JANET DORAN | HN TMEY ATTACK MY FLOWERS GOT A NICE CROP OF IT TO HARVEST | ak AND NEVER TOUCH “THAT “JUST PLAIN MLKWEED/ CAST OF CHARACTERS ; ; CONGLOME RATION OF . IRIS IVES—a radiant bride who | : y: PLEREIAN SPINACH thought love came first and money | \ f RJ J AND PARSNIPS AV could take care of itself. { 3 - ‘X. 3 : *: YOu RAISE ¥/ (71

BART WHITTAKER — a righteous bridegroom who looked at the bank. | book first and his wife afterward.

CHAPTER ONE

T first, when she saw the powder blue gabardine suit, Iris did not think about Bart Whit- | taker | At first, there was just the shop | window and the suit with the rich, | gleaming strand of mink fur flung | carelessly over one shoulder and | the long suede gloves on the floor | k nearby. The suit did something to | her. Crystallized a desire that had | lain dormant, threading its uneasy | way through so many things she | had done up to now. | , Then Iris remembered Bart. She | i LA 3 y Mi er ez = : re - had to do something about Bart, | bo 4 : p . y Ay § Ere == réally, She had tried everything, | TH 4 : 3 H Z 7 4 BOTH SO op XY I 1! Us Re TEE done everything—still they were | - 3 J i AR SPR.) : ING. TM, & “af OIF. —\\V%, THE Ce J J RWLLAMS ~ about where they were a year ago. | —

Business us bad, Bart Was os | tuna pt : 8 25. AH AX HOW YO' *- SAILING FOR EUROPE, THERE WAS LOTS “FEELING tious, thrifty and too proud to| . . > MIGHT = SAILING - i} is 2} A STRANGE. EXHILARATION, | wiarry when he felt he couldn't| “Of course she'd be mad, telling her she takes an eight! You gotta COME T’ GIT INTO TH OF CHAMPAGNE. | STROLLED OUT ON HEW/- FOR A oe STROLLED TOWARD BROADWAY.CROSSING support a wife spar around with a size four a while, then squeeze on a six SHAPE YO ISIN? DECK-ALONE.! MADE A BET ‘WITH MYSELF A MINUTE | THOUGHT ; A STREET, | SUDDENLY SPOTTED AN “Ill take it with me, thanks,” Iris | S48 We dome wilh JL DL Tew I [IAT GOD WAR THE RAL BA eR FA) {| STEFPED SETHE CURE SK HUGE. & 3b y & S," S \ : Ho | n ! = HE URB — ' told the salesgirl. And the little By Clyde Lewis | 7 Z CI \ PARTY FOR rent att veeeennett?® ; J | | "TRUCK CAME: HURTLING ALONG —

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biue book in her purse said, “cash FRIENDS OF $15, balance due, $65, payments] weekly.” | Everyone knew Iris Ives, knew! she worked in the dean's office, and | was the best-dressed girl on the campus, the most popular. Few remembered that she had been the best-dressed girl in 1931, or that she was the belle of Fraternity Row, that year, though. Only Iris, and a tiny calendar in her bedroom, knew that. By the time she had discovered Pe ERE : i : / ee ® , the tailored linen blouse with the| J = Se : ES 3 i \ aT ss { }/) Qa. Cay, French cuffs, the alligator pumps, iow BR Si : Eo EE Seem “Hig Ta Ror U. 8 Pat. OFF: Distributed yo and the pinseal purse, the weekly LN 3 —CSY 3 : MEH mati Rack cate. ne pay checks of Miss Iris Ives were} | RTC \ ia \F YOU ELLUM RANCH TO : mortgaged for six months to come. : . 3 X Bl MORGAN HOMBRE «+ ONLY PLACE | But by then, Iris didn't care. | LEFT FOR RAIN CLOLD TO GO <M By then, she was sure, Bart 18 BACK 10 FAT SQUAW ./ ee would change his mind. The suit er » would db that 7 . “Do you budget, Miss Ives?” the salesgirl went on. Iris nodded. She honestly believed she did. At least, she bought her clothes in budget shops, agreed to pay so| much a week, and because she was| a living, lovely advertisement for | the clothes, was able to explain, prettily, to credit managers, why this week's installment would have to go over until next week, because EER ~~ 7 y / » 2 ar dl she had to go to the dentist. : Sa 3 , NED ped. SC A X \} NEXT MORNING AT RE [1 | " > po Ny : 8 a : j THE MORGAN RANCH hy

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HAT night, there were many | (ig ATE { : — T new things in the little two-| |Mvwoe* 7 EF POOR SLUGGO---1 IT AIN'T RIGHT i G-GOODNESS -- 1 OH---1 S'POSE room apartment where she invited (169% 4-8 cons 1030 ov nea service ne GUESS HE'S SLEEPIN' FOR ME TO BE IT'S AWFUL HE HAS ENOUGH Bart for Saturday suppers. There “Don't be a sap, Joey—don't tell her you're not worthy of her! Let OUT IN THE COLD IN A NICE WARM ’ CREEPY OUT y SENSE TO SLEEP was the deep lounge chair she| her find it out herself.” WOODS === IT'S BED AND HIM 7 HERE.) i IN A BARN! bought because Bart liked to read] AWFUL J} SUFFERIN' LIKE 7 : the paper while she prepared the FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia food she had purchased from Mrs. | Kemble's home kitchen shop. There! was the smoking stand, and both! would cost her but a dollar a week, and the set of glazed blue pottery dishes included as premiums with the bargain chair. There was the food—temptingly old-fashioned home-cooked baked beans from a huge crock Mrs Kemble cooked each Saturday, and hot crisp rolls, and brown bread There was the salad Iris assembled

from lettuce, halves of ny 4: \ A pears and enemies “There NI | THE IDEA = RAIDING MY HEN- THEM'S MIGHTY HARSH | [YOU WAS A MIGHTY BUT IMA ) [va kN SHOOT ME, OR DROWN ME, \ THEN YOU'LL WAVE 3 THAT HEAVENLY AROMA! ab ah \ | \ WOUSE! GIT, YOU OLD SCALAWAG! / WORDS TO SPEAK TO | | PORE EXCUSE OF A NEW MAN, | | BUT DON'T SEND ME AWAY TO CHOP WOOD FOR JF AH, SONNY BOY, HOW I ———— a) =

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was the steak and strawberry short- ' . | ! " / pe (a : gt the steak Was th ; ~\ YER OWN, TRUE-LOVIN'| [ HUSBAND 12 YEARS - | MiLty/ TVE| | HONGRY! OH, PLEASE, MILLY!! | \T, YoU LOAFER. LOVE THAT GAL! yak cake. But the steak was the main, HUSBAND, MILLY. AGO, JACKIE WARTTS, / SUFFERED! | | JUST ONE MORE DEE-LiCious MEAL aN fem tank tea w ov $4.6 AN' YOU AINT IM- / TUE HAD THE | | BEFORE I DIE — ONE MORE Good steak feed costs vou $1.50 PROVED A LICK.” / DYSPEPSIA. OH, SLICE OF BUTTERSCOTCH apiece, these times; and you cook e\T" THE NIGHTS I'VE A i"

one for a fraction of that, Iris. I WOKE UP DREAMIN' OF OLR urea

don’t see how you do it.” Iris never told him. Bart was a SCOTCH PIE! hound for figures and if he knew] how much these Saturday suppers! cost her, there'd be a riot. Too, he! thought she cooked the things herself. ! Iris kept her own secret counsel] and tried not to worry about the! two dollars, or three that each sup-| per bit out of her pocketbook. “ % & |

TILL it was worth it. Bart had \ 4 : OZ WELL -.-- MR GMLET HAS GONE! - (ir WAS Ns. Js own litie saaio sal, sHg WH | 7 = Z 3, hose YOURE PLEASED WITH YourseLr! ) [ill 1m was Aw [ Youve ONLY PART 7 "BUT MEN LIKE HIM ? g along fine. An e \ he 3 U MUST HAVE PRESENTED A FINE ! RUINED OF AN ™ 7 " utr ; oe / OONT P THEM was by far the most attractive man| . & 3 3 SPECTACLE OUT ON THE HIGHWAY ( YOUR. INITIATION ! 7 ON THE PAYROLL! she had ever known. Though he} \ 3 > 3 Na i CHANCES GEE ! HE 7 2 . hadn't reached the point yet where- | J —y 3 2 % FR FOR A MUST HAVE in he realized the value of dress-| . : ZS GOOD JOB A SWELL. ing to look the part of a success-| “Well, the best I can explain it to you is—glamour is what it takes WITH HIM / ful, rising young business man. to get (wo scoops of ice cream in your sola.” “What for, Iris?” he argued, when! a she mentioned a sale on men’s suits! THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson | once, “Why should I mortgage my | p= Se EEE ’ suture just to keep up with the] Joneses? This suit is good enough

for me—had it three years now, and | | ~ A : a / 7 < v 7 s bh there's still plenty of good wear § D AE ul IW y ) 7 k left in it.” | ; | 3 ? So he hadn't bought the suit. | 5B SN i k Ra) Be 4 JA 3 ¥ But secretly, Iris speculated on | AE > | TP Rb Ba | , | 7%, N p. 7) g |

what she could do to improve him. | A : fi He was really quite handsome. Not | ’ 1 eS i Ot 7 001 10 ENTIRELY OLER - BUT THE FACTS ARE THESE “WER | 1 FEEL SURE ] } Ti Soo guite so tall as some of the glamor | >, Li GES . LOOKED TRE \XO6AL | FATHER BEOVOENTLY \S OEAD,AND HE TLERN TANG CANT WEP SR S BETTE MY boys she had known from Fraternity | XA SOE OF The § \X LEFT NO WiLL APPARENTLY LROW- , Wh, WORK BENG JOR HGH WE Row, but weii-buiit g SITUATION LL NEVER | RATE! EVER, PUG , AS SOLE HEWR , Wh OUT PLR VIE A Ee rich OF COURSE INRERT THE ENTIRE SAT\SEACTORWY || WORRIED || Ment BE! | BOOW. A sturdy, dependable young man,| # AS TRS Bart Whittaker. Ambitious, thrifty ARE FOUND. 1 ESTARE AOC 1 WAS OWEN TO | bm ey prone | (SET . A good catch And when a girl was | ONLY TWO PLACES ™ UNDERSIAND Web Te . kK MINUTE, ON sliding into her 26th year, she had ON EARTH... ;

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A \® i ? ’ ; flung open the door and grinned. Ve vy : Te ) & / . S. PAT. \.COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. “Hi, honey,” he greeted her. Not pS . noticing the new house coat which a \ y § : ¥/ CHEE -- ANYONE WHICH KNOWS ALL had cost $11, noticing only the new i Pa t/ THEM BIG WORDS MUST BE A REAL lounge chair, so deep and inviting i GENT.” JUST THE TYPE FOR COUSIN and comfortable looking. b% ABBIE. NOW | WRITES HIM AGAIN, AS “Hey, what is this, a wifely : HER GETTIN’ A LITTLE MORE FRIENDLY-: iL ) touch? Or do I notice a little solid HAS AN ESTIMATED LIKE. COUSIN ABBIE’LL NEVER NN comfort offered the tired business VOLUME OF FORGET WHAT I'M DOIN’ FOR

man?” HER! “Goof,” Iris chuckled, but secret- % S00, 120 ly, her mind was winging back to BOARD FEET, the new suit, spread out on the ACCORDING TO bed, and the new fur scarf and MEASUREMENTS gloves, the handmade linen blouse. OF ENGINEERS

After supper, she'd put them on, to wear to the movies. " SEQUOIA NAT IL. PARK, They would make Bart realize ¢-8 she wouldn't languish around unnoticed, unappreciated forever. > Over the shortcake, Iris men- ANSWER—Unfurled. tioned the offer the dean's wife had 5 . WF y I aE made her. “You see, darling,” she told him| younger. If we can manage as we = >, [0-8 : i RVan Bugen “Theyre going to Japan for the regretfully, “I might not comeback are apart, now, we could save by a | ar summer vacation, Bart, and they to Linwood, after a trip like that.

want me to 20 along, too. He plans Though of course there's a chance BOONRE eXpengsy snd. ineome, 1 to do a book on hiS travels. ‘I might decide not to accept the know we could. There are budgets. PS offer. If «Ho. .” A big grin broke over his face. \

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tically, “chance of a lifetime for| “Look, honey,” Bart began pa-|Budgets! It would take a girl like : i \ you honey. Nothing like travel— | tiently, “I'm barely clearing $50 a Iris to know about budgets. Sensi- 1 and with all your expenses paid.” |week now. That wouldn't run a ble, she was; smart. Figure every

Iris cleared away the things, house and pay expenses. So you'd| penny. stacked them in the sink. She better . . .” ——— | SliDpeq out of the house coat and; Typ making $75, Bart, Thats ee At you i, the Polk millauan ve phone CH. 7183, '1lc a quart,

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