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SHEP GRANT—Young gentleman rider. wah BOND—Sherry’s uncle, a turf

YESTERDAY —Flush with victory, Paul taunts Sherry, challenges her to enter the Derby. Bills begin to flood in on Sherry, but she is determined to get her horse to Louisville, Arriving howe, the finds a stranger parked in front of her apartment It is her cousin, Theodosia Duncan Bond of Wyoming.

CHAPTER NINE

FIVE SECONDS after meeting | Theodosia Duncan Bond, Sherry | snapped out of the shock of! receiving another relative unan- | nounced. "My dear! You are Uncle HorAce's daughter!” | “No—stepdaughter. He married] my mother—when 1 was a baby. ! Adopted me. Theyre both dead |

Soe, Really, I'm no kin, Sheri-| | ES ER . : ar { AN oF ARR SE : i HW ; = an.” a \ ar ai As ~ i \\ : " / (Cam “Call me Sherry—I'll call you ) fos 1 RN _ : Raney =} SA \ ps? VERY MYSTERIOS! J a atta

Ted,” Sherry spoke warmly and im- Fs RTT pulsively. She took the girl's arm, {LT I'L ABNER By Al C oe : 34 : -—DYy a ¥

led her to the doorway. Theodosia | | Se: - Duncan Bond was saying: "*Copr. 1900 by - “I was going to France—my Held Aver TAD SONGS TS You Re PERFECT A ANY RADIS SHES RF oO " YE Sor. AND YOU CAN BET | WONT] Rs a EO AEA hv Ths, URES SNCS TS il oY | TE SBT Lah SEN | ork on my doctorate—bu e war : 2 Y y - S HE NY Si i. stopped that. I had applied for my| TOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis Aman? Fr HAF TA KNOW SHE'S ON DCAST © KOO” | USE CRoonme wie TT] _— NES ¥ IT OUT -BUT NS rm—— S MY BABY EARS —

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leave of absence, so here I am—in the East for a year—but really, not being kin to you——" ‘The girl stopped at the doorway with genuine reluctance, “I musin’t intrude on you-—-mustn’'t take up your time.” “Bosh! You come right in!” Yes, Ted would have tea. DurIng the second cup she said: “I'm ROINg to get a little place. I brought all my furnishings, enough to eamp out in New York, you know, I've heard so much about those ducky! Greenwich Village apartments.” “They were ducky years ago— merely high-priced now. Look here,” Sherry was thinking fast, “tell you what I'll do. How would vou like to have this apartment fur-| nished, at what it costs me? Plenty | of room for your stuff; you could] j ES a SU A 3 " = 3 3 : take in a fellow-student to share] hi : , SE “Rot aR BE le [ 2 ONLY AO expenses.” | . . TR —— TRUTH --- T'S YOL ALONE , BUT THE HORSES TO FOLK S ! hr ag . Et where are you goingh® § — IMAGINATION: 7; "TRAN AWAY / ; 5. REALIZING 11S NEARLY oy , you ; £:) a) p—— : WHAT 1'VE MORNING , RED LL US WE I'm going to Louisville—for the LS | 4) Co Z DONE AND HERE WE COMES TH® Derby. My coit’s nominated. Then A ez & DESERT SON I'll ship him from track to track; may not be back for a year.” “Oh!” Ted Bend put down her| iA] HAPPY tea cup, looked with widened eyes | 3 LANDINGS at her host. “I read all aout your | AIRLINES starting a great racing stable—" | BS : “Starting is right-—go on.” “And one rainy day in Missouri, x at a tourist camp, I talked with the a nicest man! A horse trainer en | O route to a county fair. He said that Bh, wl he'd been a big trainer, years ago. TE RE He told me of the thrills of the COPE. 1940 AY NEA SERVICE INC. *.M. REGU. 5. PAT. OFF. Soy

Derby; of the Derby breakfast at | we a vk Ay “Would you put, this in a safe place for me on the plane, in case we dawn—the band playing ‘My ole} ’ have a erackup?”

Kentucky." aii. 3 The plain girl leaned forward, il pleadingly: | FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia | BT POOR SLUGGO --- HE YO 7 WELL —-1 “Sherry—this is awful—my asking r rt . Emm fmm m—— A LOOKS SO SAD ---1I eZ , ft —we are almost strangers—but \ | ' ’ E KNOW IT AINT : th a / \ THINK I'LL FORGIVE ‘ NANCY -- SHE'S please, Sherrv—I'll pay my way—let HIM AND BE FRIENDS me go racing with you!” / 7 / jh) AY \ SAFE 100 Miis- ® 8 .B | Rn \ i = 5 FOR A MOMENT Sherry sat] PRE Ae oN TO GIVE mute. Then, “Why-—-why—yvou—but l= “a A ~~ NN IN J it’s such a different world!” ! ¥ / : “I rode broncs in Wyoming,” the girl said with more confidence. “I'll pay my way, if you'll let me go—and work for you free. I could keep your books—" | “Uncle Willie does that.” | “Uncle Willie?” “William Bond, father’s brother.” | The school teacher paused, Her) : [ o > : hands brushed her hair nervously | jor nen NR3- ve an : 2 v eh BE ERNIE: BY SCAN Ook ts on before she spoke again. — YY WN AAS : “Sherry, I must go with you.” A R77 . WASHINGTON TUBBS II —By Crane “But your work on your thesis—" te x a — ple “Oh, hang the doctorate!” The | =3 | [ PO YOU SEE THOSE FUNNY seks MR. BUSINESS WAS NEVER WELL, COME TO THINK OF )f / FROM LOUISIAlN , DID YOU SAYS THATS |

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girl spoke with energy. “I was go-| Ph [fuTT OTS IN WASH'S FARE: | MeKEE, WE'RE BETTER AND WASH TT, HE WAS VERY ANXIOUS STRANGE' THERE'S ANOTHER CODE IN WASHS ) Ing te investigate the effect of the 1e., WELL NOTE, DADDG? EASY WORRIED. WE WAS GETTING ALONG TO SEE ME JUST BEFORE LETTER — "LA, WHICH |S THE ABBREVIATION ji spectrum on—but never mind that! | {| | ” SAYS THEY MEAN §,0.5, / THOUGHT You 3 SPLENDIDLY HE DISAPPEARED, BUT I 7 FOR LOUISIANA! ” You see, I am awfully ignorant! 8 ~] Losier > MIGHT KNOW SOME ) : WAS TOO BUSY CLOSING AAT rT about life. Why, Sherry,” she] | Bi REASON WHY HE A DEAL WITH AN IMPORT- yo % 0 7h

looked earnestly at the younger girl,! [~~ | Mpeg fe \ | Y%Y 1 153 DISAPPEARED / ING FIRM FROM LOUIS | 7 : ie ‘BOY 4% : : \ANA

“I may know a lot about mathematics, but that doesn't teach one how to live.” She hesitated, went | on, “I even thought you racing folk | were—' | “City slickers?” The teacher laughed. “Worse than that!” “Sherry, I want to get into the gwim of life—to forget teaching for at least a year.” It was a strong and purposeful Ted Bond speaking, not a diffident teacher from the hills. Sherry looked again at the girl

took some to that schoo lpicnic where everybody got ptomaine?” BL — EE TTT A : who, now facing her, was saying: a THAT SON OF OURS . Yi-—— NO NEED TO GUESS (his JUDGMENT THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson GOING AROUND TALKING THAT MOUNTAIN WHICH ONE PASSED IM GLAD IT IS PRETTY

“Oh, you've eaten my potato salad before! Don’t you remember, I

“I won't cost you a penny—I'll . pay my own way—I'll help out—do ” . mot (EAMG TE) LIKE A DISILLUSIONED TRIP GAVE HIM AND WHICH ONE HAPPENED ! IT TAUGHT SOUND AND HE =BuT WITH A thing you want. Then shel fpg 20) x et Tel CHEMISTS, re POET ! b A CHANCE FUINKED 1 ME NOT TO TRY TO HAS A FINE GIRL LIKE any g | = RR ah COMPARE TWO GIRLS, % Tit ARRANGE HIS SENSE OF VALUES» JUNE IN THE I Be es pve: Ye EE 4 3 : a { : gz JUNE AND SYLVA /| [8 7] S— T fll ES ROMANCES / BEING A PICTURE , MY beck of g chair, said interily: : See Sl] GROWING = | stig il NIE TN | | ] MOTHER, 1 NAT- JOB 1S TO TRY "HasH 1% cecurted to yeu, Sher ® : SOLUTIONS | Es | | 7 Nt NE \ i URALLY HOPE TO | fi TO MAKE MY rv. that vou actually need me? And| BE Eg E Z a Sl WITHOUT SOIL, { , ; “ will Ji) Np FIND SOMEONE SON THE one for a very definite reason?” E E . ] , hy A WORTHY OF My TO BE WORTHY! “What do you mean?” Sherry =A 7 Ee : | : i [ Rk Ny SON J asked slowly. ; — z I i ; “Sherry, you're the most gorgeous girl I've ever seen. Your eves are the most heavenly blue, your hair the shade of a burnished saddie—a ficure that's just a dream. And you're going into a tough world in competition with men.” “Well!” Sherry managed to say.

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doesn't count. as—as I am, Sherry— ! Wb : y al a | JERS \OEA OF BEING MY QUEEN | WHEN ThE IN TRERE geoust ; alive " nm OF THE TCE v: Sama gs Ar TIME. COMES, ULL ORAG HER OUT OF a reeously : + 4 ? : a : { RRR 3 - A « gorg y k..& & : : Sree HR CAGE ,\§F NECESSARY | 5 | Ty THE TEACHER smiled. “Yes— -

but I am. A city hair-do may help > | —maybe,” she added with a grin, | | FRUERISWY . “put Sherry, you need 8 chaperon. | 4 money: If you were an ugly duckling, you, R . } ff Dede R could traipse around the country, | | RARSOW Ee sleep in a stall next to the horse, > a A but you are what the world calls 77 PER CENT | Bad a lady. You can’t spend the night OF FATAL AUTO , on a pile of hay—and you can't stop, ACCIDENTS OCCUR ON .

at hotels alone—like I can.” ORY ROAST “Oh, bosh!” ‘ v 0 3 , : : s : SNE ay The teacher went on, “You can, / ; | \Ji Rs. —— Co ee | | COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERV! KE : do it, and keep face in the racing NT i : gi _ : ok : NE LINC. T. M. REC 5 world. But youll lose caste in your A pe ABBIE AN' SLATS ~—By Raeburn Van Buren social sphere, and you know it. It’ 1 hl (EE Ohi RAN TRAE ee ie] : if vou were $he tom- | HAVE GATHERED ALL AND I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERES AND YET FOOLISH AUSE ONE Toe ais a born lady,” IN BUTTERFLIES THE WILD HERBS AND ROOTS ) BEEN THINK- THAT WE'VE BOTH BEEN ACTIN' LIKE NOTHING MEDICINE J NIKK|-NIKK| BELIEVE MEDICINE MAN TEACH ME IS IT-FAITH. BUT she finished With an admiring Lr TWO MOON 18 ¥ Ri POCTORS N TS STATE HAVE ND Som HME) TM WEDGE MAN | | CURE HIUST COME FROW. <ALL OVER THE smile. OF DEVE WAENT N-HE WILL BE FULL- o. | LIEVING/ 0 NIKKI Niki! walked J TWEEN EXAMINED TOM JONES---AND : PONGO PONGO CAN DO| | BELIEVING! | NOT KNOW | WORLD, Ni the lor “She turned quickly on BD TE ADULT o . THEY'VE ALL AGREED=-+ WHAT ALL THESE DOC- WHAT YOU CALL THAT “AND [TS ALWAYS Ted Duncan Bond. “I'm—I'm a : - 3 . TORS CANNOT OH, E . . . fool, I guess. Shouldn’t do it— YES, MISS ABBE-- J probably mess you up for life—but ANSWER—The larval and the pupal. | DO BELIEVE THAT you're asking for i And there's something about you e.” tain’? Your uncle Horace liked for] “Oh, no!” Sherry answered, \ ay smiled at hee ant chuck: me to call him ‘Colonel’.” “Laughing at myself—at my Lone ER OS Wink vs "sum “Well,” Sherry watched her with Tree Stable. I've an entourage of 4 or Cine” front bell rang. Sherry|interest, “most men do like swanky | —let's see: you, Uncle Willie, Sam, 5 - , i Ya od the rélease button. “That,”| military titles. Let's promote Willie, | the colored groom, a jockey on race j : / 9 TR 3 eS ke firmly. “will be William call him ‘Major’ How's that?” Says, meelf and’. she Wegan laugh, va A \ f yj! = US Rond in from the track—and he's| Sherry went to the door, placed iit 28ain—"L've only got one horse! ) | : 2 ; Bong in from hand on the knob: then threw her {Fo ebter run fast—or we'll “Oh!” the teacher seemed to re- head back, laughed. : treat into bashfulness. “Sherry, has|{ * t's funny?’ a puzzled” Ted (Te Be Continued) he a title? Could I call him ‘Cap- asked” “Giving him a titer” (AR Pvinis, whmescong charmeions. tn this

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