Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1939 — Page 16

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GRIN AND BEAR IT i By Lichty | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople ~~ OUT OUR WAY By Williams

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By RUTH AYRES R i To] —— KRO" 1 FARA NICKELS IN A SLOT! JA MER EVES wu TELL HER (HC : NGS LS A aLTTLE AND TLL MAGE

GHE AWAKES THAT MY COUSIN'G 2 by Ay I

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expert, in Londen during wartime. k A . : Pex th p) “lade a vt 7 ' ( N n 7 ~ ¢ 2)< 4 oi hy VINCENT GREGG—soldier of fortune, \ J BS WTOC 7 Z HOOPLE 1IME WH ’ LEICESTER (wn SHIRE, 1S VISITING p GORGEOUS n Toe with Mats ; ay J tage RRR CSOTONL / >) ¢ MEww IF THE OLD “(| HOOPLE MANOR AND WE ARE A LGARLA | MARCHETTA— mysteriows ee oy | el Ro RK GAL COMES OUT BIT PRESSED FOR ROOM ua VAS ! J DR. GIIBYRT LENOX-—surgeon, serve : RAE : - X ‘ / 2 AES : ? Yo 2) ing with British army . My ; ! 3 { } : 3 4 % ; / ; 1 7 Teend, 1 HOPE THE YESTERDAY Terrified hy the man TE __ FPR Lah : ol ' A Aa. wl ony R § WARLIKE MRS, Nilowing Men Mary ip by Ghia . 3 : : * $s : ¥ : a . . &) ; - © a # ! HACKLEWEN OOBSN'T Calm slowly returns an she resolves n - |! \ y iy a -~ v / shake off her morhid mood. She dresses ¥ > ; 3 y . ’ > - HEAR US COME IN! Anna in ane of her most glamorom gonnsy and stands in amazement at the

transformation, Anna is gratfeul, supremely happy. But the overtone of impending tragedy continues,

CHAPTER SIX AS ANNA TURNED slowly to leave the cabin, Mary Carroll caught, | up her own gold leather evening purse, | “Here,” she cried, tossing it to Anna. “There's make-up and every- a A ¥ . ; thing in it, just as it was the last oe i N pi at] | } ou ; 5 Eo ~ i Uapey | time I carried it. Wait for me in y Ee § ; : ~ bl | 7 \ . Ie g » NEW , the salon. If I don't have to plow >t a , \ d # RIN FE alia \ 8 7 AA j gy, VEAR / i through swarms of admirers to] we hOB G . rr i Yi v/\— A A 3 : xX - . reach vou, I'll be disappointed.” <i Ne y : : § "we 3 / - XN Td "A ie ; & 7 > = 1-30 It was the exact right note to . al > Nth Xl W {| "nh / 2 ED 0 BP PrN, strike with Anna. Smiling, sud- de, 5 vd : United Feature : TR ws , 0 & y denly confident, she left the cabin. 1135, ” ns es Boy, C ga 2 / 3 A FEAT 4 4, 4 aL | = WHI When the door closed, Marys wy think maybe 1 oughta see a oculist, Otto! I been seein’ double lately!” | : : : A300 om ay MOSER Inc, Tb Kee Ua tar on BUSINESS AND PLEASURE vasa tS shoulders sagged. It had been ex- — a - —— { lie LOPR, 1930 BY NEA SERVICE ING. / 238 J

hilarating to work the Cinderella’ jam) pn EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis | Li'L ABNER —By Al Capp

transformation But now that 1

was complete, the same black mood " Pr 8 N eh EW YO'GOTTA LET ME \ WE GOTTA ABIDE BY Yip : J aN Tn Tg wh go 7 EO TBOSTONWIF YO Hr RULES AAMT THAR'S GOES” B-BLAC : ervhelmed her again : NG AN’ DONE PUT A MESS O°/JEST ONE » THAR’S ONE THING She had promised to join Anna, > AN : eo K, } B-BLACK AM ALLUS SECRETLY and she turned to her own dressing. S Ti 5 DAISY PT BEANS a SAID AM’ 3 - EF LIL Disrobing, she opened the traveling : 8 ONLY a An ABNER ~ EVAN LEFT Me re AW

case for tl egligee she would weal : : . 8 ee y K E j / 3 ; AN’ =: NO Bp am rH TIE VEY — ) wi ” Yo TE BEANS £. Q 2 Nev , 2 (5087) GONNA =-D-DO ~IT- =

to the shower

Her hand reached into the pocket a—— snd touched a card. It was the card che had tucked there on that last morning in London two davs Ago, She read again its message—"At Midnight.” The words leaped up like something evil, Her tortured mind began to go over the events of the last few davs. This was the card the waiter had brought to the table in the restaurant where she and Vincent had dined. Vincent had not shown! : 3 = it, to her, but in the near-panic dur-| } - Sh 3 : y 8 § » f) \ 4 ARS ing the air raid alarm the card had a : ” Hel : & 7) Wor UR Pat OF All Hight reserved

slipped from his hand and somehow _ : ZN N ; ak) f ’ had lodged in the bow of her dress. TER N J JA 7 | RED RYDER —By Fred Harman

» ” » 3 / 3 | - IT HAD FRIGHTENED her when p. HE ONES SRE eC Vi | {YOUR DOGS WiLL. \ WE GO, RED - > [ME ORGANIZE KID VIGILANTES [1 CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT she had found it, but the next morn- SEE BE a 3 di CAR BE SAFE HERE / h RYDER, BUT WE TO CHASE*UM BAD MAN DRAKE HAPPENED TO RED RYDER! OK, ing she had dismissed her fears in| fii En 5 | | NOW ALL OF YOu) PLENTY MAD : : OJT OF TOWN WHY DIDN'T I LISTEN TO HIM? the thrilling thought of sailing on : ; " = po BEAT |T FOR HOME! , AT DRAKE! w / HE TOLD ME NOT TO TRUST po EN X : — Do | | TLL TAKE CARE OF LUCKY DRAKE, AND HE

the Moravia with Vincent. She had 3 . : I, LUCKY DRAKE ; A8 ZA aw A £8 ) pl 7 SO WE'LL BUST WAS RIGHT, convinced herself the card had been! |i: Ba — A 5 a i ) | $ 4 Ri + Le. SA) % ew ane, unimportant and meaningless Na 3 3 2 : - ey i = oN: wR % '] 4 ) HALL J

Of a sudden, a shattering thought struck her. That note. The woman , who had come into the restaurant » X . Ck Lek J 5 . and exchanged such an intimate ; a vs AR glance with Vincent howe HY yy NN. The message was from Carla!” wih 17 3% copp 1930 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T.M. REG. Ul. §. PAT. OFF. i a = Mary was unaware she spoke aloud.| sgey! Wat's the idea of washing vour hands in the same water you She dropped her head on her : gotta sleep in?” hands before the dressing table and - ———

in her alarm evervthing became FLAPPER EANNY By Sylvia - clear | 8 2 / 5 Th 8 » IN P » - y ? a I rd “i |

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Caria Marchetta, the hostess: of : celebrities Carla, at whose Mav. fair house Vincent had been guest Az 8 reel unwinding faster and faster, flashbacks came to Mary, She and Vincent had been sepa- \ . the shelter “TO

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. it been heca "nt had failed Moravia? “No, no,” she moaned, “I'm hys-terical—-I'm mad.” A sharp rap sounded on her door. Expecting the steward, she stood up and, wrapping her robe around her. said, “Come in c i The door opened slowly. “Pardon. ; A | ae Z ‘ | Re RR BR, Mademoiselle, 1 believe this is Da 7 > ia To > vour beret." | I'he blond young man who stood = pe " / Ny ba ih the dere I Ne : /) WELL, BY GEORGE! WHAT! ) A EE I LY JONG fone YSoue DAY, UNCLE LINCOLN, AT LEAST \ SAME HERE. \ MAY All OF OUR

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his lips, spoke with a foreign in- X GUESS YOU BOYS ARMS, AND THE SHORTY BIG TOE, SHAPED LIKE A THUMB, || ‘WA YOU'RE GUNNA GET INYO A GOT THRU [BUT HOORAY |PROBLEMS DURING

fection : J / / * os CAN STOP QUESTIONING THAT IT'S SOME SORT OF APE, MOST ||LODSE | JAM WHERE EASY AN'T CAN'T \a39 THE NEW VEAR BE f *4 AS EASILY SOLVED

Marv sconled “Ves it's mt [ma 7 id / nt od LINK AROUT WHAT 2 ! LIKELY AYOUNG GORILLA / HELP YOU. AN’ / A beret,” she said coldly. “It blew off / 14: / ’ \ RABRENED TO WS “e Cw A : ~~; Y THEN WHAT? Ami , 7. |} 11 /; cd Jp eRe] { 7 x o / be i i A - 7 , 3 i : / y

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[he stranger nodded. "YY * / | | p { | oy ; wi ( ou mu | | (| 4 | AF A MUMAN AN 3 A By

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So - mind, Mademoiselle, because I ” bring it hack myself instead of |// E sending it hack hy the steward.” / ) | | 7

WN : ra ti Mary looked at him. The onh 2 N \ | cmt | i . Avy mi one who would have known about 7 NN : io her tam blowing off was the man 2/1 \l| P77 5 THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson | |

tieck “But can he show grounds for divorce?” You were following me!” she» "All he'll need in court ix a cub of her coffee.

blazed hotly. “How dare vou! There was nothing ominous about the face or figure of the flaxenhaired youth now. In the light| from the passageway, he was quite

mnocuous except for his eves p | = | 7 \ IIIER Or Ter with a Ss a | N WELL. , SHE 7 WELL, THE ATOMC THEORY IS “THAT | BUT SMALL [7 [Fat cuance seeching Jook . R = 2 ; STILL 1S! JUNE 4 ALL MATERIAL SUBSTANCES CONSIST OF 1 | AS THEY ARE, |) 1 HAVE, THEN, Taken ‘uback ‘for : l : ' = CAN'T SHOWED HER MINUTE PARTICLES OF UNIFORM SIZE AND ft ATOMS CAN J OF WINNING Marr ack for a minute by | I , : = FIX EQUAL WEIGHT | i STILL 8¢ HER OVER Mar S 3 arp accusation, he recov- | or A : w h SHE'S / HAIR v iy | | REDUCED IN WITH MY . ered his poise and said in the same | PIE S (gS . = JA HILDA! [1 STUFF ¥ " i " \ Le es aid : SIZE / ’ COLLECTION OF low voice, “Is it wrong for a man | es OO 3 oy ’ = , LIKE THAT J ” HE a 3 Hill gi Tm = \ . A to gaze at a beautiful girl who! | 2 dit Lm Wok strides like a Valkyrie on a dark| deck?” He bowed courteously. “I am sorry

if Mademoiselle misunderstood.” He TESVAS

offered the beret to her. “Perhaps JOINED THE WUNITED later I may have the chance to prove | ; STATES, IT RESERNED

what you believe is untrue.” ) : OE Mary took the tam and howed pe ea a

> "Thanks and good night,” she said, | ITSELF INTO AS AMMANY AS (4 i ¢ ; fF l iy ww but her voice was no longer sharp. EINE STRATES. ‘A end 4 hy L : : GOPR. 1939 BY NEA SERVICE, INC

PR Pusas 3 inet . T.M. REG, U, 6. PAT, OFF, WHEN SHE SHUT the door, she J ye

had a disturbing feeling the young | BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES

man still stood in the passageway TR : Eg : Roly. a on oh asaRe way %: a (NOLUE | 1 MANENT EVEN ((F N00 THINK You | DRY UPL] [ThE MPOOEMT LITTLE ROBOOVL TLL») [TRIS 16 JUST THE TRING A THOME steward. She mush’ delay anv| ou SAO | BEGUN LTOE MADE | | CAN TOSS Me Q HERE SHE wie LO MNOW WRAT TL OO wees] TACK | YAN Lv BOE aT lnwmer is ~ ) 18 Y | WROW AROUT “\\ WOU WHAT YOu AS\OE NOW , JUST \[ COMES NOW, an Ni J RY “ AR teen longer in dressing to join Anna. | Pe IN < 4 : THE OLD | [ENOLGW |) ARE GOT WO A NOR | BECAUSE A WINE J Tu. ARE S—— Sp — I Anna's gray uniform dress with OUR NE, . a SRN NYG AND WTRODVLCED TWO “TINING , J TRS OP Kf \ | I W\O 200TH «Ll

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LATER bag on the dressing table ONE ANT . HOO WERE NOTRWG “ i Mary pushed them aside as she] & ER WOMAN ~~ = A COMMON ERE = R—y ”

the chair; her practical black hand-!| TINY DARTS AT . ; FORY ww A \ ARNO A

the prim white cuffs was still on| ENAILS HNO . ~ — ABROULY ip 3 TO Ine BLLE- EWED ik | WONT WOU \ an IN WANE WOLR NORS

fF. } W \ - » | . | yg began to lay out her own clothes | DARTS li wi ¢ ; SCORNED COWBOY wen ) he | 2" for the evening. She chose a gos-| SHOWN HERE. da ry ® pote | sh , | samer white dress. “White for] HIGHLY Bs / heartbreak,” she said to the Seres/ MASNIFIED, on N WELL

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of the room. + Ll |. Sor She was still puzzling about the| a at Ol oy sirange encounter on the deck when! ' the Vath steward entered. “Will you see if the shower is SU | ready?” she asked, : Pe IS THE NEAREST sessment) es, Miss, the shower room is! 7 ele an ih itm empty—three doors down.” EAS y AA ' = Through the night, the black- r wi OR. SELTEMBER | REGIE 2 nts a NN ai

ened ship cut through the heaving | 12-30 Atlantic, A few more days and it TION : - IF YOU MEAN BECKY: SLATS TELLS ABBIE OF THE EVENTS OF THE NIGNT, HALF WAY THERE | FOUND THIS OF OQOURSE «+ THAT NOTE = ¥ YOu DID would dock in New York harbor ANSWER-In January the sun is approximately three million miles | SHE AIN'T MY BRIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL TRAGEDY-OF HIS SUSPICIONS : NCTE IN THE CAR. | DIDN'T SHOW | | CHANGED EVERYTHING * | i RIGHT, SLATS As Mary Carroll bicked up her nearer than in July. | . AND | JCHOKE) DON'T AND HIS RESOLVE TO INVESTIGATE [T:+-- i ITY TO BECKY !/ HERE «-READ IT TOLD Be a a . bath kit, lights in the i tice | A————— — i EI, / KNOW WHERE SHE 1S | OFF + : oT one, the cabin blinked] HOME, | GUESS = | | AN’ THEN-AFTER HAGSTONE AND GALLEY AGREED Dea} a= WANTED TO SEE ME shuddering thud resounded from be- | Union Made J | TO MEET IN GALLEYS OFFICE TOMORROW MORNIN’ 3 = low. | Rh Pistrivuted > 4 TO START THE INVESTIGATION «BECKY

An ominous silence followed the| rV/4 , Hi : 0 AND | ‘STARTED OFF AGAIN ++

deafening sound. Then a terrific) din of shrieking, gasping voices | struck the air, | Mary groped for the bunk for| support. She felt a slash of cold water pouring in through the shat- LEB 8 tered porthole _— She was pitched headlong across | TAR AWA) the cabin as the convulsed Moravia | listed to starboard.

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