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YESTERDAY: John reveals that the | j= old prospector, known as “Bix Red,” | [9% was robbed of a rich mining claim by a | gambler, whom he believes te be Ben- | }5 thorne. Dawson is puzzled by Ara's re- | turn to the house after her first inter. | |S view with her father, and by her efforts | to get Douglas invoived. He believes Ara | might have wanted to trap Douglas, | blame him for a murder she intended | to commit,

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CHAPTER FIFTEEN DAWSON WAITED AS his ques-| 2 tion struck home, Douglas was on! NR ws af ’ : < ir Tet TTR, his feet at once, to deny the de- ~ ~~ Th a £2. QOK OUT, GRIZINI, ’ tective’s charge, but it was evident a: wie ((WIGES IS IN THE HOUSE.

8 4 ? . ’ Va : s 3 \ x that his faith in Ara had been : ns ~ F # EE od, v shaken. | Gove i530 by United Praia Somdteate, inc. WER, = 4 A HOP IN, OH, SHO 'NUFF7-AH_ | SOME DAY AH HOPES : OH, NAPPY COLLIDGE | [| ARE. J" SURE YASSUHF~AN KIN “That's crazy” he shouted Fe : : : Ce a FRESHMAN- DONE READ ‘BOUT | TBE A COLLIDGE 7 Li EM \TINGT- HARDLY WAIT T” arian 92 ri ; | “You better call Grandpa—he knows more about this than I do!” US SENIOR COLLIDGE. HAZIN'SE. LIK CK ROCKS )GIT NEARER \ SEE. WHUT HAPF Miss Johnson has just told us ee ee COLLITCH GUYS THEY IS SO F Ss oO AT EM AS TH’ D TH EDGE, | NEXT -THIS IS that she detested you when she first| HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis [3 GONNA GIVE HOOMERUSS.” - SO GOT MERRIEST AN’ MOST PAL” MAH FI met you, but she pretended to fall! - Tent YOU A HAZIN'. SUFFISTICATED 7~ CAREFREE. DAYS ©’ ENOUGH ? COLLIDGE HAZINY in love with you,” Dawson argued.! YO-ALL IS MAH PE MAR LIFE?”

“She came here tonight with the in- SALYC officer IDEELS.” tention of killing her father, but *GRo y i Mrs. Benthorne's untimely intrusion W- Quick" prevented her. Isn't it logical to HAIR believe that she might have changed Teme her plans, led vou to believe you suggested coming here, sent you to Benthorne's studv and then returned through the secret entrance?” { “No! No!” Ara almost screamed the words. She turned to Douglas. “You couldn't—you wouldn't beHeve I could do that to you?”

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IN ® FIRST PL! the st - — : wer rn honed oe fe a TH STAGE 1S DO ea ICAN'T HELP | (RED:..- THE AND I ELS Te LATE AND I'M THE M155 JO JEAN WORRYING, RED] | STAGE DRIVER wanted a cigaret. Bad enough to be | I\ ONLY ONE IN THERE COULD MR. WITHERS 1S RU . BEEN SHOT.” stuck in this house for half a day, TOWN “THAT HAVE BEEN A x CARRYING £0 hn ; a KNOWS WHY 7 WASHOUT OP Wy MUCH CASH! without a shave, without a ‘drink, TT CREEK! but to have Dawson take his cigarets By was just going too far. Hell, even if Dawson did break down that alibi 23 . there was nothing to worry about, # } SALES : ballistics tests would show his gun 1 | MANAGER } 4 had not killed Benthorne. He looked x : 1 ; up at Krone, on the st above him, trying to keep awake. “Got a smoke, Krone?” Joey asked. “Dawson took mine.” Krone shook his head. “I could use one too, Joey,” he said. “This waiting around is getfing on my nerves. Wish Flynn would get back.”

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“Mate ou dimes against your Ame tein, X | ’ pennies, Krone,” Joey suggested 12-1 COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T. M.9€GC. U.S. PAT. OFF. | OH, NANCY --- OH, BAY! -- THANKS 7 Zz HM --- MAYBE WHEN I'M GONE, flipping a coin. “And remember, Jones—keep your hat on when you're approaching a WHY DON'T AUNT FRITZI! AN AUNT FRITZ or i customer.” YOU GO TO THE ZZ | three in a row upon the : MOVIES TODAY 2 game, he failed to notice Mrs. Ben- FLAPPER FANNY is thorne’s approach. Only when she stood beside him, did he look up, then scramble to his feet. “Sorry to disturb you, officer,” Mrs. Benthorne said. “But Mr. Alson is quite upset. He's demanding another sleeping tablet, Will it be all right to give it to him?’ “Mavbe 1 ought to ask the Captain Krone ventured, then took matters into his own hands. “Sure, Mrs. Benthorne, I'll see that your Dad gets his pill. Where are they?”

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thought vou'd prefer to give it to Jr ~\3 RE = ig = " : N—— = TTT ; ; > him yourself,” she explained. “With Nib ’ THIS SHOE FITS THE I 8 ; 1 HAVEN'T SOD \ L L==]\lp WHY NOT HAVE 777 || WELL, Au I the one he’s already taken he should | r ated : an CARDBOARD EXACTLY--= : A SHOE THAT SMALL. 7 YY A CINDERELLA HAVE TO OFFeY sleep soundly for he veral hours.” . iy i p77 ar y AND THE SIZE 1s 24 . WHO BUYS IN YEARS ! NG CALL. » ; ly CONTEST WHERE fr Di Toric watched Krone disap- : a 1) ‘ TRIPLE A ! ITS A VERY SHOES THAT FOR THEM IN FACT, |: I BL YOUR. BAND WHAT ibe Inliotih’e Tn Uhh rh SMALL SHOE ! ‘ 2 I'D SELL THIS PAIR 7 PLAYS , AND KIND pear mto Als on's room, then stood FOR. ¢ ! OFFER. A PRIZE of a to one <cide as Mrs. Benthorne _i TO THE GiRL SRIZE ? down the stairway. “I'm sorry to S WHO CAN WEAR : t your game, Mr.— Mr.—" THESE SHOES 2 i ¢ * Joey supplied. Nice of her to be so friendly. “You haven't got an extra cigaret?” he asked Helen Benthorne laughed. “I saw the Captain take yours she said Mm bg : “Yes, I'm sure I can find you some TN 1 fi ha ~/ — CE 4 ’ N % \ downstairs.” She swept past him. r i Li | if § j i : A Cigaret, Joey waited. Tt wouldn't iH. ; i ot { ’ : / Ry \ ¢~ 4 be his brand—that special brand— {il |. i : r i BH j / Voces. fu F A Sure Tony Nea St

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HE RAN DOWN THE Steps, wow you're gettin’ it! Haven't 1 been tellin’ vou, all you hafta do is pounded on the closed ‘door of the Just relax?” studv. “Dawson, Dawson,” he called - through the panel, “come here.| THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson There's something I want to tell you.” “I know now why you wanted my cigarets,” Joey began, when Dawson came from the study. “I Pp was here last night, before Ben- ARE NOT NATIVE Be TO KANSAS.

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thorne was killed.” Dawson grinned I knew that, NTR VEL THEY WERE G | [| ; 8 1 : £ Dan At least, 1 knew you were \ , CARRIED IN ) | i 2, ar Ov NEA SER he. Uh ba Ci re : : AS SEEDS (ree XU ; (oo The cigaret?” di Torio asked, " , y Xe OP, )/ TARTS A OW, TP -TRERES J WEWT GOW, Vi va WOHKTS TRS ABOWT “Uh-huh. Aiston found it in the 4 : CLINGING TO hina N . PERRING « YL i x OSE «1 MEAN , . | GETTING GOONS NEW ) ORE RENN passageway. Your special brand, THE MUDDY 7 wnAxs THE \ WOT NEED NS 4 =0RE NEED Tee A [I [VEAL A JOB AY WANTS Wi |, 1 ‘believe, Joey. : f WHEELS OF NE > NOU ANY MORE . (1 . THE ACAOEWMY ¥ ANDO Wh “RIdtan!” Jost Shat 4 EASTBOUND { | “3 THEN NOON ry SETTLE DOWN Alston wi Pa: TS MS 7 } TRE ROWE A || le ACCEPT TOW, ON ( Th BOX THe

Wiles bat aS : oN a a A | | Ackorav \ “Al 1] aX |) ORANG = ACADEMY ARNO stopped as Krone came down the 7] "Ee OLD El al wy \ 4 SHES : Ht IRs = VASE You stairs. 0 CD SANTA FE Pad] : NC ES Fa : EN WONO! “Alston's sound asleep, Captain,” TRA . A ES iH x x — | h the patrolman reported. \/ CAM IS / 1] “Gave him another sleeping pill A= FO iE f % I Tek The old ‘man was pretty wild for! | \ \ =) a bit there. ‘Crying and ‘carrying Mrs. Benthorne was afraid ‘it might &ffect his heart. Mind if 1 get a bit of air? I ‘might ‘get sleepy.’ Dawson nodded. “You were say- IN CRAWFORD ‘CO INTY, ing. Joey -" ii k Re b > " ‘ MICHIGAN | { | “ RIL : z SER . “I'll say plenty before I'm through 2 ! . ’ Dawson,” Joey answered. “I got 8 ‘ga ye vr AMERICAN | CORNER : ARE YOU OUTA YOUR | |1 GET IT NOW=-AY READY FOR DON'T --BECKY-D-DON'T alibi—airtight—but I'l forget it. I BALD EAGLES GN ‘4 YOU'RE GONG HEAD, BECKY? DOCTOR : BE LAST #/ A WEEK AGO THE ANES® ~GLUB-- GLUB left the Chateau at 11, not 12, like SET A PRECECENT | a) WRAT'VE YOU GOT ME ) [ TO BE OPERATED BLACKS FEED BE FI iy WE COULDN'T AFFORD THE TC, DOC I told you I did want to see Ben- THIS YEAR 8Y Al EY HERE FOR! SAY of ON, POP BY boc- | | THOUSAND nh. THIS OPERATION. THEN SLATS RR thorne, and vou know Why. It Was JS i ONAS Trai . | SOMETHIN, SOME- > WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO i GOES AWAY--THEN YOU PROWSE easy, With this doorway ODeNing a esc OAS Tape R= 4 ) BODY 7 TO MARRY NOAM GOODE, THE right ‘on the street. That was the BOCA ¥ *® vi: ; 0 wid MILLION DOLLAR KID! AND-- ; way I always came in. Benthorne = NED. Nee 5 3 " s A NOW WE CAN AFFORD IT! \ oughta told vou about that. WN | : il J I » DON'T DO IT, BECKY“T was there, all right, and T re- \ \ «i A ne. * | f A : "DON'T DO

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member tossing away that cigaret and stepping on it as TI came in out ‘of the rain. And then—" He A stopped as Helen Benthorne Te- = turned from the living room. J PE THE “I found you a ‘cigaret, Mr. di FOUR. TYPES OF Torrico,” she said pleasantly, offer- 3 ANTHROPOID APES

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pockets for a match. “Got a light, | } Joey?” [probably worn her out with ‘ques- arrangements that must be ‘made—" |

A ‘match flared, flickered out sec- tions, and I know she'd appreciate a; “By all ‘means, go right ®head.”| onds later as Joey lighted his Cig- jjetje rest. Tt will be all right for He did not add that the wires were IN BR BR RB RRB NK | 5 | GET A wae fF? ) [7

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Benthorne said lightly, “I'm not “That's thoughtful ‘of you, Mrs. Joey waited until the dining room IR6.€ | superstitious. T hope neither of you Benthorne,” Dawson wondered if door swung shut behind her. “Come IN EBL BEE are.” adic, ns | ATR WOU have been as considerate, On down here, Dawson.” He nodded TRS aT Joey laughed hollowly. He should |g win we quite 11 Ticht.” toward the passageway to the street, have noticed that. iy q 1 might. “I'l show vou.” “capt. Dawson.” Mrs. Benthorne, “I'd Tike to ‘make a few telephone i went on, “I'm sending Jameson in calls. 160, if it is permissible,” Mrs. (To Be Continued) EERIE ETTY for Miss Johnson—Poor girl. You've Benthorne said. “There are certain MM vents names wud chacucers in fis

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