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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940 By Williams

PAGE. 0 eee THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES , SERIAL STORY— By Lichty | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople.

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WELL, WE DASSN'T LET GO, 'CAUSE WE'VE LET HIM SLIP FURTHER

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TODAY T PURCHASED A LUSCIOUS THAN SPEND-) BE ON THE 77 CALL TOME ww ; y ( AND I CAN'T /DOWN, AN’ IF WE LET iy STRAWBERRY-CREAM PIE FORA | ING A NIGHT 7 SKIDS wane THE ONLY A 3 REACH HIM | GO WE'LL PINCH : | LATE SNACK, BUT DINNER HAS IN THE 7. MENTIONING | THING HE EVER | / : HIM IN TWO! DULLED MY ZEST FOR (Twa [77° COOLER KA PIE IN FRONT. J) LEFT IN THE 721% i : HAR=-RUMPH/ Fw A NIGHT {7 \ YOURSELF! { OF LEANDER Jf ICEBOX WAS A IN THE ICEBOX, HOWEVER, { 7 77” ISLKE CUFF BUTTON!) ADDS A PLEASANT CHILL. NOMINATING TO THAT TYPE OF PASTRY/

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CAST OF CHARACTERS » VAL DOUGLAS—girl sports writer, shipped on a freighter to find excite- |. ment. EDDIE CAVALIFER—a prize fighter 7 headed for the title, has. a score. to _ settle with Val. CAPT. STEVE, HANSEN—skipper of the Northern Belle. DUFFY KELSO—Cavalier’s manager.

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YESTERDAY: The “Belle” runs into 8 storm. When Val disregards the mate’s order to stay below, Eddie tries to stop her. She slaps him, dashes up on deck. fi

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN FOOT BY FOOT Val moved along the boat deck. A driving rain slanted into her face and almost! |s blinded her. : A | brilliant fork of lightning blazed over the sky and showed her where the companionway| was’ that led to the bridge. 1 | An oath escaped ‘from | Steve Hansen's lips when she closed the door behind her and stood there dripping, panting, but with a smile of conquest lighting her face. “What in jehoshaphat are you doing up here, and how in| the great horn spoon did you ever get here?” Hansen boomed. | “Get a load of that, Charlie,”| Hansen roared to his helmsman. “If she ain’t got guts I don’t know Who has.” : | Val grinned. “Never thought I'd make ii,” she admitted. “We've got i much water on deck as Here

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in the whole ocean.” i She rubbed her hands and peered through the glass. “Thought I'd gpine 7 here where there was something doing. This is the first z time I've ever been in a storm .=-at sea, y'know, Stevie.” “Well, don’t be thinkin’ it’s any lark,” he bristled. “I haven’ seen & wind like this in years.” You -shouldn’t have come up here.” : “It's no place for a gal. More’n - likely you'll have to stay here till . morning. I ain't going to let you make your way back down, there alone.” “Quit fussing, Steve. I can take care of myself. | ~~ Hansen's mouth was a | tight, ‘grim line as he stared ahead into the gray sheet of driving rain. .-' The seas were mountainous. He didn’t’ like the progress they were making at half speed. .. Hansen plugged the speaking tube to the engine room. “Three‘quarter speed ahead,” he called down, There was no~response. The tube was dead. | “Dammit!” - Hansen peered out into the storm again. “Guess I . Spoke too soon, Val. You're go= “ing to have to go below. ~ Tube’s dead. Tell Chambers we want ‘three-quarter speed. And have him get that tube working again in a Jiffy.” |

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back for the bridge. But when.a thought struck her she back and entered the galley. as just finishing: cleaning up. atched her put up a pot of “For Claptain HansenP” he :

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lugging that pot along deck, her break her neck if she T SHOTS, THE : to, he figured. Nevertheless, 4 SWANK POLITIhe followed her. | i U CAL GATHERING Eddie poked his head out into the B BECOMES A t storm and watched Vals progress as BEDLAM OF she slithered along the deck.| The B CONFUSION Northern Belle lurched into a par- $ ticularly deep trough and a | huge :

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every second and there was a, good chance | of. scalding herself if she * had an accident. She had almost reached the companjonway going above | when it happened. No one knew where the other ship came from but suddenly it was there, looming lup in front of them like something that was dropped from the murky |sky itself. “Hard aport!” Steve ansen yelled to the helmsman. “Lively!” he screamed, and then turned to bellow down the tube. ] “Full speed ahead. Give it everything 'you have!” : Hansen yanked the siren cord and let out a long blast of his whistle. .He swung his searchlight full upon the other vessel. He knew the other pilot had seen the Northern Belle but he feared it _was too late. TL “More speed!” he bawled| down the tube, and thanked his stars it no longer was dead. Ho 5 = ”

T The sudden, sharp maneuver had caught Val Douglas by surprise. She had just loosened her grip from the life-line for a second when the ship started to swing about. 5 Val's foot hit a puddle of water just when the vessel lurched un.der the strain of hard aport. She went down, a scream-muffled in her ¢ throat. She slid for 20 feet as the ngse of the Northern Belle dipped deep into the sea. | |She groped blindly for support and then everything went black as her head ¢ slammed against a stanchion. It had happeried so fast Eddie Cavalier found himself almost helpless to move. ‘As it was he had to rg grab for support himself. And then the other ship was hard on them. The Northern Belle’s stern swung wide but not wide enough. There was a dull, glancing shock and then " & the sirens of both ships were séreeching above the thunder and the rain. : Eddie could hear Capt. Hansen’s voice bawling out over the gale and the startled, muffled cries which came from the other ship out there in the murk. : A gigantic wave broke over the > pow and Eddie, horrified, 4s he ' raced forward, saw it crashing down upon the girl. He slipped once, fell to the deck pimself, almost blinded by the tor-

“Aw—this isn’t so romantic. You coulda’ carried me across in your

arms,

THIS CURIOUS WORLD

COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. J. M. REG: U. S. PAT. OFF.

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and carried her toward the other the bow and slithered down on Val. side of the ship. In five steps Eddie was there but The next wave that: broke over the rolling rush of water knocked the rail would sweep her overboard. him flat. When he struggled to his

rent of rain beating into his face.

Even as the engines of the ship went into reverse to bring the yessel

‘The mountain of green-black _ water roared upon Val, lifted her up

to a stop, the next wall of water crashed against her sides, rose over

knees Val was gone. ; (To Be Continued)

(All events, names and characters in’ this : slory are wholly fotitious.)

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