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7 EGAD, WHAT A SPECTACLE! &2 DO You THINK THIS \ / I DON'T SEE Wit/ye Ha BRINK : NT = { LETTIN' AHELPLESS Yl ITS NOTHIN FER 7 WE STAND ON THE BRINK OF J ENTERING HSOOS INE” | | Guy LIKE HIM MAKE | TITTY EVEN HIM TO GET | - d HIGH ADVENTURE, THERACE 2 ARACEISLIKE 1 FAIR | sucH A sapPouT OO \ CONCEITED A , OF THE CENTURY, AND 22] TRYING TO HARPOON fo ME 1S LIBUL TO : hy THERE LIES JAKE, NUMB AS Jf WHALES IN A SANDPILE f a | * { A HERRING, IMMERSED IN 7 ww BUT HE DOESN'TEp at El TR : : i i : 2 DULL SLUMBER ww TOO 17] KNOW EVERYTHING oy BN ThE AAS, / THE TRACK W US TO See BOY 7 wav COME ON), PUB

. * cAST OF CHARACTERS ANN BROWN—Orphan daugh of a st alone in an antriendly, eity. PAUL HAYDEN—Stock ‘room boy with ambition, = 7... Cui STEVE CLAYBOURNE—Wealthy playyY. Sit 3 : : : aa BROOKS—Dime store counter rl. : * IRENE TEMPLE—Society debutante. YESTERDAY—Clara wants to get mar « ried, wishes she could find a man like Paul Hayden. She -is amazed when Ann tells her of their movie date. Paul calls and the day is bright. Mrs. Pringle warns: Ann not to marry a man who will pull her down to his own level. . Ann. is detetmined to find her own: vay to happiness. z * : : CHAPTER TWELVE \ PAUL CALLED for Ann at 7. He looked extremely well dressed for a stock man at the 10-cent store. His manner of greeting Ann and ack- Ne. Af . 4 : ‘nowledging her introduction . to ay > 3 ol : ml

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er and her disdainful | ===" —— on miraculously. As they| “Let me put it another way, folks! With industrials and utilities in

went together down’ the stairs she a state of flux, gems are your best investment!”

made a few throaty comments. At : ; il the curb she stepped into a cab.| HOLD EVERYTHING ; By Clyde Lewis Ann vaguely realized that a man - : sat in the cab. He did not get out. . i ‘“Smooth number,” Paul remarked. They had a blue plate special at the Toddle Shop and went on to the theater. The picture was clever and humorous. Afterward, they sat for an hour in a booth at the drug store. It took that long to really get acquainted. Paul began the conversation by saying, “Tell me about you, Ann.” “Well—1 lived with my mother and father until a year ago when ’ : they were killed I a fife = = 1s J 8 : A | ote Sap He made a little sound of sym- 4 / py . a - he eign iE & = = ry : mre ’ 9 : an 2! AND WHEN WE “ELL,

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to work. I've always been able to sew, so I put in my name at an agency and got a job with Mrs. Pringle. I've been terribly lonely—" ‘She looked down, describing little circles on the table with a straw. In a little rush she continued. “1 - guess the loneliness made me desperate—I guess that’s why I answered a newspaper personal and went to the public library with a gardenia—" She stopped, her eyes begging him to understand. Suddenly they were both laughing. - “Refined gentleman—that sort of thing,” he chuckled. “Uh-hm-m—the personal was

signed ‘Lonely.’ I think that's why ey — : Ton on Ee : . " y : : 5 . : ; : sl ’ Oo vse I VE F L » CLL I answered it. When I saw you : NN NN LANDED My FIRST We NY Fore Just, A MINUTE,

wearing a gardenia—you can’t : : : ; blame me for making a mistake—" | | 9% 3-5 cor. Te sv.nua stvice mc. 7. M. 210. U. PAT. OFF. PUPIL --BILLY BROWN i FOR MY FIRST A 1 You AN’ i T x IS COMING OVER FOR A LESSON! x NANCY Ml EMBARRASSED J

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i Again he laughed. “Gardenias to| io). ‘had : the right of you—gardenias to the ‘Hello, honey (hic)—how ad te any turn out you had cooling on | : N A LESSON TODAY! : DANCIN' WIT’ left of you—" : ? v BES '. “Wasn't it crazy?” She sobered. : £1 is an 2 : a “You weren't very nice to me.” FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia | -“Honestly, Ann, in spite of your | convictions to the contrary I'm not 2 ai i conceited. Heaven knows I'm noth- v % ry ing to look at and Heaven also Te . ¥? [= knows that I have nothing to offer | : ‘a girl” He pounded the. table ‘softly with his fist. “I don’t: know ‘what's the matter with the girls in this town.” SM

2 un 8 ; | anf miewine | ; J} ro SAID IT the other night. : CX { fe | ~~ Bist te tel dER «MARE | ey want to get married.” 1 N A RIVERFRONT DIVE, A BRUTE CALLED RODERIGO, IN CRUE = rr) LT AN DON ANY WAR) ‘ id) 5 . ’ . . ; : 3 ’ G0, iN ) 17 Bt ees Tt oe i: £05 BRST ooh STS PLKIG He WIPE WTO A TABLE ry Fomaor 10 SAY, | WHATS) eoveaied BRE Too WHEW xD0 TEX A DRINK IN THE | Le Sie i le ; 7 WHY NO WAN EVER FIGRT WITH : * / THE EVIL! A PRESENCE OF RODER\G A Haye you been able to fig- RODERIGO, HEY? ILL TAL YOU WHY! it o I” : 5 ? : - . ' . ° “Not exactly. I tried to sound PECOS Tu YouGH! none o

Clara out last night. It’s somethink like this. The girls we know, the 10-cent store and bargain basement and elevator girls, the cashiers and waitresses, all those within the limits of a certain income, seem to live by a set rule.” “Yes,” he said, watching her.interestedly. | .- “They go tc school as long as the ‘law demands. They get a job, any Job. They marry and keep on at % 4 “i . ; the job. They have no ambition to —_— - a La i . z . better themselves, they ask for no y ; 5; a i :

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We make our little way and carry ESCTEN our own loads. It's something, LED, isn’t it?” : : He nodded. “But not enough.” NS “Tell me your ambitions, Paul.” . : : = : . “I went to college,” he told her. || AXALEL IN/ ; 1 IT | [SMARTER , BOD 1] WE LWE | SETTER = { a » :.

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the last $10 bill. I got a job as stock man in the 10-cent store. After a| fH ; ' | . i 5 bi while I'll be in charge of the stock | IRREUREE ; : font | -— i { =| he gs room at $20 or $22—eventually I 3 S £3 He : ; | 3 ino : ll 7 may get on the floor—buyer—what else is there for me to do?” - “With a college education—" she|.= began. in ° “Ann, college graduates are. filling gas tanks—it’s as common to have

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Sis gu. 1 may just ay Vo us WITH BLOSSOMS . count my larnin’.” He laug on ; : — ——— ) OH #/++IT ALL > SISTED [I N ITS CALE : —- SEEMS LIKE A H IS SO / 4 : GENTLEMAN WISHES TO SEE \

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He taught me French and a little : : TOE E Spl 2 music. I know how to dance and ANSWER—Mineral. Chief American source is around ‘Asbestos, | skate and ride and ski. I also play : re sf an elpgant game of poker.” She| “Always,” she answered. thing of the past, as was the lone-|. Jangnied 8 her accomplishments. ‘Ann gradually made changes ini{liness. ~~ 3 a bn hag" EFL OR wn has parca. ne gga It 38 207 et “I think 50. I need friends” [that the artificial flowers be putiwith Clara that Florabelle. swayed | “Without sentiment?” _ away safely for another winter, she (across the hall. ~~ | “I'm zo more anxious to lose my| rearranged the kitchen and made| “Ann,” she said, “how would jou Deractiv, arhe same Hime Myl uy overs for the old ehalrs. Lit-|lES to go ona party tomorow him : tle by little, it became a room of| ~~ © (To Be Continued) He held out his hand. “Friends,” |shapbyicharm. Ann's appetite re- ji gf S—

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