Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1939 — Page 15

MONDAY, OCT. 23, 1939 rt . THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES i bli nb 9 — PAGE 15 G:RIN AND BEAR'IT By Lichty| OUR BOARDING HOUSE ~, With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY | i : By Williams ; Joan of : ly JB 9 THE BOYS WAS KINDA SORE ¥77 EGAD,SNUFEY/ WHAT'S THAT You AN NOT ME! \ /JoooH--A \ [ PUL-LEASE, GOLDIE, \ © LAF 25

LAST NIGHT, MAJOR, WHEN YOU ¥ SAY ? OF COURSE, IF THAT'S THE WAY IM STAYIN' | \ Book! HE } WE LIKE YOU --WE BACKED OUT OF THE BOUT WITH THE LAND LIES wan THAT 1S aan HOME ANS HAS TO TAKE | LOVE TO HAVE YOU

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AS ONE OWL. TO ANOTHER , T COULDY OLD INJURY, TO BE SURE, T COULD Ht Y To with SE AEcoN aul our SAEs \EE |. J: fi +

: Baa iY ti TOSS THAT OLD WASHED-UP HAM 2 PROPEL THIS BABA INTO THE | THAT SETUP! / THE AUTUMN CAN'T EN ? /— By JERRY BRONDFIELD Fa \iX MYSELF wae HE CAN'T. WRESTLE GALLERY SEATS wm BUT SUPPOSE fit IN \ W LOAFINY With YoU ff == a ; iN =i HIS OWN NECKTIE OFF. WHY YOU SEE THE FELLOW AND : gE TR . STUDYIN' / : JOAN Ta em i - fl DON'T YOU TAKE "MON ¥ JUST MAKE \T PLAIN I COULD NOT : 7 Ne ; WY glamour girl of susan ved ) H ? TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN'T . WELL AFFORD hg RISK p oo : : : z COQ 2 KEITH RHODES—Tech’s star fullback;- Yi i A LOSE, IT'LL PUT THE FIX ON AGGRAVATION OF ; ES : WI headed for All-America honors. AH de? Fo, ; ; WITH BABA/ : MY OLD WOUND DAN WEBBER—the blocking back who BO 2 3 : % ; : : clears Keith's way; a steady, industrious student.

YESTERDAY: Kay Granger is more friendly to Joan: after the home-coming queen election. Keith’s fraternity plans a hayride and Joan is anxious to go. id 4 Ee TH : % 7h But Keith is ordered on a scouting trip. i Fa i ; EL VW : K =, He urges Dan to take Joan. “Why not?” 3 py : A RY & IA 7 Webber asks. : % 3 7 ; ; 1 — Wo— z

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g CHAPTER ELEVEN INSTEAD OF phoning, - Keith called for Joan at the library and

took her home. Tom “Take a deep breath and hold || on tight,” he said. “You're going on that hayride after all.” “Do you mean youre not—" i “You're going, but not with me,” he ‘interrupted. “Say—what’s this all about?” 3 4 So Ti fk - | 2LL A= / ‘Dan Webber is going to pinch i: ¥ Sih N N RN == wl . Nl ad : ; % “hit for me.” APP 5 rr I 5) . p \ = AR boo =< ann An incredulous look spread over | ERS: 4" rk SE £ — . COP. 1939 BY NEA QERVICE, ING, T. M, RED Of. : : TRwWILLIAMS Fi. her face, but before she could say | [REZ E § ; Pv : : : 20-28 J anythi Keith plunge . “Hon- ) : , oe tt. SL . . est, youll enjoy it. And youll sane LE TL | |rL ABNER | probably discover Dan is the swell| “Remind me when it's 4:30—1I promised to meet the wife at 2 and she’ll 2 egg’ I've been telling you he is. Te i hen she arrives!” MITZI MUDLARKYWHO WHY SHOULD AHfZ-FO gg g V be sore if I'm not there when she arriv OWS A TRICK TN NDERDS O YA LKS

- Now’ hance to di it.” NG E : Hu Then breaking into a grin: “I| HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis | |* TH FAS ‘Wepoi’ | 4 Ta CAUGHT BY fl BEEN AN ME TBO wouldn't trust you with anyone ” ™ DAISY MA 2 kd : ) NEVAK DOES NOTHIN

else.” TR Cr DAISY AEST SOUND She didn’t convince easily. “Do = TKETCH ME COME SADIE UT AH

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you mean to tell me old sour-puss ) : HAWKINS’ DAY=WH himself consented to escort me } a . anywhere but to the guillotine? ZN | Impossible! What'd you do— + fd Z 3 threaten him?” Keith laughed. “Why, the guy Just jumped at the chance.” “Okay,” she said, and there was . @ smile on her face. “Maybe I'll have more fun than I expected.” 2 2 = IT WAS A crisp, moon-drenched, late October night. Perfect for a hayride. They creaked up Pine . Ridge road in two wagons, 10 EE . _ Fotlee 2 Sh p first wagon had . RED RypSe : —By Fred Harmat:. meone- e firs — rs Sn; a portable victrola and a dozen| RED RYDER | f ME SMELLUM SMOKE! ¥ 5 ] "WEREWOLF" SHE COULD swing records. Dan and. Joan] AND LITTLE FIRE: RED RYDER? J} TRAP , DID THIS D KILL A LITTLE LATE -.- U5 TH SMOKE were in the second wagon, up front, | | BEAVER | pS : E » ME ---NOW I'LL BuT GO AHEAD, HER---a : a DA 27% ) i TELL YOU WHO 2 AND RECKON just behind the driver. arm’s| | FIN 2 Z oh Se : ; D, FEAR" y : is LAM RE NEXT/ length away, Tommy Peters fished . RAZED a a r/ ph for some music on a portable radio| } CRA A y En 5 ; ; he had borrowed. WHILE The wagons bumped along over - IMPRISONED the dirt road, but it was com- 3 IN “THE fortable in the deep, warm hay. s Shr ; CELLAR “Mind if I sort of rest my head Sr OF TE on your shoulder?” Joan asked 2 MURDEROUS without looking up. ; F WEREWOLF] E “A pleasure and an honor,” Dan : - OF ; y se ; ( assured her, and she tossed some | WOLF CREEK ay - ? & iS | 4 hay in his face with a backward j CANYON). / / al 3 . \ flip of her hand. be . > ; >) Mm 1 hy be: so. sertpiivally gel —. 6.10.25 [ COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF, | S EE : a p \ . ant.” : . Per > 19 10-23 : > ¥ : = 'R ; lis : ta She happened to look at the Call the bouncer—I gotta go home but I don’t want to! NET a. \ AA oh stars as she spoke and caught the| ff APPER FANNY By Sylvia ; : : Pr : —By Bushmilleg’-

expression that moved fleetingly . , ; wr . across his face. } O-OH-H, 1 4 OH, THERE'S

Joan smiled in the darkness. : oe ; NO SCHOOL She wondered just how far she A ; : NEVER FELT ’ “TODAY =--

could draw him out. “Okay, skip 1. : re WORSE IN TNOW RUN ALONG )| |[ OUR CLASS it. - But look—how about telling \ { e521 MY LIFE! To ScHooL ! ROOM 1S me. a little about yourself. What ; 7 ’ : : BEIN’ makes you tick, and all that sort : oe , ; . PAINTED? of stuff.” CE : -f : ; | SPE 2 “Really interested.” “Wouldn’t ask if I weren't.” He laughed and she settled back on his shoulder. It was broad and warm with a certain solidness about it that didn’t come from his |f bulk alone. ; : 2 2 HE LEANED back and told her of his home in a small downstate town.

He told her of his kid sister still in , x = high school, and of the time he fell |} WASHINGTON TUBBS II

out of the apple tree and broke his LOOKIT THAT! \ AND ICE WATER! YOUD THINK GEE! THEY'RE : DON'T WO wrist. He told her he had a tough N SWELL. I WISH | BALL GAME OR SOMETHING. ANYWAY, \ MA time deciding between Tech and an : = 3 | MERS WE COULD THINK | I DIDN'T DARE MENTION THAT WE'D | | WOT \ HEADED TYRANT, BUT McKEE Eastern school and finally picked . y ) PAJAMAS AND ” F US TWO PIECES OF SOMETHING” / LOST OUR JOBS, OR MRS. GREY IF WE ISN'T. HE'S REASONABLE Tech because of its ceramic en- I TA < J : Qiprans LAID 7. : OF CAKE ! NICE TO DO WOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN ANY RENT :

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“How'd you happen to get inter-| |= ested in that stuff, anyway?” she SS asked.

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“First of all, don’t refer to it as|\\. v7 J 7 g . > 3 % Wi . oN = OH : a : ’ Bl 4 / stuff.’ If you don’t mind, that is im i g = J SEE \ : ; A 3 ; Sl ’ y » #

“I worked in a small pottery plant TCT TT To rear yn NS / Fa { SA 2 2 a A in our town for a couple of summers | i I I / [ | | y ARN \ p Ei Ca % ’ of x </ (8 73 | | ; 3 5 ; 7 7 7% ht 2 bo V7 72> 5 # :

and got to like it.” rey Bat He stuck a strand of hay between |= - : his teeth. “And I'm not just putter-| “Oh, I'll shave myself—I couldn’t afford to go to a barbershop twice a ing around. I'm just about assured a day, ’til I had a good job, anyway.” of a job with one of the largest pot- THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson

tery plants in the country when I i graduate.” pe >

She liked the quiet confidence in| [=o SII NDS AS FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS he 3 > =

his tone. Somehow she knew how he = of TW felt. Nan ye 9 b : Z————= i 1 CANT UNDERSTAND AIN'T NOTHIN'. WRONG 7 I. AM BEGINNING: TO * BELIEVE ,' MISS. “Where is this plant? a = i 72% HOW _ HE GOT 100% "IN EVER PASSED | WITH WHUT 1 DONE ON - KLENK 5 THAT YOUR SUSPICIONS WERE “Acme Pottery Products, near - = - + THAT EXAMINATION ! THE THAT EXAMINA= | | THAT THERE EXAMINATION “WELL~ FOUNDED / Pittsburgh.” SW = BOY'S ENGLISH IS ATrocious [ TION WITH PAPER , IS THERE 2 IL : “Big, eh?” = SUCH AN WRIT MY ANSWERS “Very big.” : ; a oA £3 CORRECT, DIDNT XL 2 “Maybe you'll be president of the E - company some day.” . 5 7 A. : “Maybe I will.” - 4" The evenness of his tone startled her. She had spoken half in jest. He had answered with a calm that was almost prophetic. - She caught the eager note in his tone. “It must be swell to know : exactly where you're headed,” she tl > AN said softly, staring up at the stars N again. MAN - EATING ANIMALS {IN 4 : 2s 2 = IN EUROPE. \

& X HE WAS silent for a long minute.| * \ <LL | BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES

“It is. You ought to think about ‘ N 5 . it some time. Poot ry oN ’ Fe Xn anes hielo “ERs % “\ ES She half turned and: faced him. COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. WITH--WHAT'S HVS NAME--T\P ©

“Meaning—" b “Meaning, take you, for instance. h : : TWO ON w= AT WAS You have so much, and yet some- / XY Ax VICE-PRESIDENTS WONDERFUL | mes 3 unk you have so little. X ; SA : DIED IN OFFICE “Go ahead,” she said quickly. Ee EB ; DURING PRESIDENT Fer eyes in the moonlight almost| JE== | JAMES MADISON'S whipped him, but he managed to 3 ADMINISTRATION, continue. ETS “You just slide through things, taking the path of least resistance. But you can’t do that and feel as though youre genuinely satistfied

with yourself. Or can you?” i = iF 4 | i iy : ; : f 1 mm That stung just a little, but she RS =. : - - 5 | x z a il 1 Nd al A didn’t resent it. “Dan—you’re right| = Tt ON . ; CR 5 =, ¥ Be : { about me, but not entirely. I—I'm ie > SAT RS : i / : BD, | \ not really like that. Somehow I've a : R/S . . - = 5 a. . : wat. just had a faculty for doing or say- = 2 : hy 5 —By Raeburn Van Burg * J Me vonome © fines Tre he =) 10-23 ra Lor J RIGHT ! WE HEARD .. THESE TWO GREAT WHICH ONE O'YOUSE GUYS WHAT'S THIS 2-- PAWN HE'S A PHONEY # HE | { AND HER OLD.

o : NNT F. oR Bnd — and Dan” —she placed a ANSWER- -Mushrooms and toadstools which grow in the rich | BESS FORTUNES THE BADMINTON MILLIONS . AN' IS THE YOUNG g [TICKETS IN AL. ¢ BA : SAWN TICKETS wo}

eT ) i . : = THE VAN SCHUYLER MILLIONS WAS ABOUT MILLIONAIRE, AND HERE'S A as ! a is Roar, nd Yo Joawy. soi & forssts : a TY To ac IN MATRIMONY-- SO WE Fig- | | TICKET FOR THE SUIT )) Her DouGH ILL TAKE] | V UNPAID BILLS THAN -§ a chance to show me what you were x 0 URED WE'D DROP IN AN’ TAKE A UTTLE os HE'S WEARIN wr THESE POILS- MISS n VAN SCHUYLER py like. Now you give me a chance.” Union Made and PIECE O’BOTH/ LRA by — MONE ) BOTH rps They grew silent then and for the Distributed 2 > A ‘ : vr X PHONIES-WE'VE |}

rest of the ride they merely listened 7 £7 : to the music. pL 2% CHASER w/e Her thoughts raced, but fore- 5 : . most among them as the fact & « STRIKE you that she didn’t want Dan Webber i to think she was the unpurposeful 5 JUST RIGHT! creature he thought her to be.| Wa ZEW V7)d /

There was a time when he might have been right. But those were BLUES AWAY the days before Tech. He'd find out in time.

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