Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1939 — Page 14

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PAGE 14. ; ____ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES __ iii SATURDAY, DEC. 16, 1939 SERIAL STORY — : OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY By Williams | I AR, THERE, MAJOR /ww 727 HMw LOOKS / THERE'S ANOTHER. FELLER.

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friend ‘of all children. = AIR 3 ; = 5 bo a \ STATUE POSITIVELY ALICE BANKS—a pretty, young schoel Pp . : 2 2 5 % F \ . 2 PNOTIC Fr TG fam teacher. 8 Le NL A 3 VAAN JERRY DONALDSON-—pampered son } Lig oy " R 8 : EY N WAY, S 8 of the city's richest merchant. A : \ = BETTY CARTER--awaits the coming of Santa Claus.

YESTERDAY: Jerry Donaldson, spoiled, pampered son of the department store owner, arrives home, announces he has quit school. His mother pleads with him, shows him the Christmas tree she has decorated, as if fer a child. Jerry slams out of the house,

CHAPTER FOUR

ALICE BANKS trudged through the snow toward her home—the large boarding house next door to] the Carters’. She was joined by Mrs. Brown, Santa Claus Brown's wife, a| kindly middle-aged woman who also , W > JH # 2 lived at the unpretentious board- Sf Joi y Eh HT bd pe AN 7, : : — FoF IG — anh ing house. 3 A y , [ARR A Pe Ree U3 PAT OFF. — 00 v : . 12-1 “How are you, Mrs. Brown,” > § : : ec. | Alice greeted her. "And how is Lobe IAs United Feature Sentient Jol y PP, Santa Claus Brown?” Then she i

added the inevitable, “Any word : UT TH PAPPY’- AH GOT A NGULP:!from your daughter?” HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis Cy Spo HE BER 2 PEE -KOOLYAR FEELIN’

At t ention of her daughter, A Ny? J 7- THERE'S BEEN A WASN'T NUMBER 7AT ALL ” THET - SOMEONE AR Mis. Brown bristed with pride. | % > L aoReRiE Ae | [HEA AREA Au rn EVES ie Ss “Frances? Why would I expect / niet (+A Fa X ve RE a

-R f to hear from her, busy as she is? ) |H X MACHINE —IT’S TURNED It’s not that the girl is selfish so oo " OuT TO BE A COMBINATION, much—she’s jus. so busy; that's RADIO AND REFRIGER . why she doesn’t have time for us. And children, once they get away from home — I'll bet you don’t write to your mother as oiten as vou ought, Miss Banks.” “T would if I had a mother to, write to,” responded Alice, “There it is,” said Mrs. Brown ¥ hastily. “You'd write, but you have no mother. My Frances has a] mother and she doesn't write. That's] | the way life goes.” ] She changed the subject abruptly. " “I don’t know what's keeping my usband!” , \ “This is a busy time of year for ; § EVEN IF WE ARE SEEN, NOBODY WILL THEN LET'S SHOVE ON TOWARD THIS (S RYDER'S Till = YEP! ILL COUNT Santa Claus Brown,” Alice said. 7 KNOW RED RYDE : TH RWER RIGHT AWAY / y LAST RIPE, THREE ==THEN “Bless his heart, he wouldn't stint 3 ; IN THOSE - 7 / : ; ; > SWING HM OLY the children for anything. He's as AY FoF : #9 | ae 4h / : 7 : 0 g Ed 4 a NRL close to being th: real Santa as| jus id ’ PvE ; / Se iy ew : / Y ’ ‘ any human being could be. Remember the toys he mended for the little ones last year—while he was! watching the factory nights?” ® » » “YES, HE RUINED his poor eyes doing it. Couldn't mend a single one this year. There was no stop- p ping him last year. Never was when he got his heart set on making pes. 12-16 ooPa, 1935 BY MEA SERVICE Li RYO something for Frances, either, He| —— = —————=—oaucr we 1.1 REG. V. Dred %. M. REG. U. 8: PAT. OFF

shouldn't work so late though. It's! “A collar button in your soup, sir? Oh, goody! I've been looking for | 2 x ey : : OPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE. | © . © | "rm awful bad for his rheumatism, ! that all aftaengon! a coming home in all this snow.” \ "Why rt NY oad tn FLAPPER FANNY By Syms HEY, FELLERS' bring him home in the car when : : : bs Yy WILL You SIGN he’s so late? He lives so near.” o & 4 = . : DIS PAPER “Well,” said Mrs. Brown, "I guess he never thinks of it. Easy to re- al! wl TR X member dad when they want extra 2 y we / i SAE : gu CRT work done, when they want a Santa : , “7 R\ ei Claus for a party. He's been with Mr, Donaldson 20 years this Christmas; night watchman, and Santa Claus during the season, ever since Frances was 2 years old.” Mrs. Brown nodded across the] street. “There's Jim Carter, shoveling snow,” she said. "Poor man, at this] time of the evening—and on Christe mas Eve.” Fond i E - rr As they approached Mrs. Deakin's| 7... IM ; $ EE ; mm—— = Ein Neearding house, Mrs. Brown / 4 ; WASHINGTON TUBBS II —By Crane "Well, T hoped wed all have|| [i yo f | [PACK YOUR I DON'T BLAME YOU, MAAM. A WOMAN) W SPELLS. THE ) WE'S DANGEROUS IN SPELLS! NOBODY KNOWS & GOOD | DONT SAY SUCH SWELL, v0U enough saved up to move out of | fh ww [ THINGS, GOLDIE. | TAKES A CHANCE MARRYIN' ANY MAL CLABBER-HEADED WHERE HE GETS HIS MONEY, SHE SAYS, BUTAT ! J THINGS, LIL, OR NEVER KNOW here by this Christmas — maybe | | - ] WE'RE GOING WITHOUT. PICKIN’ A CRAZY pz NIGHT HE'S BEEN SEEN TO BURY THINGS next yeap. . . .” dE Bs vy A | |ALWAYS | OF Wis TIME BURVING ge N PIGPENS WHAT IF HE ps handy to the school,” said, / Thugs a ns 1» : HAD BURIED Ce. | . | : 7 ' ? & : ih ! They both looked toward the h ’ a / Carter home next door. “Poor dears, it won't be much J HW XO 2 / ’ & if ? Wes om of a Christmas for them — their! / / ER D\\ { ) y : 1 C ae ed uA 4 » DANGEROUS father’s been out of work almost I Atal. \5\.\ . 7 NOR a ) : RY) Nally KOSH 7 . PERSON six months now.” Alice said. “I| Fo fd - { % ARES 7 A » Leds : ) A LIKE THAT

-AND SO. TH MEANWHILE: IN DOGPATCH —

“The wife’s beginning to wonder why I've stopped biting my nails!” : a BN WAY - PROFESSOR EAS IC

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hate to think of that littlest one { Ri/ I PA “1'y Gu 4 ~ A Nee of theirs—not getting everything {| ' f [| 7 A \ : NEO 7 - HOUSE she wants—not seeing all her 3 2 a S 2% ; lb | dreams come true.” “That's the way I used to feel! about Frances,” Mrs. Brown mused | § rr J : ha / ; NG: S dreamily, “That's why I'm so happy “You didn’t tell the clerk to take off the price tags?!’ | § o — a . : ————— ~~ - na She has everything—the way e “Gee, no, Fan. You said you wanted ‘em wrapped as gifts.” | ~By Blosser Ni I ab a] IHS Curious WORLD -By Wiliam Fetgusan : WELL, You ASKED For it/ ¥ (Nou'L SURE, BUT A “7 ( 10 uke TO GO DOWN “TO THE RIVER. ) rious, pinching woman, who did | | oi Rr on Bll | You WANTED TO FIND THE 5 Ce HAVE TO \GuY CANT GO A DATE WITH ' 7, AND PULL THE WATER OVER MY HEAD---= all she could to make life unpleasant | | i { CINDERELLA WHOD FIT SE ADMIT SHE | THROUGH UIFE HILDA TONIGHT, [ 7 BUT HER FATHER MADE ME BUY THESE TICKETS 10F hor Hoaracr, | § : THOSE SHOES ---- AND : = A HAS TINY / LOOKING AT A WILL You 4 TO THE POLICEMEN'S BALL 4 \ L You FOUND Her! 2 FEET! _/GIRUS FEET! TAKE JUNE Lu MRS. DEAKIN WAS in the midst] - of an argument with her boarder of | | longest standing, Mr. Middleton, | known to the other boarders “Deadbeat” Middleton. i Middleton bowed impressively as| fi Alice and Mrs. Brown came in. He [i oe was elegantly dressed in gay nineties| [i fra NT = SS 7k 8 syle, his gray hair neatly combed, | ie == : LE AAS | BE ; is: is ‘mustache nicely pointed. |] . | : / ” ] UW yy /4 wv TAQ “Dear Mrs, Deakin is trying to HUNDRED TIAMAES § < | Fey | A i a ass == 3 Cf hi 4 Wk y 7 AA 7 i J HP b / eject me” he smiled deprecatingly,| [| | FARTHER away | 2 | Nee N HV Z | @OLL. 4 / a 4 on Christmas Eve. I can’t seem| [i COPR. 1930 AY NEA SERVICE. ING. T. M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

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to make her understand that my! [I | i monthly remittance—ah—check—is| [§- SAME lI] oo BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES ~—By Martin RE ae, Swwamasi 1 mn - oR fl | [EY BOOTS WOWRE YGETTIN [1 DIONT MEAN HORSE (Ry EA Fr ER counts for many lost letters.” | mis si al A | || AONE AY TH’ ROW CLUB 2 y ) Se RC : Jl | 88 LADY-LICE | ONE 1S OUT T'00 YA Mrs. Deakin was unimpressed. | : vl (Srs’ £9 : ME TobAy oY 5 x : ORT , 1 DONT BLIENE “Christmas rush—my eye. It| ig 3 : = N° nS BEA ND wasn’t a Christmas rush last Easter. | : / a ; SNH Mr. Middleton, when you owed me | four months, nor last’ Labor Day! when it ran higher than that.” Alice took a 10ll of bills from her purse and handed them to Murs.' Deakin, . “Here, I can't have you throw Hod out on Christmas Eve,” she | said. : Middleton once more bowed imsressively from the waist. | “My dear Miss Alice, it will be nly a matter of a few dave. I! thall reimburse you at the earliest ypportunity.” he | “Ought to ashamed of yvour-| :If taking her hard-earned money." 1 ze — . os aking er I'VE AY Br WE = SIT DOWN! IT 16 "THE SURE I'M BUT, COUSIN ABBIE “ou go out and shovel snow like Mr. | COUSIN ABBIE OUT i Sarter?” |

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3 3 = 3 3 | 4 IY . ho b : 1 “HEARD ANYTHING from that . : VY = "| aN WW ©, v jaughter of yours yet?” Mrs. Deakin three lemons—don't pay over a dine She puiied her coat collar up L EC ’ 3 | a;

wsked Mrs. Brown bluntly. “You'd|for em either, make ’em give ’em! about her face and as she hurried think Christmas time she could | to you for a dime. I think—I'll down the street, ran head on into

gy Sh a or make a lemon pie.” | someone coming the other way. She Ju. OF § Quarter | | "Using real lemons, Mrs. Deakin?” (looked up to apologize, and then! “You have no idea how busy my Alice asked with mock seriousness. exclaimed in surprise: rances is,” answered Mrs. Brown “Yes, iis Christmas. Besides, I'm| “Jerry Donaldson! Where'd you | yu ffily. ; lout of lemon extract. Run along drop from?” | Mrs. Deakin turned ko Alice. “Say, for me like a good girl. You have ree Alice, do me a favor. | rou still have some money with you, haven't you?” | (Te Be Continued) ‘our things on—1 dont want to get| Alice went out, exasperated. This (ay events, names and characters in thi set. - Go to the corner and buy me was old story. { wpolly Bevis >> 3

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