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gambler, alone (in an unfriendly city. PAUL HAYDEN—Stock room boy with ambition. STEVE CLAYBOURNE—Wealthy play-

y. ars BROOKS—Dime store counter : IRENE TEMPLE—Society debutante.

YESTERDAY: Steve makes a scene at the dance but a pleasant stranger saves Ann from embarrassment. Paul gives Ann a favor, a tiny silver bzacelet. After the dance they walk in the park. While Ann ‘sleeps Paul kisses her lightly. With dawn, they hurry home. Ann remembers not the dance and its glamor, but Paul.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ANN RECEIVED orchids at the : - shop the following day. The satin box was tied with a wide ribbon. There was a nqgte inclosed. “I'm a little hazy about last night : : but, if my memory serves me at all,| «py Appenin roe" a SER ofte vat Dre ! I again owe you an apology. For- si im 3ppen, 1% Jn ae erg en 10day-all ov r the =R give me for behaving like a clown.) file their income tax returns!” = / A : Ra iy pogies el ou Wat : - ON NN « 10 \ 2 i 's-7¢ TPN HOLD EVERYTHING : - By Clyde Lewis B : 5 ; : TEEASTORE | os mia Sou

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gan i t 5 oclock, blithe fr dr La tam He called a o’clock, e as : : Ee a1. 9 a spring breeze, cockily sure of him- LI'L ABNER : y ih ; ; Ty Al Cheater with nim and, while ghe : i: wo WE KIN MERELY CHARMED f”- EY 7 THARIS A PURTY ] wy. | PE wi = r with and, while she : ; rr- ~C. 2 grr NPE : could see no harm in accepting, she HosPiTAL | Stay overnichr, | CHRP | cum? 4 diicy morse: ‘VIEW FUM OUT. SWEET! 7. HS YS Tae. 7 hesitated. It would be fun to see a| | ye SISTER-SO DON'T THAT ONE [AL 7#0 OF THE PEASANT, FUM TH’ | HORROR, | HYARF -LE'S CALL \ LET'S 1 PEEKOOLYAR. == ‘good play, but not so much fun to ; [ouer! | J TEASE us T' STAY TYPELIT MIGHT BE y. LIL ABNER —HE ; 7 00 1) see it with Steve. Now if it were - : WA : LONGER 7-WE. GOT 70 SHOW | WOULD YO IS_POW‘FUL FOND | ALONE / Zz BASIL BASSOON? = / Paul— "With the thought of Paul, POW! Fu BAS HER 25 Jen mon 5) 1 FE o PURTY VIEWS, 7 S she made up her mind. She de-| : : , : ; " clined. 2 : : He was not accustomed to feminine rebuffs. “Say—what’s the matter with me? Am I poison or something?” ! Ann could scarcely tell hini that she was merely a new adventure to the bored Steve Claybourne. So she said the obvious thing. ; .“T don’t go out with anyone but Paul.” . That did it. He said, “Oh, I see.” She said, “Goodby, Steve,” and hung up the receiver. : The weeks rolled on and Ann did not see Steve Claybourne again. : i . RED RYDER

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sive restaurant and went to a moving picture sow. They were utterly & : i | > companionable. The slightest show . - : ii 2 of sentimentality was studiously | gk Q >! = : avid. S\N [RN GER 4 ND | [INET Summer came with sizzling heat. a : : Ad ; / ” , ; NSA - Ann grew thin, the roses left her : = A : \ n PIR. | 1TR1 S pe i LD | A 0 cheeks. She and Paul sat on the | 94% i oF El y i / on bench in the park, occasionally they | 2 ih, “a traveled across the city to the lake. | ___CQUR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC, T. M. RSG. U.S. PAT. ov. 5-15 EEROIG. | .

# = = : ; “Thank heavens it's a girl! I wouldn't want a son of mine to go A BURNISHED, hazy fall was through what I've been through tonight!”

banished by an early blizzard and < wiriter was dpon the city. FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia Paul gave Ann a silver bangle for her bracelet as a Christmas gift. It was a quaint little bell

20 Hired when she moved her ‘9 3 AR : BOY--ITS SWELL BE BF I HOPE I BTM STARTING ] (oz ed Ne ; BEIN’ SICK AN’ GIT SOME Nj TO FEEL LIKE pan 2 sialic ede ° Iving might 5 bey i s “| | GETTIN’ SYMPATHY COMPANY Zl B ave gone on efinitely excep 2 / TR for two things. In the first place, Ny : FROM EVERYBODY TODAY ! she realized that another change i in rooming houses was imminent. Clara's expressman friend, Roy =! Swenson, was practically living in | the apartment which the girls { shared, He sprawled in one of the big chairs night ‘after. night, pay- | ing court to a ‘most willing Clara. : Ann knew that it was but a ques- : tion of time until he would move in entirely, in which case, she must

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spring, had a most unforeseen after- . . ; r math : Sm mad . — : LET ME PRESENT RODERIGO THE EVIL. AH, VES. STUDY CLOSELY HIS DE- NOW HE SPECIALIZES IN PERSUADING PEOPLE TO THEN WHY NOT GWE UP YOUR SILLY. [Er FELLOW, \SN'T HE? EEL.) GENERATE FACE, HIS APE-LIKE | = |pO'AS I TELL THEM. AND; IN CASE YOU DON'T || | NOTIONS OF HONESTY, AND DO as —— BODY, ONCE HE WASTED HIS | = | WD WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, MY DEAR, T'LL TURN —T ISAYZ: 5 TALENTS TERRORIZING SOUTH — — HIM LOOSE ON YOUR FATHER, AMERICAN VILLAGES—ESPECIALLY > NO, NO! FATHER IS )— ALSO d SR Do THE: WOMEN |: NOT WELL! {

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year.” re a y “Yeah—I know. Last year I was| * Vi ; : if Dl

making $18. Now I've shot up to $25. Soon I'll be hiring gn investment broker to take charge of my “What! You mean $400 is all the government ‘thinks I'm worth?

surplus.” He spoke bitterly. i “At least you've moved up a Why, my tonsils cost $50!”

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plastered wall. ; £5 = SAN ENOUGH CORN IN J ? —- \ : / : Saas Of course, there was a future to PY NTN © THE UNITED WLS ered NSEC : |p HECTOR ,. “i his job—buyer, department head,| KOXSOSNCCTCCTNN STATES AND i =" : / a TONIGHT / gigi oo ( )% > i GRUBBLE/ 4 ! managership of a store—but when er Ashen: ; CANADA ZZ = ™ : ! B : 4 3! ; pv i —when? NK et TO FINISH (e ( “It’s a rotten shame, Ann,” he y CS THE : & AU said, keeping his voice at a casual ; 7, QL BOARD. i Q GEE b HA 7 /

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. cried furiously. “I hate the sound \ of it. A living wage, barely enough : \ z to keep soul an ether, no Oo ; : . J oD Sapa, toe "4 : YE BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES |, HR _ —By Martin It grew quiet in the park and / TA TNE DAR ONS : (1 WONDER F {7 ARON, THERE! 1 | [OUR 16LAND HAS NO NAME L&R BGT) : LONE WWTE MAN ON AN UNCHARTED, i DES . : : E SIR BOT Giey Sayed on bo net 02] NN J SENT | 5 SRR RS NS Ren] a EE | ak aN ~ on heavy tread. He always spoke Ss : 80 § — 5 i : ENGLISH T Ee > ORYORTUNATE PRE O\CAMENT {IT WAS E en Ann said, “We'd better ra) VDA : : : oh = ob iN A "ero, be going back. Anoiyier day is ge Ze % : NAS . = : : : : Lat . - creep up from China.” = : ‘§. . “Yes, another day and another STAG-HORN FERN * ‘month and another year. We’ll be IS SO NAMED “old, Ann, still fighting—” Paul spoke aN ORs savagely. EMBLA To ~ Ann slipped her hand into his. STAS ANTLERS. | The two of them—hopeless. Sud- - denly she wanted Paul to take: her ~ in his arms. His hand tightened ~ # ga hers, he drew nearer on the N “Ann,” he ‘said huskily, “I want| : me A ‘4 4 to kiss you, but it’s dangerous, dear. Ny YEARS. oA e . Je mromised to be Srjends and if _ ABBIE AN' SLATS £1 you— won’ your friend ANSWER—Wrong. Usually any year whose number is divisible | [T§T7 MAZ rn any Shore: eanly, Jeane Sova her. by fous I a leup. year. If, however, the number is divisible by 100, | | Xe AMA ING at Y, 2 ’ . m : y ; 1 “Oh, darling—" He put his arms le by 400 to be a leap year. , ey MAD ABOUT THAT ‘around her and bent his lips to L ! TONIGHT-- THE ALIDhers. The first kiss was tender, the : gecond ho so tender. : e policeman, approaching along the path, turned quickly hace “That's better” he muttered. - “That’s more like it.” ‘ Ann did not see Paul for a week. 5 - During that week she lived in a WE = i foe daz not looking ahead, nor| Wf Quick Service— | BORROW $75 to $500 end wp te $15 girls ow why little . Reasonable Cost! | $1/000—Reduce Payments—Consolidate Your : girls married their men, she asona o Debts—=Obtein Additionel Cash, | ; * knew that if Paul asked her—-that x - a : was the catch—if Paul asked her— Ne ONTHS TO PAY (To Be Continued) | £ to of Warrie Pai ition on bie 30,