Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 December 1939 — Page 20

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FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1939 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 19

SERIAL STORY— GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople By Williams

Zi EAAD, T WISH YOU DONKEVS WOULD [7 (F THAT JOLLY YZ JANUS 9 IE I HAVE SUCH A WELL, THEY HAVE ) | pn AT NOT DISTRACT ME / T AM BRUSHING Z| JUNKET CLUB MUST WAVE Z\ = a LOVE FER TO KEEP THER B aC out ee a . UP FOR A NEW YEAR SPEECH TO THE 15 THE SAME /] BEEN THE J) 7” =17 w EXCITEMENT IN EVES PEELED FOR : Sa 1 Ne : JOLLY JUNKET CLUB wv HMP-KAFF! Y SWARM OF 3 OD oF 4 = — , hi don TH’ BOSSES, AND El vy BY THE WAY, DID YOU KNOWN JANUARY 15) SIGNAL= [ PEDESTRIANS, = ZN # CoD Yada A A By RUTH AYRES : Ihe PT NAMED FOR JANUS, ROMAN GOD WITH NOSES IT XO) TOO=w OOK 2 = w= MOUSE TRAP THEY GIT DIS» CAST OF CHARACTERS oi 3 fer TWO FACES ? JANUS WAS THE GOD OF J) KNOW, YOU'LL Yo BOTH WAVS = um 7 77 ALL DAY TO SEE COURAGED »* MARY CARROLL—American fashion Ee is df 3 "hs : LOORS, BECAUSE A DOOR LOOKS TWO WAKE UP ge SEI FInpREN THEM GUYS ARE expert, in London during wartime. . fi : 3 WAYS «~ HOW'S THIS FOR A START= WITH MORE = BLT 1 WOULDN'T TIRED WAITIN

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CARLA MARCHETTA—A mysterious - nS iy B % BE | RRR ON THE THRESHHOLD OF A NEW ww 77 A KES OF \ | = = = SHOP NAILS /& DE 7 EIGHT By ) = = .

Yondon socialite. B mts y | | : ¥ PR. GILBERT LENOX—Surgeon, setv- AN : 8 2. ; \1 {IN WAR=-RUMPH /; ing with British Army. oO ’ 4 Fc Rev B07 ria , YESTERDAY: The Moravia wails hefore ( Mary can get ashore. She is hewildered by Vincents’ failure fo sail, Anna Winters fries to comfort her. Walking on the deck at nicht, Mary wees a dark figure lurking in the shadows of the companionway,

CHAPTER FIVE

MARY DREW back at the sight] of strange eyes staring from the | shadows, Fear paralyzed her for an agon{zed second and then, bracing herself against the lash of spray, she ran along the darkened deck, Her beret blew off in the wind. Her | 4 No q | 127220 la / = shoes slipped on the wet floor. 2 3 | 7AM 3 T

And all the time, staccato sharp EE a behind her came hurrying steps. on . ; 5 LE : . § i NTRODUCT! : st» (= If she could reach the salon door Sali : NR ww 5° Sam wv : : 2 1 AA = ; TO AN ORATION ahi " Na) She would be safe. be : oor Did % -t. a \ “7 22 L A cobn. 1o35%V ni “INC. T.M. REG. U. 5. f 5 YRC Us PAT re THE STOP WATCH Panting, she came to the door! 8) ~ TL vil A i and swung herself against it. In| w, 28 5 Cig © Code, 1955 by United Peatute 85 ot the muffled light of the room, al-| a y a ys i most deserted now before the dinner “Prices are strong today! There's a rumor there'll be a better | \ ye Soren g ry | THOSE ARE THE SE DONT AIM T (“A MORTEASE BAN. SUPE WELL, as “PICKING ) YO L138 AT CERTAING DOES? OSHA of relief. The safety of the room| - - S AND NS AIMS YT > CLE ory 2 PAY IT Arse a 15 EVE An Sr. f rere : gave her courage. Cautiously, she | HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis ve * WOULD BACH~ AND ¥ WONT) AMS T/GIT RICH HOW, YOU'RE. YO Z AHOP-HOP- JM GETTING 1 opened the door a crack, . aa Sl i u = | r. ‘KINELY GE7 THE AAND.”-) PICKIN ORANGES IN SGML TO Fy HE “% $50,000 WORTH rz < Leaning ‘axing tre. Weck Yaill - | v 17-7) 1G) us A NOT IN Ly ORANGE, MONEY T¢ AY ofr OF LAND £O 7 4 te rahi J tn ail FOR /MO G NOT INTE b! iJ | THE MORTGAGE ! ss00.7) Ja slouched figure, hat pulled low on | . FO’ THET MASSY-CHEW-SETTS] p : his forehead. In the darkness he | 7 7 - ZZ was nothing more than a silhou- 0A Bs y ette, Mary waited no longer. When she reached her cabin, her maize hair tumbled on her shoulders and her blue eves were wide, Anna, awaiting her, looked up with a shy smile of greeting, then

asked quickly, “What's wrong? You “I'm imagining things. Ever since i oN tled you. You're white as a ghost.”| § : | ; ; La a SN Cs ] RED RYDER «By Fred Harman | crazy, but it's true something did 3 UX ERE { | | DRAKE TRY TO KILLUM HOMBRE, LITTLE BEAVER] HENCHMAN, SHARK, THOSE KIDS AND EN A DOGS TODAY, 80 De NCIae man was crouched behind the| REWER Ss Me da : 17 MEANWHILE, I DON'T £ as the salon door.” | der what it means. S60 many you lose your mind.” | frail Anna, reached out a comfort- | was what we call in Yankee slang 5 12:37 ooh. 1935 Wy NEA WERVICE, INC. 1. W. Ret, U. 3. PAT. OFF

are trembling.” “It's nothing,” Mary answered. the boat sailed I've been on edge.” CI : To Woy 0. B. Pat. OFAN rihts restrec “But something must have star- SE 3 : : | : Mary took off her tweed coat : TR : A 3 : Ee — slowly, “You'll probably think I'm| | Ss \ i SR 3 HELLO RED RYDER! LUCKY LUCKY DRAKE (2 A BAD ) {1 KNOW THAT LUCKY | HEY. WHAT ARE {sgl 7 LUCKY DRAKE SAY HE Kill All startle me. T could have sworn a| th Q% ; 3. SR ; WILLIE'S DOG) STAY CLEAR OF HIM) ROBBED WITHERS, BLT (3 DOCS DON J a ANE HERE TO YOU WHE 1 HAVE TO HAVE PROOF! 0, HERE 7 0), oY { SAFE! companionway watching me. And : N CG Si A a WANT LUCKY ry V7 4 sk 7 3d 3 4 ay oy es — I'm almost sure he followed as far| | TI ; il Li po a NW PA ALIVE 7 Shaws Cy TW Ey \ PA NR Anna's hand flew to her mouth in a gesture of fear. “Oh—I won- | strange things are happening in | this war that it's enough to make | She broke into sobs. Marv, sorry | at once that she had startled the| [© ing hand. “I probably imagined the whole thing. Most likely it a ‘pipe dream. Let's forget it. “Oh, yes, we're triplets—only Freddie has been visiting Grandma for a | “And what's ‘more, Anna Win- couple of months.”

ters, we've heen moping 10060 much. | Se We've staved in this cabin as if| FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia | IT'S TIME TO - NE OH, DEAR] LOVE MY we were in hiding. We've got to SR TAKE YOUR SHOWER. WATCH SO MUCH == 1 JUST step out—vou and I. We'll go up OPP 3 NANCY -=- AND HATE TO TAKE IT OFF} to dinner in a blaze of glory.” | § § WE 4 t DON'T FORGET TO . Anna looked up uncertainly. | § AN ee ; NA ) TAKE OFF Your “ew } ay) WRIST WATCH?

MARY, AWARE again of how No, No SEO strangely drawn she was to this wisp } of an English girl, continued, “I was considered a clever stylist in Paris before the war started. 1 know what clothes can do to people We'll dress gorgeously tonight and forget the war. “TI have trunks full of clothes. I'll pick out a frock that will do exactly for vou. You're just about my size and height, When I've dressed |

you up, you'll be ravishing.” 3 ; - - Mary began shuffling through St WASHINGTON TUBBS II

b set w e tif g | PTA rm - — " . 8 Ta Sr HY 0 re oe 0 \ Wh “HURRY! \] YO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, EASY, WE CAUGHT | , SIMPLY THIS: A "MURDER" 1% OUT O' THE when she ca me to the Robin Hood % ’ 4 1 7 UNCLE THE Ov TRYING 50 DEPOSE OF A SKELETON, AND / QUESTION SINCE = OBVIOUSLY = IT 1s NOT ved frock. slim-bodiced and With a Bo LINCOLN'S HE CANT PROVE WHERE Ss eet THE 7 THE SKELETON OF A HUMAN BEING BUY skirt that fell in rippling cascades ; oh ET - NALLY NEIGHBORS CLAIM HE'S A BLUEBEARD, HM! LA A MEAP O / ; AND THE SKELETON 1S ONE OF HIS HAVE YOU TROUBLE

of chiffon. : FORMER WIVES EXAMINED In the darkness of the closet she \ y

pressed its folds to her face. This was the dress she had worn the night when she had first met Vincent. Suddenly, all the rapture of her romance came flooding back. She remembered Vincent's first words after they had been introduced. “Ts it you or the dress that's 80 gorgeous?’ Demurelv she had answered, “Tt's the dress.” And all the time, of = | course, she was trying not to show 12-29 ca did y her breathlessness at meeting this “This is the last piece, Mac. Wanta flip to see who takes the ’ ae gentleman soldier rap for it?" ES AND HIS FRIENDS Vincent had answered: “Why, to — | yp . :

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for lunch tomorrow I'll ask myself ARE YAU GOODNE SA . (ONT : 4 OUTSIDE AND how 1 could have thought you were =~ TWEEGDS BT Co I ES NT REALLY HILDA d YOU EVEN REMEMAES RELIEVE J a I or Bye Kw A the most beautiful girl T had ever . : ) \~ OGRUBRALE ? ME © HAVE 1 CHANGED TS al Ke FOOWED ry ne, = f een | : — - THAT MucH 2 j hERY OVER ON HI3 Tt had been like that. Swift, in- | : : p> NEW 3x8 ! citable, a love that had thrown them | ) 2 2 YR y 2 . HF < ] together in the midst of a war-mad| world. But that was in Paris in Septem-

ber, | , MARY TURNED ‘ Anna with COWEREPITY

the red dress. “This is what you're CLANT n | ( a SS ! 4 5; My A | : a 7 any going to wear.” | OF MALAYSIA ¢ £ \ . ; ; | ) : 7 \ Anna Winters touched the crim-| GROWS AMONG “Ns = 7, } S 2 mx | , Tm, ~> son dress. “Oh, no, I couldn't,” she dl : S \ 4 A ’ : . Z ND 3 a . AA = Se rye. 3% J js \ i \ A / / COBR, 1630 gv NEA BERVICE, INC

n y ““ ’ i .l BS 3 Wt 5 ’ Dun oto pecs a. 3 OF Tees, ano LG Rell tL — EY E AON dl FAC epulaioe, or Wil" Wire Sl Bn LL TS bY BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES “But von Ail, y 3 arme- SMA PO 7 ti a - w pS : : ly, “and we're going to start right] TO HOLD MOISTURE | : \ ? J, WONDER, JAY Ee Tago ag ¥- PRB R BONS J & bon SOMNG oun ) AR PELOE | vou x ABE we >=) how to make you a knockout." | FOR ITeé ROOTS. A) v : ZB" a OAR ats an BAN BY VP we WIR Te LORE | WELL, 7 | [DOW BEAT / TRWNG Te 00 STAND ) Jig AA Ig I EN ARRW Yoo 2a 2 [Ax we OURSELVES 2 SNOLLD BE WERE ANY You can | [Twn 4 Me oP 2 oe BCD NE WH CT ch | wow JE 2 el | acrormy, rs ee MIDGTE RaW A Wea | [00,6 P SES pinhed over her ears to give nf B ; Lo SH [AaovER | — lt ; | J \ ? 14 / COME ON FEET breadth to the pinched face. All] A J > 3 = 8 NANG 8 . E Ca ws ( - =; RoeY il od | the tricks of the trade Mary had v 2 \N AON

learned as a fashion desigher were <5 VEARS AG Nag : A \& AT - = » Vb A "\ )

brought inte plav. | : AN 3 “0 06% The hew flag-red lipstick, the : AUTOMOBILE TIRES ’ oa | SOAR tawny pale powder, the alluring eve : ny COST FROAA W N= shadow paste—these came out of . - / : dS oOo DOOULARS, a kit to make Anna blossom from | A 4 : AND WERE "SUR —

drabness to charm | & a Mary's own shimmering lingerie, oF TBE S000 POR,

sheer stockings, and gold slippers went on her cabin mate. And lastlv, the Robin Hood scarlet dress, Anna Winters gasped as she, stared at the mirror. She was lovely! "RB - “There,” said Mary, “while Rome - . \ : burns you're going to dance, Anna. - ; § SLATS -- YOU WERE JUST x Ny AND THEN: YOU FOUND I=1 CAN'T TELL YOU 3 a” AND THIS WAS 8 ‘POSED © You look like eine out of a / ) SAYING ~THAT= NOTHING N . 2 THAT NOTE IN THE CAR GET IN THE CAR, BE NS Ts fairy tale—a beautiful damsel wait- THE WORLD COULD PREVENT AND NOW BVERYTUNGS 1 i'M GON' TO FUNNY-(508B)~ . ing for a Prince Charming to claim x7 8. US FROM BEING MARRIED ORE 7 On BLATS, WHATS you. And who knows, maybe one . : TONIGHT, + WEREN'T YOU ? \ IN THAT NOTE ?

wil,” ANSWER-—The Census Bureau moves a town into the city class |

Anna glowed with an inward, 2500 radiant happiness. “I'll wait for} YER 1s epuINtion enti |

you,” she said. | Mary shook her head. “No, you're | 100ked at each other — the Se hever forget Anna Winters

to make your entrance alone, Tl governess and the American stylist. standing before her like a bright join you later after I've had a/So unlike, and yet at this minute, Te0 flame—tragic and beautiful,

Shane to ‘make myself A strangely the same, Same slim, | (To Be Continued) The English girl's eves suddenly | Sraceful figures-—same Smart coif- (AN events, wames ani characters Th this

brimmed with tears. “I want you feurs, and more—hidden grief in | HEA Wie Wun Thititiin) to know.” she began inh a muted their hearts, | voice, “that you've made me hap-| Mary Carroll knew then that this COMMON ERRORS Pier tonight than I've ever been minute would be stamped in her| Use a comma to separate the

in my life” Imind for all time. Nothing could name of a person addressed or his & minute, the twe girls ever blot it out. Tn a lifetime, she title from the rest of the sentence. h