Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1940 — Page 22

| PAGE 22 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940

SERIAL STORY— | FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Majer Hoople By Williams

aa Yh o i oft of : / a" | "Zz ' WELL, DON 0 Ta 4 i x 9 — : i (44 } a Z WHY YOU . ZZ TUSH TUSH » M'PET J CHoMP-CHOWMF!: YEA} i, HE SURE Y, T FEEL 2) et on Love TREN = : 5 I'D HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE 2 ww DO NOT WRINKLE YOUR PRETTY BROW 7 IS --1 KINDA SORRY, FOR HIM--HE'S PROB- . 3's + > YOUR OWN GHOST, BUT YOU LOOK X WITH WORRIES OVER MY WHEREABOUTS THERE -- HE FEEL SORRY ABLY WORKIN' OUT A PLAN

TOO LIFELIKE AT THE ICEBOX ! A wane CHOWMME = CHOLES wan T H > | CAN'T EVEN QUIT FER A GUY WHO | TO MAKE HIMSELF RICH, 3 wo < Z 7S AVE BEEN 57. STUDYIN' LONG | CAN'T TAKE TIME /] WITH HIM THE BIG SHOT « By CHARLES B. PARMER | : oe ww WHERE WERE YOU WHEN FA ON A BRIEF PILGRIMAGE INTO A STRANGE OUT TO NOTICE. | AND US THE LABORERS -= 3X AK 7 DID YOU GET BACK © WHERE NEW WORLD, AS IT WERE san JOVE, T AM gg 4 § 4 JOY A HIKE-- THE WONDERS WHEN HE KETCHES UP CAST OF CHARACTERS GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR ORDERING THIS #257 HES MISSIN’ "1 WITH US, WE AIN'T SHERRY BOND--society girl owner of : EXCELLENT EOAM CHEESE wan CHOMPpE - a 57 ALL THE PLEA" 5 GONNA BE ENJOYIN race horse, Pepper Boy.. i a DS 43 g — Ck so B d Ap SURES OF , THIS HIKE PAUL WHARTON-—a rival owner, de- ~ T w 5 3 . / a S “ZZ OWMF.": B / EY 7 LEISURE / x EITHER. ¢ termined to teach Sherrry that racing is \ 5 i J “2 = = TS, A rr not a woman's game. SHEP GRANT-—young gentleman rider. WILLIE BOND-—Sherry’s uncle, a turf Madviser.”

YESTERDAY: Sherry lectures Shep on “riding for a rich woman, taking money from her. She leaves Grant, angry and 5 3 a3 i # + determined to quit his job. Driving | 5 ‘4 & \ ¢ : ” { = \ % 3 b ) ¢ \ 3 ) ST across New York, Sherry is afraid they | v 4 wir ! WN 4 A ial RA fT \ \ 2 SW WL may have an accident, hurt Pepper Boy, | ¢ so 5s v J , WN X i io O\ i 2 4a but a friendly motorcycle policeman | 3 . 2 |, escorts them to the Holland Tunnel

CHAPTER TWELVE bE mar 0 BR LS Rr F's ARR ANC TWO DAYS later, when the Lone BR RUAN 3 WLR WY & 4 2 INC |\ QR =A .Tree Stable with its one horse SERRE ETE RE Hy = 3 ! /) 5 YAN ? 7 - ‘Yolled through the arched gateway TL , 3 sft 3 AE Mi MR \ 7% 1 , NN < | jn of Churchill Downs, a crowd of re- RRR RR UR 8 : , \ ¥Y N77 VV RR — porters and photographers was on . 2 hand to greet Sherry. \ AN A 8. 3 hh \ 7, \ They crowded around her car, Stal " ! A } ; ps ¥ rl ) = \ / : RN E [Wks Ho

asking question after question. ; : Ji ; EE i 3 $k VE AND J n AA C§ ] “You're the only girl to have an A oy : Ba Lg oD p ON J { 9 Ny; 7 entry in the Derby this year. Who Co 1% a \ k fF Jos Gk ; 2 rl ” : CE R N) HUNGRY wa a, NLO% > on, 5 y ~~ SS Wil Jew? I DRE a A Age NN Il \ = BUT WHERE We" 2 Y Des “Please!” Sherry begged. “Pepper | Sigh SEWER Rho Lo] 4. a RE Sos Uy po 3 . Boy must be unloaded. Let's get 25 : | v 3 EF 5 thes . XX = " ” oh HAS HE BEEN f eo Y. M. REG. U. £. PAT. OFF STR Wun him into his stall, first.” | If N & TE Ro 8 : Ts breiler was backed up to a f Ny va od A ; wy —By Al Capp platform, the colt carefully led out, | pr I te : © - ¢ es then down an incline to the ground. “I want a very tough steak—I'm mad at my husband!” FRAIL OF THE LONE SOME TERRIBLY a ar She rn NR ENESS Hor Nie MEANWHILE — “Now, Miss Bond—stand beside ——————t=rr—1 — = ay ——— | |PINE?”~ SHE'LL BE THE | WAS SORROWFLL SUE") ART. Lit HER LINHAPPING 5 AND ) SWEETEST ANGLE him, please!” HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis FEST RADIO A SF RWI, SUR IVE GRAND { OF IT ALL ~ME THAR'S LVL ABNER — s i AMERICA 77- | . " A WEEK Jf”- SNUGGLIN’ IN A-LOOKIN’ AT ME - NOT RUNNIN’ They snapped her in a half dozen, : % 2 AT ? $5000 A WEEK UNHAPPY DAYS!” ) HER ARMS AT AWAY - JEST A: STANDIN’ THAR = poses, with and without Pepper Boy. | ty J PATHETIC , HEARTBROKEN / O° HER ** J] 7:15 EVERY S-SMILIN’ DIN JAAR A , | | | WAY SHE SINGS -THAT SUCCESS. LIN‘ AT ME f= OH When she went to the stable, as GETS THE. P , . 2 A EVENIN”- WOW.” THIS IS GONNA MAKE ME Sam was rubbing down the colt. TT uBLIC — on DIME A DAY -AND UNHAPPY DAYS 7” SO —-HAPPY..” “He be in fine shape, Miss Sherry,” | ; | Poi [| fo 4 : 77 hap AS SRUAPPY * he said. “An’ Miss Sherry, see that] a a | PX vA | 7 /, 2) ob EVERY little black boy'—he nodded to a ; 2 . b youngster standing near—“that be| Elijah Jones. I knowed his Pappy. | I done got him for our exercise] boy.” Sherry beckoned to the boy. “Elijah, think you can hold this colt. | He's rarin’ to go.” “Yes, ma'am, I sho’ can.” | / 5 “Then take him out-—walk him b =f : 77 oo 1 A half a mile—jog a mile—and after| ; J 5 TA 4) on BR ESS that, a light breeze—two furlongs.” ; : i AX, SN 7 Elijah Jones found himself sit-| ZX] ting on dynamite, but came back] from the workout, grinning all over. | “You got a Derby colt here, Miss| » rr ROE ETETE ERE Sherry,” he exulted. J ld 1 14 ME IR 22 TLL. HAN JUL Sam was cooling Pepper Boy out | O) s | - i BB \" %, 7 oH, when Willie Bond and Ted drove up. : h = | Joa Nan TOwN ; ! > (or) hs RIDeR, . TEE They had been over to the secre-| ed J ’ a AR A Dom WE BUT NOW HE'S z \ KNEW / tary’s office, getting entry sheets,| — ; EE > . > ’ wr / SAVING ME! / and had seen Pepper Boy's work- ; / out. “Now, Sherry,” Willie turned the girl, opened a condition book: “Here's the very race for Pepper Boy—and we'll pick up $700 or $800. Read it—the race is day after to-! morrow.” | € PR 1010 BY NEA SERVICE INC TM REG US PAT OrF des ~r8 1] | » » y { "Purse. S500. For 3-vear-oids The enemy is most Nr Cir er are dropping rotten which have started not more than =. ——— —————— twice since January, and which| FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia | have not won. 20 pounds. One mile and 70 yards.” £5 She nodded. “Enter him, and 3 ” you'd better look up a jockey—" as | “Thought I better come down,” As ‘RI BOUGHT A * FRITZ ---COME ¢ YOU TAKING . RIGHT the jockey said as Sherry turned, d QN \ . NEW HAT, --- \ WITH ME QUICK o |i] ME ? Shy OVER HERE" “and handle the colt in a prep EN AN HOW _DO You - Bah Lik VERY OP LIKE IT?

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race.” “You handle him smartly, bring him in first, and—well the Derby will be run Saturday week,” Willie Bond said. “I getcha! Got to go and check in—see you later.” “There's the boy to ride him in the Derby,” Willie Bond was » exulting, when another figure came around the end of the stable, a lanky figure in scuffed riding boots, faded breeches, a torn sweater, and / 2 Lh ¢ _an out-of-shape felt hat which sat a 58% y NN . Come, 1040 br United Cont Sradbte. ot back jauntily upon his fair head. : . . “Shep Grant!” Sherry greeted | WASHINGTON TUBBS II By Cram . him joyously. 3 : The gentleman rider grinne : | [ YOU'RE MR. McKEE'S SECRETARY. REMEMBER ANYTHING ) [ABOUT / ABOUT MR. SOUTHERN THATS FUNNY! I KNOW MOST OF ¥ z , broadly. “I'm on my own—chucked [ ABOUT WASH THE DAY HE DISAPPEARED? — — WHAT?/ THE IMPORTER FROM THE PEOPLE WASH DOES — BUT Mhocy SATHERED Se ECA ANE A the Bonnie Lad Stable,” he added ya OH, VES. LOUISIANA WHO WAS 7 N RN - / THAT YOU'D HAD FOR NEW ORLEANS. THERE'S = : ” : > (8 WANTED SE PUTTING OVER A DEAL. | > , 7] AN ANFUL ROW SOME , CONNECTION BETWEEN

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: quickly. “I'm going to buy a colt— oon pals RO or Sor rE ie \ TO SEE MR. | EEL I THINK WASH KNEW oN _ WITH THE OLD BOY. WASH'S DISAPPEARANCE AND | Hawt Pepper Boy in that Derby prep MACY TEE HIM IN SOME FOREIGN VV) HES A RASCAL, THE SO-CALLED MR. SOUTHERN start Pepper Boy in that Derby prep : pA | J ) % A RASCH race Friday?” , 2 2 Sa Her face sobered. “Yes, Shep.” “I want to ride him.” “Sorry,” Willie Bond put in quickly, before Sherry could speak. “We I : Have tus. Se en from | “Now I know why Pop calls Uncle a gay dog. He gets around.” . willie Bond to Sherry. He spoke! THIS CURIOUS WORLD hesitantly. “The Derby's run next| + week. Sherrv—I'm the man to ride| . Pepper Boy then. Madden en-| 7 1

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Grant stepped forward. “Sherry, Eo. + 1 want to ride Pepper Boy in the N gp : i hd . pat % IN YY. L cae | A ERS, [TROD {Se wor | Roe do $a, S51 J YOURE Look I Ey SAR RN) A NEW BRIDGE = | COMMISSION LONG --- AND IL | FN 7 APART © GET, ArRsTe Crass J J De ER AER . 5 : IS GONG TO TO DECIDE! CAN'T DRIVE IT ; IT ACROSS, ' . LUNATICS / the greatest Ae and Pepper ; BE BUILT HERE? Se E11 ; Boy runs on the flat.” huh, : eo ‘And I'm not so hot on the flat?” 25a RAL be h ~ rr 7 tr | ACCOUNT OF ed. “Well, I'll show you.”| os ras Th < ; ¥ BOULDERS AND He ft, : | i a ! } LANOSLIOES /

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Thursday, she read this first line: No. Horse Jockey I YE TT ET WOR ,

1 Monitor Mr. Grant 7 —1 By LAN \ Y S A . / ; The names of eight other entries -8 _"\\, AN p NAS: : NEA SERVI 0 NJ _S5-8 followed, and then the tenth line: A BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES dpi ; Jo Pepper Boy Madden WATER BEETLE, |r Hii: i in rr: '. I= HELD UNDER. 3S Ay 3 . SHEP GRANT was riding SER Inet f 4 A WATER, DROWNS ane Jy NEG =X her Pepper Boy. His mount ha TATE ds MORE QUICKLY THAN drawn the best position—number PS ER ALAND BEETLE.

one. against the rail. She had i drawn the worst, the extreme out=’ n side. And this Monitor, she quickly : 2 on learned, had been bought the day 3 ply pefore by Shep Grant Sonik £ / “Fi y is Monitor Eo Find out how good th : — a -

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Castanets—also nominated for the + Derby. There are two good horses, | and seven average horses, to beat ! tomorrow.” : | : «I see,” said Sherry, savagely. A BITTE, A FA >,

“and there'd be only one good horse : to beat, but for Shep Grant. He's A SANA NINA O 5-8

Wharton.” N > : 85 pad as Paul Vyhan le willie... ANSWER—Bayou, inlet from a body of water or from a large AND NOW. KNOW." YET ' cautioned. “Let's be fair to the river; butte, an isloated steep hill; fiord, a narrow inlet of the sea YOUR HONOR--AS THE AS THE OWNER (*~JASPER HAGSTONE-) THE PROSECUTION , BECKY=I FACE AN Y NIKKI-NIKK| | ! YET--PERHAPS-+ 1 WILL ca . | between high banks; savanna, a grassy, treeless plain. OFF CER IN THIS CASE, OF THE JEWELRY DON' A DECENT THING! 1S WILLING © DROP EVEN GREATER PROBLEM. | = AFRAID OF | CAN OVERCOME THAT MR. STONE! )}

| chap: Sherty. wn Monitor when he. ee | 1 CANNOT, UNDER THE’ | STORE 1 AM WiLL | THIS, BOSH iS THE (THE case — WANT- WY DAUGHTER = TO 4 YOU IR. FEAR WITH KNDNESS, | Al . ide Pepper Boy. He —— : |} CIRCUMSTANCES-TESTIFY J ING TC oP GREATEST MIRACLE . - yee TONE CAN GIVE HE - nb plfered Re Eerwards-iate ; ~" #l CREDIT MAY BE ARRANGED AGANST NIKKI-NIKKI (| THE CHARGES [ OF ALL f-* — 7 opr Oo a . THING WEALTH A | PLACE > » ' « ; afternoon.” [ wn . ; . jo — ! To 1 TO JU A IETY THE EM 15+ ) " YR Co Hon. wel. One shine | } Ques: What is the size of the sun? : ! GREATER DECISION 10 GET HER TO ACCEPT. YOU 7 , ute he wants to ride my coit. When } § SE The sun has a diameter of 846,100 « IIA p> = THAN ANY COURT : MUST HELP ME, BECKY--—when I've engaged another boy, | 3 SEEN Ans: miles, is an average distance of | 2 )\ HAS EVER MADE! | he gets mad and buys a colt just po 92,900,000 miles from the earth. 5, B= alas 18 Bed CASE DiSi to beat me.” 7 = = ph | a Y : al M 29> 1 MISSED

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