Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1940 — Page 13

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CAST OF CHARACTERS : 3 RBs : 78 HER BYE AGAIN ! ooh on A | a im a aah at * & am} A es Lerma = {pepnel w EAE, BADER Stock room boy wih NEY 4 Woe ho WEE NINO = LserTY/ / STEVE CLAYBOURNE—Wealthy play- ) | E CLARA BROOKS—Dime store counter

girl. - IRENE TEMPLE—Society debutante.

Paul

hope of that they on Ba : Be Ne her an as er to ma , - swer must be yes, but will he ask her?

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ih 5 IT WAS DURING that rosy week SUPE Sl a TTR that Ciara confided her wedding - a 4 Er FN plans. She and Roy Swenson were 5 to be married on Saturday of the following week. Ann made a dress for her, and 8 cunning little hat. Knowing that she must find another room, she let ; i 4 her plans Jide, waiting until she 5 haf ; “f ITZ GAID ) should see Paul again. 3 nd ¥ i . : She saw him on Thursday night 2 sm 9 Fe ; IN SOMETIME wav aa ori ha Rel v "and the rosy daze was no more. Si a \ SN 2 AND HE DID! Ln nena] es He seemed almost to dislike her 1 9 a = TrRwWiiams | 3°l6). He informed her, quite coldly, that ST : pore, 154 . OFF. = lly A LE ; La he had been brenglerved Jo Monae, “RW ? : ; SC J : N LX : : —By iCa that he was leaving in a few : . : 3 : : —— : , Gare. : “1 R—— 7% 75 1 | YO POLECAT” on couldn't know of his sleep- “We can’t afford dog food—Bowser can eat what we eat!” DONT LOOK / AL ME RIE 7 7 7. __ u AKIN TOVE "T DAISY ights, that, in desperation, he : - , BAS! J ; “Ww - I He to the Se BUA asked | HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis / SIE'S to be transferred. The kiss in the :

park had done it. : , : nL / a A ; ; : 2 Ann felt that a door, through 2 i 2 | A which Sn pli Wein BASSOON ¢ | 2 A NO) KW 4 r TX & A : g a o

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had been rudely slammed in her : ' Ce BR xy. / 5 face. Even then she felt no resent- il : y 4 NN A 2, m7 ment toward Paul. She managed to oS: 3 NT put up a brave front. ‘Does it mean a promotion for -. you, Paul?” she asked, ignoring the real issue, the personal issue. Maybe a little—I'm not sure.” “I hope so.” . Yes, so do 1.” : They were standing on the steps of the rooming house. About to start for a walk, Ann had stopped short at his announcement. in “Could we go to a movie?” she ¥ ; 4 . - , E H £3 asked. .In a movie she needn't talk. , : RED RYDER , : : : Ba —By Fred Harman-: Sure he said. I : g : we . i a woh, ak Ta : either Ann nor Paul could have : ) oe, = Ss 2 ORE ONLY CAUSE PA AND SOME RED told a single detail of the picture. AE AND TE Bo CATE pete] | MARIS IT WORSE | Foi eRe TRIED TO ARREST-ME WHE For three hours they sat side by : ) BD RAL HIM BEFORE / ; FOR. YOUR SON, TH’ MONEY / WENT 10 GET 1T/ ~y side, eyes on the silver screen, not ta THIRTY MINOTES =-- AE : RE MAAM ! HE MUST LITLE | ——— : ] speaking. Then they were again : Nu PLL PULL THIS TRIGGER / 2 A BE ARRESTED! AVE IF YOURE TELLIN TH TRUTH, THEYLL) back on the rooming house steps. : Ve ] ) MN" RETLY x "BE OUT LOY NO RODRS J They stood silently until the two : : : \ y ’ i = furtive-eyed young men who lived ’ d : X - 3 > / Fi THE" \ 3 3 y on the second floor passed inside. i ” 4 , : ; “I don't like the looks of those birds,” Paul remarked. > “I have the feeling they're up to good,” Ann agreed absently. It was hard going. After a mo- . ment, Ann said, “Will I see you again?” ~ “I'll try to make it. Peetsy busy A =getting packed and every g.” E: ; ; : “I suppose you are.” 8 o's so ado “Well—” He took a step away from her. : : . ; Ann bit her lip, hard. “Best of ns aD - . ro , Si ET ANAGER --- luck, Paul.” : KY Gs ry (promes HOW DO, YOUNG MAN <== ---AND I WANT TO AW---DAT'S = : I'M HIS M - “Thank you. And you, too.” WN 0 . I'M THE OWNER OF ._. DO SOMETHING FOR Bs O.K., MISTER-- A : "NOW WHAT WERE. He held out his hand. “Goodbye, Sm RX THE CAR THAT JX YOU TO REPAY You poe JUST — 2 gs ann” \ 7h AA : ” STRUCK YOU -- FOR--- FORGET She put hers in it and quickly : ies Re F118 : ; A drew it away. “Goodby, Paul.” J Wearily she climbed the stairs. Paul had gene. He had not asked her to write, he hadn’t said she would hear from him. » » s FRIDAY AND Saturday were unendurable days. Clara announced Paul's departure from the store. It was all over.

On Sunday Ann's troubles were g ) ; : : RI N pushed aside by the newspaper . A - : 4 : x } NLT AN headlines. Florabelle’s friend, i 7 ‘ | / v Some. 1048 by United Feats Syndicate Inc, , i 5 : ats BUIIACRL EN - Clancy, had been murdered in an 2 a | - : : i Yr apartment hotel. Florabelle had ; been arrested for the crime. Clancy's ; WASHINGTON TUBBS II lr Hemel : REE : ; “ =) widow was flying from Omaha. 1 = ) N\orNINGS BUSTED MY 1S THERE SOMETHING WHY, YOU'RE THE GIRL T... I DONT © [+ REALLY; 1..,T DON'T.

The guls gathereq m-the hall WATCH DURING THAT 1...G000 HEAVENS!| | WHO WAS KIDNAPED FROM [ KNOW WHAT [EE 1 pk 4

looking with fearful eyes at the ; ] - AN THE FIGHT LAST : - | THE TRAIN LAST NIGHT! 4 YOU'RE JALKING i I... THAT eee = closed door of Florabelle’s apart- 4 ; J 3 | - N\GHT, BETTER rr | ABOUT He ’ fib a Le

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They stood back, awed, as two : GET IT FIXED 48 on 7%) y/ 2k 3 QC METRE oye policemen unlocked Florabelle’s | ; 3 bei 2 3 D : : door and went inside. i . “They're searching for evidence,” | Neddy whispered and Teddy gulped, “Evidence—" It was a strange day in the rooming house. Florabelle sent for | clothes and Ann packed a bag. She would never forget that few minutes with Florabelle in the city jail. Locked doors, barred windows,' guards—horrible. * 5

“I didn’t do it, Ann,” the girl said.| : Ea She was no longer a girl. Her face| But What can he find to write you about, every single day Ooh

” was ravaged and old. “But that's things he forgot to write me the day before.

what I get for playing with fire.|” THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson Keep away from men, kid—men like NOW YOU KEEP

Clancy.” , INC. T. M. REG. U. S: PAT, OFF, WAY FROM THIS, You Ann tried to encourage her. a \ EI BETTER TALK TO A DOPE! se “Theyll find_the (Tight one. soon, lj / Zz THE AUDIENCE some BB orabelle. eep hoping.” : LO ORE , FRECK y UNTIL a A? LARGEST NUMBER TL GET THE FUSE

5 aT font know Who dia it,” Flora- NN IF elle sa ough tight lips. “I ; ? : was tight—we were all tight—some- ke N72 THAT CAN BE k / yf ie ) HTH body put the gun in my hand—" ~ A \ WRITTEN WITH . j e A 4 ; : yo hi Ann went away, so depressed that 0 8 TAREE : 2 / : hi I she would scarcely drag herself up C / / rol 7S Hid I : Hi 2 is i I ni iii

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1 the load was lifted. Ann's prophesy ’ ; ; : iy 7 ’ . IR : had been well founded. Clancy’s : : \ “/g : 2°; | murderer was apprehended and J / ; h q ny © : :

Florabelle came home. She was a : chastened woman. When Mrs. «es NINE TIMES ITSELF nr: NNE TES Sh , e hadn't a word to say. Three days 1, 4P Farad SD AND iD cin later the girls heard that she had 3 . : . oF married the postman. Ann never BY ITSELF THAT NUMBER YZ : : ") A 5 a a S ri Sw saw her again. . OF Tl uh I AM PUG! NOT ; NOY 2s AS Goo be ANY. 1 s - \S NOUR SHRP. WHILE ALL this was going on OAMAGED Ann had been thinking. Nothing : . was going to come of her way unless she forced it: to do so. Her mind darted up and down blind alleys. At last she came to a conclusion and talked the matter over with Clara. “I can’t go on like this forever,” she said. rose Clara objected, Youve got a swell job. at if you had to . stand on your feet all day?” : AVERAGE : rs - a “I'm going to try something else.’ PERSON Sk 2 : Sx v QUE A. Clara was alarmed. “You'd bet- SNALLOWES ; / : na ORR. 4 US i \ ; OT BILE HER » ter hang on to what you've got.” INVOLUNTARILY % : | fe X era fe : [1 , REQ. U. 8. PAT. i " £ “I will—until I get what I want. = * o Clara, I've put in my name at the ABOUT S75 ABBIE AN' SLATS ; agencies—" 60 T™© Wha 2 7 1 [aL 1 can sy is= “A lot of good that'll do you.” 5 HAT AND WHERE MM BFF DE VILLE # I'M PLEASE -~ =~ | YM REALLY--TERRIBLY SERIOUS. IT'S ~~ DES—“for a place as parlor maid| SECONDS. ARE THE GREATER FREE, WHITE, 29. | EAN ) DONT MAKE FUN | | EASY FOR ME TO DIRECT LOVE SCENES he a fas or companion or something like AND LESSER. $100,000. A YEAR. 'M SN. OF ME-- N PUTTRES. ll AT SPEAKING FIRST MOMENT | SAW that.” : ; X LIGHTLY | : E ; ~ im i : ; Clara was horrified. “You mean : y E You. LIFE MYSELF = prone : % oy ou. You J Jou = to be somebody's serv ANSWER--Two groups of islands in the West Indies . . . between XN RY ME“Call it that if you want to, | Florida and South America. % z don’t mean general housework. I want to gh a beautiful home get a job without ‘references—just | openly disapproved of her next and handle nice things even if the same I'm going to try. I have step which had been duly- reported they don’t belong to me. I want to leave here—" to them by Clara. Myrtle cried. to live like decent people.” This brought Clara around to|Clara was so taken up with her “But you'd be a servant.” Clara her own enthralling affairs and| approaching marriage that she was scandalized. ; | Ann's decision Was forgotten. Ann|scarcely noticed Ann's going. “What of it? I don't intend to left the rooming house on Friday.| Carrying her suitease and heavy stay as a maid. I'm going to work|She went to the Center. The rooms paper bag, Ann walked down Mrs. up to the position of house man-|were a trifle more expensive, but|Follet’s stairs and straight into ager.” . she was reluctant to settle again adventure, dangerous adventure. Clara sald, “I think you're until she heard from the agencies: (To Be Continued) 2 : The girls bade her farewell in y — i “Maybe 1 am—maybe I can't the upper hall. Neddy and Teddyl ‘AV events. afimes and charactors In this

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