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We © 8k . 77 TEN DAYS AWAY WAVE YOU BOYS MY WAR SER NS 7 dy DEN 15 RIGHT! FIRST THING YoU JOE A CHANCE WOULDN'T S a nt a Cl a u S | - roe 2 COMPLETED YOUR SUOPPING ? was ALWAYS BUYING OLD JUNK, — KNOW THEY'LL HAVE SIGNS TO BECOME A No os © CANE 2 BY THE WAY, T HAVE JUST GONE BUT HER LIMIT 1S A DIME warm Mie) OM 'EM SAYIN' "BUMPERS BY STAR AN' GIT COULDNY | NEL | | INTO PARTNERSMIP WITH AN ART SHE WENT HOG WILD ONCE AN' a Ee Rr Brown | === |) CONNOISSEUR, AND WE EXPECT TO §) SHELLED OUT A QUARTER FOR LIKE TH MOVIE PICTURES, BUMPERS WITH | jl SELL AN ANCIENT STATUE OF THE A SHIP IN A BOTTLE ace , AN' GIVE TH MECHANICS A SALARY RAISE yh IA A / | fA GODDESS VENUS FOR A KING'S { WHICH REMINDS ME / wa T A LITTLE PUBLICITY! By MILDRED GILMAN | Re Fn ANS RANSOM! CAN YOU THINK OF «& WONDER HOW MUCH SAM Su SE SB | [SX SOMEONE WHO MIGHT WisH TO Z WOULD GNE ME ON \T ? ART A ca TRe | AEA end | ; OBTAIN SUCH A MASTERPIECE AS friend of all ot Tow = Tw ae, ra » we Re PY S ‘ A VLE GIFT FOR A LOVED ALICE BANKS—a pretty, young school. | 3% . \ 5 : a Ni ? i “\ ONE ?

teacher. JERRY DONALDSON—pampered son of the city's richest merchant. BETTY CARTER—awaits the coming of Santa Claus.

YESTERDAY: Alice Banks convinces Betty that there really is a Santa Claus, Just like Santa Claus Brown. Happily the child goes to her shabby home. Mrs. Carter's preparations for Christmas are few. If only she could find a way te protect Betty from disillusionment,

CHAPTER THREE

THE LIVING ROOM of the huge Donaldson home was a blaze of glory. It was Christmas Eve, and Jerry, the only son of Southbury's wealthy department store proprietor, was about to arrive him from

college for the Christmas vacation. ; / 3 BL N LLL : , Mrs. Donaldson, a sentimental, 3 3 Ase LC BR hb 3 B RE

overstuffed matron, hovered about . a the house, giving last minute orders|; 3 oy SER A gi } re PARING FO i TRWILLIAMS to servants, scrutinizing every small| «Sa << <L* : . = DN N == —= THE HOLIDAYS = vy NG. U. BAY. OFF 12-4 detail; for her Jerry, her little boy.|: - td y i A § ; 3 RAR ey 230 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. TM REG. U. 3. PAT. OFF was coming home. Then she heard]. 1 Er ti aR footsteps on the walk, and hurried ||,, ; ] ; % LiL ABNER into the living room to compose her- . - . A "3 self for Jerry's long awaited arrival.| “Before you pass sentence, Yer Honor, please take into consideration Jerry, tall, handsome and slightly, the youth and inexperience of my lawyer!” | Intoxicated, appeared I the QO0Y- | ii way followed by the butler. | 4 : AN “Is that all, Master Donaldson?” HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis PAPPY — gasped the butler as he staggered in . " : AH 1S DOIN’ with his load of luggage. : Sh 3 : : A : ; IT ALL FO! \ The grips began to slip from his SE ; 3 > TR H-HOOMANITY. \ NOJ- THAT'S) arms, and as he tried to balance] : A SE a J y 1S THET A ebb.” IT them, several pieces crashed to the 3 3 | ; R V4 wZ C7 » ANGE SHOALS floor, Jerry, delighted repiled the] A - : 7 5 : $ luggage on the butler. “Absolutely all,” he answered. “Jerry, darling!” Mrs. Donaldson | § skirted the butler and baggage and | fell on her son’s unstable neck. “Oh, | mother is so glad to have you home | —but why all the—luggage—just for your two Christmas weeks?” » ” » “BIG SURPRISE, mamma,” an-' nounced Jerry. “Not going back to college—can you imagine that—your Jerry boy walked right out of nasty , . ; . Vas oles Told. ee he Wl whl KINDA SMART, AREN'T YOU,RYDER? MAYBE | ‘ ; TH MOON'S ABOUT “Don’t wanna be a lawyer, mam- | RS ¥ You SNe More THAN YS GOOD FOR pi #4 | it - DOWN, LUCKY! WHAT ma. Nobody wants me to be a ( Mi ’ 3 oN ; / a WITH lawyer, except you, mamma, We ) LOVE \X snl as Por : < i 1 dor’'t need all the social prestige, yy SE 3 \ _— not these days.” He gave her a loving tap. “It's smart to be pro-le-tar-i-yut, just plain people like! vou and Pops and me, without the trimmings.” Mrs. Donaldson was on the verge of tears. “Oh, Jerry, this is going to he an awful shock to your father—" “I don’t want to run father's de-

partment store, either,” Jerry in- = ea a 3 | (WN “ . / Z i. ar. a \ % terrupted. He became serious. J : : TN ll Lod 1 BS x8 : Sl , A x . % “Listen, mom, you get that (OE ~e = COE dN 2 : v COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICL, TT. Wh. . 8. PAT. OFF. Ml straight with the old man. Just be-| [842 11.18 _ COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF. | | . —By Bushmiller

cause I'm not cut out for a lawyer,| says here I can get a wife in the South Sea Islands for only nine | doesn’t mean I want to plant my-| spearheads!” : RR «+ IF YOU WANT Or=--- I'M VERY HAPPY--

self in this hick town for the rest| RE | NON DO YOU LOOK ME TO I Li = YIPPEE!--- HA HA HA-- : [ J K & E TO --- I'LL Ny, Jn] SO UNHAPPY ?»- 1] [2 HAVE YOU Vs Ss TRA LA OE O4 2

G-GOQ BYE, MAMMY

of my life, turn into a glorified floor

- ' S————— = walker for Pops. Please get that - RR through his head, mother. You're] Get y our Erector Sets 3 PERHAPS YOURE | 25! TRANSFERRED the only one that can do it!” . ar = NOT CONTENTED /- ZA A “Jerry, you don't know what } os3 7 ? “5 T

Fs FY V7 : ; HERE »** i: DIFFERENT youre saying.” = E39 MN (o) ¢ 4 Bi CLASS - “I do, mother, for the first time = » T ! o > (= 7 7) —_— in my life,” insisted Jerrv. “I know rom 4 @ an 1H /7 rT A : what I don’t want to be in life. Rm [7+ | / 5 INS ew 3 O

That's something. It's a start. Let me live for a while will you, with-| out any apron strings?” He was]

tensely earnest and sober for the! 'Y A == 3 moment. “Without a lot of parental For Ls EN AE 4 J 7) e er

advice and authority. Let me re-| : 3 lax, by myself, so I can figure it : 0 TENT

| ERECTOR TOYS | bebe hrs a » ” » | Jibs reserved i HE LOOKED at her pleadingly, I WASHINGTON TUBBS II .

hoping she would understand. But : - > : SW By his mother looked blank and con- SHUX! ALL I TOLD HER WAS THAT LINK D HAVE THATS ALL RIGHT,OLD TIMER, ET amie! prs pA fused. She saw only that her Co me to WE KNEW | TO BE SUPPORTED BECAUSE HE COULDN'T MESSED UP MY OWN LIFE A WOMAN RUINS WIS LIFE = | SUST PRETEND You CURIOSITY, WASH. | WS BEST FRIEND REMEMBER WHERE HE'D BURIED SO THAT'S Wuy EASY 1S / DIDNT HEAR THAT, A A ED SEAS

cherished dreams were vanishing. LUCILLE ’ that her son was being tempera- WAS AFTER HS MONEY AND HATE TO SEE ANOTHER DISINTERESTED NR GIRLS v9 A MATTER THAT WHO WAS SHE? PONT 60 PRYIN

3 3 { /. 1 b I THAT mental and disobedient. YOUR MONEY iPo—om gop” AND SHE FELLA DO LIKEWISE EASY NEVER YOU'RE WS BEST / INTO THINGS “All that wonderful education— A EAR g ! | F B | i S Ny |] Nl | J ALL ALONG, /'F of BROKE ent | ; >, DISCUSSES A FE SPE DONT concer ] AE) # / R | UNSLE A ENGAGE ENT, J. : 11 T8

wasted” Mrs. Donaldson wept. Jerry stared at her quitely for in a moment, then walked over to the *———— . | > / | g living room tabie and poured him- 4 AT : - 8 be | i V [ / ; ¥ AW £3 ¢ 4 0 mo) 4a

self a drink from the decanter. | - “Jerry, don't,” Mrs. Donaldson! WOW=-WHAT AN OUTFIT!

begged. “You've had too much THE NEW ALL-ELECTRIC

already. Oh, Jerry dear, some-| times I don't think you appreciate | E R E C T 0 R all mamma and papa have done for you—all the sacrifices— “Sacrifices?” Jerry looked quiz-| zically about the sumptuous home. | Mrs. Donaldson sniffled into her!

handkerchief. She took her son's| | I Gr — | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIEND

arm and led him to a hidden recess, r Ae A : or where a splendid Christmas tree EN £5 hi! fil (PEE) reached to the ceiling and hung| Re ! Hecho, oH ERAN (HRA a MY POPS A POLICE heavy with decorations and toys. | TALL POWD it HTH | CAPTAIN, Y* KNOW, AND ou CAPITAL ¢ “See what I spent all day doing! M4 © ar pACIONE) G lth { | 1 BEEN WORKN' TO ¢ J PUNISHMENT, Just to surprise you?” she said J x $68 A iii i HELP HIM ! TAKE A HE NT sentimentally. CE (HAHN Ze Ait TH LOOK OUT THAT LIKE HANGING. Jerry stared, unimpressed, at the | NN /4= 24 es 3 tpi i dit ZZ Soa Yrs)

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ornate tree. “My lord,” he cried wth an-| noyance, “you'd think I was still!

10.” | Vr “You are still 10—to your mother,” | { & ays Giodd answered Mrs. Donaldson poignant-| reyes. pn ly. “You always will be, my darling aa boy.” | She enveloped her son in a motherly hug. { Jerry drew away from her almost | In terror. He reeled a bit. “Ever hear of that good ole silver BOYS Getaload of thesen- lbs. of exciting parts for building cord, Mamma?” he drawled, and sational, new, All- magnetic crane; revolving airplane raised his glass. “Time one of us| Electric No. 814 Erector. Crammed beacon with electric searchlight; eleccut it.” with exciting electrical and structural trically lighted ®erris wheel, air- : He set his glass down suddenly. | parts. Electric lights—110 volt elec- Bi er thor cars; electric brid oy ) EMBARRASSWG SOR NP, \NSTEAD OF / SE ED _ 7 hy "Aw—nuts!” he said, and slam-| tric engine with 4 speeds and auto- that open and close, and over 100 ~ HELPING PWM LLL NEVER GET ANN- / / YS OF VION: cAmRYY™ ming Pie to behind him, went out mobile-typegearshift—powerfulelec- other mighty engineering marvels. : WHERE: BY StamoNTLNG GIO into the nig AY a tro magnet that grabs up steel girders See it at your local toy store today. (Te Be Continued) | before it touches them. Also, engi- Tell Dad Erector is what you want (All events, names and characters in this| neer's shack, polished steel boiler most. No. 814 All-Electric Set, Story are wholly fictitious.) shell —big red wheels. A total of 15 $12.95. Other Erector sets from $1.00.

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between 500,000 and 750,000.

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and ? 19 t ~ About two-thirds are women, 120 EAST WASHINGTON ST. -MA