Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1940 — Page 14

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AL sports |writer, 5b : “on a freighter to find |excite2aSRENE,, CATALIEE —s were tuice +'settle with val. | © oo I « ,.CAPT. STEVE HANSEN-+skippe the Northern Nelle. SES yer, of DUFFY KELSO—Cavalier’s manager. . | — YESTERDAY: | Hansen piringes to have taree sailors let themselves be shanghaied, just to give Val a thrill The men are taken after a battle, and _ the Northern Belle sails- on time. An _ hour at sea, Mike Kelly rushes to Handen, tells him there’s been a mistake. stead of ‘the sailors, they’ve shang2 led Eddie Cayalier, his manager and - trainer. ° : |

CHAPTER FOUR APTAIN STEVE HANSEN went di the steps, three at a time, a ~1uftid Scandinavian oath trailing in 3 wake. or | just a brief moment Val felt ‘asl though paralyzed, |Then she : ‘after Hansen, a hundred | | .thoughts racing through. her head.| | > ui OF Sa oe [)

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die Cavalier aboard the “North-| | : AYBE THE PAINTER. ’ r <3 = N . AT 77. 7 D “ern Belle” , . . shanghaied . . .[} = [7g COULD USE A GHELLACKING ao, | CA Ty ] oad “by her |. . And it must have been (az “ MNS ) \ruboocrsotr BORN THIRTY YEARS TOO SOON com momvmsemonne | 4:1) Cavalier who was blackjacket! “wil 7T. oie. 1904s Dnited Festyrg Srafionte Tl ] Li'L ABNER ; | : an : ! She caught up with Hansen just — be ; . i. —By Al Capp .ag he started to go below. “Steve,”| #“..go we quarreled, and I returned all his » FOSDICK FLOPPY) OH, NO. NO! y THIS IS MAH 0) D2, Ir : gasped. “Steve, |before you S gifts—all excep} the ficurice! YO! HINTIN- RONG, | SISTER, BESSIE/-SHE AER THE] A apa EY NAVEL HNOW Yo to them, tell me . |. . you had] HOLD EVERYTHI By Clyde Lewis O* WOULDN'T \ BE OVERJOYVED AIN'T GOT Y | Suck 4 | AM AWIDOW- +) BEYOND THE ACE | J SHICL Yrs MARRY HAPPY thing all framed for my bene- OR RA eR eTe ] i oe Tr IN A PLACE : YONE -TO THAR WAS LIKE THIST) ANE YoRRiety: ) Beat sient on ¢ 1( F250 neae rr CHARMED.” D RE.

fit, didnlt you?” ‘Of | course, Matey, but who'd meee pF ‘ Hi - You , THRIL LIKE ME ? "METS LED

would happen along at just the right “time and righ spot. How was MacGregor | to know in that darkness?” - He groaned. “Those three guys Barney had lined up probly didn't t to sign on anyway, took their -10 bucks each and got themselves oiled.” | : She clutched his arm. “Steve 4, . -whatre you going to do?” ] 144 : “Only one thing we can do, I 557 ia — cso and that’s take ’em back to | PEE oii

- o and try to convince ‘em 3X : { 5 of VY — there’s been a big mistake.” T / ] " n= “That,” she murmured, “will take : 5 ot \ Gk TRY

awful lot of talking. And Steve, X turn back now we won't be able to get out.again until morning LB if then,” she added meaningly. a . ; ini x ; ; | ort authorities might want to| | ) = i YES WHEEZY, YOUR Son : JuATS Rw, AND Eo ™ AY WIFE ax oor GABE?

ow why we turned back. And our | 3 Sil, “ \ ZAD WE COULDNT LE {NOUN 3 : ERD ; - | | svouLo BE MORE LEERY,

_ three friends below might cause us| : AND ” 4 lot of trouble and get us held for Co : : i wy : investigation. We don’t dare take 2 . > ~ . : / , CH S; S : 3 ; po ; \ “a : 4 78 | S ’ ) 5 Lr /

the chance, Steve. That contract means too much. | i | “Besides, Steve,” she said slowly. | : ’ Foe just had a wonderful idea.” i | He snorted. “Another one of your| | | i i £3 ideas, eh. You'll be sinking the ship, 0 JHA 2 ext,” | d to \ : : GovLD | “Steve, I'm going down see J 3 ero you. And Stevie, do you Soi 2 HIDDEN have enough faith and confidence

in me to... to let me handle this| | 41 ituation? I mean it, Steve in all Lo. TOPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE INC.

.seriousness. Take your cues from | : “het 2 ‘What! No outboard motors? And you call this a drug store!” “Qkay, honey. We're in it deep| EF APPER FANNY. By Sylvia | NANCY

oleh. Might as ‘well 2 deeper. . — “Let's drop in on our guests.” | —T : | {WHAT A YEP---I MAILED ME AT LAST I'M < OH-H-= H TB I ! | | I» 4 : ; -H--= HOW AWFUL--I I'VE GOT . a ’ a | ci C.) A You Qui 1 RESIGNATION TO MR. 'RID OF THAT § 1 BX WAS GETTING TO LOVE TO THINK OF: _| HANSEN OPENED the cabin door JOLLYBEAN ---I COULDN'T : LITTLE Hd KN] THAT LAD LIKE MY SOMETHING ¢

th his master key. PELMUE] TAKE $125 A WEEK ---1 CHISELER 1 : OWN SON--- I. CAN'T “Well, if it isn’t our rising young | |= 3 Q 7 Cem RK WASN'T WOITH ] Shas 5 : LOSE HIM. ddleweight. Fancy meeting you | f= (Z = Ni ekc ans ITS ov = BD ere, Mister Cavalier,” Val smiled. || ? [abun nl -| Eddie Cavalier got up from the | bunk. His handsome dark face

clouded with anger. ; | It took him a full moment to recognize her and then he let out 4a howl. “Duffy , . , Duffy look who it is.” \ She motioned him to be silent. j“Perhaps we'd better have some : introductions first. Capt. Hansen, |I'/& : y meet Eddie Cavalier, his manager, || : ? | TON TUBBS II TDuffy Kelso, and the other gentle, ; san 1 believe, would be his trainer, |} A NEVER MD. NAA] #7) (1 BEG YOUR PARDON, MR. LETDRE, 1-0p Grimes, or am I mistaken?” 1 BREN SS- 22 a $id GRY ME a 1S MY WATCH READY? | Hansen nodded to all. in turn. 2 Ta A TAT i or : ® DOLLARS - || Duffy Kelso yanked the cigar from 2 AA BANQU 2 | his teeth so he could have free- £2 . : » dom of action. | . “What’s the meaning of this?” | © : \ ) A | : : iA : ~ _he shrilled. “What goes on? What !|/ « i J J 4, % 1 5 N £7, the hell is this? Who's responsi~- : : ble? Ill have you locked up for |p life, you pirates!” “Take it easy, Duffy.” | Deliber--ately Val seated herself a chair. “In the first place, theres been a sbig mistake made but we'll have { \ to make the most of it.” 4-T ) i iP He *: “Mistake!” the little man howled.| — : ~ yi Ey Toots, that’s the only sensible] “Now, let's understand each other—do I hafta be a fine, brave, big | Rs sthilng you've ever said in your life. girl, or can I yell?” | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

| i¥ou never did like us. You never : : ie . - :did have a good word to say about THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson HELENA MORSE 15 : Im WONDERING IF OUR -. | pilin i column of your’s . oe ; 2 MARRYING == aL : WORRIES ARE REALLY et BUT This WEDDING AND THAT KIND |i He sputtered helplessly and Val \ NE : N Z BRIDESMAID -=- THE W 6" Er Cos ARE oT Cr TOO WH SNE Em % os MMAR : IS 3o, INE PACE AT r mn : GONE ON EACH OTHER ! ! OF YOUNG KIS ! : x ! |

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ismiled benignly. “A question, sd iplease. Just what were you gentle- \ MOR \ IS PARTIALLY WA NE J 4 4 p< = NN | a — 87 «lady, if it'll help clear up this mess, / 5 i | : 5 iwe been out doin’ a little fishin’ on ; : . : AT YY willl (A bi

‘the bay. On our way back from ; ‘Oakland our motor, went dead on NERVE ENTERS

rthe little speedboat we'd ‘rented THE BACK OF | sand ‘we drifted around until dar ; THE EYEBALL. *when someone picked us up an ‘towed us in. And that’s where they| | T.M.REG. U.S. PAT.OFR. : appened to drop us off.” : F ? “I see.” : fo] © Eo - || | Duffy Kelso, regaining his voic a . < 5 m——— ; ~ - i . = S ‘glared at her. “I don't know who' onG SIRI, OMAN THEY J NEAR ITS NEARLY | ARENT BT P06 BAY MR B16 ILL WHERE. ARE ‘boss around her, but youd better| wo” \f YQ wa & E J OARY ALREADY 4 / : |. CAPTAIN FOGO AND We ‘have your admiral friend turn : 4 = ST : : 5 : 4 MEN TZ ‘mud scow around and take us back| | = ¥ MR. BG AN TH in | 2/ & Cad CAPM GET BACK

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stime of night?” i : Duffy Kelso looked as though he : :would explode and it was the train- THE 5 A *er who spoke up quietly. “Well, l Se aes

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LAK :men doing on that dock at that) \NVAZZ - ~~ 2) aun | | |

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| *And what if we re 4nquired sweetly, |

| some SPECIES OR KINGFISHERS NEVER. SEE FISH.” THEY LIVE IN DRY

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0 ‘Where you bound for, a. ~{ “Prince Rupert, British Colum- a yy LS ibia,” she announced quite calmly. = : wi So v “And you won't be back for at least : 1. a fe ; —— A ak LAL 112 days’ I might inform you, also,| | PZ ~ | ABBIE AN' SLATS Shad i io . —By Raeburn Van Buren’ ithat while on board youll have to . | I " 4 ‘earn your-keep, We're shorthanded i : pe ‘and oul have to au in.” : HA ih . y. Kelso's shriek almost split ; the cabin walls. “You crazy dame, ome soo, MAKERS HELPED fou game do that 30 us. ; e’ve gotta | To (MODERN HOUSEWIVES AL RAS fight o weeks. Get us off this L ” > 1b immediately or I’ ANSWER~Improved glass cooking utensils have resulted from the a ediaiey = ll murder 5OU| knowledge gained in the search for better felescope mirrors. : . “Disregard the sensitive -gentle-|| Lie : ; dman on your left, Captain Hansen. “For the first time In your life/you're going to sive me the scoop He becomes violent on the slightest —yes. i ; of the year. You're going to train rovocation. He's really harmless| “As 3 much 8s | I hate to say ft, for hat Jen right on board this ao . 2 you ought to take Massini without Ship going to file my stories * “Quit clowning” Eddie Cavalier|too much trouble,” she said medi- by ship's radio every day.” gaid ominously. “De we go back|tatively. “Yowee! What a setup,” she lor not?” : | “Look, lady . . . what're you|chortled. “The more I think of it

ar Te answer is ‘not.’ About your driving at?” Duffy Kelso grated. |the greater the idea sounds. Whata

fight. If I recall correctly, you and| “Okay, Duffy. Here it is,” she this'll make ; on | LES

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