Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1940 — Page 26

DON'T TELL ME wae 777 HMR =KAFE fares. ABROTHERIY LOVE 18 8) [7 WAT--MEBBE oT or] LET ME GUESS ~~ 73 THAT REMINDS ME, \7 BEAUTIFUL, MAJOR!-~AND| | . THINK THETS 50 FLY, AND. JAKE'S GONE! My [7 TIFFANY, ww I WAS $A IS THAT WHY JAKE WRoTe| | _ TH’ COOK. MAY WIND! UP IN LAUNDRY CAME DEEPLY MOVED BY YOu A CHECK FOR #150 : THET THING HISSELF/ BACK YESTERDAY, YA JACOB'S LONELINESS [Z] FOR THE DOG 2 ww THAT'S | : AND HALF OF IT ,/7) AND RESTORED HIS “X\ THE CHARMING STORY. I WINGED RIGHT | 75} PET/w MY ABSORPTION J} READ ON THIS BLOTTER DUT AGAIN/ IN ART AND SCIENCE 7 { T FOUND ON THE DESK/ j

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IRENE. TEMPLE—society debutante, : ge ea’ oH ; a YESTERDAY: ‘Ann’ goes to the party : with: Paul, creates -a- sensation. She meets Steve and Irene: Temple. Steve dances with Ann frequently: late in the evening. gets drunk. He calls Ann an icicle, threatens to kiss her. She’ looks |

i ly atound for Paul. -- 7 Pd \. CHAPTER TWENTY" gr" ANN'SAID, “If you're smart you Nahbkissme” 6 Steve ' plundered into another dancing couple and almost lost his balance,” “Whatll you do?” he ~ asked, swaying, not trying to dance. - : i “FIL slap your face.” ; bi : : He shouted with glee, “It'd be 3 ; Sl : Or = worth it—s’help me.” PS re a > 3: : r Sfeve took a step and fripped.| | GE . # An 4 WIGES DOESNT Ann looked imploringly at the stag ey 2 pugs he MISS ANYTHING ; line; Immediately four gentlemen hi ‘ Y Nea SERVICE, NC. H.R. stepped forward. A boy, wearing. A : bright red necktie with.his dar i : HE BOPSHIRE NOME - ee c suit, tapped Steve on the shoulded.| “About that money I lent your folks—shall I deduct it as charity mew vorn cry- Nl MATE. = ThER" —— EE ALE | THATS WiAY AS You can. ) NGHARD FEELING FELLA“Nothing doing,” Steve yelled. or a bad debt? T SoTHS 15 1 0 — EY ARE MY ELLING TH PUT AL KNDA LOS MAH > ER SISTER'S [@ "7 POSTE

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HE SEE - ; i , ” TO INHERIT ; FROM D//-1 HAVE \ BUT THEY Ann nodded to the hoy and he HUSBAND, HER ~~ <7") ALL THE % OESCRIPTIONS || NO RERATIVES | WOULDN' NT So tried again, “Youre wanted a the . | NT sTockacy F25 Or Sens || IN NEW YORK? | BELIEVE m- Neuse “Bon’t want a drink. Ann in- : >

ARIS’ OF HIS FN AND THE - tox~-intox—can’t say intoxicates— TI me plenty.” The stranger kept pace with them, tugging at Steve's shoulder. Ann ~ saw Phi] with Irene Temple. He was. scowling darkly, watching Steve, not responding at all to Irene’s coquetry. . “If. she’s so good let me dance with her,” the boy insisted. Steve crushed Ann to him. “You get out of here. Ann’s my girl. I ) y saw her first.” Suddenly he was N p a angry. Loosening his hold on Ann, | TN he whirled on the accommodating Fo : - stranger. His arm shot out and, y ELLO, ES Son, LE? an SHARSED NH e Ee We = WH DOR TAA A fortunately, missed its aim. In- NS ROSPECTO THE Siero SAW, stantly there was a rush of stags : H NE BUT TL. CET YO and Steve was bundled, protesting IT! LET'S oT loudly, from the floor. Ann found GOIN’ / . herself dancing with her rescuer. “My name is Ray—Stan, Ray.” “How do you do. I'm Brown.” Yes, I know. The Evanston Browns?” “No.” She was ashamed of what had happened. “Will he be back?” she asked. a “Steve? No, he’s finished for tonight. The Claybourne butler and the taxi driver will carry him in.” “A crowd of us are going to my dad’s fishing lodge on Lake Michi- : % 7 % : " ; : gan. Like to have you come along.” T WISH I HAD : : . : 3 . “I'm: i - 5. PAT. OFF. . ISN’ T \ ; ier min ap | [oben Set Te Tapco l] [Ever ne ApS. Sel At “Yer honor, he said I was a no-good bum and I've got witnesses I COULD BuY OPENED UP FAVOR Right. I'll give you a ring. to prove it!” FLOWERS FOR NE 7 — ; Ann thought of the tinkle of the & Y J telephone bell in Mrs. Follets back| FLAPPER FANNY By Svivia | N SLUGGO! hall, of Myrtle’s scream, “Ann— y SY » there’s a man on the phone.” She! ; . — pa = : : ¥ | : . BUSINESS! also thought of Stan Ray’s dismay \ 7 "2 7 7 : | . LER SL when he learned that he had in- > 7 / » 7 5 RR Hi vited Mrs. Pringle’s assistant to_a !| / 7% 7 J ; Nor : — XK house party on Lake Michigan. He : bp -_ Na XE did not ask where he should call, > } RK 5! 0: :

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YOU VILLAIN! § PERMIT ME TO EXPLAIN FURTHER. SINCE HE 15 ) ( o NONSENSE. EXTREMELY) (WOULD YOU INFORM THE POLICE.AND B WE 1S CALLED YOUVE BLACK- \ A REPUTABLE JEWELER AND ONE OF THE || OM LET \'VARCE DIAMONDS, | | DISERACE T0 1008 FATHERS IF 50, Pom RODERGO THE - MAILED MY | FEW EXPERT DIAMOND CUTTERS IN AMERICA| |! ; | SUCH AS THESE, ARE| | ME TO SUMMON A GENTLEMAN WHO IS VERY POOR FATHER J YR EASILY IDENTIFIED | | ADEPT AT INDUCING PEOPLE TO DO AS INTO AIDING 2 WE SAY UR CROOKED 7, x ONLY YOUR FATHER ee 2 Y SCHEMES / A _ 2 J | CAN RE-CUT THEM TO 4: DIFFERENT SIZES AND MAKE THEM SAFE TO SELL.

- took Ann to the supper room. She’ sat down while he filled her piate |} from the immense buffet table. He told her, when he brought the plate: “As a casual friend, I'm going to tell you something, Ann, You're the loveliest girl here.” “Thank, you, Paul.” “And Steve Claybourne is a bum. |’ If Miss Temple hadn’t occupied me |: so thoroughly his face would now be | Jjellied.” ' “Crazy.” Persons in the supper room turned at Ann's tinkle of mirth. “That was part of the fun —having a man fight to dance with

“A drunken bum.” AL : She put her pretty head on one ERC ; (3.1%) side, regarding him seriously. “I SORA =. ; ; ng like it, Paul. I hated it.” WIE : ESR LEY. DONNIE “Well, that’s better.” \ Sa Sern JU : 3 D » HOOK i : A waiter took their plates and| | SSH Re ee SEE Tar ie’ PA. J Come / he Paul pulled a box from his pocket. fas : FAs : IS WORKING / CENONG Lov “It’s your favor,” he said. “They| [RESCH SHES fae Sa ; : AND THE LEADI had different things, but I thought | [Rah Sugg giro 3-14 PRR TOMER a oP MAN /

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tiny key. She was quite breath- t= less while Paul put it on her arm. W HATES “I'll keep the key,” he said. “If =p

you ever want to take it off youll| f UNLIKE AAOST . have to send for me.” : OTHER “Who's flirting now?” she asked with a side glance. MAMMALS,

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x. r y WAS iY 3 Ln i - It was 2:30 when they left the CHANGE I TIES : gL wr FORMING A CHIEF PROBABLY 0s hotel. Ann had never been so : od i % LA i . tired, nor so completely happy. LACLAL. In the taxi, she said, “Tell him to drive slowly, Paul. I don’t want it to‘'bé a memory quite yet.” “Take your time, fella,” he called through the glass. As they ieft the quiet city, he said, “I'd like to do the craziest thing.” “What?” : : “1'd like to walk in the park.” “Let's.” They left the cab at the corner of Garfield park. Ann any Paul ~ N found a bench near the lagoon| E\/ i ; and- sat «down. The night was / ) HAD EVADA opt = gp TN) 1 sy I Nam) SO) Tush iL” ama said ; ACCIDENTS PER. SE Gl Ell : nL : C2 20% 340 8v uy : 100, COO OVE PREY (“PSST-PULL YOURSELF Ys THE AUDIENCE IS

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_ They did not talk? Contentment ap o closed around them like a warm NORTH . | oes NAS 7H0UGH | WERE A SHE ‘wrap. Ann leaned closer to Paul's AD H DAKO: . a TERRIBLE DOWN THE CURT arm. Her golden head nodded. : : ’ ) Jl CONVINCING Love . Finally. it rested on his shoulder. ) : "paul put his arm around her ) and she sighed childishly, cuddling her head against his collar. He. muttered, “Just this.once.” le ) : zs 8 8 5 A ; } 3

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AFTER A LONG time in which he did not sleep, he removed his arm. “The sun is about to put in an appearance, Ann,” he said in a matter-of-fact tone. She sat up, blinking her sleepfilled eyes. “Oh,” she wailed, “I've missed all the beautiful time.” : ; Paul could not be truthful in say-| .... ANSWER—Bulbs, corms and rhizomes. ing that the time had been wasted |" : for him. He had allowed his lips|soberly. It was as if they deliber-|She did not sleep, nor did she feel to touch her hair and her forehead (ately stripped the morning of any |the need of sleep. ; md the sweetness lingeved. _ _ - |pits of glamour which might have| Oddly enough, she did not dwell } 5 They “walked. -to - Murray * Street : . on her small triumphs at the Athens 14" ; hrough the sun-flecked . mist: ‘of clung to it, as if they stepped back [club ball. She thought of Paul Geo Ruddick Grocery ZA into their rightful, workaday lives. his innate fineness, the rapture of » ; ) Sep. At Mrs. Follet's door she held I Shoal, 52 Wie Swening os eames wen Shey Saeed || 1831 Ingram Step. . ; emory. | She lay with her li : out her hand. It was after 6 when Ann slid out |tiny Siivet wisi ing pressed (o the Fi c iy J £ : u : ——— ine Groceries and Meats | ~~ Because a Quality ; na LL J SEs : est to Its Customers

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“Why it’s Paul Hayden,” shelof her finery. She examined the as sald, pretending Supls. Blamt clock; found that it was set al * (To Be Continued) i ’ » 2 4 t y v And Ann Brown,” he returned for 7, snd lay down beside Clara.|(All sregs, names ang chanicien tn thi