Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1940 — Page 19

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1940 _ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 19. SERIAL STORY— | GRIN AND BEAR I By Lichty | OUR BOARDING HOUSE ith Maj By Williams

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YESTERDAY: Eddie goes inte his | fight with Corky Briggs knowing he is | in Jove with Val, fearing she will marry Rodney. Corky's extra weight begins to tell on Eddie. Then Briggs opens wp the wound made by the blackjack the night Eddie was shanghaied. Val knows N : : al she is responsible. | i & y 7 Z Zi

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The crowd was roaring. It had wf think I'll quit now—if I don’t make the 6:15 train, I'll miss the DIG ME OUT IN TIME- YO’ s seen blood and wanted more. Duffy station bus and have to walk home!” -— HAN'S IS BLEEDIN’ - ENTRANCE IS vas on his feet, screaming: diss et met stm \ AWREADY = = = A-CAVIN IN/”-YO'LL BE “Keep away! Keep away! Make! HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis | y 5 TRAPPED IN HYARY” him come to you!” ye 6 = ’ Eddie heard and tried to follow instructions, but Briggs maneuvered him into a neutral corner ana raked the cut eye with another right. Eddie wiped the blood away with his glove and pawesd out at the blurred vision before him. And then the bell, ending the fifth round. | Again Duffy and Pop worked ove: him frantically, trying to do an| hour's work in 50 seconds. Val bit her lip until she tasted blood her-| self. Keep your face covered. . ., Keep covered. , . . Keep away from him, Stick your ‘eft in his face. The

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> went up high on the balls of feel, loose, stabbing with his Stabbing, stabbing, jabbing away at Briggs’ face to keep him from getting set 5 » » BRIGGS WADED in. His left thudded against Eddies middle. He stepped in smartly and hooked a right to the head. Eddie staggered He was “bleeding again. Briges caught up with him and pounded “But you said, “Hold the mashed potatoes’!

him twice more in the face, : st FANNY . 1 ee TRON Tp And then FLAPPER OH. SLUGGO -+ CAN I USE NO! -- NOBODY O.K.--KEEP YOUR OLD FH | HM =-- MAYBE SHE He shook his head slowly. Some- YOUR DARK ROOM TO CAN COME INTO DARK ROOM -- I'VE HAS GOT A MUCH one was counting : DEVELOP MY poms. MY PRIVATE GOT A MUC - /| | BETTER ONE --- . Four . . . five , . . Six" He " | | [DARK ROOM! BETTER ONE 72 1 | OUGHTA PLAY tock a nine-count and staggered to | A yo — AT HOME! ZA UP TO HER A his feet just as the bell rang | § | 2 Duffy was drumming instructions in his ear again, but to hell with instructions, Eddie thought. He walked out to start the seventh round and smashed Corky Briggs full in the mouth. He saw the blood spurt They stood there in the center of the ring. toe to toe, punching away like maniacs. Eddie didn't feel a thing. Was that the bell? No, it | couldn't be, Briggs was still swing- ‘ 3 f Ll 7 . Yor hodhivy TE Gare 1900 VANE Dnata Syndicate, ut

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Ing. . J Again that bell-like clang. And wn \ SHH! ON, EASY! I'VE BREEN \ } HE PUSHED MY CAR |) DONT EVEN WHISPER. the crazy roaring waves of sound. ; | I CAME \ SCARED TO DEATH. i A IN THE RIVER — WE MUST GET OUT OF Maybe it was the bell. The referee TO GET | DUKE WOULDN'T LET Ck RPT a HERE WITHOUT WAKING MARGOT was trying to tear them apart. YOU AWAY | ME RETURN TO TOWN oe 75 2 ANYONE d Kicks A He felt water being splashed on FROM /FOR FEAR ID TELL } SHOE him. He couldn't be out in the Pa- HERE THE POLICE WHERE eT cific again, could he? Then it came back to him. It was Pop working on him in his corner. There was Duffy, spattered with red stuff. Mercurochrome? No, it must be blood. His blood. Some of Briggs’ too, though. There was someone else tugging at him now. He looked down owlishly, It was a dame. A beautiful dame. It was Val Douglas. Eddie.” she sobbed close to his 2 9 ear, "Eddie . . . you've got to take ‘ \ . a2¢) 0 AT oN w a : y y. ¥ | him in this round . . . you've got to 4-29 |! ’ : a —— GE d ; Sa ’ AS N VM REG, U. 8, PAT. OFF) . . . for me, Eddie. Don't you see? J, 7 5 7k Don't you see what I mean, Eddie?| "'... then A borrows $25 more.’ Honest, that guy's been just one 8 ’ { sMALL rock ! WHAT IE IT SIT DOWN, 7% I KNOW -=-YOURE ‘Oh, Eddie, were in the same jump ahead of the sheriff ever since 1 was fir in the second grade.” 8 DONT BE Y Hap HIT US? Im SYLVIA / Z Al TRYING TT FOOL

league after all, you and me. I don't —— — RY BARN A Wik SCARED / Zz NOT GOING TO STAY THERE'S NO 0 7 ME ! WE'RE GOING “J THIS et “el By William Ferguson Wi NN 7A. HERE ANOTHER. ¥ PLACE ELSE TO BE KILLED AND

love Rodney Blair . . , couldn't : I told him so today.” - MINUTE / A TO GO/ 4 gt Ph KNOW IT / It seeped through then and he Je GREATEST grinned through a cracked lip as COLLISION the bell rang. BETWEEN THE EARTH HE SHOVED DUFFY aside and | == I went out to finish Corky Briggs. | w— > ¢ AC METEORITE The smile was still on his face as! 7 7 i “IN IN MCDERN TIMES he swung a right to Corky's head # ) NS \ OCCURRED IN He moved in and pumped a left y SIBERIA, IN 129208 to the stomach. Another right. / «ee AND WASN'T Another. Briggs snarled and worked { HEADL 'NED IN in close. Eddie Shanmued him NEWSPAPERS against the ropes with a autifu UNTIL ALMOST a y A d uppercut. Briggs lashed out . . . caught him above the eye again. 2O VEARS [AS now GeamEMANy of | [ re SOON AS CAPTAN F066 [MY FEET MAY WELL BE MADE OF CLAY, + . . The blood spurted once more LATER . NOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. OF | | RETURNS «- y I BUT TM STILL MASTER HERE AND GOWX «1 6OTTA 00 again the thunder of a crowd ME LI WOLLONT MARRY ses er NOLL DO AS | SAX LXOOR STUP\O ee SOMETHING , AN' 00 « » - 2g2IN U NOU \§& © BAD TO SPEND > ~ CAPTAIN WiLL NEVER RETORN «LL VT QO! i Trg ; OW REG. U. § PAT. OFF, THE RESR OF MY LIFE OR | SX WELLL WF HOU MOS SEE YO TWAT § pre " ;

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Eddie stepped in and pistoned : po T.M. REG. U. S. PAT, OFF, Rs TEE RARLE BE RE TRAT MY PRETTY Ee Briggs’ face with three straight : : RR rn rt MARE Too, , lefts. Briggs staggered against the ER 10 | L SE . ropes, Eddie followed him, pumped 8 : ’ a left to the heart. Briggs sagged and Eldie caught him full on the 23 jaw with a crushing right. Corky po) fell as though shot. Eddie Cavalier, leaning over euTT ERELES against the ropes in a neutral corner, was so tired he didn’t even PR Bs A hear the referee count Briggs out. FRAMEWORK. et Val Douglas. her eyes brimming, DOOUIRL E& TIIRES | & | -. held his hands in hers while the THE INNER TUBE > SE Noir rs : doctor patched up Eddie's cut. 1S FILLED WITH AKL, : : TG Li : fig 4 There was a furious pounding on THE OUTER TUBE \ i ; : the door. but Pop made no move WITH BLO00. | Lay PP THE TRAL NEARS ITS END--THE DEFENSE STILL--1 DID LEARN IN LAW SCHOOL DEMAND DE iA iD to open it. {i . VO . THAT KGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO THE EXTREME RIPON N TEARIN. “In a few minutes you can Tet ) : =] KNOW (CHOKE!) THAT EXCWYSE 80 1--- GUESS TWAT ALL | CAN THERE 1S LITTLE LEFT TO SAY THE ONLY PENALTY Ww to Duffy Sues G-GUIT Tv 46 SIN-B-BUT SAY IN CONCLUSION, GENTLEMEN, 15% EYEWITNESS BRANDED HER AS GUILTY! | | ngMAND=- AN’ LISTEN of SOME Kelso. “But I'll still have a scoop Q OF COURSE SHE WAS | em / | WISHT M MAW | HAD. N il SHE ADMITTED HER GUILT/ EVEN HER SENSE / |! on ‘em. | “\ / OF OUR LAWS-~ MADE ME TAKE E/ OWN ATTORNEY WAS FORCED TO ADMIT Bridie 100keq 3 Her guestioning- : SS E : Fa Ne RE THRSIRRY SHE WAS, TO USE HS OWN WORDS, iy, “About what?» RR 3 = fo RD GUILTY AS BIN “About the gal who shanghaied / ; CONFECTION, 3 x the next middleweight champion SAA RS HAA ALLA »

. . . and then married him.” “Come here, Duffy,” she called. GET ITS NAME Re

“Duffy, do you think we can make a go of it?” she asked. « Duffy put his arm around her. “Just one big, crazy family,” he

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