Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1939 — Page 31

"* SERIAL STORY— GRIN AND BEAR IT | eT © Wilk Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY ~~ “= es ht I ¥ / nurce Ban onvousot!] fP /WHWANT TO BEA : Joan of : [E56] | | COULDN'T EAT MUCH ON | 2 EGAD, Aref liad - f , WITTLE CAREFUL | THE DAY BEFORE THEY “<9 { ATHLETIC RESISTANCE, AND | ‘ROUND WES, Sia : J PERFORM, MAJOR, BUT YOUVE S | Your DisParAGKG 4] \ PRAGGIN' IN FIRE WoOD E Arkan S A S ; g | PABEEN STUFFING ALL DAY LIKE 2 2 REMARKS REFER TO MY: ; 2 FER TH’ COOK~-= | ; t . MY UNCLE HUGO, WHOSE. 4, FOR THE 4 WAISTLINE, LeT MeSETYou] I | LAHING YOLIVE APPETITE USED TO KEEP THE § RIGHT-~THAT BULGE UNDER]. HB = ROPED AN ELK!

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By JERRY BRONDFIELD Ext Bg s : | EVEN HE NEVER GOT A £2) OF MIGHTY ABDOMINAL oan aor OF CHARACTERS : | MATTRESS UNDER HIS L MUSCLES! THIS FOOD Fem igi yy VEST LIKE YOU! 6) WILL STAND ME IN GOOD NEI RHODES Tech's star halfback, 5A ER 5 — . : Sw WHEN I MEET: headed for Afl- ca honors. 4 i RONAN A » = 4 BOUNCE BARA DAN WEBBER—The blocking back wh : E \ Al : : ; : ; Slonrs- Kenth's way; a ir ; : i 2. x TOMORROW 5

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YESTERDAY: Through Elaine’s maneuvering, Joan is named co-chairman with Dan for “Last Week” ceremonies. Dan is afraid Keith will be angry, but Rhodes shows little interest. Wednesday, . three days before the Pitt game, three mysterious strangers wait for J out- ¥ ¥ ; A sids a classroom building, study in. wy ~ Gidh ks Poy | > \ telitly as she comes toward thems | 8 Cf ha ZT (7 hl

: CHAPTER TWENTY HEY WAITED UNTIL Joan was = well on her way down the]. walk before any of them spoke|" again. Sam, the driver, shifted A % his hat to the back of his head, Re 1 : _— Ng . i y

turned and” faced the bulky one. Bs : : “Okay, so we saw her. So what| |, WEE / oo : f HE : do we do now? I'm tellin’ you, Ed,| “at : N or . I 1 I Te

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The big one caled Ed blinked| | Ub 5 es Pabture Syadieall ; . owlishly. “I ain't askin’ you how| [{1i-2\ ee O78, Pa. OF i rihte Pee PART OF IT 15 ET An So you like to do things.” “Rocco “I wish ’ > : 3 SO RRIBLY HEALTHY AN’ you'd stuff a shirt in Junior's mouth—I'm trying to listen to ABLE . APE. FLIM _T’RUN IN TH" RACE /-

thinks this is gonna be easy. Me, this program on child psychology.” MY” 7-THASS A NCE APPLES

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up and down both ways before eve =n «2a | HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis Rocco, the scarface, smiled thinly. “Sure, Ed, sure.” He gestured with * the nail file. “Meanwhile, what about her? D8 we follow her home?"

“No. All I wanted to do was take a gander at the gal today.” And then the car pulled away ad

slowly. | Joan meantime, had planned to 2 stay in that night but Marianne . talked her into going to the library.|" Marianne didn’t do as much read- BUSINESS INDEX ing as she planned and they wound up at Varsity a little before 10. They were dallying over their drinks and did not notice when a short, dapper man in a dark blue suit entered and bought a pack of cigarets at the tobacco counter. Rocco lighted up and leaned back , against the showcase. The nickelodeon was going full » blast. Students straggled in look1 ing for empty booths. Waiters rushed around helplessly as usual. Rocco smiled at old Uncle Jim, the cashier, behind the counter and jerked his head at the scene in general. <n “Those kias never get tired of * \ this stuff, do they?” »

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“Hope not,” Uncle Jim said dryly.

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Rocco flicked ashes into the tray.| [5 WN 3 ; 7 ) : “Look, gramps, I never saw the foot- = 3 : : . 2 ) : J 5 BOPR. 193¢ EA SER , ball game a guy couldn't get a ducat 2 | i wr [waTLL Tw 2M | RN YT : ; to somehow. There'll be guys scalp- : 2 os ye al 4 : ! OR, MR. SPUTTER = )| E2587, J NOW WHAT 15 NN ing ‘em for 20 bucks a pair by Fri- & : Zr 7 5 Wee. FEARS ET BH) \ You - | Bae; THIS SECRET ? \ day.” Hoe? H \ : 11 E : : \ " “Oh . .. that way? Thats dif-| {91> oL FIVE DOLLAR fii OK ? ) he PZ v= NN ferent. Maybe you can pick one REG. U. 8: PAT. OFF, : : X i e ND] oR ’ N up. You're something of a stranger,| “No wonder we're in the red! That left-handed bookkeeper puts all 5 aren't you? I mean, YO Te a the credit items on the debit side!”

stranger in here.” \ “Oh, just sorta. I'm a salesman. Get through here every six weeks or | FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia so.. I shoulda made some arrange- : ments for a ticket, I guess.” = 8 n=»

‘ ROCCO BLEW ANOTHER stream ~ of smoke into the air as Uncle Jim rang up two sales. Rocco looked [2 : down the crowded rows of booths 2 : 2%. 4 Rar le WE es : Z inside and riveted his eyes on Joan RRR 2K ZZ ; tet. U. anes a PERE] and Marianne. ihresah. with : WOTTA YoU ONLY A | ER— UNCLE LINCOLN) { AND THE WEASEL KEEPS ; T He saw they were ough wit ; =U | j OH, SURE, SURE. BUT, I D A their drinks but he knew they'd be \ a L, | ALSO KEEPS ROOT cH OUTA MY GAR- CAN PEEL THE POTATOES. A AD. we EL a ; OWLS FOR PETS, N RS KINDA LOW ON CLEAN DISHES, THO. IF EASY, MEY SNTOh 1M C3 “TIT DOESN'T RAIN PRETTY SOON Wize

sitting there awhile. He flicked ashes to the floor with a slight aE S MICE. Sar : : T LIKE - TT ILL HAVE TO SIAR WASHIN' 2%

movement of his finger. These college kids sure could waste time. But hell, that’s all they had was time. He didn’t blame them, at that. s He turned back to Uncle Jim. “Kid brother of mine went to Tech a few years back,” he lied, just to make conversation. 3 “Is that right? What was his name? Maybe I knew him. They > all come in here sooner or later.” “Uh—Kinkade. But he only stayed here a year—his freshman year.” : “Oh, I gee.” The outside door opened and Tommy Peters came in. Uncle Jim a. called him over. “Tommy,” he began, “this gentleman here wants to pick up a ticket for the game Satur-

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) ting slug-nutty. There isn’t a kid { on this campus who'd miss that “What does Fan like to falk abou? a she’s terriby interested in football.”

thing for 50 bucks.”

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lobbies. That's where the gambling Sot Operates: oo usually | ===== SAR ny Q/ a | can pick up a ticket, there, too.” Ro F - : { OD} ol A » Tommy looked at Rocco more| gf \Y ~~) Ce Fis A STARS, 7 hi COPR. 1929 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / \___ ¢ «2 # closely, glanced at the scar. Rocco NFA = 0 ITS £2 er 1 CEE WOWNZZ wr i. XA pe , ; T TAO 1 toyed wii is cigaret. of wo a nS . THOUGHT YOU \IWED er \GRT- GEY J ' WHY, PUG « OF NA. you before? , : : ; i IT HAS NO ORY OF : HORT OY ” \ : Tommy inquired, “or are you a iin RIGHT OR LEET AL : — A N 3 Na I : COURSE ARE ; SE : A ; : ; : . a 9 IM NOT J

stranger around here?” ; : capers : “Stranger,” Rocco said easily. =e Ons : : SIDE,” fi x | “Tota in pie wy i] ihe RL pt ; S— - \N : / ‘ . To : 2 | \ ; : Tommy nodded and wandered in- a g SN : : d 2 Bl Mee . J yd S 11 Ao 3 .

y bet is to camp down in the hotel THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson b J Iii Y vl

1 side. He waved to Joan and Mari3 anne when they stood up to leave. The girls stopped and chatted with him for a moment or two and .. then moved on. i Rocco was browsing through the 3 magazines, when the girls stopped to pay their check. He looked up

and studied Joan intently as Uncle nN y Jim made change. : EP ER EG it su \ ? Rt < La - : : . SA el] : When they had gone he ap- CD orn TE ) < er » | PPE ] — 2 - Lea sy Se ) proached the showcase again. : - : + =, ~ 4 : = = FS el BL SSO wi 1/2 “Very striking gal, that dark- ~ Www’ . jo 1A =1 CAN'T | - . i haired one. Student here, I sup- 8, a= ANSLAUCHTER u | : 3 A CANT HELP Hl OW is ! YEARS*-L-LIFE MAYBE *’ HAPPEN--*

+ pose. : = COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, ING. .- “Yep pu iJoan Johnson's: her A HYBRID name. nice girl. Pretty as : oy a picture, don’t you think?” W ASTH ORCHID cinctly. “But how come a gal like ! THE NEW YORK hat 3 ain’t quired by one of the| }ii EAST |=¥> rE Show boys?” co! : NAS f # “Oh; she usually is. By Keith| Y.||| JACKSONVILLE oo VALUED AT Rhodes. He’s our crack halfback, : = 0 000 you: know. But the football boys ] sal aren't out much this week.” ! “Keith Rhodes, hey? Interesting. Well, I'll drop back, grandpaw. Let me know if you hear of a good ticket ‘on the loose.” ~ He drifted out and Uncle Jim * looked up again to confront Tommy Peters. Say. WHO. Was tha} gw, LARGE CITY els see” He scratched his| ) SS THIS MAN de Wid k STANDING ¢ chin.” “Said he was a salesman —

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: picture ‘somewhere. I never for-|back. But 1 can't recall what the me grandpaw, all the time.” |8¢t it. Now I'd swear I saw that connection was.” : = : y leaned both Sibgus | felia's picture somewhere. In a| (To Be Continued)