Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1939 — Page 17

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: “CAST OF CHARACTERS Dan Ranmvmsteser mest + || FT) | SN “a || (© . HARKNESS—Dan’ do i Qa lol Cd TE ; RAR TNL be 5 wits 0 5 A! Sistec-in-iaw. Din's Wiewet, | j AY SE BUSTER, YOU MAY DESIGNATE THE | Stenographer. Ton Smbitious young || |G Dats Fei Sy F( GVERES! | Dl FRAGRANCE FOR OUR FIRST J Cee J end § EF 7 > ry £ x RAL IT BE Sp ; ment. Her Jreary Thanksgiving is we Did k NS gL WE : Wi ‘IAA PERFUME - - ~ : a mh NZe 2% * 2\_ NEWS ON PAGE] Brightened by a visit with the Sands . SRN 5 J Adi ; & OR SOME = ; ais, Wey: 97 +s ONE > family, Remembering the first happy 3 Ye ; : y VE 4 : SCRE : SEFTRY Ba “ha ONE-2, ays of her marriage, Marian realizes ; ” , 5. 7 ¥ RAPPETIZING J : : 2s : 7 that she Lad a chance for happiness— I ory BR AROMA? and mauffed it. ARES

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE _JOLDING the doll in her arms, « 4 Marian dreamed on. Things had gone from bad to worse in the Harkness apartment. “Quite frantic over the unpaid bills, resentful because of the necessary penny pinching, she had taken a temporary, and very foolish, way out. Listening to the radio while she turned the cuffs on Dan's worn shirts, she had been inspired by % - aa ; : 3 / the plausible chatter, of a loan AA IF ‘sil -- a 1 3 shark—he called himself a broker. 4 : 7 3 : ps a “LHE GREAT DAY Your furniture or your car, no co- pa a A Cp Tid RE Ah hy DRAWS NEAR/ signers, easy monthly payments, » « : 3 > ; a rig COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. W. REC. U. Marian had been in an office; she : Le . was smart enough to look behind LCHON AHL BE BOUT 3 the 3 per cent monthly interest rate.| | rh re . a : : ry Maly i {. °F. NA ne, She could multiply and knew well] “You better try a more conservative model, Junior—remember, your \ RDE / ; NAN F SUST TAN WHICH EVAN what 36 per cent a year meant. father has to wear it when you've outgrown it!” 1 A : 7 HE i 2 oe EEL “0 y .But she wanted money, she want- : be CapIons

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collectors. More than anything else, - wanted a new dress and hat and shoes. ‘ She had paid the creditors and with the re-established credit, had charged two dresses, three hats and & pair of blue kid shoes. For one month she had enjoyed a precarious peace, After that—well, after that. The same men who had -suavely urged her to. borrow more than she ac- % : Men ald : : +73 & < “Af 2 P 4 ZY 4. : : ; 7, tually needed, became wolves who| |p: i ; a : ; 4 £ 2) Z s oo I po : 1 7 7 Stouched on her Sovestep, hounds| {7 7% E : \ JV 3 | a ; Ev J A vho trailed her, judges who con-||¥% = $Y. : =k : i ~ \ 1% iz She managed for a few months, : :

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debt. Then, one day, not speaking “To THOSE HIDEOUS of it to Dan, she went to see Grant ! . Fellows. She told Grant Fellows the facts and, together, they worked out a little scheme. He was to ask Dan, as & personal favor to himself, to ? Sv iR Ne let his wife work for a few weeks. To TEATS " Rigen Illness in the office and so forth. HN y Mr. Fellows had called, Dan had returned from the phone dragging his feet. : “Darling,” he had said, and Marian could remember how he looked, grim and miserable. “I've sold you down the river.” Later, when" they quarreled, she had reminded ii of Je saiement, yes 7 > a sym a gp Lod minded hat her going bac ~ 4 8 : ge . © 2 X —— work had been his idea. Recalling| {Ssme =" Gs : : — NANCY DID the time, Marian felt ~that- no) [E449 0-3 corn 1930 By nea SERVICE, i : 5 o oy, + Putiishient Way ow eo great Ie “Something tells me I shoulda started passing in that last quarter!” FOR THAT. 8 on +x Sy ITTING ther in the quiet room,| FLAPPER FANNY “By Sylvia . the snowflakes drifting against : . ip m— | ‘the window pane, she wanted to ft 2 dodge. the memories. In another] |. : way, she was eager to face them: Ih some vague way, by so doing, she was purging for conscience. Before she would be able to make amends, she must flay herself, admit the wrong she had done. She had looked up brightly. own the Tien May I have a 3 ; : : 3 fe : rd il pat or must I swim?” ? Tp va TON : tr —. CS - fred Pathre 8ylodiesise, ; Dan had not smiled. “Thére’s an TN >”. ; Le ; : ; simi ens SEE ) Seok CE ae soy om ok 17 -& do P! LOOK : (OH, DO NOT THINK WE ARE ANGERED, ; \ PERMIT ME PERSONALLY TO | you could help out for a week or Zr Wy So =o lg IY aX . |GRACIOUS BENEFACTORS, NOT AFTER THE BOZOS | THANK YOU. YOU HAVE WON] 10 days.” ' ARN : Cov bad eg ; : . PODNER HE | SAVED THE LIVES OF THE SUPREME LORD [WE CARRIED |My ETERNAL GRATITUDE - |: _ ‘«Of course I can. It only be : Lo PA oft Eg Tr wy i ; vi Cy RA Cg ED 1 . | OF HOLY MEN AND THE EIA OuT O' THE ) ee for a little while—I'll make a few Ry ng i ue a, if : HAY : J — | a :

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dollars.” Dan had frowned. “I don’t mind if you help Mr. Fellows in an emergenty—" Marian hadn’t been gshamed even then. Knowing that there was no emergency except her ‘own folly, she ‘should "have been ashamed. “But don’t take any money, Glad. Give him a few days of your time, but don’t accept pay.” » Marian. -had said, “Well — I'll gee,” knowing that she was going back to: Grant . Fellows’ office to stay. Knowing that, once she got 4 \ Loe p—— : there; she could prolong the time| / \ op L “WHAT GOOD

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week to pass. The apartment was ; different when Marian was gone | | / during the day. When they went | td 0 ? : SEER : in together ihefe was 8 Lele “There was another of those crank letters in the mail today—guy if no one live cre, @ i3un- .._. wants to know when you're goin ” dry had to be sent out and Dan’s : y § to. pay. his bill.

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nest, she gave the same answer, “I £ : can’t let Mr. Fellows down, Dan.” / . — X A STARE, RELL. HANDLE WX - ing. “ Jae : ia ANN WORD FROM NOL ONLY. BAS: | [POOR CHAP. TT Wk, VERY 1 ONESS TH Axe re] eT LL PUGS FATHER © Tow Tow ERE TAGE WM MOTs JP - | [MAGINE ARN: STEN SEI SNA ited. Mr. Fellows has asked me, SY |: id ee od B F : J - "5 : ON ww 9 7. ORCE THEN'RE SIRRED UPL 1 DOLnET b | % Z_ 7 ; PES dent ENE | WEA ARs N MOCK \F WE FUER LEARN WHAT

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rain the new girls.” - £ oN : 7 0 ARO WRN : Re # a a ; 1 hy HIP BA ST Hl - Raevers] RAPPING wm BOT TAY, WAGER we @ ALLY, it had come to a show- "fe : Hit ' £ | Xoo = : 4 “NE BA = » AR Wa ; : Dan had called Grant A 77 ~Y ; HH 2 Tv NE oT / unre x. 5 7 SISHALY, AS WEL pb - Fellows. : . cold ” He had asked good-naturedly, Say, when do I get'my wife back?” Mr. Fellows had been frank. He'd played the little game with Marian because of pity for her dilemma. He — it § liked her, he wanted her to stay. : | COPR. 1929 BY. She was fitting into his office, re- : 3 | T.M. REG. U. placing Angie Doran’s precise and . i)

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tion. ; “you'll have to fight that out with TA EAT Ag iE : THERES A B8AT your wife, young man,” he had said. }- : . (7 2 Cu nin SO SM EIS TH AT yr . “I think she’s here to stay. She has i . to an CRAWLS THROUGH ability, she will go far. Think twice - J : AY = s before you coop her up in a oneroom apartment.” : That night Dan and Marian had taken their first reluctant steps down separate paths. The two paths seemed to.run close together, andj. Marian had not noticed when the distance widened between them. Dan saw the danger. Gently and kindly, he tried to reason with her. He tried to explain what a family meant, how the interests. must, be the same, how they must pull ‘together.. = ; She would not listen. “You're unreasonable, Dan,” she had said. ; ; “You won't look ahead, Glad,” Ns ofS ik rain he had said sorrowfully. “You won’t| ‘ANSWER-—Twin cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul; Mile High city,

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