Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1940 — Page 25

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SHEP GRANT — Young gentleman rider.

w WILLIE BOND—Sherry's uncle, a turf adviser.” YESTERDAY: Wharton wins the horse, ! but Uncle Willie shows his claim and that of the other trainer were made in Violation of Jockey Club rules. The horse is returned to Sherry. Later, Paul exPlains he was trying to save Pepper Boy for Sherry, begs her to marry him now. She starts to answer.

CHAPTER SEVEN

EAGERLY, PAUL WHARTON Waited for Sherry to continue. “Yes, Sherry, go on.” { But Sherry's sentence was never finished. At that moment a tall, thin chap, with a great mop of| blond hair, stepped into the box. |

“Sherry Bond!”

“Shep Grant! What are you do-| [85% Su C8 IN 1 Re RRR : — # S —-" 2 i ~ Ing here?” She jerked her hand| pat 3 NN RR 0 S33353 NT 5 e # ? Ani free, grasped Grant's outstretched | 33 Nr aR d/ & 3 = . ca y GLADSTONE BIDS JRWILIANME, hand. Wharton looked up, making | [§ 3 8 i = | § “A of aa So» HIM BON VOYAGE: = J \ THE PACKING CASE : little effort to conceal his resent- s p 3 ae a ” —————

ment. “My friend, Paul Wharton,| [$C 0R \ SRG A | hE “Tv FIRED AT SenersE” ll | KNOW YOU'RE A W-WE WERE. T VOICE FIT. DY THAT VOICE ON THE Shep. This is Shep Grant. Sit Rg : SRR SR SC ol Ts I Sr BAO ot: AUR SOOKED, AT EACH OTHER'S ET S50 | 15 $8 is - SADC \POLILD BREAK down, Shep.” AN” WHERE TH ECHOES LINMGERED- J] TREACHERQUS, LITTLE |) THROATS —AND - INE THE ERY MEART IN Wharton nodded. “I've met, “I forgot to ask—should I put on the cream and then relax, or relax - 2M 3 RAT AND.) You Nou EN rene A T N AMERIC A 77 THOSE Rl ih. \vetve woe rare 0 ph hu wn, Stow TN THAR 7 HEAR > FA7E | ARE AND YET-(5087) ) TO —SING -- [| ROPE LEFT -u-ulisT A < PEOSLET | MARS THE WHOLE Grell colt you've got, "91 "HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis | 2 TEARS a 3 HLLOOK AT US NOW?” A LITLE NATION CRY.” Bee say, Sherry, about the | ) SAP v wad THD Assur. ZZ hy hp Ey erby—" : CV rey CAME wl Roi, UW THES Adon : iP \ .Y 3 || — “Paul was just speaking of it” CRow / o- CRIP RD — Tae 4 ~— 5% 7 3 64 1 she said tonelessly. X | A) / “rH a 2 “Yeah? About Pepper Boy? Say A A A —heard there were a couple of Ny’ \ claims—did you lose him?” “She shook her head. “Paul says he was ready to save him.” “It me get this straight.” the rider looked from Wharton to Sherry. “He was going to let you

buy him back, at the claiming 3 . y a y \ \ price?” Y Yo : x ¥ NS

Sherry looked at Wharton. “That } 4 ~ : \ 5.2 was it, wasn't it?” Sia “Yeos> 3 THE HORSES --- 18 LRN IRE FE HO CA ? The blond chap whistled—softly. » ( K : THEYVE RON AWAY! , | : 3b OHIRSSE TRIES . ori " > ’ ou 3 Sa IN’ \ y 1a} Al A JX | Eerie WR © shes DRS \'s 1 ery red, She lo MAN 1 LURED 3 2 I MUST HELP HER ! at the second man. “Shep Grant, HERE AND N Si what's up?” DRUGGED, “Not a thing,” he said with an exaggerated drawl, “not a little thing. But you ought to bone up on claiming rules, before you fall for bedtime tales.” ® » = \

WHARTON WAS ON his feet. He said in low tones: “You might explain that—and vou might explain where vou come in on this.” come in right here, fellow,” 3 to his feet, faced

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your a whiz at business: racing's something else again.” Sherry's voice rose insistently, COPR. 1040 BY NEA SERVICE INC. YM. REG U.S. PAT. OFF. “Please explain, Shep.” "Nothing to explain,” he turned| “Beat it! It's Dr. Smaltz coming around again to show off his work.”

YEP, NANCY--- IT'S Z WELL --- “1 || DON'T BE ALARMED! ) SO! ee ’ wr ALL BEEN A JOKE-- | P ERE o 7, I|(1 SEE IT +44 ||I POSED FOR AR oNLY Shes N NANCY oon OAT NEW GOIL OF 74 7 HAVE AN TV THAT MODEL ! a ZN ODUM ? | 1 CAN “ he turned MINE IS JUST A | | 7 ADMIRER! )4/ VV MY, EN: EXPLAIN * o her, “But you should know that!|~ eh STORE -e l V4 ’ no horse claimed can start in the| FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia MEET ME AN’ ¢ name of its former owner till 30 ' ’ days have passed—and 14 days from T'LL SHOW YA! entfucky Derby is run. arton was going to —with Pepper Boy rs. Later, the colt in yours again.” vy Know racing,” Wharcrackled, “but you've got learn about human nature. ors are going te be in the carried by Red Soldier, the / y 7 . XG ; \ = NUN 7 iE It of real Derby caliber on - / - 3 -— : : -{{& kK-—as you'll see when the a

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spreadeagle the field. I ‘don't need 8 : YOU'RE BACK: WERE TERRIBLY / \. "ic > HOME FROM THE OFFICE, | WiTH A BUNDLE OF AT THE TIME, IM AFRAID WE / DEAR! \ IMPULSWE HE erry’s colt—and if I did, I haven't WORRIED ABOUT : VERY EXCITED. A LITTLE 1 AUNDRY, AND WE / OR THE | [DION'T NOTICE WHAT THE MAN 15, MRS. GREY. that Tow.” He tirhes Lisl WASH y LATER AA MAN CAME TO | HAVEN'T SEEN | LAUNDRY! | LOOKED LIKE, OR ANYTHING / WOPE | MAYBE HE gp Mig over : / SEE WA... HE SAID WE || " {4 ~~ NOTHING | SUDDENLY : WAS FrOM THE (WASH SINCE!! 0 ” HAS HAP- | DECIDED TO LAUNDRY 2 N77 PENED TO / TOGO ON A / WASH VACATION

ler, then spoke over it to the leman rider, “Good day, Grant.” = = 5 GRANT STOOD THERE for Af moment, reddened from top of soft | collar to edge of his fair hair, then| quietly turned and left the box. | cr Paul Wharton's shoul- | der, watched him move off in the| aisle crowds. “Paul.” she asked, “is it ftrue— what Shep said? That I couldn't buy the colt back in less than 30 gays?” You could buy him back the next

intite—hit a 011) woe i i ‘ ® : = Liat hist ER : : HE rR Te BIE 10 Sulan's Yeieh i ig : > TAKE JUNE, FOR, AND WHEN YOU MALE A a ee i : YOU TOMORROW NO You wWoN'T,. Y' KNOW, POP... INSTANCE ! SHE'S A SWELL | | NEED HER, YOU CAN WE'RE HOME NOW, T see iced out toward ! fill YX SLEEP IN THAT 1 LEARNED ALOT || DANCE PARTNER , BUT SHE Y| DEPEND ON HER AND [il SON --- YOU CAN TAKE the track, where a field was parad- SS UP THERE ON THAT ISN'T JUST GLITTER---- SHE DOESNT FOLD IN Il OFF Your. LONG ing to the post. “Paul, then the Mi Ne dc THN I, an ROAD . SHE'S REAL. . SHE'S GOT THE MIODLE / fil WHITE BEARD ! colt ‘couldn't—" hf fi il m Te ISN'T JUST PIONEER BLOOD IN | He broke in, sensing her question, IES | HUCKLEBERR IES HER. OR SOMETHING / / “The colt would have run in vour| “There. Now you look as if some woman beside your mother cared CR AND CREAM / ¢ Nn He spoke the words for you. -

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Suppose you drop my hand—and| £ HY 3 HOLD ON, MEN | TM GING ORDERS WERE | NR 7. i [ § | et me out of here!” He released ’ ¥ R POT _OOWR NOUR ARMS . REMEMBER |, : wo ; his rib. stepped back. She was| £ hy e Vl NOW FACING BR WERE OUTRUMBERED ABOUT TFTY TO Sap i {| GOoM , 1 SURE i oe Him With ‘her ‘eves. Dont a / w EL NOW JUST RELAX «AND WALT : Ny : | NOPE NO ONE | : searing him With her eyes, 2 Dll EXTINCTION, pis ; R | Fi| YEARS ‘EM ; 1 TALNG you ever speak to me again as long | GER py : IS ALMOST MN : ” A | Pa | WORKIN' DOWN fi i Hl MACRINE

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eves as she hurried through the crowd to ‘the big man standing at the rail. “In the paddock, they say Red Soldier's a standout—yet he’s not even favorite—maybe young Whar-

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ton’s putting over a good thing . wish I knew.” “He told me just a minute ago,” Sherry said before she thought, “that Red Soldier would spread-

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= BORN IN THE , 3 x \ DON 8 “BECKY-- A FEW MINUTES LATER--- BECKY NO ONE BUT US KNOWS Pt ne] ETT | | Pa DONT SAY uA DO YOU THINK Y | THAT COUSIN ABBIE AND NIKKI NIKKI fer, In he Ri green and. cher Ay | ss NL NOW, Oy CAN THERES ANY HAVE DISAPPEARED TOO. AND NOBODY ier, in the liEnt green and Chef 2s tone As | | : 7/|l HEAR, BECKY--80--60 \ CONNECTION | | 15 GONNA KNOW UNTIL | SOLVE THAT ry red blocks of the Wharton 5 Ns NS { a AE % 0) BE Ca Stable, was cutting up at the post OSE BOR y ne Eh a — the starter was placing him out-| THE PALL. . ’ s= hy a " ard on A SERRA 3 | j : hy a 3 Se AN AND MISS ABRBIE“They're off!” the crowd yelled] yy A SEAMI-DORMANT AS hoe ; : TRE as the field sprang forward on the CONDITION \ | backstretch. Sherty saw the green THROUGHOUT THE and red shoot to the front—the WINTER. . jockey was cutting across to the rail—he had stolen the start—he was three lengths ahead! Sherry saw the colt 'way out in front, running into the far turn, open daylight between him and the fleld. Willie Bord as phoming + ANSWER —Victor Emmanuel IFI, who became King ‘th 1900. fn her ear: “If that boy will just

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long-—he’s via TY lengths ahead ing in her ear: “Now's the time to ‘mighty strides spurted a length - and he's sti <v. They're whip-|Mmake his run—come on, you rascal! ‘ahead —swept under the wire—win- | and running OT benin d him.” Come on-—don't 1& us down—turn ner, going away.

fi y 1 o » | ¥ ping, in the ‘ ras a blur him loose—let him run, you feol! | My word! What a colt!” Willie | MMEL CONFEC t 3 By fires Seine into] The jockey on Red Soldier, as Bond exclaimed in awe. “The mo HA TIONER \ ¢ 0, OEE J) if he heard, lifted his reins, flung never touched him ‘with a whip, A rt of green and e , the Jiretdn, Bn SBC OL En A ian Danita lier. hoya, With of 410 MAIN STREET ealtuvres tt | Because they want their

cherrys in yellow and black leap his mount; Pressing hand gf Bs Hog us going up i board | 5 - on, —'‘He ualled the track record!” | rein k of horses be-|the cold’s neck—urging eq BEEFOM ih bipe Now two horées were Sght-|hurdred feet from the wire the Toontinue | GROVE 1 customers to have only the best . t short stretch,[cha 2 ape (OI g : ‘ : tng LU i Rene Shersys Wem fust, They the bay hy au . - w—