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i es REET Cis aD | GIANTS USE HERES ONE THAT WILL J ZZ} wou cAN TIME == T HAETA DO ! TOASTER FIXE DETOU R = aR Pg THE POLO EMPTY THE SHOWBOAT, 7777 WILLIE CROCKER | =| THAT STUFF DURIN' RC oggly Wil of : fy Aes GROUNDS LIKE SMALLPOX: “UNCLE 4 Sas, WHAT'S ‘WE J TH' LUNCH HOUR : CAN'T USE ‘EM : go SEE LORY PERS FOR 7] ORA WAS SLKCH A RAKE,WE DIFFERENCE : WIT ONE HAND = FER MONTHS AN’ By OREN ARNOLD =\ WES RED BASEBALL, WEREN'T AT ALL SURPRISED | eETWEEN : WHILE T BAT wrr* A MONTHS -- BOW, 1} = STR WHERE DOES WHEN HE MARRIED A GRASS GRANDPA'S NEW x ; WHAT WE SAVE CAST OF CHARACTERS ¥ ia oy = : 1 THE POLO WIDDER "ba WHEW! T “THOUGHT DOLLAR Pipe AND ||] | ROSELEF DALE and CHRISTINE PAL- | ] tH 1] IE TEAM THEY PENSIONED “THAT GAG > A POLECAT?" DO MER — Partners in A sammer togrist H 3 ; -¥ | PLAYS OFF RGHT an eZ YOLI KNOW “THE a : | BATTLE OF MANILA} Z| MNeWERBUSTERY

venture at Golderest. : § y { z DICK BANCROFT and FRANKLIN 3 Fo NN pf ITs A MATTER LARRAWAY _ They alte found an in- : : 3 i WN a= 8 3 ! | > OF A DOLLAR _ terest im Gelderest. ~ - 3 _ oa 2 { (LBA 7 AND “TWO SCENTS! 1&5 [EN 2 ye 3 wan CATZH ON Yesterday —Christine and Roselee tuy f § 3 y \ J | ; : y PRETTY GOOD IN the ghost town, Golderest. Ther ride : = i : 7 3 v / =t | ‘ ; AIN'T I¥° - down its main street, walk inte its old 4 J f : : i o ‘ bank, And the safe locked. A strange Vveice xave, “I've been wondering if vou came te open it!”

CHAPTER TWO OT of womey in history have fainted—or inted—for ef-| fect. They wanted to impress some- | body with their frailty, which was! stylish back in the buggyv-and-| bustie era. But it is physically possible for! thoroughly modern and self-reliant | young women to faint in absolute] reality, and Christine Palmer and | Roselee Dale almost did so. Only! their abounding curiosity, plus an! inability to flee, caused them to re-| main standing. Finally they let out

a concerted vell. > i “Gosh!” said the man, himself : J LI'L ABNER startled now. ;

They saw his head then. a fine “That's a miniature shot I took of the Grand Canyon at 250th of a | . Sap 2 A 9 % j 4 P ¥ oh THASS RIDIKERLISS MERRE NOT ~BUT =

looking head above the half wall! secend—couldn’t guite get it all in, of course.” i : vr | SOMETHIN’ SHOT IN TH OLE BLACK- \T ME ’-

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‘Say, Im Sorry!" he went on : Pals 2 A YAR SHOT = YARS/ ANT FIT POM b GU {ADVANCE ONE g x i$ Be —_— | Erg AT = IT COME FO" MAN NOR 14 MO’ YARD aah «a DUES 1 Seared the \ 7 Tg FUM TH OLE Sx BEASTY” - AN SHoors daylights out of you. I should have | “A BLACKHEART - : i PLACE? NUP

shown myself sooner.” 4

He was a big fellow, bareheaded = : : 7 = has Tz and in shirt sleeves, tieless with lf .O § i Za J = collar open. He had black hair, quite unghostiy, “D-did you — expect — somebody | else?” Roselee pointed at him oddly. | Christine could only swallow. “Well, ves,” h eadmitted. “There have been tracks here, and I was curious. I still am.” “Tracks,” Roselee echoed, still! wide-eved. Fright made Roselees ; ! . ; f large blue eyes larger and more [TOS §¥ ye A RB —— Rg ¢ beautiful still. The voung man ap- | WF » IX - 3 +] | 7 (5

peared to discover them. vO 5 x : . fi. of “Yump. But they were men's | NS AE a RED RYDER

tracks. Here in the dirt and dust 2 } p ; of the bank, leading to the vault. I 3 i THIS HOT \RONS GO AHEAD ¢ THAT FIND RED, You BETCHUM, | _ saw vou riding up in the distance. : : Lb . GOW’ T@ HURT YUN? : BULLET WENT OLEAN LTE BEAVER! MISS MORGAN. 7 I thought youd be—theyv. So I hid 4 § {f 3 KIN YUM STAND Wy” THROUGH==* \T8 HE NEEDS THAT in here to see who you—who thev— . # { ‘3 (3 WF x) GoY To BF yy MEDICINE? were, See? : ff ‘ Ae | iH ; 3, A A\CAUTER\ZED! y Roselee couldnt disperse the thought that something about him looked familiar. “You—uh—live here?” Christine asked Yes” "On business, no doubt?” Chris-! fine was prone to speak a little foftily at him, now. “What business?” | : - 5 SE : 4 Go WR 7 x », “Oh, ves. That is—well, impor- | TR RR Sta Zi ; E>. p W, / A 4 tant business. You see—well, the We 3% > 3 k ; . Zz 4 7 ; 1 Butums gawd < : Oar 3 <N" > / Rv 3! fact is, what's vour names? | 2 COPR. Yoav BY WEA SERWEY. WR. - 0 he ¢ He BEING WATCHED BY TUE > © & | “How do vou like our garden, dear? I made a salad out of it NEE hay : A Ni MORGAN MAN WHO SHOT RED.

bok " i | aT mon memo | 7 ~ HE girls looked at each other. FLAPPER FANNY y Sylvia NANCY

They were still flushed with «By Bushmiller .

excitement. Roselee took up the) HORRY AEE LER EERE TE NOL dl WH, : - - * Em . conversational reins again. . J ~ SPL Yhap tea) Ne Lo Mme! fr § 2 3 ' i V-musar anne. ET b | = “YouTe doubtless the crazy old : => - cL te IR eve NE Yeas TO dite i — | TH < E * i) ‘B H - = /

4 hermit of Gelderest.,” she declared. . Fs . . . { “Every ghost town has one. Weil I= PS Lit roy’ to) NON, 72 77 28 — Bl en i — old hermit, I'm Roselee Dale. and law NEEL we os LOIN B= I = : . LT \T = mav I present my friend Christine Sn ” Bat — sarc i pe 3 2s - Nm] a Palmer. So there!” The “old hermit” smiled again. He had fine teeth. the girls noted And well chiseled lips. Mv name's Bancroft,” he bowed a lite. “Im happy to see you. even though I— ‘Se are vou both!” He looked stern. “0 could go to the owners and have vou thrown off the pronerty. Or I—I could throw you off myself!” > . Tie girls gasped, and locked Peon /% SEA a “ significantly at each other. The nN Ayre Lay WASHINGTON TUBBS II ma: was big enough to do en \ ion ER tenet " . as he threatened vf Bie > BC I THINK T GOT IT FIGURED OUT, EAs | POSSIBLY T JUST QUER- \) 7 RT SQUEEGELL © 777 DON'T WORRY, LAD, THE SKIPPER. | “Do we have to fight?” he asked Eo Ee pases ine B= oY THIS MR. SQUEEGE 1S PROR'L YY SOME | HEARD HIM OFFER THE : 7 GET THERE FIRST! 7 \S MORE PRACTICAL THAN ETHICAL, then with a new smile. “Td rather LL bia Ld Co RY aH | Ble COSMETICS MANUFACTURER. HE'S J CAPTAIN A HUNDRED il : 7, WE'LL BEAT L$ 0 1T) || FOR $200 HE'S Rr

invite you to dinner. Honest I can iy A TE j | | @OING TO HIPPA- HULA TO GET THE / DOLLARS TO MAKE SURE J WE &0TTA GET 1 | LAND US AT HIPPA-HULA, scrape up enough for all three. Its - Qr es oy oo Prog SECRET OF THAT BEAUTY WE DON'T LAND. _f a mY ASHORE EASY Zn, IN ANYWAY, pretty lonesome here. II keep Ls NS : SER) ; wy TREATMENT, TOO. a AN TN) NEROT 2 _ {4 — batch over yonder in the Ace High i \ ; : y 7.4% Zi , ° aN Hotel. N “Waiting for Franklin, Hes due tonight or tomorrow.” “Um. Another crusty old hermit. | no doubt?” “Franklin's my roomate in college. Franklin Larraway. Frank's going to study. And I have a serious job. I've loafed some because I've been | i R at a ri a x Yo « sunburn lotion, snake serum, poison ivy salve, mosauite netting | \ ey wn, here. I have opened every other! =yep, that’s all. Gee, I wish you were going, too!” )

door in Golderest. This one defies THIS CURIOUS WORLD _ By William Ferguson FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

me. and I can’t stand it.” |

“Naturally.” = sss ! “I'll skip over for my flashlight FBV——— eee ERE Ey hy Sp ATE (SLES on Liu and show you what I mean,” he EBEe—— g > 2 ai | xr LOOKS ¢ ROOSTERS CROWIN' ISTLES, . a P : io ~1 ; CYLINDER MISSIN'Y

B ran swiftly out and all atl once the girls were alone]

/ oe again with the bank ghosts of yess | Se ED veay The fidn’t like if 1 nen saw BY Pastening back, | es Un ) OF § c ; , : ) \ / , i and his pocket light was a bless COLORADO, | NUBRIN «== w

ing. ‘We've a long ride home” HAS CLIMBED

Christine’ remembered. “Lets LONGS PEAK '. hurry.” A “All right.” said he, pointing with OE * the light beam. “See what I mean? | MES. Here's flaky rust and dust every- - : y X ‘ack COPR, 1838 RY NEA SERVICE, INC. where except along the crack 1518 BY Nek staves |

where the vault door opens, and on We ; 7 | BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES ~ =—By Martin

the knob and handle. They've been

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them mysel?, but— Ci 7 | MR.ODVBLEENE WHEN WE \ DON'T COME OLX TO TH' CAR 'T have (fie combination” Rose. ; WILIROZAL ii, RB WRRE Bue © ar DANTE So SAL | ORE RAST PLEASE, uddenly put in, ov ME pg gia gr BE A we : “You haver” San who are vou : A, ANY i : W:] DONT TELL "MT BAWAES anyhow?” he demanded anew. 1 CR ) BZ ; WON! oo “I told you my name. Here— PX " A \ : py 9 =

you turn, and I'll read off the Ne , combination.” She was opening ™ the letter she had taken from 2 scienNms pocket of her blouse. He looked very seriously at her, hesitating | CALLING VITAMINS confused. | BY LETTERS OF TE “Go on, tum it” Chlsune res. ALPHABET MAS 4 The mystic numerals worked—| 12-0415-RE-LI-RE. He strained at GONE OUT OF STMLE. : ; ft and the massive door inched! . . open tantalizingly. Instantly three SAY Rien or THESE 1S THE

tiptoeing quite unnecessarily, and he; j p— ? knelt to unfasten the string while oF MELE PEST YES 'M THOSE GIRLS + YEAR WHATS AND ME*+_)/ AND IF YOU OH+e I'LL WRITE DOWN ) + THE : THAT TOMATO.» Christine held the Rashlight. All & SURE mA™S ; IT 70 YOU ? ON THE LIKE US+YOU AY SURE | | THE ADDRESS 7 MEETING | \ HER PAN IS three young people looked like E\ WHISPERIN' ABOU WELCOMING COMMT= ) MIGHT CARE T0 / SURE | | FOR YOU STARTS { ) FAMILIAR" ; | : ME TEE OF THE JUNIOR ¢ JOIN WE RAVE ( I'LL BE AT EIGHT,

hantoms high-lighted feebly but PR Ne THIMBLE CLUB. WE \ AWFULLY NICE ) GLAD TO PROMPTLY “it’s money!” he whispered, In : ; % » nd CA 2 § Avil Lio

awed tones. Together they stooped Ca. : p AS BY a IE YOU'D LIKE TO SO Glad to inspect it, handle it, count it. : i J : A Bw \} \ | na x ATTEND ONE OF OUR currency and specie alike. They oh 3 3 of % yy A a A \ ” EN : CLUB MEETINGS - E were extremely quiet, almost furtive, 3 . ! : ; J

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