Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1940 — Page 14

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CAST OF CHARACTERS

x MARIE LA PORTE—Model in exclusive dress shoppe, lives on a barge.

DAN DONOVAN — Playboy son of a

LYNDA MARTIN — Society debutante, Wants to marry Dan. y 2

"BAPTISTE LA PORTE—Marie’s father, owner of a fleet of barges. YESTERDAY—Mr. and Mrs. Donovan receive guests aboard their house boat off South Carolina. One of the guests suggest that Dan and Lynda seem to be making a match. Mrs. Donovan is delighted, and overjoyed when Dan wires, “I've found the girl I'm going to marry!”

“I'M VERY LUCKY to have Es er 2 Va i BE j 9, ny : SA ZB ; == A Cb : caught you,” Dan said, piloting Ma- : A IS . sh Wav ‘ : » [ 4 ; 2 w lg ZL: AR ) r= rie through the hurrying throngs br ; By : : is d 1. A _§ i 70459 \ AORN qi that surged back and forth along . rll EL Sus SR . . QWZ 00%) - “{ : > | LL7L2 AW AE il 57th St. When he met her at Var- Bm p= Ea ead ce” 3 " ; ; = gS ; RYE A \ net’s trade entrance he had automatically taken her arm and turned

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“But I don’t understand,” she ob- PP | We J aml Jected, as soon as she could get a : A ; 2 : \ CRAM BARKED’

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word in. “I'm going home.” EI : NY 2 : , ; “No, you're not,” he said. “You're| |/ “7 A “y=; : : LAST NIGHT AND WOKE

coming with me to Larue’s for a | gae&S i : 3 : / THE UP AND DOWN orn. cocktail. - Then, if you insist, I'll — , | - ] - |

~ take you home; otherwise, I hope — you’ll-have dinner with me.” or 80 United Feature Syndieate, Snes : 1-27 He her Ok Jong sey BI Ge had “Them movies are the bunk, sunmor—iue nile man ever got tne bess was, she had to walk fast to keep up of an Indian! :

with * him. Her breath was soon HOLD EVERYTHING s : By Clyde Lewis

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coming in short, little gasps. “Please,” she begged. “I'm all out of .breath and I do want to have something to say about this.” .DEAT % 4 g ; : 2 : Contritely he slowed down. “I'm : : a = DY nr == : a UPON sorry. It’s terribly selfish of me, Ti j BA 7 A > CONVICTED. oF ©

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didn’t hang on tight and I hurried : _ THE . | NE 17 ] = ull, ] +, CRIME ON T because I wanted to sit down and 0X A rR EAN D/) 0X Nr i yy 7A _ BROTHER. CEM, talk with you. There’s so much to : E CONG < \, ~~ i AND HIS FATHER,

say. I don’t want to seem to kid- i : Mm ET ; <r ROMES, DSoSee. nap you, but will you come with id \ 3 =F A AS GUARDS, CARRIED HIM -STRAPP mer” y : Se baer | EA : Foe © JZ z TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR —OLT OF “She felt shy and happy and proud. ) > ; J Jt CE RC FEN EAR ED “Yes, I'll go. But I have to be home AT %) Dp ARDS . : by 77 | Y { DE To, SARTRE THE TRIO UNQUESTIONHe asked her where her home ; ; 4 ST DANGEROUS CRIMINwas but she changed the subject. : 4 BOwWN J LP THE MOST DAN She was sensitive about living on a : \ ; - barge. The girls at the store had Eo RED RYDER teased her. She had her father’s

[SORRY 1 HAD 10 HIT TRAVIS 1 WARNED YoU 1 RECKON; UNDER TH’ NO! BLT YUH pride 2% wel 2s Jus temper. th ie : » BUT NOBODY ACCUSES NOT 710 TRLSTY R CIRCUMSTANCES , YOU KIN SLEEP HERE on rd a acly &s Sy | - F| ||ME OF BEI ONE OF FXTHIEVES HIM, FATHER ¢ : WORT LEND ME A TILL MORNIN = headed foward Park: Ave, he watch- [WHO JUST STOLE YOUR 'HOSSES 2 MOUNT 10 FIND NY THER GIT ing her, seldom saying much him-| [ : : OWN SADDLE HOSS? | : ‘self, but the tone of his voice and \ Bea \ > : h his eyes showad his interest in her. It was a warm, early spring night. While the street lights were on, the pale green evening sky still held a faint golden glow. An old woman at Fifth Ave. held her tray of flowers up as Marie and Dan

passed. “Hold on,” he said, “I want to get you a bunch of violets. I don’t know much about clothes, but it seems to me they’d look pretty swell

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violets.” : FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia

2 ” 2 . 3 : - "2 a HE PUSHED the swinging door ‘alii : yn ——T DON'T You <i E . ; WH PSSST ¥en of Larue's. She entered. It was : hy ; KNOW IT ISN'T BE B “ ; wh HEY, LADY:-= the first time she had ever been a ETIQUETTE € EB - X; | \ 3 OFF WID in the famous French restauraat, 20 0 4 : 0 7 TO WEAR ¢ E ER Io D' HAT === though she had often heard the 8 WI LL HATS IN S g : IT AIN'T other models talking about it. GE : A ELEVATORS ? BH B 5 = = DT wh ETTYKETT - Peter himself advanced, as Dan and : a ‘4A B A59%, TO WEAR ‘EM . Marie followed the headwaiter da 7 AN ams [11] ; By 0. 5009 IN ELEVATORS! toward the cocktail lounge. 2 QA BAN ] 8 oT aC : > “Good evening, Mr. Donovan.” He bowed. “It is nice to see you again. I have your regular table in the corner—" Dan interrupted. “This time I want the one on the opposite side, Peter. I want one where I've never sat before.” He looked at Marie. . “No old memories, just those that mf} Seal : oi EL . date from today.” EE Ee \E ee Marie smiled. She had not A Lele nel aen dn man known Dan five hours and yet she amb thou rl IE BO Shon WASHINGTON TUBBS I : : ; Joti «she had known im all her || = EYRE ae ASE ? XC WMATTIE! WHAT 72) (AFTERALL THE EX-X NOTHING DOING, YOUNG its. ChE ay HE KNEW 100 MOCK THEY TRIED To MURDER ME. I ARE YOU DONG UP? || creme, x coup) LADY. Ti GONG ouT Abruptly, she found herself com- IN THE HOTEL FIRE FOR THE SAME REASON. HAING 2 1 : || SLEEP. WATTLLI GET | 70 THE WELL TO SEE paring him to Tommy Ryan. Loyal ES a 5 FAILED, THEY'RE LIKELY TO TRY AGAIN 7 © , CN AI DRESSED AND ILL / IF THERES REALLY ly. she Struegled to remind her- : " CC et INK J ¢ ; | i b NING.OUT TILL », a sy H / AY Ok. Tove se at she was practically en- 5 : «ON NN | p i Gg ww : ermNewed | - : ; ZA 5 gaged to Tommy, that she had Ek : 7 5 \ \ ; 7 fl 2D ys KK : 4 BEB = >. THE MORNING been his girl ever since they were ] : kids. She couldn't go back on him. The waiter interrupted with the wine card. She sipped the Tom Collins he brought, but Dan neglected his Scotch, and plain water while he fished in a pocket for his engagement book. ! “What are you doing tomorrow night?” he demanded. : “She never speaks to anybody except her friends.” “Oh, I have a date,” she hedged. “Must be a lonely life, with nobody to talk to.”

vn whom? THIS CURIOUS WORLD ‘ Bv William Ferquson

1 kow, It’s none of my busi- —— ness.. But, gee, if you only knew| |B Low li ¢ " J iS AW, EVERYTHING'S E . how I felt.” He -struggled on, =. == Y THE MOTION WRONG ! RC aN BN THEN LARD SHOT Poundering Uke Some high school : : THE STORY SIX TIMES TO A SLEW OF CLOSE-UPS d. “Well, to get back to the pres- en A E . = TCH WEA ! i 7 MERA S ent, here’s looking at you.” a ; 0 ne] MATCH ig HER : Ne Creer, AND '

PH $= TES ARN 7 if IT 1 SHE TOUCHED her glass to his aes : 2 : Ee ARN sin | rq | | POCKET ! SO WE HAD and laughed. “I don’t know your last ES * / | LL | | T SHOOT ‘EM OVER / Fame but I think it’s Donovan.” ; i : E Ry 4 mR % “Right,” he said. “Not that it : \ li . 4 | lL

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matters.” His mouth quirked up at the corners. “Come to think of it, I don’t know even your first name.” “Marie La Porte.” “H'm, that’s a pretty name. French?” : : . “Canadian French. My people : come from Three Rivers, this side ; of Quebec.” WHICH IS 20300 FEET HIGH, LOOKS HIGHER. “Yes.” She pulled back her sleeve THAN MT. EVEREST(29,l4| FT.) BECAUSE. IT RISES Ne a to look at her wrist watch. “Which 18,000 FEET ABOVE ITS BASE, WHILE EVEREST RISES = reminds me that I must go. They'll 14,000 FEET ABOVE ITS LOFTY PLATEAU FOUNDATION, “=

be waiting for me.” : STEPHEN « COME. | - 7A 7) [GORE WE Must LEX mee “So will 1, if you leave.” | BACK WERE Aa > A A A| POG AO PER TARVER ’ : Z - \ GEE WH\ZZ He caught her hand. She drew it ‘ = K vy HAGE A QUIET WOM oJ : Phat \ i TELL

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away and reached for her jacket. . MIE (i NR EG

“Good night,” she said. A OF ONE SECOND

“Oh, no,” he said, passing a card- { » DURATION, poard stub to the hat-check girl. CA I 4 - AND REPEATS IT

“I'm seeing you home.” AT INTERVALS OF “No, you're not.” She set her chin TWO SECONDS firmly and started toward the door. RA sd ees OFTEN “Goodby and thanks for a nice ; a FROM DAWN time.” L 2.2 = UNTIL. DUSK. He grabbed his hat and coat and ez \ C= ran after her. “You can’t do this to me. I'm seeing you home, that is," if you're not married and the = mother of seven.” : : He stuck his hat on his head and IN WEAVING, TUK slipped into his coat as he walked. Hie READS ARE NG AN : fs - os wh : “Even then § ihink 1d take a see AND od yy YOUR FACE -IT’S KINDA *N\ ITS. THE SAME D'YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A GUY WHICH LIKED KIDS-- GENTLE- | | KEERECT ; chance. Now where do we go?” He| ) WHICH THE WOO~& a LIKE EE oA KNEW ) FACE, SLATS] ff A LTTE KID Hy THE. SHANTIES WHO'D COME AROUND AND MAN || i | ENT, GENTLEMAN sired dows at her, . 1 Bost. 1 a OFF. ° COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. PRETTY WELL--AND YET-= /ONLY-IT'S CHANG IN NEW YORK NOT BARNIN' ENOUGH. COLES SLE HALE STARVE) RR a Los JERRY += “Bu -iive on a cana av. ANSWER~—The warp runs lengthwise of the loom and is crossed IT F owe ’ «TO EAT 2 1 IN: 4 touldn't take you to my home,” she| by the woof. 2 JF DEcERENt You SAW To SELLY PAPERS 0 NIG A OY SHANTIES-- INCLUDIN' YOU, 3 protested, half-desperate. ‘SLATS ~-AND WE'D ALL GO-

“I don’t see what difference that Sin : v OUT ON A BINGE TO CONEY / makes. My folks live on a house- ’ A Almanac Oddity d 4 AN | ISLAND. MAYBE ::-- ne

She faced him with rebellious , “Besides, I'm walking, not rid- : : ; , and I live five miles from here.” 4 ay : : V rrr 7 RE Se \ ¢ “That’s O. K. by me. When do ¥ AS. TEXAS 1S THE LEADING MINERAL Z 7 Sr io S48) xs fa di 7 : Pe rs

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