Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1940 — Page 15

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DR. GILBERT LENOX—Surgeon, serv. . ing with British Army. : : i ' YESTERDAY: Mary awakens in a London nursing home, finds an Ameriean, Dr. Lenox, caring for her. A patient in the next bed tells Mary. that it was only through Dr. Lenox’s care that Mary’s life was saved. In a newspaper, Mary veads her own name among the dead. Anna Winters has been saved. A man enters the ward—Vincent!

CHAPTER NINE MRS. TULLY, refreshed by her nap, stirred in bed. Mrs. Tully, was middle-aged, but there was vestige enough of what had once been real

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coming down the aisle, paid no| , y ry worn “ attention | “I want these used as models for collection correspondence—they’re , THASS FINE - \ BUT-GULAPL- T's 2a : 2p cpssy/- \[ ‘SPESHLY : : 1» Y WE'LL HI WE GOT NO y IF, THET WERE, MN mM letters my son sends me from college | ONL roresa 4S TISAVE MOE. \ FA 4 Zi MIGHT I NICE Of Hs, HAN, ! N

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ues i here—Vincent had - Vr not given her up for dead! : rv AN 3 MOE, IT- UGH/- | MEBRE ‘TIS | , Mary started to signal wildly to] HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis | JUSED CARS % HOWDY FOL ' i O'Us Ei 1 USUALLY, EASOLINE him. She tried to scream his name, : : GOT A | (AH ROLIGH \ DRINKT?) TASTE: POUR 7 ' Mrs. Tully, leaning toward her, E 0 ) 0 ABNE? ISD Er \ caught the excitement. “What’s| | 2» 5 . FINEST LIKKER FO’ A GAS-TANK, Ni\ : wrong? See anyone you know?” Li : S : , SONY | 4 “It's my sweetheart,” Mary began, furious because the words were so blurred and indistinct, “He's coming down the ward.” Mrs. Tully, obviously not understanding, let the mirror slip from|her hands. Mary saw it sliding and saw reflected in it an ugly, distorted face. She caught the glass and drew it closer, as. Mrs. Tully, suddenly agitated, reached for it. Too late. Mary Carroll was staring in fascinted horror at her reflection. Her hair combed tightly back, ashen, mottled Sn, snd 2 5 : ; : terribly twisted, misshapen cheek. 2 % 3 . ” . ; : | * 2 8 70 go XS | [Sir ee work oe Y jd SE cr PL Baer i arRES No | Bd WoT | Lorie BeAvan oe - AS MRS. TULLY tore the mirror ne Sg SK 2 \: os SMUDGE POT IN THE / OREN ¢ 3 1 | LAST TEN -

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awgre that the woman kept saying, “The very thing Dr. Lenox warned me about. The very thing. He'll be. furious. You mustn’t mind, dearie. You're lucky to be alive.” . The gabbling was lost on Mary as, corouched in her pillows, she saw ' Vincent's steps bring him closer and closer to her bedside. Vincent’s lean face was haggard, a haunted look in his eyes. For a minute, the ward's shaded green light, the beds in even rows, seemed to drop away. Mary Carroll was alone, her very heartbeat silent.| |M%~= , Fo : ps ra > SY ree Vincent looked at her—a fleeting, : : OFF. RR NANCY : : - es . 8 indifferent look—and walked on. “No, no! That’s no way to die—you gotta be more lifelike!” : —By ushmiller There han’t been a sign of recogni- T . - ; VTi or . — . pe : tion in his glance. Only utter weari-| FL APPER FANNY ; : By. Sylvia De oR X ¥ 0 / | ft | 4 : ness, as if he were in a trance, 3 ) \ : | driven hoplessly on. LOOK SO : Mary buried her face under the sheets. Vincent hadn’t known her! She hadn't known herself. Perhaps Mary Carroll was dead. Mrs. Tully was trying to be comforting. “There's people coming in here all the time looking for survivors. Poor devils. Those of us that are alive have all been accounted for by now, I guess.” She en . clasped her hands piously. “The : : / : : PE others have gone to their rewards.” || Lok : ;

Mary remained motionless until : fs © a » 2 = /* 3 she heard Vincent's familiar steps, er : ; == 3 E. 4%, , = “i slow and dragged now, return from : jo = Liss 3 & : Dogh, Sh 2 : rar daira ner” 2 Nhe his. search through the ward. Then X : - — — vi Ei . Bg) she moaned, low, despairingly. WASHINGTON TUBBS H : : \ | —By Crane A nurse rushed quickly to her i : 2) side. Soon, she felt the cool fingers HERE ARE THE DIRECTIONS \ CRAB . = a : pr ; WELL, HERE WE ARE, THE of Dr. Lenox on her pulse. - She FINDING MY HUNTING | 7) , a : ’ 2 LEADING HOTELS JUST ACROSS heard Mrs. Tully say, “Honest, Dr. , PRESERVE, EASY, ITS NEAR VELY? MAGNOLIA PARK. THEY USED Lenox, I wouldn't have let her see : ; A WINTER RESORT CALLED ? ; > 2 oN : TO HAVE A Si6N, BUT IT BLEW the mirror for the world.” ; CRAB INLET. SEEMS LIKE IT iin i y be oe DOWN DURING THE HURRICANE Dr. Lenox ignored the woman : ~ | OUGHT TO BE WORTH MORE : / % a 7 AW '35. IF THE PROPRIETOR and spoke quietly to Mary. “I'm | | THAN THE $2 AN ACRE : vr - a Shy , ) 2 7 >. ANT IN; JUST MAKE ; | TUE BEEN OFFERED, AND all ci 2) fre | i BRT “ourseir Ar wove | |

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it slowly. It seems pretty bad at : first, but that’s because of what — { YOUR JUDGMENT you've been through.” x : “My face!” Mary struggled to . -

make herself heard. “Tell me the truth.” Her hands clutched his. Dr. Lenox drew a chair to the bedside, his red hair subdued and russet in the shadows from the A night light. Or [= This is going to be hard to take| | : —bu time, I ae you san Sian 3. In “ « « an’ Fan’ll come home dead-tired, an’ find the dessert all made! : all right. The injury to your face I just can’t wait to see her face.” ’ : o LIL BW when the Moravia was torpedoed SER § THANKS LOADS ONN!. eli La ne Upon Was torpedoed] 1HiIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson | | FOR CARRYING My 5 NOU Ne ata ia yy shock, coupled with the stinging a CKAGES, LARD/ HTS Sew ey 0 Go 1B THE - FOR TRYING 7: / oof re blow when you were apparently|| IN TWO YEARS, THE MOON x : % ; : PUTTING oo STUDY DRAMATCS ! 7, pitched forward on the deck, has|| PASSES BETWEEN THE $ Ra u - AVA BR THe WaT 5 ZTAND ’ caused - a facial paralysis. The|| EARTH AND THE SUN | ' ; > : TS ay or OLR : 4%

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Mary pressed her hand to her : ¥, Sor tt ; i= - {=F N 7 mouth to hold back a scream. Or. en : hal | Be Ty OA > Lenox went on, “Speech will come 2 ; REE i Ha n 1 7 | : 1 IN JA Y &

back gradually, I'm sure. As for the . Jo passives, there’s a new treatment 2 SRNR at can help you. Please believe me Fag when I say nothing will be left un- ELEVEN TIMES, done to help you recover, Miss Win- . THE SHADOW PASSES % 4 = | EEN Tie ast || moss 7 : “Miss Winters?” Mary repeated en i : l 2 SES | : : -— i stupidly. “Miss Winters?” Ep Ne ABOVE THE SOL/77y LPOLES J : ees oen : ~~ =By Martin She stopped, more terrified than / ges; BUT THREE TIMES IT . -— : So RR 1M GONG TO GET ARAY TROM HERE { : od xy wa AT'S NO PLACE TOR VE Sr

ever. The doctor had not under- ; TOUCHES THE EARTH... stood what she was trying to say, : : & AND WE HAVE _ but she knew, of a sudden, what had ; Ex SQUAR ECLACSES, happened. Her hand touched: the Siar big, black pocketbook on the bed. , * Anna Winters’ bag. She saw the tattered gray dress across the chair. Anna Winters’ dress. COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC.

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INSTANTLY, EVERYTHING became clear, Anna Winters had dressed that night in Mary’s red 2 A gown. She'd carried Mary's gold BUTAKS purse with its identifying contents. OF SUMATRA Anna had a serious heart condition. MEASURE TIME : ; / pe . Shock of the torpedoing and the BY INTERVALS - AS “5 i ~~ S Ai fii : stampede that followed had perhaps) © BETWERM _B i —~is = X 5 i 2 EE (0 TR uo er. permitted her to die quickly And] o- 5 Sr) i Ea . == ; . : rE moreifin. : MALL LOE ; ; { ABBIE AN’ SLATS : = x ; —By Raeburn Van Buren That's how the ‘ghastly mistake] ELLE MN/CS. PT % : : | - a tow HY isiake < YOU AT THE DOOR D-DON'T SHOOT Ox-I GALLE SO YOU ReCEIVED | | yES--BUT | DECIDED TO Tod heh made TO as I ls PUT UP YOUR HANDS | KNEW, AFTER | RECEIVED HAG YOUNG SCRAPPLE/! | ONE OF THOSE | ; DEFY THEIR THREATS survivor. = nl =o os OR I'LL SHOOT E=======x] | THAT NOTE LAST NIGHT-- THAT BLESS MY SOUL-5Q IT'S NN . NOTES, 0# | | AND, SHOULDER TO SHOULgg oT be 2 : : FD WALK INTO A TRAP IF | J ONLY YOU 4 : J] | DER WITH YOU, TO PURSUE Anna Winters, In the shabby black | ; 2 1] £ DARED GO ANY FURTHER | | : - OUR INVESTIGATION ~ NO handbag was Anna's passport and : : — : [11] WITH THIS INVESTIGATION = | MATTER WHAT, THE CON visa, and the letter—*To Whom" It : ) ; — 1 g SIS ; > : SEQUENCES MAY BE # ' May Concern.” ANSWER—Only one . . . Ontario. Sr BR | b : Had it not been for the terrible Ne % ; disfigurement, Mary Caroll Would|in London. Perhaps Vincent would she ordered briskly. Her crisp, skirts havé cleared it all up at once. Asibe here and when she was Well rustled indignantly as she turned to| B it was, she was mute, ' too again she could go to shim. ~~ |Mrs. Tully, who had been the witless stunned to know which way toturn.| The doctor was standing up, sig-|cause of the bedside drama. : »» She closed her eyes. Dear Anna|naling for a nurse. “I've pulled you| Mary picked up Anna’s handbag © —Anna who had 80 tragic|through so far and I'm going to|again and took out the letter. If 4 8nd so beautiful in the flame red|see you the rest of the way,” he|she was supposed to be Anna Win-| dress. | #: , |said. “Keep up your chin, Anna|ters she mist know at once what it|" B®. Lenos went Ri “As SE as insers, snd don’t say die. We’'ll|said. HIP ; : ’ glish girl, you ¥ {lc yet.” "is ho To Be Continued) right here in Loneon? : ~The nurse, brought ; medicine. 58 | —— ) 3 Mary nodded. Yes, she would stay! “Drink this and you'll féet better,” Al es ta wanily Semiioany, » this