Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1940 — Page 27

FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1940 kai THE INDIANAPOLIS — RR - | SERIAL STORY— "| GRIN AND BEARIT By Lichty | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople ~~ OUT OUR WAY i ~ By Williams |

: «i WE: COME OVER FROM THE { I'M NUTS ZA THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE NOW LISTEN, BEFORE YOU SHOW HE'S COME | WELL,WELL 8 Th C t Cc OWLS CLUB FER THE BI6 DOG, ABOUT: "7 MISTAKE, BOYSS ww THE ME THAT. FIDDLE, SHOT GUN, . TO TH’ WRONG | HAVE TO PUT Y ; e a P a Nn S HUNT TNIGHT, M(S' HOOPLE RIBS AN' {2 SEARCHING STARTS’ A OF oOLf CLUS SWEEP: : PLACETO / HIM DOWN oo - : 2 >THE MAJOR SAID KRAUT/ 77 FROM CHILI JOE'S LUNCH a on ene =, Fo dk Lo ; D by YOU'D FIX A NICE DINNER GOT ANY WAGON! wx GAVE A STOOL IN THIS SHOP--I ONCE WAS A IS TH WORST / I HAVE SOME ws a ug ter OF SPARERIBS AN' KRAUT HORSE 2 FOR THE MAJOR wae WHEN RICH MAN, BUT I MET TOO MANY PLACE IN TH’ SKATES, SKIS 2 Te Cl : HERE, THEN WE'D GO. FAN \ ( RADISH? /] HE COMES TILL RUSH HIM v * © By HELEN WORDEN CAST OF CHARACTERS MARIE LA PORTE—Model in exclusive dress shoppe, lives on a barge. DONOVAN =Plashey son Shin) a

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GET OUT.OF HERE,MY NEXT |, ANYBODY WHOS I'D LIKE TO ; ™' MISSIN' PUP wae x 2 EVENING. STEP DOWN WILL BE TH’ / TRY! STOAVOID. / RAFFLE OFF HAVE THE y — ~ Y ers fighting Marie’s father. LYNDA MARTIN — Society debutante,

PENITENTIARY? SALESMER)! _/ OTHERS 7 | p ET YET? 5 wants to marry Dan.

BAPTISTE LA PORTE—Marie’s father, owner of a fleet of barges.

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£0 CHAPTER SIXTEEN 2 DAN DONOVAN was growing # angrier by the minute. After a day’s frantic search, he still couldn’t find Marie La Porte. That was bad| 4 2 encugh, but the models at Varnet’s had told him that even if he did find her, they didn’t think she would see him. ~c' “Marie was here this morning $ when you phoned,” Kay Thayer had cattily remarked. “She went off with Tommy Ryan,” Evelyn Marlowe added, Jusistly 2 enough. “I saw her meet when | | Ae ? ' I went out to lunch.” fy aN of] Kay Thayer looked at him €X-| “upp wattle thinks Pm very intelligent—I TOLD you I'd look a

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:’ but he just stood there in Varnet's] HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis NOW, cuss m/7%= glittering salon, saying nothing. ° : : B|uUT AS - Evelyn patted him on the arm. ey . “Cheer up, kid, you'll get over it,” 3 2 A) q 4 she said, not unkindly. Come on, Lame \V# oF Kay.” The two girls swished off, exotic, peacock-like “figures ' in Varnst’s ro» _gorgeous gowns. : Dan gave them an abstracted nod “and turned on his heel, so engulfed with his own misery, that on his way out he pushed Varnet aside.

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| : » 8 » AS HE SWUNG east on 57th St.; he qualified that statement. Per- ! iY haps, in time, he could have Marie. |

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that he didn’t want her the way he thought. He wanted her to love him RED RYDER for himself, not for what he could (ESE TINGED BOARDS mgr =P f— A & z HosseS > buy her. d. he fitted his k ARE WHERE I SAW A MAN , HAST RB In such a mood, he fitted his key ENTER TO ONDAR TH BARN v AWAY WITHOOT BEIN? into the lock of the Donovan front A DOORS TOR TH INVISIBLE” . CHASED re door. HOSS THIEF? inh) ‘AN. OH--—-OH---1HEAR. ‘8 “Your father wants to see you, \ 7 FOOTSTEPS? D Meesah Dan,” Ling told him, as he n yi yn Y crossed the hall to the elevator. 4 7) y “He’s in his own apartment.” — oh He nodded and pressed the third — = 1 : 1 7 . floor button on the elevator in- bites i of. | ih dicator, : = 2 7 7 “I'm glad you've come, Dan,” Mike x 71 pi exclaimed, looking up from his easy No, | wi ] J -'s chair as Dan walked into the study. : = i; “% J YZ 71 . i i i - 1 Y 4 Sa ig’ I still mean wha 1 seid this morn Er 2-9 coer. 1540 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. — : God 1A / / i ing over the phone. : Pak er yo 2 73 : Dan-sank down on the couch. “Now play that Beethoven number, Junior, and put in those little - TE al LE Es hn” + ’ . “I meant what I told you over the improvements of your own!” : ~~ fo No SB phone,” Mike repeated. “No boy of 2-9 Tos. Es, ~ = xi a. 4 2 J OPR. 1940 A . OFF. 2 ; mine is going to marry a girl whose FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia NANCY 3 ; —By Bushmiller : :

father calls him a waster.” He " snorted as he voiced the words. “Ig- é 3 CO S ™) ® noramus! He must think we're / > numskulls. Well, I'll show him.” He ' ae - rose and began stalking around the 2 room. “I wouldn't worry, father,” Dan held up a protesting hand. “If Marie doesn’t want me, I don’t want | her. She evidently doesn’t; so that's! WR INKLE : that. What have you got on your | CL OQTION s mind?” Mike stared in amazement at his son. “Youre amenable to reason, I must say lad. I thought you and . myself, Lynds Martin and her father, if he can come, might have a

SORRY, NANCY--I CAN'T HEAR

HEY, FELLERS!--- NANCY JUST GOT BACK FROM HER SOUTHERN VACATION !

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ules dinner together tonight at the tz.” : — — Dan said nothing for several min- 0 , | Bomier $ utes. Finally he spoke, despair in 2 2 £2 en Rd : his voice. “I'll call Lynda. What ||| L= 2 WASHINGTON TUBBS II 7 Ey me : JFITH HIS BOAT SWAMPED BY THE OIL CROWD, AND HIS COMPANION Ee iw © ples peat Hi Thy — T : ABLE 30 With, EASY MUST DO SOMETHING QUICKLY TREN DFE MY | (7 WEY! WHAT THE BLAZES! THE: tirrough. Fe also. Know: that Lo ‘BEFORE BENG SWEPT OUT TO SEA BY THE TIDE BOOTS —BUT DON'T * CURRENTS SWEEPING US OUT >" OH, EASY, could only help by not putting ‘salt CANT WORRY. WE'RE 0 —/ > YOU'LL NEVER MAKE | on the wound. Therefore he men- STAY HERE. ! Se) oy IT WITH SUCH A BURDEN! . tioned neither Marie nor Bat. TLL HAVE TO oF Ve : a THERES NO SENSE IN * © “TI thought we might have cock- ES rr) BOTH OF US DROWNING. tails here,” he remarked, “then go YOU MUST LEAVE on to. dinner. I'd welcome the : 4 ME AND 60 ALONE 4 chance to get better acquainted with Oo ¥ — e James Martin.” . i : NN y 8 i 0% : ! 7 > / Ne , NONE OF THE EFFORT which 4 SL of in ry Re i HE hi yn a ad exerted to produce her! i J / p V 4 TR . 5 8 2, fo» father showed when she and Mr. ZS 244 / rR . Lm ev Matin siralis] into the Donovan “I can’t remember which cream Fan told me to get—better just = el wl i i :30. Z 2 AA A 2 x Hprary ty Blow cried Martin, gimme some kind that doesn’t do anything.” 7 4 =, 7 4 Tum NE een X : holding out his hand to Mike, “I'm rik Lu Rl mtu ” ; Rb - ; ; $0 Sind You aiced To” THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS ; : —By Blosser | He shook hands cordially enough | [remy ---r-: oo 2 == 1 : ATE y

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with Dan and then reached feverishly for a dry Martini on the % tray which Perkins passed.

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Lynda gave Mike an affectionate ZZ glance then slipped quietly to Dan’s 2 BR AD Yer ‘ONE > side. ST : : # - “This is Dad’s party,” he ex- NA ~ plained, as if she didn't know it. “I hear we're going to the Ritz: LONKAT7ION Y Funny Old place, but nice.” BUILT BY | oug an didn’t show it, CORA ¢ | he was already tight when they LCR ANS

left the Donovan house. His father cast a troubled glance at him when YEARS AGO, he insisted on ordering more cock- WHEN THE tails at the Ritz. AREA WAS A

Nothing but Dan’s young consti- TOL Ln Al ; : tution kept him from showing the yd ) : aa r : - -effects of the other drinks on top|} “EEA } cei =e aes x ; \ BOF Ligio By NEA sEAviCE, INC. T.M. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF. { 2-9 PE a BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES = nT =) Maid . recognized, was an added i : eS - RC | pee ea = a pe >of SE - Sou hiness 1 WANT TO WELCOME YOU ON BOARD = SOON AS YOUVE RESIED A ST w SUS SRE : Ne

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BIT, TLL BE HAPPY TO DASCOSS THE WOYAGE WITH. YOu 4 MR. MGW WIRED

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was made of the engagement be-|\ | ; tween herself and Dan was touched Zo 1 M: REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF.

In spite of the combined maneuv- 5 * ers of Mike and Lynda, no mention| | 9) : /}

upon. y” Mike and Martin had winked at Yo ¢ one another and said good night =

earlier in the evening. But as soon as he could, Dan deposited Lynda at her door. Too tight to clearly s formulate his thoughts, he had hut . one idea in mind, to get to the barge, Molly.

a A PUZZLED taxi driver deposited + him after 2, on Pier Six. Unsteadily Dan made his way to the place where the La Porte boat had been

i tied up the morning before. HAVE NO DIGE VE . 3 “Where's the Molly?” Dan yelled sth

LEOPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. 8. PAT, OFF,

—By Raeburn Van Buren |

"at a policeman, ORGANS, AND CANNOT NNER JOHN -- | HATE WHAT | AM BUT TIME PASSES, JOHN. A OF COURSE. NO! THE TRUTH WAS YOUR CONTRACT |. AND, JOHN-- THEYRE. JUST NOT WRITING ; To: McGuire untwirled his night EAT SOLID FOOD N CHV ABOUT TO SAY--BUT | MUST MAN GROWS OLDER. DO YOU \ BECAUSE THEY GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO OKAY ANY 4 STORIES IN WHICH YOUNG ROMANTIC e | o'clock” he said, “for Canada.” ANSWER—Right. They are blood suckers. SN = _ASO~THE NAME JOHN GALLAN-| | YOU IDLE FOR YOUR LAST TWO /THE RIGHT KIN ONLY ONES YOU WOULD OKAY: WERE » {POUCHY UNDER THE EYES, WRINKLED— Y “Was Marie La Porte aboard?” ~~ - TRY-- SPELT ROMANCE TO EVERY | | YEARS IN HOLLYWOOD ? OF STORY. THOSE IN WHICH YOUR ROLE WAS A MIDDLE-AGED ! THE DAY OF JOHN i Eo JT 2 0 I saw her get on loday 4 = = ; GIRL IN AMERICA-=-- : YOUNG, ROMANTIC LOVER! IS OVER, JOHN---YOU'RE THROUGH #! 3 : ‘a u o’cloc 3 : : 3 = / 53 Ra i ; : . : . 3 ** “Dan sat down on the pier and / TERT : : = fr ———— + * held his head in his ands? “When rn gS % = JENIN 1 a . ¢ - will the Molly be back?’ he in- ES Bo === : : : : quired. : : | £8 — = 1 Te . “In about -three weeks or a| [HX — 1 ¥ « month.” A ; ix de : “, +: Within. an hour, Dan’s long Co La 4 = a” i roadster was purring along the high- —- oo x

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