Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1940 — Page 15

~ MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1940 _____ a SERIAL STORY— || GRIN AND BEAR IT 3 pore ~ OUT OUR WAY 2 CEE CC ell” lm 7 1 AN, TH615 ITTLE LEANDER ZL HOW YA LIKE THAT:GRIP, ALIN Pees EZEZ Zt (111 i fi m : | ry 2 AT. ||’) YOUR SECOND COUSIN FROM § CANT TAKE IT, HURT YoU MUST 88 8 oo) our] | I I I DETROIT==HE'LL STAY A FLABBY LIKE UNCLE AMOS«wGUESS ) tml ye HERE WHILE HIS FATHER. J§ TLL CALL HIM UNCLE BUTTER 2 ePeciEs OF] ® MAKES A FLYING TRIP di BARREL { AND THRON OUT: 22 CRICKET. .| To PANAMA! Tope ~X\ THAT LITTLE LEANDER STUFF! By 2/0 | 77 MY GANG CALLS ME Rocky 1°" T™° AND 1 sie Em when THEY V2 1 TS [ CALL ME LEANDER fom = J} WHATCHA GOT TOBAT ? 2x, DONT TELL ME EGGS/ww Ill

CAST OF CHARACTERS ; R BROWN—orphan daughter of & |} * bler. ‘alone in. an unfriendly city. UL HAYDEN—stock room boy with ambition. EVE CLAYBOURNE—wealthy playRA ROOKS—dime store counter

NE TEMPLE—society debutante.

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RDAY: Ann is adopted into the family and - Steve becomes inimportant in her life. But

that Steve really must be- ) 0 Irene. Ann finds her new exence little different from that of’ the g house. The girls are the same eath their veneer. All want mar- § the man she

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A introspective Lt summer. It seemed fo her that 0 ye dost sight of the fact

ppiness was something to be ! hi RS ; Lg 7 ==) 1, to be fought for. The life prs J a : v1 o g a was * as clearly |defined in § ba i 28 V LL, weLL/ WHO 1S 7 ) S SE | set as it had been on Mur- | THIS LITTLE GENTLEMAN ¥ rt sopiimeiiiveline =

Ay St.; You were carefully reared ins b Ee I [00 1 £7 , Gl = and educated, your body was made x ee. U8. Pak Of =A right reser Al Eg : | LI'L ABNER Fong and beautiful i the. hope| «Never mind the waiter—he’s overheard so many of our deals, our ; —— at you might attr etfa fate, You . company made him a vice president!” ELCOME HOME. rried at a| certain age or : r =} G ee WB WHY 3 NZ : rried -about iit. [You estab- HOLD EVERYTHING i, Bv Clyde Lewis C80 ( ARE You : YOKUMS.”- sero | and had chil- ; ! Rg\. KEEFING KER ; 1 {PANS CVA of your own who must be ] Jor | a. : E 5” “NEXT 3 2] [LEE EHUNDSRD ) 4 NO : for marriage. ; [1 0 can} J HAT) MORE i: | | YO GOT SOMETHIN’ UP~ & WHUTE ) NEARTHIS TAR Ann| thought much of Paul Hay- os foie l fil \ Por SAYS” YL FEATHERS// den. She still wore the little silver So | SOON AS R , ~ oe : j O./ € 3 EY HEAVES INTO

tiny padlock. |" ‘Suppose they had risked a life together on ‘his income and hers.

| : Pm” A io J 8 / 3 { { xd * it would it have meant? HE be . / | Yom 4) tl 1 fr !

ould not bring herself to break the| (| & | § 3 1 Hid ~ dF HE RORTEACE SEF INS plein S PRA i HE : \ £3: 2 20, 3 | ; 2 : > ¢

It [they had married, she. and ||} | Ak : ) | \ ; Ce AN Paul, would they have been happy? : v ! Ld Ze Be The [struggle for existence might bh “kd ; fe o : A have changed their love to dis- |||: { i 3 : dew ma A Tm So -| satisfied tolerance. . ann glans i y Wo | : : ; | won eH know. In her heart she believed ||| ¢ Gi | nf : : : . that they might have worked out RE 4 ¢ RED RY DER a life—if Paul had loved her. . ||": : : : : ; ; : : . | | : : THAT FUNNY J >. ! ME FEELLM LIKE =-BUT ME LOOKUM IN It was when she had Spent two} . : ‘i i || ME HEAR PISTOL = : SNITCH THIEF IN BACK ROOM JUST months as a member of the Temple | L F TLE BOOM , BLT House ve ' family that Ann attended a house ; ; i F ry NOBODY HERE # —1 party ' with Steve. On Saturday F » | afternoon they drove to a summer F © FIND “ }2dge in Wisconsin. He was ardent RED > BvDERs and worshipful. P . Te BRA | an episode of drinks and more ] : 1 zee drinks, of foud laughter and shrill 4 LAS voices. Steve was unable to make the homeward drive and Ann took the wheel. He slept noisily and she despised him. She had been | bored sick with the house party. Ll # 2 of | Rea. U.S PAT OFF. | . FLOWERS ARRIVED the follow- me exactly what happened.” ng day, bushels of them. The tele- —p———— i 2 phone rang constantly. Ann ig- ul NANCY erry : or : a} an : B. EY A 3 2. r ; fl ‘ 1: ol Bi | ga i

nored the floral peace offerings anc : | : | | refused to answer the telephone a 1 HOPE HE ISN'T GETTING } | HEY, BOSS-- % ER-~- OH, YES---HERE'S [The shiond day Sieve came Witholt i ONLY MR. JOLLYBEAN SUSPICIOUS !--- I'D 4 | HOW ABOUT 3 YOUR SCHEDULE FOR ealling, | He found Ann in. ihe : 8 BETTER DIG UP SOME- JT | | SOME WOIK 2-+- Pa DAY garden | IS PAYING SLUGGO | | THING’ FOR HIM "I WANNA o Why have you refused to talk |} A SAR To DO! " OIN : to mep” 1B ; ; So a plain .words—I am disgusted LE ri 4 Aes : : LF . e~ammnnne | w you.” : : J ro : x : ; Hee ; f. = : ro | #1 didn’t mean to offend you. Ne SLuceo DOESN'T What did I do, Ann?” ] KNOW THAT | “You got drunk, hideously, rot- |f: | Eh BL i LAY

nly . | : “Bub everybody gets drunk.” : ul yo i THE AUTO | &Idon't.” | : : ACCIDENT !! | “I've been sober as a judge ever since. Talk to ‘me, won't you?” “What about?” | : < aE | ; cE : | “About us.” || | Y 4 i & 17! 223 | oo ahead. I'm listening.” a i i ove you, Ann,” he blurted out. na | : S 1 want you to marry le Llurted oy | 2 1 gen WASHINGTON TUBBS | sonlbanks fd | BE NEVER MIND, PRECIOUS! IM JUST TEACHING THESE ff STEN TREND EEF vou pon’ ERE (/ F THATS: ENT of | Roughly he took the roses from * 3 j i : KIDS NOT 70 CUT IN WHEN YOU'RE DANCING ANGSTER | LIKE IT, THEN STEP out TE 4 7 ’ pL hers uss : ; ] : ; mmm ALLEY WITH ME : 1 HAS, WHY € Me

“her Tossing them to the | ground, he led her to a canopied > | swing. “Did you hear me say that I love you?” he asked impressively. “Yes.” JH re i “Will you marry me?” [1] “No.”

“Why?” ; : | . “Because I don’t want to.” “Is it because I get drunk?” - “That's one of the reasons.” | | ~ He tock her hand, pressing back the fingers one by one, looking at the pink palm. ‘I'm a conceited |}

pig,” he said.| “I didn’t think I'd}! : : { ever beg a gi 1|| “Better turn it on again, Yed—Dad raised Cain last month because

didn’t think I ; * | the light bill was so low.” | = | Se A ' ; J 8 : “Steve, : 1 © 4 ee - % ve; / 2 5% % 0 D B > MW Cs » ? . J ; 2%, a : . - | don't love mi ‘Youve al Svell THIS CURIOUS WORLD. By William Ferguson : ) : : 1} : NN. | A ==By Blosser: g you wanted since the day|[, gt [1 A ; — ; oc you were born. Now, because I put| | SCIENTISTS § | a TIMI) : i You KNOW, I WAS ‘SUSPICIOUS : up a little resistance, you | think | , SAY: a 1 pet LENT SCOUT : : OF | HIM MYSELF WHEN hE Too you've got to have me.” ALTHOUGH ; ; | P 2 : ‘DO : ; MZ Tear FOR $25 HE'D GET He shook | his head gloomily.| fei MATIC AND , : A : : LN ME _ SCREEN. IST-ar. HEN Be wi g apn. I'd do an GEOLOGIC | aN S : il lia fe, ; : JHE HIT ou AND RAN, H g | wor mak | ; Ae | fidilh A | HES Ag 4 : ON. ; 2! JN. | CONVICTED HIMSELF / | ord to make youlleonpiTions | 0/8 | lhe WY | FAKE! : Git YL el wal { “You can’t) make another person |JARE CHANGING en Sm - Jove you. I can’t even make myself,| JON THE EARTH, You either dp or you don’t.” | [|| MAN SHOULD “No, Steve you go your way and | BEE ABLE TO HEL held her hand, B op {Nasr IF : J 4 er hand. Bend o : \ fey 4 3 : CE. | his head, he kissed the palm. rh Om TaeLy : | Le : R ) : B “ p Pi x

Tl be t 1 d I'll n YEARS : [see all 1 : agging glong—and I'll not || 2S. ee EE : : ; : : TS 3 \ LL aa (== boar | be drunk.” | ; : +4 : ) == |: | : 4 = / le i Zloss@| 2 | Er 1 : lo] o 4 — 8 COPR, 1940 § RVICE, IN Lo : i Lad

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He devoted him If to Ann with al & Pt : fo | £0 : persistence and gubtle knowledge of| : : | (Travow Boots p ToS IVE SAE © ons : SOOM : (CoV T VOONOER ConAN technique that finally brought re- ® Lath sanomy | AN CEB : Et aad LQ BN NTN SERN Ow] [We TRE SHOR EODENTIY WeNER eke ope sults, While she did not love him % : GRAND TO LS ? SUEY AS SOO AS WE CAN REPAR| | | CAME ABOARD AFTER OO VIS CA WILL RANE 1) | she enjoyed being with him, | | - (5) ; ol BIRD ie WHAT OMMAGE WAS BEEN DONE | ASHORE “| Yo eax _/ oe ate oon ‘they lay on| . WAS FORMED BY Be : md | Bios iorgit .. 8k : NL e beach | just| below the Temple|. iF NEA Ty MELTING SNOW,’ garden. A tray beside them held Soon WMS G : L- } Sr aaors a ! tall glasses of | iced coffee and a * <r: eS silver tray of sandwiches & : : Jo fos | BARR INEST y iol = . | “| ) AT THE HOME OF | || 8 = =» SdH : A. MRS.ROSE S®RDON, SIPPING THE coffee, Ann said, | < ih || ELOY, ARIZONA. ~ “I thought you were engaged to AY re marry Iréne when I first met her.” “I like g ene,” he said.

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we would have been married: if you hadn't come along. would have made a go of it.’ “You don’t understand a RE : : ] all, do you, Steve?” ; Lik BRAUN Te ico Let 5 A TR | "

“I'm doing my best” 4 rinned at ‘her over his |glass.[[{ | : wtf "a VA RO 2% : , | ; : : en Are you going to | break F133-25 BBN Py Pop. 2 . THE DAUGHTER | RS as Ga A ROT Sonh THAT'S and marry me?” | | RE ~\ } EAR YOUVE RUINED EVERY- ).AND FUTURE SON- | | . GROGEING, CRABTREE CORNY | BREE | 1 WA ~ “I don’t know,” she said, add-|. In war way ARE. O IS AW | | THING FOR SLATS AND | IN-LAW OFA RicH | | To. M2. BATHLESS GR * 77 uSAl I H-HOW MUCH IN / KNOW. 80+ | nea ha n th the —~ bi SLISTERS rerun l 3 FE ven WAN PONT NEED. i» BOAT BILLY, BRACHCOMBER HERE FOR | ~/ CABLED ‘BM--ove Ww e ; ; : Ri ” . : i \COME! 4 A ith he | ANSWER—They are a device of nature to protect the tissues under- || “5771058 OUR 085), JOBS 1 GOT THE | ON YEARS; PASSED ON YESTERDAY 5 A else mattered” ~~. | ‘neath the skin while a new skin is being formed. - Ee 2 pays. Ago” | | oF MSUNDERSTANDING WITH LOCAL. riiv] He put his hand over here. ° lr. — I et ; Pr (" J | WUNTER. HIS 1) VES LTESIONS ARE: ¥ make you love me,” he . | It|his pride would be hurt if she re-|ernoon in late September, Mr. ; Wa J | POSSESSIONS. THESE UCKLES. | SET. | ‘was a typical remark and Ann{fused him. : : Temple @askéd Ann to call on an|| | | HIE 4 = JPA USED Ba RKING CONDITION: saw his change of attitude, his| : 88 Bg 1 x : / 2s 2 || 1oapeD DICE N DORK HAND F.\saner way of living, as it was, a|_ TRYING to decide to. marry old couple who lived on. the West {AL Zi bs) “| PAIR USED SHORTS . “SECOND goo. | A Dhase, an adventurous gesture. He|Steve, Ann's thoughts turned backside. They had known Pete and nl AR 4 d= VELLOW DERBY MAT. | POT 0, CABLE "" had not changed, not really. He|[t0 Paul. Ann knew that she would loved him. “Mr. Temple thought | \»(%§ RCN | He WiLL YOU ACCEPT BE QUEST : y : never again experience the utter they would like to meet Pete's’ | S DATEL. to ND HEYSTER peace and contentment of ' the daughter. : : X BR ls ae Rr ORNEYS IF \ pursuit as he played every, bench in Garfield Park. Ann immediately made up her. / 4 \N/) u Ee TE Pa oF Ne od game, to the last ditch. ©/ | ° .| More than three months had{mind to include a visit to Clara |} 4) AL LX > mene Soul bs a Dip: = He would go back to his cock- [passed since the night of the jewel|in the trip. = : tails and fantastic behavior when |robbery. Ann had not seen Clarg,| (To: Be Continued) the chase was ended. His loyeinor heayd from her, since that] Sho ile men oe not a tragic emotion. night. And then; one Sun ral namer 243 chs

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