Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 August 1939 — Page 17

MONDAY, AUG. 28, 1939 ______ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _. a HPL ie __ PAGE 17 SERIAL STORY — GRIN AND BEAR IT i QUR BOARDING HOUSE With Majer Hoople OUT OUR WAY

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24 SIR a BY THE WAY, BUSTER, 77 TT lll see THEM WHEN I SHOVED Mu rder on tl 3 COULD IT HAVE A WORD Z LH-HUN! YEAH, SURE oF _ HH f TH' BISCUITS IN TO BAKE -- SERRA: | WITH YOU PRIVATELY AETER |] GOSH THIS CORN'S.GRANDS J; Hi [lll You OUGHT TO TELL DAD TO ” ; : Ow HARPOVDHY I77\ HORSES SURE HAVE w 7 es STOP DRYING OUT HIS SHOES Th e Tr : : DR pM ws [7] coop nee! 4 ®) IN THE OVEN?

NOTHING IMPORTANT, BUT I MET A MR, PILCH TODAY

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H a 1% — Ni ; > INVITED ME TO SIT IN FOR ” oa r wa 3 Per a A FRIENDLY GAME OF MY GUESS (7 / LIKE THE " SN F : & DOLLAR LIMIT TOMORROW 1S THE MAJOR OLD ROY By ELINORE COWAN STONE | & Oe A} NIGHT, AND 1 AM TEMPTED 1S ABOUT HAS : i. : TO ACCEPT wAKAFE -KAFE vw ~ TO PICK LP FALLEN CAST OF CHARACTERS ¥ i 1 : : - You KNOW HOW ADROITwA AN OPTION OFF A CHRISTINE THORENSON—came to 8 LL Sh | 24 AH ER,THAT IS, HOW - ON A HALF- BOBSLED visit heb cousin, found a mystery. 3 aN 2 , N YORTUNATE I USUALLY ~ MILE OF AND THE BILL YARDLEY—had a reason for | | as PRR : ne | AM WITH THE PASTEBOARDS ¥IRE PLUGS |i LORRY

watching Christine, : / GEOLGE WILMET — employed Chris- wa HAR -RUMPH ! , pr f WOLVES tine as a Boardwalk artist. : : pra f CHANDRA—Ilooked into the fatare— FULL CRY] and into the past. )

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Yesterday: After agreeing to meet the mysterious “Lucille” at 9, Christine keeps her appointment with Mr. Wilmet. Bill has been taken to police headqaarters after his keys were found to fit | Mrs. Talbert's car. His story sounds very thin,

CHAPTER THIRTEEN HRISTINE spent the rest of the morning in the last place where i rag ¢ - , . ; \ —— TS she thought curiosity seekers would B 3! p =) ’ \ pin idl COW 4 \2 K 1] : 4 look for the “Boardwalk Myster eh 5 > : Carta A \ J A YR ; = — = TT RWILLAMS Girl"—the public library. rei SESE] ZR 2 =, ! SAT = rl 0 | REG. U. 8. PAT.

> ; v i taal % Z.. x N _— ofr. At 12:30 she was to meet Bill for CE ¢ ¥ y 4 \§-28 ? ' 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. 5. PAT. OFF SOPR. 1930 BY NEA SERVICE. INC.

Iunch—that is, if Bill were still “in| = : | LI'L ABNER —By Al Capp

5 © oo 2 Lo EE / 3 x circulation.” (15 { ie NE —— “ When she reached the ve reaimes | al 1e worst of her fears were realized “Who took my atom?” SO NOW YOU'VE BUT THEN-THAT'S DONT TRY TO DENY * : YO' SHO’ BID )( + DON'T TRY TO PULL As soon as she asked for Bill, a DDO ET BONY 00 GOT TWO OF EM | ALWAYS BEEN THE HAS IT, YOU YELLOW-LIVERED) SUH! JULIE \ ANY OF THAT INNO-’ waiter led her to a table, HOLD EVERYTHING HARMYZ / ON THE STRING. J WAY WITH HIM /—- SNAKE ”7-BUT YOUR WERE A-KISSIN’ | CENT COUNTRY BOY * “Mr. Yardley has sent word that | | HOW HUNDREDS OF GIRLS y STUFF ON ME.’-THESE ! we are fo serve you at once, Miss,” | ; = ; . Y RAT HAVE. FALLEN FOR HAS ENBED -SEE ?-GO POOR LOVESICK GIRLS he told her. “And he sent this note | || SR ee ) T Se LIKE HIS QD LSD HOME GIRLS AND THANK for you.” Si A SMOOTH, SUBTLE LINE HEAVEN | CAME ALONG “Sorry,” the note said. Can't! oF LK? WETHE MiSk OF Hie. make it. Please leave reply with! ; Louis, the waiter who will hand vou this—and who is as safe as a church —saying where I can find you about 8 this evening.” Christine lot the Tunch Bill had ordered cool while she composed a | fuss reply which sketched an outline of | her plan for the evening without be- | trayving the confidence of Lucille.” | At the end she added, as a possible line of communication, Am dining at | 3 id 77 \ 2 2 Decker's with Mr. Wilmet.” A 4 3 5 ~ 7 1 \\" p A Mr. Wilmet insisted on Christine's IN i : Zl ¥ ; idiscadiaidiicke ordering the dinner, sitting back SES ; F 3 ! without even glancing at the menu, > - { By Fred Harman,

although he must have known that a " RR | = PR sm . —— ors turd ot : WEEL NOT CHANCE, MISS RAQLUEL?! WAKLM LP! NO DSE---YAQU!, § = Sa ME FAI ? Decker's prices were appalling. J 7 . | {BEA "Ba GETTING MY GUNS ---1L AE CET AWAY.” HIM ESCAPE IN Bratk SY, Po, a eR He insisted on taking a wheel A . , EE RAQLEL FALL ! MST ESCAPE ! m— DARKNESS ~==)T ALL SAY WHEN HIM chair back down the Boardwalk. It 3 3 (Ea ASLEEP Yh . 7 ; MY FAULT-== ME yy RETURN ? was a closed chair with sun-glass! i RE iy GUARDING \ rf % ot Pp GO TO SLEEPUM/! : ; ; iy > windows. Christine, who hated be- | e 3 3 oe . ss” g a ing shut in, fumed as it inched | BN — ~ Eq | NE NOU) along under the guidance of a de- 7 ww : | A crepit old darky. . . . Suppose she SA should be late! Cf - || RYDER TO When, a little short of the Paris| fs NE : a RETLRN Shop, she insisted on saying “Good | : night,” Mr. Wilmet's face clouded | with concern. | 3 Y 3 ] “I really dont think you ought J i SS } 4 Nm to be alone on the Boardwalk,” he| ING : EY {1 : objected, “after what's just hap-| pened. Hadn't I better—ah—see you | ads “A tinat nd ree a | lah? Of we] “I've collected your insurance money, dear, and since you'll be here a

he laughed nervously—"I" t ‘ex- > Hy actly = Sehting Oo iy el month I think ITH ge to Bermuda! help in case of trouble.” 'ELAPPER EANNY : . tently, “There wont be any tow. ; rT ; PLEASE LET I BET YOULL WE'LL TAKE WHAT'S THE ble. I'm spending the evening with SRR LED eh " : ME BE YOUR) | MAKE A, Bipio NICE WALKS PATTER,

a girl I've known for years.” 3 She was afraid he might follow MERIT AT SRA A FRIEND / her; but when she looked back, he TRAN RE / ? was going dejectedly into a tobacco shop.

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®> * ® HRISTINE had no difficulty in identifying the girl, who stood before the shop window as if rapt by a pair of silver sandals. At the top of a flight of stairs leading to the street below, the girl glanced back before she descended. She walked on a block, turned into : \ J as a side street, unlocked a door, and | ) 9 - N Shy: : SOB —_ : went in, leaving the door ajar. 7 WA Bh ; Cove 1930: Calies Ponto Svedteate Yoo a aus -29 Christine hesitated, but followed.

She found herself in a poorly JR LRN [3 ! WASHINGTON TUBBS II

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lighted, inhospitable hall, from he ny i ha a . Which a stairway ascended into . hel 1” ne I GAVE YOU 20 MINUTES TC GET ME \ BUT MY WIFE HAS) [IN THAT CASE, I'M DREADFULLY. F WHY, CERTAINLY YE GODS! HE'S GOING) [NO HARD FEELINGS THO, OLD CI OG, AS eh VOR : w i] |THE WIPPA-MULA BEAUTY SECRET JLEFT ME-1 CANT ||SORRY, OLD MAN, /_ or = NOT v > TO KILL ME}! 1 (MAN. IT’S ONLV THAT BUSINESS | Exim an hic. ET R EY Eh pt Re | | VAN SCAMIP. IN © MINUTES YOUR ( POSSIBLY GET IT IN | |OM, DREADFULLYY yor GIVE nr 'S BUSINESS. FOUR MINUTES] Ing that something moved In the a oa SAN 1000 TIME 1S UP THAT TWEE h y ME MORE 5 )

shadows of that stairway. | ae | [gk a RS VV Sa The girl who called herself ‘Lu- [{:¥C¥¥rgl 0 CH alent ERAN ke Phi 1 1 Sr BD 1B i TIME cille” was waiting. as : es | Za =< x 2 : . “Come in here, please, Miss Thorenson,” she said abruptly, and opened the door upon a lighted room. | : Christine stood amazed at the con- f.- = } trast between the bleak ugliness of k &™

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Before she could speak, a man she |} { = = @y had not seen at first got up from a | fo desk that stood in a sheltered al- f¥ =" w». Ay Ho % Wy cove. Chandra | “I am sorry about all this mystery, Miss Thorenson,” he said in a well-

a voice. But it seemed THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson | = | : Sind > 5 | A, A INA Sa | 1 xNew WED J ; 4 HEY, DRIVER, WHERE Do E Ha shed every trace of the y i GET A TOW J BoY, . J } ABOUT JUNE J < CAN'T WE GO ANY You GET THAT Cv sbkadt. wickEn wath. Bk ARE WE MOVING ! WE'LL In + MAYBE FASTER 2 WE STUFF 2 Oriental mystic. From his un- | BE IN SHADYSIDE 8Y AFRAID ; SOMETHING'S XL ; : : obtrusive appearance and the quiet | 5 NIGHTFALL. !| HOW FAST © Lox! NAPPENE precision with which he spoke and] oi | ARE WE GOING ? . ) | TO HER] moved, one might easily—as she} ce 7 A : had that first night—have taken] § . 7, : ONE 1S him for a well-trained major-domo.! Hl: > ~ BO For Christine realized that she had| [i+ ( « ll fc - w Lie Tar! seen these tawny-brown eves not! i: J ‘ - ¢ J just once, but twice before. { | “Yes,” he anticipated her as she tried to reconstruct that brief oncounter on the station platform! | “vou have seen me before. . . . The

first time vou mayv not recall. You | He ig ; ] ! A ZN; / / . / thought your cousin might have | (eloYo XE 1 2 : oh : ) “A gk 77 : ; Jot ie a WHEN ELECTED FOR HIS SECOND Tord, Fr \ OPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF, 838 J ber” | TERM, WAS YOUNGER A ary BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES —By Martin “It was your eves, not your] OTHER PRESIDENT ELECTE ; WE : AR. TWAT NO 'y A THATS RIGHT ~ RUT 1'™M othe, hat LOC ia] ey FOR A f7/&S7 TERM. BS fo | Noo AoE NOY FR PROS P| PEREORN, Bot ATER | | THE. GO. WHOS. GONG FO A oath, Sh HN SMOLY | THIG ANOTHER | US, YOUNG || TO LOOK AFTER A TLE Ld 2.C2| ALL,TRE DUQUESNES TO SEE TART SvE GET said thoughtfully. “Yes—I see.” OUTRAGE -| WSTANT | 1 GIRL \\WE ARE POGS LEGAL A BREA ~~ BO 1 “And of course,” he said dryly, “it ~X IL__Poe- . GUARDIANS | SAY TREY CANT will confirm your worst suspicions . when I admit that I dropped off the other side of that train before it pulled out, and that I was in the WHAT WOULD HAPPEN taxicab behind vours when you got IE THE MOON SHOULD out at your hotel. . . . And I was COME IO Oo not the only one following vou, Miss , OO Thorenson.” MILES CLOSER Christine broke out angrily, “I THAN TIS NOW J was crazy to come here. I guessed from the beginning that this girl ; was one of your spies.” / bd A 0 B33 | J ; Ad : ; J : 4 “I suppose that it's no use to ex- \ J OA \ ; S o >) fi pa Ci : Es : pect you to believe what am really Ww | = DSO F . (Pas TAK : by | 2 wie, trying to be honest with you,” the { La / ( Ls : Said \ = - > a ¢ clairvovant went on quietly. “But ——— t is quite true that I was asked to REACHES A LENGTH > NR = —By Raeburn Van Buren keep an eve on your movements by] OF ONLY SEVE/N- Be = — SWAN 7 Ties An CA [Te ARRRRRRRRR 72 3 e— 5 as 3, : someone whom your cousin had ex- SIXTEEN 7THS O~ NO SUCH THINGS AS GORILLAS gh ~~ LR pected to meet you, but who was— AN JINEH. An CRABTREE COR ~TSy rm ALL A DEELUSION * ) 4

“Doesn’t she dawe that red sports roadster?” “That was last year—she turned him in for a sedan.”

unable to do so. I agreed to do it because”—he broke off as if search- £23 : ing for words that might hold her attention— because I know that I ANSWER-—Nothing wnusual. Because the moon's orbit around am-—partly responsible for Mrs. Tal-| the earth is an ellipse, the moon's distance from the earth varies. bert’s death.” | “Are you so sure that vou have whether that pain that worries tine interrupted impatiently. “But deceived the police,” Christine them is what they fear it is; wheth- why does it concern me—or my gasped, “that you dared to trick me jer the fime is right to invest their cousin's death?” into coming here and—" money. . . . There are some questions| “Because Mrs. Talbert’s case, Miss | “I said,” he interrupted with ajvou cannot answer directly if you Thorenson, was one of the ‘mustfaint smile, “ ‘partly responsible.’ are honest. . . . You try, if you &re nots’ Partly on that account, and . .. You see, Miss Thorenson, wise, not to complicate family partly because there were—circumpeope come here for such a variety troubles or to give advice involving stances I did not entirely underof reasons. They want, for instance, | large sums of money. . . . There are stand, I did not warn your cousin to be told how to find things they other questions vou must mnot|of her danger.” have lost; Wits eit Lusvonds nswer fully. Those are the gques-

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a a their evenings; whether tions involving life and death.” (To BS Continued) they Will get the jobs they want; “This is very interesting,” Chris. | ‘AT *W3is, wames wud characters in this