Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1939 — Page 35

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CAST OF CHARACTERS JOAN JOHNSON—A mysterious coed, glamour girl of the Tech campus. KEITH RHODES — Tech's star halfback; headed for All-America honors. PAN WEBBER — The blocking back who elears Keith's way; a steady, industrisus student.

YESTERDAY: Rocco goes In fo see the football game. Sam decides to fix the ear, carelessly leaves his gun under 3 his coat. Dan is almost helpless with | i A 3H . i | SR! his hands tied, but Joan has a plan. SSA ; I 4 1 he i ; ; = i She whispers to Dan: “I'm going to set os URES i“ 1 R. i; : s : # this place on fire!” = . ) 1h EE k : HS pi i : ; ‘wow! Lookit 2 CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN | [35 -\ | i: : A a ? THE RAILROAD S DAN'S EYES opened wide with i LF Tl . : WRECK THE MAJOR amazement as Joan turned away. RV ; i a Ney DUCKED. HEY, MAJOR, “Set the place on fire ? What|} Q ME 7 gr 1 Co HERE'S YOUR SWITCH: i Ti 1 3 y BAA vi ENGINE FRIEND $13 she mean? wl IE al OVER HERE! | He could tell from her actions . y : that she intended to put some wild TR asd Ny J ! plan in operation, but this—this : PIE i EY sounded as though she were crack- i of Wa? uuting desperate. It was ; » ; 5 WENT RIGHT R YOUR. Joan looked at her watch. It was| |' : kelly ANGE {| | HEAD, MAJOR LIKE THE AIR MAIL! 12:30, There wasn't much time.| | hz ws : Th y . " : She was concerned now, not oniy| |’ Y) . Ee ST LOOK . AGNES /- MAH VE DON'T DO Ti K ON ACCOUNT OF A CAL with escaping, but in getting Dan] | iho tcc ™ AR'S MITZI MUDLARK? LiL d{ WHICH LOVES A MAN

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a pretense of scrubbing the coffee m | il NEE BST MO pot, taking longer than usual while TEST RD NNER ON she charted her next move. EARTH- SHE TAUGHT TT Joan placed the pot on the stove. T MES “Got a match?” she called to Big Ed. Her voice was steady. He looked up. tossed her a book of paper matches and resumed his game of solitaire. She struck one . . . made a pretense of lighting a burner, but purposely allowed the match to go out. She struck another... repeated the maneuver. “These wicks must be all dried; out,” she announced out loud. “Maybe I better add a little coal- : } : oil. > Ea -- Big Ed grunted something but - ) VERE FEE id wen didn’t look up : 3 IE TO Joan rd for the glass gallon jar of fuel in the corner. Her heart pounded as though it might burst from her body. No faltering now ., . this was the last step. Just once she thought she might not be able to go through with fit. She looked at Dan and her courage was renewed. "Her fingers shook as she lighted another match . .. dropped it to the floor and hoped it would keep burning. It did. Flickered bright-| ly. As silently as possible she] dropped another. She gambled one quick glance at ; 5 5 N = z 5 : Big Ed. Now.... ; > 0 Ss. W Breathing a prayer, she swung : iP ICE Inc. 7. M. REGU. 8. PAT. OFF, yy OH, NANCY-- Wl, WHAT KIND ARE the glass jar hard against the cor-; “Honest, D. A, I a why 1 plugged him—I guess I just got up on \ How DO You : You GOIN' TO ner of the stove and sprang back- wrong side of the hed that day.” \| LIKE THE ward in the same movement. ° . 3 There was a mighty “whooosh!”| FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia as the flood of coal-oil hit one of - — the burning matches. . Joan barely got out of the way in time. | 8 2 =a |

BIG ED leaped to his feet with an! oath as a solid sheet of flame reared angrily in the air. “You dumb dame, you , . .!” he screamed. “You clumsy , .. .”

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perately. - Big Ed stopped short. His face “Didn't he like school?” HUSBAND NINUS

grew livid. His eyes blazed with a “He must—he says some of the happiest. years of his life were light that almost matched the| spent in the third grade.” flames, and his lips mouthed sound- " less words. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson | His right hand twitched nervously : : toward his pocket, but Joan stopped

him with a movement of the gun. ‘WHALES

He saw the expression on her face and discretion overcame his tem-| | “Vt BORN IN THE

Porary Insanity. waTeRY = *3“Turn around and face the wall,” AND BEGIN SG Snapped. fo ¥ » SWIMMING MM ,/ | hn as at her side now and EDIATELY, | HONEN, STAR FEROY 0 Op. LOM! TUCKER e felt better. “You're a marvel,” . : \S SEEN WATIN' FO’ You © A } he whispered. Seas ON ALMOST AN ROSR % \S oll | RIOER | 50 WOT © “Quick . . . hold the gun on him| | AR / YOO FORGO 2 while I untie you,” she replied. LAND, “Sam will be here any second.” 1 AND ARE KEPT

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table, returned with a knife and SEVERAL. slashed the ropes which held Dan's WEEKS. wrists. - “Now we can really work,” he muttered. The flames licking along the floor had engulfed one side of the house. The smoke was getting thicker. “You,” Dan said to Big Ed. “Move away from that door.” Big Ed EE ia wor oati 55 Sam opr mE NA Sve. me, ; “Hey . . . hey, what th’ hell!” he : NOT MANY MEN, IN THE HAD 111 GOT A GIRL, SBE~ HMM: INJURY OF ‘| | YES SIR-- THATS WHAT THEY shrilled, storming inside. His eyes MANY BIRDS : ELEVEN YEARS SINCE | Z|] AND SHE'S GOT A A SPNAL NERVE- | | TOLD ME =~ YOU'RE THE ONLY popped as Dan stepped out and GET NEW WITHDREW FROM THE -.f HES on SAWBONES IN AMERICA Ye Okay,” Dan and ® Outside FALL SUITS, WORLD-- HAVE HAD THE / HE WAS HIT N THE COULD OPERATE ON

cou E TO DISTUR S77 LL] SPINE =~ (CHOKE) 1AR LIKE THAT--SUCCESSFULLY both of you” He motioned with| ENTIRELY O/FFERENT MY Rao 3 2 HE | CAN'T WALK ANY ; the gun. “Into the back of the] FROM THEIR — Wi car, there ... quick!” Big Ed snarled, looked as though’ : he might balk. OST SCIENTISTS “Get in there or I'll blow your BELIEVE THE AGE brains out,” Dan said softly. “And ; OF THE EARTH keep Jo hands away from that pocket. In fact,” he continued, “you'd better take that coat off . ($5 DO THO easy now . .. so I can watch you. ” : RD MELLON . Big Bd was desperate, but help- 500 less. He slid out of the coat and ; 26 TOL ION od dropped it to the ground, the gun > ; still in the pocket. ANSWER—The deduction from various methods of investigation . , Now get 8 mere is that the earth’s crust was formed about 1500 million years ago— “I'll keep an eye on our little play- and en much eafiier, mates here.”

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