Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 December 1939 — Page 32

THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1939 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 31 Serial Story— GRIN AND BEAR IT ; OUR BOARDING HOUSE jor Hoople By Williams .

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WILLIAM ALSTON-—Benthorne's fa. J x | ther-in-law and business associate. Pr Raid J “ (I 2 PNR MISTAKE ? JOEY DI TORIO—Night club owner a : 5 0) ar a REE " and gangster, : ARA JOHNSON~The mystery girl. JOHN DOUGLAS—A young mining engineer, in love with Ara. CAPT. DAWSON-—A detective who likes to listen.

YESTERDAY: Dawson scans the evi dence against each of the four remaining suspeots, decides his best case is against Douglas. He calls the young engineer, demands that he tell the truth. Hoping to save Ara, Douglas admits he was in the study, within half a minute after Benthorne was killed.

CHAPTER TWENTY “BUT I'did not see who killed Benthorne!” Douglas went on. “You see, after getting away \ LR ) 3 from Flynn, I ran to the study |} bh br IRE BRE hE . BS window—Ara evidently had noticed f= > AND TR Ea 3 | 2 S , ; , z it was open during her first visit i ; Reeve are WIGES WINS THE $50 aun f 12 Z y NR Vd a ; = with Benthorife and had suggested B® ; NEE Baty © EVERYBODY'S HAPPY / A oi NY, sal : SE 3 rr WILLIAMS, my trying , When I heard i / , g ¢ RAR —3 Wd var op - Fiynn's whistle, 1 thought I had —" aratmate mi RE ¥ = . ’ ” em a. 2 een seen, ML De | | Sorire © 5 Fab. Of ~Al rights reserved BY ua : . 12-7 ; n, and I flopped down be PROFESSOR Srv A COMMITTEE 8A RELIEF TO HAVE. THE. gS Nl TO COR ALO FOOL HR AL AR Nh u

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shout ‘YOU!” and a soft voice answered, almost -in a whisper. I couldn't make out the words. There was a shot. I hesitated long enough to draw my own revolver—it's an old style Colt 45—then pulled myself through the window. “Benthorne was dead, on the floor beside the desk. The killer was gone. The study door was closed. I braced this heavy chair against it, and as I did I found . a red button. Ara told he this - A = A pe ’ morning that it must have dropped 3 Jo fr 9.2% 4 e : CT a off her sleeve early last night. 1 : » cs——— 4 ke —— a All chu tad BY searched the room, the desk, the LEER ~ ; safe, even some of the books, while Haak : — FR THER 18 Coun) [SURE YOU CAN BORROW THE 1 EXPECTED THAT’ / N’ the officers pounded on the door. /, \ Rh % Da. oN Je FPERAN RRRA MONEY, § Rep BUT drt Jove OP TH PAPERS AND. Raw FY ot a se var | HI La hes kT OLD Cum [oem Seis Fue JN ALL Cale | prUANED DATEL “I had no trouble getting out the TRE E AB 7 \ YO KNOW! iB rr? ELC Mt de front and walking down to where I| — LEER 7 _ 3 : 4% a) \ st FOR IT? E was to meet Ara and Nick. But] 7 5 0] |1PER . v

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your first story, Douglas,” the cap-| tain reminded him. | “That was to protect Ara,” Doug- | las explained. | “How about that revolver? Where is it now?” “In my room, at the apartment house about two blocks from Ara’s.| you'll find it hasn't been discharged recently.” asa ~ “J inute, n. Come —t along. Fits TE COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. Y. M. REC. U. S. PAT. OFF. 2-7 hos Ne > ("ow 2 ; 7 MY: -- THIS the window, started to climb out. “Would 22 cents hold one of 'these boats till Christmas? I want to You TO , SWEL 2 "0/3 gs Z CROSSIN' -- GOTTA % IS A BAD Flynn's service revolver appeared in surprise my mother!” WALK HOME > 7 7S , v-||| BE CAREFUL HERE -- IG CROSSING ! his hand almost as if by magic. Lor 0 UST LIKE BEIN® ¢#7 IT'S LUCKY “A ELAPPER FANNY By Sylvia WITH ME, : HER REAL BOY / I'M WITH

“If you try to run, I'll let you h p have it,” he warned. SLUGGO. | FRIEND.) 2 YA!

“Don’t shoot, yet” Douglas laughed, and disappeared. = = » HE WAS BACK IN A few minutes with the watering can. “This will explain the mud on my shoes after di Torio was killed. I was outside; hiding these papers when he was; shot.” He handed the can to Dawson. “You'll find Ara’s letters, and one addressed to my uncle in here. I found them hidden under the clock.” 3 | Flynn moved quickly to the man- : \ 3 ! 7 — v4 2 ~NN _ — TTT AT tel. “He's right, Captain. There's = | 3 RIGHT TO ASK i ~~" a! HAVENT ~ m Yes , INDEED -- a hole here, but it's empty now. \ : 7; \ Sul / THE FIRST QUES= INE ON IT ! Hh) i YES INDEED / tit Dawson studied the papers, but «A Sl TION | ARE YOU N! COME ON IN| HILDA WX Ail made no comment. HILDA GRUBBRLE © FATHER ? i “When you came for these papers, | , did you know that Miss Johnson had been here earlier last night?” Douglas met his stare. “No. The whole night is a. confused jumble. I knew Ara had seen her father, that she had clashed with Mrs. Ben- | thorne. But I did not know the meeting took place last night. As you may have guessed, Captain, Miss Johnson did not take me entirely into her confidence. I knew | «4 B ; es Benthorne had taken her proofs, a INA TE 8 L, ; : ar] was keeping them. She wanted git! ; Rie ?, & a) i 17 LINKY. \WOOPEVY DAISY, TM A VL BT AL [ STOP, YOU \DIOT! WHAT ) ‘ A 0 »

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how he had obtained possession of - my uncle's claim. I was willing to take chances to find out. . . .!

It was only when I showed Aral : the red button I found in the . and so, I just teld her what a cheap, chiseling little cat she was

chair. that she admitted she had —in a perfectly nice way, of course, so she wouldn't get mad.”

been here earlier... . en wy SUPEOE I should have guessed THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson

something was wrong when she knew about the window, and when she did not tell me exactly when she had first seen her father.” There was a long, tense silence.| At length, Dawson rose, faced the youth. “John Douglas, I arrest you for Ny the murders of Arnold Benthorne; § | KS n? J and Joey di . , | : . | oY TT nC rm . M. . 8. PA Douglas’ face lost color. He § or + TRS DUCE OUTFIT SEY Lil WN) ( (WELL ,1_ DUET WANT YOO TO gasped as the full import of the § - A | § BEY, WILLE = : ho = | IASON “TREE, ARE SOME THINGS $60 TG words struck home. . . . “But T told) § 1 z F Pe/y | POLL A = WoL JA) | ABOUT T_T DONT TRIN MUCH the . truth—the whole truth!” | Xb NE 3 & A= POOTS, ) (L | | OF EITHER +..BUT 1 WAVE TO All of Dawson's friendliness had | § Sf a ~y B R { = NN) MARE SOME DOLGH + AND disappeared. - “That's for a jury to : : 3 LD p 4 MY RIDING 'S ABOUT ALL L

decide.” “May I see Ara? Douglas ven-| | lic BRAINS of 600 OSTRICHES tured. | WERE SERVED AT A SINGLE FEAST

“Not alone. , . . You're a prisoner; now OF THE ROMAN KING HELIOGABALUS. Flynn brought Ara to the study! then hurried on to the telephone. & Ara sensed the tension and as Douglas gathered her in his arms, her eyes questioned Dawson. “I'm arresting Douglas for both murders,” Dawson said quietly.

Ara broke from her sweetheart's he) \ embrace, turned on the detective, i | LOOK LE a rE. 2d Are SRT TE ed AC 20 8Y N ET : “You can’t! You can't! Don't you AM REL : OR, BECKY-1VE YOU'RE ALL} / TANT ANYTHING === SHUICKS W see he's beer, lying, lying to save RACCOONS; | FIRST GOT THE FIVE THOU- | | DISHEVELLED NEVER MIND ME-100k, | | Bov-~ I'VE THAT-- BEFORE | DD = me! . . . Her voice rose to a SAND/- D-DON'T (CHOKE) YOUR WRIST BECKY+- NOW THAT IVE SEEN OPERATED ON POP. NEE WHAT | HAD DO T0--ASK ME HOW | GOT IT ITS BLEEDING GOT THE MONEY WE AYED // HE DID IT--FOR NOTH- | THIS GETe= T=" * Book CAN AFFORD TO GET ING. POP ONCE, ~

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Douglas pleaded. “You don't know what youre saying.” “But I do!” Her eyes flashed ll sparks. “I killed my father. I} came back through the passage. I ran to the study door and and shot him. John was outside the window. He saw me, heard me. Joey di Torio saw me! “I killed him, too—di Torio!” ) she went on, before Dawson could aes : interrupt. “You'll find the gun up- COW AIG U & PAT. cE: NG. stairs—in Mrs. Benthorne's room— under the mattress. It—it was all— ANSWER: Giant Panda, which was unknown to most of the so—easy.” Her voice broke as a! world 10 years ago. » flood of tears halted her. “Don’t believe her Dawson,”| Flynn's return eased the situa- riedly, whistling tunelessly. “Well— | Sm a 8 Se - aut : . - Douglas Sidered ne ins hs. tien, The car will be here short-|what are you waiting for? What THERE | EE ——————— - wa a erical. e “know what|ly,” he reported. “The coroner'siis this hunch you've been talking S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BR ASK YOUR POLK DRIVER OR PHONE CHERRY she's saying. Youre right, Captain, deputy will be back, too, to take about? RICH FLAVOR OF THIS FINE BUTTER B 7183 . . . OR GET AT FINE FOOD MERCHANTS

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other fellow, too.” let that killed Benthorne. . . .”|“There’s a big black cat out in the

Dawson's smile was enigmatic as| He handed Dawson a slip of paper|/loft over the garage. I found it J he watched Douglas again take the/with a brief notation. . . . “And | just before I hi Bet. I thought girl in his arms, whisper earnestly|Captain—I've got a hunch—" you ought to know—" to her. She shook her head vig-] “No time for hunches — I want

orously several times as her sob-!facts, now, Flynn,” Dawson snapped, (To» Be Continued) a bing ebbed. taking the paper. He read it hur-{A" *™3i%, nines and chance wal