Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1939 — Page 17

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TUESDAY, DEC. 26, 1939 | THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ___ : PAGE 17 SERIAL STORY— By Lichty | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY By Williams . - (FZ Tue 15 HOW I “ZA MY WORD, MARTHA, AN 7 THE OLD

77 B k GPENT THAT MONEY ZF ELEGANT GARMENT, BUT 2 BOY ACCUSES ackout ‘ ~

FROM MR, TWIGGES~~H EXPENSIVE, IT'LL WAGER! HER OF AFTER WEARING THAT S22 EGAD, I SUPPOSE IT 1S GLAMOUR GAL HN oH OLD PIECE OF CARPET { FEMININE FRAILTY TO WANT TO | IDEAS BECAUSE By RUTH AYRES aN A \ 7 NINE VEARS, ANEW P> SQUANDER THE LAST GHE HUNG UP CASE OF CRARNCIERS | a N \ hE h { FUR COAT MAKES ME Jf FARTUING ON SOME FINERY/ | HER LITTLE MARY CARROLL — American fashion 3 MN SS FEEL LIKE A wow I RECALL AS A GOSSOON A MATCH GIRL

expert, in London during wartime. | . S : Tg STRANGER / 7 OF 12, HEARING MY FATHER DISGUISE

VINCENT GREGG—soldier of fortune, | : | ; 3 / RELATE HOW NAPOLEON'S (Fees THE

in love with Mary. Sy "ok ; WJ : k¢ . EMPRESS EUGENE EMPTIED GLEEVES CARLA MARCHETTE—a mysterious | F 3

London socialite | & Na & h \ g ¥ i THE TREASLRY OF FRANCE DROPPED oer! DR. GILBERTLENOX—surgeon, serv- | | & : LE Sl q | ® = INDULGING HER Ses ing with British army. 3 y 88 : 3 EXTRAVAGANCE FOR VEN : = @ |] EF LOREH | ARS FN NEW FASHIONS / LA 2 YESTERDAY: Mary Carroll and her | * HH Bl | BN oD yp fiance, Vincent Gregg, soldier of fortune \ Re RS = I and adventurer, are in London during ; E ; X Fp ALTHO LUD) the early days of the war, awaiting HE Cae » N > 1 RL = : > 7 E> ~~" passage to United States. Mary is dis- 5 : turbed when a striking, internationally famous beauty recognizes Vincent in a London restaurant. Vincent does not explain a mysterious card brought by a waiter, In the terror of an air raid | alarm, Vincent disappears. Mary is swept with the crowd inte the air raid shelter, and she almost faints as a stranger grasps her,

CHAPTER TWO ANYTHING COULD happen in a! London air raid alarm. And what was happening was that Mary Car- | roll was being held in the strong arms of 3 strange man. Terror

choked her as she struggled to| To PLR y S | Gx d : 7 (i Sl J oe : li break free, | 0 & a ; vd | HK: 7 X om say OFF . But her fears were calmed when! | UHV - URE BY fb | a A A HQOPLE MANOR COPA, 1938 8 NEA SERVIGR JUL, WRK. U. 8 ©3 Sr 3} E BORN THIRTY YEARS TOO SOON aver we ‘226 J

the man spoke again in the same TER Ca Sd & in in p . CRAZY 2 T-TEN © HOW PURTY MEBBE WE KIN deep, obvious Yankee voice: CNET NE WERTH Wor, avh United Beaters Svndioate Toa © ARE YOU GOIN i < : “11 IO, gUIng 16 take aBY Chance Te Reg. U. 5. Pat. Of—Al rights | | NOBODY ON EARTH N THEY PAYS LANS MASS ON FINE. | FeLPr)S on having you break your neck on| «See! Every time I try to take a picture of the White House, some | SRA a MUS’ BE IN FO’ SALE AN’ RAIS the stairs,” he said. : Senator poses in front of it!” 2 RELI N : ™ Nou “J Mary opened her eyes. In the beam of the porter's flashlight she| HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis | caught a glimpse of a rugged fig-!|_ ure and a crest of obviously red hair NN TR a SN : ’ x N 1

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above a broad grin and smiling eves : : \ “You look like a girl from Amer-| | (+a 2 a . ica,” he mumbled. $ . WN “I am,” she said simply. { He laughed. "Feeling better? I'll carry you downstairs.” | “Thanks—you're very kind. Did you just appear from nowhere to | rescue me?" i 1 o | a \ “No, I'm a doctor on air raid, | / KR AS , 7 | duty and this 1s one of my emer- — | - or = Nob, gency stations ‘in the line of ay

: = = y d J A 5 Bs id a AR — coe 12-26 NN x J Wii, fl duty’, a \ : eh» Bory AT o a Ee aD DR aria Tired \ : EOL (XL He handed her a gas mask, car-| | ; NR x] a

ried her downstairs. “Thanks so : 5 . . 7 ’ Te. ; much,” she whispered as he it her Nn 2 me SS ae RED RYDER, YOU BETTER GET Back) (SHERIFF, THIS LAWLESS= Y IM DON’ MY ai, DRAKE BAILS [ BUILDIN' THAT NEW SCHOOL. ry TH’ TOWN FOLKS -

down 4 7 NS 19 X F “3 | WALI, IN VALLEY TO SCHOOL, LITTLE NESS HAS GOT 10 STOP” BEST AND ‘EM ouT AND BUYS 1 HOUSE DON'T MAKE AH AN THINK IM ALL YB J 3 OF BIG. SHADOW, BEAVER, BUT DON'T] | THREE SHOOTINGS TODAY, / JAILIN ALL OFF TH JURIES--IF I \ ANGEL IN MY EYES = I'M RIGHT FROM Okay—and good luck.” The BUT MEDICINE MAN | LET ANYONE AN IT AIN'T SAFE FOR TH GUN- | [COULD ONLY GETSOME:| | A\A-WARNIN' YUH, LUCKY. NOW ON YOU'LL young American doctor spoke quick- MAKE YOU WELL KNOW I'M WOMEN TO GO SLINGERS THING ON HIM 3 = TAKE ORDERS ly and then turning, was swallowed B SOON! ALIVE! OUT ON THE « eu le i FROM ME ,T00/ In the gob of blackness and the STREET! blue of fatastic bobbing masks around her. For a minute, Mary stood alone and uncertain. Then the revealing beam of the porters flashlight stung around to outline Vincent nearby. She stumbled toward him When she touched his arm, he wheeled sharply. “Oh,” she heard him say through his mask. "It’s you, Mary. Sorry we got separated in the jam. Here's your mask!” Instantly, Mary sensed his voic2 | was strained. She clung to him ’ 1 MUST GO 7, I BETTER \ Be OM. DEAR --+ silently, WE » | ? a ' / NBS 1 , The porter was barking orders like NT Bae = .COPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T M. REC U. 8 PAT, OFF, | ed Ny Ne ro ROLL, SP oy \ 22 NO ie £ ¢ Y S - ¢ ’ “ » " wr . < i - { { — ” ’y “se J ‘ NN { | Or DE A RE regulations.” “Yes, gentlemen, I played the stock market years ago, but I'm having WRIST=- WATCH ! ov 1 \ we iT In the pitch of the cellar, people! more fun now. jerked like puppets, the masks tum- | ing them ne strange Martian fig- | FLAPPER FANNY ures. Fat sandbags were propped

against the windows and the wine | fg / \o ” Pd \ 8 J kegs had been rolled awav to give / / \ 0 Vf ; A {| \

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. ak oo ® clearance in the middle of the room q Even so, the jam was frightening! and the wheeze of breathing in the masks like death gasps. Minutes dragged like hours un- i . RR ™ til, as suddenly as it had begun, | \ : CX \ - ) ) 4 | WT the banshee wails of the sirens / \d bh 3 . PT | 1 T Ll | - i. stopped. Ears strained for the aw- Fe, ar WW A | 2) L Sore IAT0 br United Bvatine Syndicate. Ing, ar An pee — ERNE BUSHAP LLER. -. ful sound of crashing bombs, heard 4 ;

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instead the welcome sound of the 1 =» Rk, , . 1T\ DONT WORRY \ WELL HAFTA BE CAREFUL, "BP OF COURSE THEY ARE, BUT WELL) : DEE DELIVERING PRESENTS / TLL BET rs FAD THE NEIGHBOR)

“All Clear” signal, Ha > ho : RSE] | |ABOUT NOT BEN | WASHINGTON. TH NEIGHBORS / © f TIE IT UP JUST LIKE TH CHRISTMAS FOOL EM AFTER CHRISTMAS =/ (TG THE \p AK ) %, NW ABLE To GET ARE SUSPICIOUS : : PRESENT VOU TOOK TO CAROL, ; : at Saiki) MAKE { SKELETON! 2x , > \ oD OF THE er OH VOL CAN WEAR YOUR SANTA sn 5 SENSE a. ves A, THAT MA THERE WAS a stir in the res- : A lekeLETON, 3% ) CLALS SUIT ( wn om MURDERER! A LOOSE, taurant shelter as gas masks came S UNCLE LINCOLN. ot hd [———¢ — > 4 Xa — | OFFICER off and people went pell-meil to the IN ~ \ ILL HELP RJ % i / _ 4 9 ; Pt EV) Mary heard Vincent's voice whis- } i oo NY |

pering. “Let's get out of here. False alarm.” bi 7 ¢ ; 7 7 7 2) . p / 2% , ; ; 4 / Hurried along, she went with him ] x ¥ - 4 Po s 2 : ’ NS WP 1 i y , ¢ i NOW TAKE |T —saw him fling a pound note on | ) 7 » ASR BS N | 7 3 %'3 oe y FF Fi / EASY, FOLKS, IF} the table for their check and gath- | : ANA ; he ; 3 a 2% 5. i5) EF 5 ; THERE'S BEEN ANY er up their coats. Outside, even the TJ f ¥ SL -_ NR TOR ; Vs 7 ek, ee coe EA ) VIOLATION OF THE darkness of blackout was weicome. v t hoo EX 7 CS vo AY A » on 4 pre ig Gratetully, they drew in deep / : AN g aR “'y " Z Z 7 . 5 2 7, 4 6 draughts of the frosty, foggy air. (1 A So RY ; : 9 al dd Vy : LO | BOTTOM OF IT “I hate that sort of thing,” Vin- (|| & I\_J ALS RAN Ds _® |e : oA . ( of FN, EIN 7 4 cent said, his voice still strained. { Pe ;

It seemed odd for Vincent to he 1X Oh 2 \ A 8 7 Gee, I DIDNT THINK J Bu - 7 Te 2 z= ZZ 7 JLL BET Ir I HAD A unnerved by the experience, but || (1 AR NYA \ A I'D GET HIDA'S NUMBER m DON 8 HILDA ACCEPTS, ZT . WOODEN ' LEG, AND FELL Mary could understand his fear. 111] WAY FAVA \ AR 1 TRED NOT ©! HANG uP HOW CAN IL BE tJ . DOWN ON THE__ KE, After all, Vincent had been a pilot AA \ ' UNTIL YOUVE ' ; ID BREAK THE ; THER

in a bombing plane himself. XN) MYA A LN TALKED TO HER Let's not think about it,” she VARA AA Aa ! A \ \ NN said Aad RV VAI REL RY \\

Tenderly, he bent to kiss her| “I wanta thank va for your present, Chuck, but I hope va didn't spend |

cheek lightly, “You're a sweetheart,” | hi 5 " : es p same ng at Blank's for uarter. he said. _“Let's hope well be back|_ %00 much on me they got the same thing ank s 1 ragq

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there was am.Ork this time next week. |. puis CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson |

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the envelope the desk clerk hand- | ’ = - a PAR NERDS ed her. It bore the stamp of the / : = : 2 American consulate and inside was a note. Mary stepped to the desk! light to read it | She came back to Vincent,| drawing him aside s0 no one| ‘ would overhear. “We're sailing on | the Moravia tomorrow afternoon at | INTERCEPTS ONLY AROUT ONE 3 o'clock,” she whispered. ‘The| | TNO ~~ UL. SES THe) consulate warns us to keep it OF THE ENERGY SENT OUT Serer | RB FROM THE SUN.

Vincent nodded. “Swell. I'l] . . rush over to my lodgings and pack. *M. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF.

We'll meet in the morning for coffee and get the first train to| f fi, Southampton. ! :

rie oi THERE . sare Le si , HAVE BEEN NY BOY--FORGET IT OLDER AND VM IN IT GENTLEMEN 27--YOUR BECKY--DID YOU THINK I'D “Silly, of course. And you hang . ANORE THAN g | =e ALS © AND WISER MEADS THAN WITH YOU, YONG ENTHUSIASM Has is SR ney YourAND on to your pocketbook for dear 4. OOO THAT GYM WERE \| YOURS WILL LOOK INTO THE : SCRAPPLE vs ME OVER TO YOUR SIDE hn? Sue WAITING FOR life, too.” : EE B | MADE O' SAND-- | QUESTION: IF THERE 15 A A CHANCE on COUNT ME IN ON IT ? | " C'MON Mary lifted her lovely face to di EE Ae NOT CONCRETE / QUESTION. AS CHAIRMAN OF | | THAT NONE OF US CAN J THIS GM AND Mt | [mv NEWSPAPER WITH YOU him. “Vincent, now that we're f§ AL ToMmoalLesS UNDERSTAND #/ GONG TO FIND OUT 10 SERVE CRAB: sailing tomorrow, I can't help be ’ SINCE 1868. MYSELF WiLL MAKE AN WHAT AND WHY a little afraid. So many boats have . . \ INVESTIGATION - been sunk!” 25) 3 MN :

» ” 5 | VINCENT LOOKED down at her, | his eves exciting. “Mug,” he said endearingly, “next week we'll be in New York—Mister and Missus. ? Nothing can happen to us—and if | » AA : A - = L i ok it does—well, it'll happen together.” | INDIANS USED A) NA 3 , ‘ 4 The lobby of the little hotel was | THE OSA GE -\ if yy ! ( = \ : 4 Hn cy 4

strangely quiet. Besides, in these | vl davs of men in mufti, nobody seemed ORANGE FOR. o

ZO A 7 to care if & man Kissed his girl WHAT PURPOSE § Bl § y \ ; ] ¢ aad ‘NS Jincent| * - mm i a \ : ho a fT ng TR ANSWER—They used the wood for making bows. JT Epa rr J PANS J Noo — Sh

hers. “Good night, dearest,” he| : said huskily. “See you for break- vet in the midst of all this, she and bustle bow-—something white and)

F | fast in the morning. You'd better vincent had found each other and Square. ¥ 0 You Get All the Cream be on time, bags and baggage.” ht | were going home ly Puzzled, Mary stooped to pick it yoi stairs in ti sty lift,| = . : : Lup. Mo he, Upstairs Re Sn - In her room, she put last-minute | Ph was a plain, white, oversize | —None Sticks 10 " {things in her bags, checked her card and on it were scribbled two

home with Vincent. “Cream in Every Drop”

Europe at war! The juggernauts luggage, tickets, and visa and be- words. of two mighty powers that had gan to undress. : | “At midnight.” rolled over Poland. The French| As she slipped out of the bright | (To Be Continued) massed at the Maginot Line. The frock and into her negligee, some- fe British fleet prowling the seas. And thing fell from the folds Of the (All Er eme Mame or heioar) this]

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