Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1940 — Page 19

TUESDAY, FEB. 6, 1040 ___ ini — __ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 19 SERIAL STORY— + | GRIN AND BEAR IT © © By Lichty | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Hoople OUT OUR WAY | By Williams

: . 1 |= : ; HEY, HOOPLE, I'M BUYING A POLICE FAW, BAXTER! ONE WHO ¢ 9” [.OM,NO, THAT'S NOT OM, T HARDLY | 5 Th C t | : iy. WHISTLE IF YOU DONT MUZZLE THAT Hf CULTIWATES A BARNYARD (5 IN wT ZA TO KEEP ME FROM THINK TLL | e ap alin § : ; FLEA~DECOY/ UE PICKETS MY BAD VOICE BRAVING AT A I 7Z~| GOIN T0O FAST.. KNOCK YOU | | EEE i LAY, AND HE'S GOT MY CAT AS |] THOROUGHBRED RACER — bel OM ON 2 WiLL f12 aug ter oy ~~ | NERVOUS AS A BANK TELLER. 7 Z| HAR-RUMPH/:ww ILL ADMIT, i Re GIT USED TO THAT aiid \ ik : WITH A SHORTAGE / ; HOWEVER AOE OF NOBLE: - ® \ AWFUL HEIGHT 3 Pe bole EI LOOD 1S OUT OF PLACE GRADUALLY By rig LEN WORDE No E 1 hw ih z, HM! NO LICENSE TAG/ IN SUCH .SLUMMY. MARIE LA PORTE—Model in exclusive | | re : ) ALERT , T'LL HAVE THAT BRUTE SURROUNDINGS! 1 ress one, ives on a barge E : 3 : aE ke PUT iN ESCROW. 3 .

NOVAN—Playboy son of a rich | Irishman, in love with Marie. | ‘ + TOMMY RYAN--Leader of the truck- , J 3 : } 1 N ers fighting Marie's father. | 3 7 J : A x y ay LYNDA MARTIN—Society debutante, 1 { ; : 3s wants to marry Dan. BAPTISTE LA PORTE—Marie’s father, vwner of a fleet of barges.

YESTERDAY — Marie tries {eo re- | capture her lost romance with Tommy, but the thought of Dan keeps intruding. Tommy is far from being romantic anyway. Marie is angry when she reads a flaring newspaper account of Dan's ght with Tommy.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN DAN COULDN'T MAKE head nor tail of his father’s phone call. What, in heayven’s name, did he mean, Dan asked himself over and over, when § 4 : 2 : 4 : he yelled, “Yell not marry that SE : LA ey ? = ee Sa ; APE blithering bargeman’s daughter if I |SSEERaS: CN dM bE B Kl ; AN: : RA“ \/ : ET oe : AS ===! kin live to prevent it”? | XE =) 2 #8 3 : : Wy 5 . 7 “XO =r i NZ BN —— a Dan was still in the glow of the h % & \? wud Fh “ ; reconciliation he and his father| | il \oF + had before Mike Donovan left, \ : 5 ; 5 wd | | 1 our, when the telephone call came. ; \ : 2 ne ; “I-don’t know when I'll be back,” rel] hs ae = 3 | bei IS map’ he called to an astonished Ling. | , Sia : : i I : : ay Te Easing his hat on to avoid the; <A . ’ 2-6 ; 2 we EASTER THAN FAST bruises, he hailed a taxi. “Pier Six, - ™ WM. REG. U. OFF. . East River,” he told the friver Im-| 3 Fi ) h — E— . patiently he watched the street| | coer. 1910 Unite $y : he J-You Re \ : signs as the car sped south. “We're Lm e.D.5 Pat 0748 rights reserved A CK WHO'S FOLES GONNA SE EE You : LOUDER only at 50th. Step on it.” “Remember, Nettie—no more sweets for the children today. I'm very ETTIN MAR } AREAL SEN INE A THiS, ’ o Vel ama the mugs careful about what goes in their tummies! AINTCRA : KEEPS #7- GIVE. vO FUNNIER y With a grudging nod Dan settled back in the car, his . thoughts leaping ahead. He would see Marie at the barge, they would be married tonight. | “Here we are, sir.” The driver's words interrupted his thoughts. | “Not so had. We made that in 20 minutes.” Dan handed him a $5 bill. “Keep . the change!” He jumped out of] the cab and raced down the pier, then stopped short. He didn’t even SR / ] IP8: AX know which barge it was that] x i Pt MF I f : { 7 A pbs Marie's father owned. She had] : \ j ZAP CNN ea taken him to it last night, but it : / omer US Pat ts roa : Zk EE had been dark and he hadn't paid; o . a LO any attention to his surroundings.| EA 'y . TaN [7 fgieee ” ; coin Where ‘does Mahle 1a Pore Pe INVITED TO GO oN ITs TARE Hey: SEL ou ive?” ir { bn 4 ; 2) > 4 — 3 ee nO tw ha. of 2 SAILING ON THE ALREADY GOT A . - POIFECTLY gs =» |» tag : $0 — | 3 AT aX JACwT! YACHTING DATE! { CHARMIN' THE MAN STARED at him with] . astonished eyes. This was the second | time today he had been asked to] direct the way to the La Porte barge. | Something must be up. Bat La Porte had been fit to be tied over| the first caller. Would he treat this| | second guy in the same fashion?” | | “That's the barge,” the old man | said, thumbing at the Molly. “Ye can't miss her. She's got the whitest sides and the brightest | : green shiltters of ‘any boat tied up| | cgay 2-6 here.” He looked dubiously at Dan's! - y COPR. 1940 BY NEA Evi HL M. REG. YU. S$. PAT. OFF. battered face. “But Bat La Porte| “Honest to Betsy, I can’t wait ul Re gels old enough to go to reform \ isn’t in the best of temper today.! = = Schoo. ; an . r 00 GO - 1 ND VO FARE oN Eo a i bo PAE ERY By Sys | | canes roses CTU # par Sard IN RS haul her man in when the last ’ : : AN ; A visitor left. Bat wanted to Kill Jk Im.” The tide was rising and the Molly's deck lay above the pier. Clearing the level between it and : ; » > the dock, he strode across to the x y : / gt \ A 8 : ] ; — ~~

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“Is Marie La Porte in?” he Ll called down. “This is Dan Dono- \ { : y : Ww 7 van.” ESN PPLE SAUCE ( I 7 ) / rr, i At his question an apparent ; “i tho . WA = 7 > 4 earthquake took place in the La Porte cabin. A chair overturned, ! * something that sounded like a rer table with dishes on it crashed Me ol He heard an exasperated woman's | : : ; A —_— HH voice, which I sogni s Mrs. #ii : ! | ‘ 0 . 7 7 2 7p oY yo Nien 9 recognized 8s Mis : Mi i 7) : 7 0 : KEEP OUY O' SIGHT, JF) _ v, WELL, BY GEORGE ! Y{ 7 NO SHOOTING,MIND YOU, THAT LEAVES BULLET name of the Lord ng 0 | fad 1 lee] 1] 4 Y } ~/ MATTIE. WiTH THOSE {°F | | A BOAT!AND SOME-| | | WOLES, AND BULLET HOLES HAVE A WAY OF name, o e Lord are you doing fi Hild 2 Laci ORE , / ; _ J » 0 7 77, | OW BIRDS $0 BUSY |ONWY IT WHATS THAT | BODY'S TRYIN' TO / > STIRRING UP A LOT OF TALK, THAT ow? J <= : | 7 Fifi # by LOOKIN FOR MY DEAD |WERENT | ANT MY STYLE vy oy or z 55

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A . : ; 4 2 ZH ZA Bat demanded, jumping from his fj mi HAY | PE = : ww. 777 DRIFT OFF WITH TRE | DAWN _ rT chair and pushing everything about {1 | [VT UA AN; or 2 i 7 TIDE BEFORE MAK- on. 7 ’ 0 | him aside in an effort to clear the LU!) | WHA Hy j 713 y ING A BREAK Z _ distance to the hatchway in one Uji me ? 8 : 2 i : — ” 7 %. 2 = re step. “That racketeer Donovan's -~— / iE boy is here. now. The idiot!” | a He bounded up the tiny flight of steps, poking his head through the hatchway into Dan's face “Get off this boat,” he screamed. “Your papa | tells me Marie isn't good enough ~ E70 NZL wh h for you.” | i rr i ~_i : i ; “But, Mr. La Porte,” protested 4 / : opp 2 Dan, “Dad couldn't mean that, espe- y _ Cs _— or oH or cially when I—" —— rr : ; > “Don't you say another word,” 2.6 HERE WE GET A - WE'LL. JUST HAVE COME ON, NUTTY, WE FISHED velled Bat, shaking a fist under 7 A FILM A RIOT SQUA 1 | To FORGET HIM! PUSH SHROUGH AND gee fl HIMOLUT OF THE Dan’s bruised nose. “Your papa, he| “Anything you want, sugar—roadster, coupe—just pick it out an’ it’s 7 D Now / : Lev = SO AND Ber . WHATS W ! : RVER)

say my girl has no social standin’ yours.” WE CANT FIND LARD OR / because she live on a barge. I'll] s i THE CAMERA / ? e AsouT /

tell you right now, she better than! : By William Ferguson you—a waster. Now get out!” ~ | rem seste er yeeey Mrs. La Porte pushed her way vi : past her husband, a spot of color 7 xX on each high cheek-bone. Shoving Bat's face aside, she turned to Dan. “Why did you want to see my girl?” “Because I want to marry her.” " 8 8

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picked up his wife and sat her down J < N WINTER : , ha Bl Ep d \ 7 = : Sn in a chair close to the hatchway. Lf BECAUSE THERE HI Tr fee i —

“You keep quiet,” he ordered. : ] ACTUALLY ARE roms ' : —— ; ™ “Theese is my business now.” He x MORE Bro ~7" Il | OOo0ooH ! wav, i me HE 0 2 : 1 DONT UNDER - 500%}: Sout ( tot NOW J looked up at Dan. “So you want S7ARLS VIS/BLLE | TE _ 1M NOT OOoN ( 5 ) : : NY STAND | ALL VUE EATE GOOD EUHER, : ey I

to marry my girl. Well, sir, if it + Wet NOT BECAUS ; SO GOOO TAR TOAY WAS A is any consolation to you,”. he ; s 5 Pe WV a 2 SeRUME SANDWXN 2° 4 ~1

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“my daughter will never marry you.

As I have made mention etre, oe o ; she will marry one of her own kind Ra ay. a ¢ ~N i Wy ; FAREWELLS, when the time comes.” = = Wa o,f WILLE LIFTED Already a wreck from last night's f * ’ mE B®\6 fight ‘and ordeal in jail, and his SAP L\GHILY father’s phone call, Dan lost what . Rr aE vestige of control he had. == AO WEACED

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fof Valls 8 fs ure o Jar THE BEST pu mn I's. La Forte suaaenly. IGTIN : - Poa heh Le at Var OR. aos WAL, OLD BOY” HA! HA] [WA--HA--OF COURSE '--ER SIT YOU DUMB BUNNY */ T- | [B (C= SIGH #) THEY NEVER Mrs. La Porte stared at him. “But S PPROXINMATELY ? . YOUR LITTLE SECRETARY DOWN, JOHN--1 WANT TO TELL | DISTINCTLY TOLD YOU TO / BUT HE Sanase KNOW = WHEN THEY'RE Marie isn’t here!” she protested 2) TO 25 YEA OUTSIDE--SAID YOU WERE THAT GIRL A THING OR TWO!” / WITH HER, KEEP HIM OUT OF RIGHT PAST ME j THROUGH /!! Mane | : ested. RS ; TOO BUSY TO SEE ME‘ HAL 1m | | my oFFice 7 AS THOUGH THE | | What's happened to her?” She fz Sin : caught Bat’s arm. “Did you hear ; PLACE BELONGED ; aio” She Serepmed. youve an > , nagge e poor girl so e's prob- Ts ably killed herself.” P : NAME CORRECTShe rocked back and forth in her | ‘Watters ATO a IN hy

chair sobbing, 2 RT “Now don't get excited, Nanette,” S$ Gan vou sro ms Bat coaxed, his rage of a few| === Se THEN DRAW IT Oo ’

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minutes before entirely gone. “We ; d will find her.” He pa‘;2d her on <2) FROM MEMORY

the back. “The troub:e is with theese young fools.”

His face rigijened. “1 have an TTT er | idea. * Maybe he knows more than ; “ ai Nendo Almanac Oadity He started up the steps again to : the hatchway. “Thees young man on

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will help me find her. Won't you,| “ted i : y Donovan?” M8 JAMES OGLETHORPE FOUNDED THE

ut there was no answer. Dan y= F ; had gone. Bat climbed out on deck, - COLONY OF GEORGIA IN 1732 AS A

shading his eyes with his hands as| P'S sea REFUGE FOR POOR DEBTORS FROM he stared toward South St. There ERE 8 ENGLAND. :

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