Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1940 — Page 15

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MONDAY, MAY 183, 1940 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES . PAGE 15 °

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

EGAD, IF ONLY T DO NOT WHUP! MISTAH mmuOR DONE PUT A FALSE 1) WHY DO WE HAVE BUT, SIR, IF YOU WERE ENCOUNTER MARTHA RETURNING $8 FACE ON AN' HE PUSSYROOTIN' AWAY ON DE Y TO WORK. AN SIGH . } DOOMED TO FLIT, YOU'D

Bet on Love [if Hil FROW THE STORE HAK—KAFF/E J} LAM/ cn TARSS MY CHANCE To EMBRACE EEE AE IVR,

ww THESE LAST FEW DAYS SHE TH' TWO DOLLAHS MIS' HOOPLE PROMISE ME Sa WHY ARE WE DOOMED | FOR WHEN A BIRD

8 re i ; ' on HAS BEEN EVEING ME LIKE A A EF AH TAILS HIM [wT DON' RELISH N' RN TO WEAVE AN' KNIT FINDS HE'S UNABLE By CHARLES B. PARMER / / GENTRY ON DEVIL'S ISLAND? _A=2% LAK OL! CURLYLOCK. HOLMES, BUT Lg WHILE BIRDS DO A HE DON'T FIND GRUB |

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FLIT-FLIT? THAN THE GRAND CANNON.

nt CAST OF CHARACTERS Y¥ BOND-—S§ t 1 t race horse, Pepper Boy yal ywnke b

PAPL WHARTON—A rival owner, determined to teach Sherry that racing is | ®t a woman's game,

SHER SRANT-—Young gentleman rider. BON " aol OND—Sherry’s uncle, a turf

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| YESTERDAY: Willie Bond and Ted tell

Sherry of their plans to be married after | the Derby. A gambler calls on Sherry, of- | fers her $5000 to keep Pepper Boy out of the race. Sherry refuses angrily, orders him out. Sherry drives down to borrow money on her car.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN SHERRY SAID NOTHING of the $700 loan made on her motor car to! Willie and Ted, for the less those] love-birds knew of her worries the better, | Willie announced at Sunday] lunch: “Red Soldier went the mile and a quarter Derby route in 2:04 this morning—that's fast! Lawrin| won it in 2:04 4-5 in 1938—dJohns- 1] : . . 2 —— town had to step it in 2:03 3-5 to||® “kk ry win from Challedon last year. Don’t| j ; ! ! you L $0ink Pepper Boy ought to be! \ a on ES OFF speeded up a bit?” @ <u ¢ ! > do not!” Sherry answered | a, ii positively, buttering a bit of toast.| a , “I'm not going to leave his racei}. pA L » aid

on the track in a workout; he’s . our. 1 chur brie : - going to run his fastest in the T > HER HIDE EM SHEN NO HEANT com Ties AT : a, == - A L

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« 1 - J ~IN Derby—not before. Tomorrow he's “See what I mean? , .. Marvelous springs!” i errae NIGHT P-AH GOTTA--DATE-- LOVE ~~ HE AS 30 M/IZZUBLES : ; : I L-LOVES" HIM ~AN' (7 ® ‘NOW! -AR KIN

going the route—but under wraps.” T EM 1 A While Popher Boy -— ire pov HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis : os 4 WA Tras it 4. MAKES ME TILE Ko 4 2G BE A ry a

dled, shortly after dawn the next morning, a familiar lanky figure hove in view. “Shep Grant!” Sherry exclaimed. | “Why aren’t you working out Moni- | tor?” | “Haven't you heard the news?” he asked glumly, hands in pocket. “He's out of the Derby. * Picked up a stone while working out yesterday—came limping back to the stable. Leg’s big as an elephant’s this morning.” “Shep, I'm sorry—I truly am!” | He smiled wryly. “Maybe it’s] poetic justice—for buying him to . h EI ee | : av snp, 970 = x : ON Cate mi Yate “Forget it, Shep! That's racing.”| RR # Bremer rg p A sb A ~By Fred Harman

“I know, but I—I do want to|

« make it up to you, Sherry. Have : _ i RE - % , > p -1 k= . NEN O OE p you engaged Madden to ride Pep-| ove rn p m—_ WY, oT EVER. FE TEER OUR i )

per Boy in the Derby” | Tf A . : LENT “No. Will you take the mount, bd 1 , & i ’ WOR BONE ROUND AN Ew EY Shep? I wish you would!” “ \ DER : , : SENS OFF\QE / — T=) \ Busy “Will I? You bet I willl” A great load slid off Sherry's shoulders; at last she had the right || jockey for her colt; a rider who could make the weight without adding lead—and as keen a judge of | pace as there was on the track.' Even Paul admitted that. “Suppose you take him out now, Shep. I want him to go the Derby rout in two minutes, six seconds.”

“Righto!” ii | a 1) : R Ne a » ® ol . # ~ SF - a ROR R RE eA = " i aa (LAR ) — Hh NEL ¢ 4 = TWO DAYS LATER the track 5-13 | gh} Aaa bi Zo A = 9 0 OPH 1948 BY NEA SERVICE INC TM BC La iL oF) manager spoke, as Sherry crossed; wp...) Here! Just because it's spring, you don’t have to get girl crazy!” oh NANCY —By Bushmiller

the clubhouse lawn. “Miss Bond, we] _ — are mighty glad to have you racing] FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia gy arn puzzled by the sud-| | | 1] GOODNESS --- THAT J9¢™ AW --- DAT Ta BUT SUPPOSE HAW RAW WAW-.-den cordiality. “Why, I—Im glad| | 1 | || WAR IS AWFUL --- {8/ WOULDN'T SCARE ONE OF THOSE GOILS GIVE ME A SR Loa % | 1111] 7 I'D HATE TO BE ME --- I'D LIKE BOMBERS FLEW LAUGH --- ALWAYS He smiled knowingly We're] 111] N OVER THERE, THESE O'EXCITMENT! OVER HERE BY SCARED! » { | J ? mighty glad to have honorable folk| | ‘e ' ] MISTAKE ! race here. You see, we know a cer-| tain outfit tried to bribe you to] scratch Pepper Boy. We know you | threw him out of your tackroom.” | “Why—how did you know that? I haven't told a soul.” “We keep an ear to the ground, Miss Bond. Every Derby colt is| guarded by us—from the split-sec- | S ond he puts four hoofs on Church-| ill Downs. Youll have no more! trouble.” . 3 Friday morning, Sherry, with ) 3 K v BES ec mn ee Uncle Willie on one side, Ted on 2 ¢ WASHINGTON TUBBS II the other, was first at the secre- ) / tary's office as it opened to receive [fff $AvE HousEs, TREES, SMELLS — i WSO TWAS BACK IN [ AND THERES THE CABIN WHERE Derby entries. Pepper Boys name ONLY THE FACES ARE DIFFERENT o {AR we pave o' Rw wat NY hen, on \S IT? NAMES o THE PEOPLE, EX: rrr? UNNERS, LO FU FELLA FORGETS A FELLA V7

went into the box first, followed | ut ” We a rapidly by 21 others. ) i: a a WA Wi WHEN WASH AND : - « NAMED JACKIE Sharply at 10 the entries closed T XN ; f x | i Tea. 4 I WERE HERE. BULL ob! " i 7, and drawing for post position be-| : > \ oy & ; DAWSON KILLED po ; gan. Red Soldier got No. 1, at the || ! / eR Fall : 4 # A GLY ==RECAME rail. Castanets was No. 4 and Pep- | ! \ 2 I <x " il ; d 2708 THE KING BEE. per Boy was seven places out. } i WHT pe : THERE WERE SOME Shep Grant had come in, and as Z _. ; ’ ’ h positions were annourrced, he moved | Led . k rr” / - we : AND A GIRL NAMED over to Sherry. “Never mind Red Soldier being on the rail,” he said with confidence. “We've got the best chance. If Red Soldier delays just one split second after the bell, the field sweeps over and jams him

k, pockets him. I can shoot a A . | pao aponal to the rail” “I thought I'd get it finished this mornin’, but we had singin’ instead | (FR

-a aa AR Paul Wharton joined them. of a study period.”

[9 A a) “Helo Sherry!” i ignored Grant. | THIS CURIOUS WORLD eg FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS Gt “Red Soldier . \ GOSH, I "J IT WON'T START, BUT Ef Dont ask ME! Yo “Red Soldier's on egde,” Whar- ; LAD THA w » Pr 4 A 7 SK ! vou Hearp ton went on. “Made fastest time of Gra Tats ) FAVE ME HE = ZANE 5 A PUSH, SHANKS, Wier | THE DaNosp Tine RUNNING, any horse on the track, has the ‘ = . . : 2 best position. And I've got a crack ! heavyweight jockey in Mann, brought in especially from the Coast.” Shep Grant stepped ir: “Oh, you trying to win the Derby, too, Wharton? Too bad you couldn’t claim pepper Boy back in New York— then you'd have a real chance.” ” n 2

AND AT 9 next morning all of them sat down to the traditional Derby breakfast on the owners’ side of the eating house—with trainers, stablemen, jockeys, exercise boys eating across the aisle. Sherry, Ted, Willie Bond, Paul . ae : an os . o

Wharton and Shep Grant had their EY own wooden table—without a tablecloth—at a window overlooking the Cr : stables. They were passing the stewed apples, hominy, fried bacon and biscuits when a trainer opened the door, called in: “Another horse scratched—numper 21—that leaves 15 of you folks| ALTHOUGH THE LARGEST in the race!” STATE EAST OF THE “If you beat me today,” Paul] AASSISSIPPI, AAOST Wharton grinned, TII—" "| NEARLY APPROACHES. : : “Better not make a reat, fel- THE AVER E AREA yA o : 2 low—for I'm sure going to make, ee ALL A FORTY. oy ad Wim SHE INSTINCTS OF AN MONAL,

your nag take dust,” Shep said. Iii Willie, Bond leaned forward. E'ORT IN THE L.S. - Tie cumores THOLGW LOYAL Jo THEY PUT MR.8\6 IN A BOAT, pd WE SAIN AS al .

w % is—ah-—heav breakfast 3 E HO, REALLY NEW ONLY ONE WIR A WEEKS SLPPIY OF FOOD won Wh y . == LAW , TRAT OF THE JUNGLE AND A GOLRD OF WATER wwe LONG LWE THRE WANG sas

make yma overweight?” \A “Nop -y E SURUNAL OF THE FITTEST AND TOLD WM TO GO : d ! §- $ a. Nope-not at all! Another bis . - : " CR mc son, OPE. 190s St HEA SENUICE, IHC. ¥ Me. Un tar ait. 73

cuit, please! Thanks. You see, I A : won't carry an ounce of lead. ABBIE AN' SLATS —By Raeburn Von Buren

Wharton,” he turned again to the 3 - man on the other side of Sherry, 2 80 YOU'VE DECIDED TO BUT--THERES A BONUS $1000!) HMPH // IT 18” THEYRE GOING THEY'RE STARVING =~ Tr SCCEPT WV OFFER TO OF $1000 FOR EVERY MEM- ) MUST BE A | | TO BORAVIA- THATS A | | A oFFERiNG SxyHe whipped out a flask; and be- on SEND YOU AWAY TO SCHOOL ) DO. SLATS HAS | | BER OF THE CREW. SLATS J DANGEROUS & | HGH PRICES FOR WHEAT. fore Snyome eeuld do TAUKE MR ade WTI. Nisei NIT @ WANTS THAT MONEY TO VOYAGE //// THE THATS WHAT CAPA BOOM rg _ Sg Re $ NSD ows» 1 150 AE A START WAR'S ON-- ALL AROUND THEM:- IS BRINGING THEM~ IT'S NOT BC i Po OH, 1 TRI L - D THE! E FU ONLY TH it across to Paul. Then poured a ANSWER-—Navigators “shoot the sun” by observing it through | IS TALK HIM OUT OF SUBMARINES AND MINES-- Lome APPEA 5108 SATS yh k ep SA oe ei

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stiff drink into another glass,| ® sextant, an instrument used for determining positions at sea. THE FACT RE'S MELD!

which he held tightly as he got to his feet. slapped it against Shep’s hand. Both | breakfast. And we're staying toPaul Wharton—his face without{heavy tumblers clattered to the| gether until time for you to go to expression, was on his feet, hold-' floor. the jockey room to dress.” ing the glass. He was meeting] “You—you—" Shep flared. Willie] “Gosh, I didn't mean to make a Shep Grant. | Bond, on his feet instantly, seized scene,” Grant began, “I was only Sherry stared dumbly for a mo- Shep's wrist in so firm a grip that going to take one drink. I was ment. Paul wasn't riding — he, the rider's curse broke off. He/| going to get drunk.” Willie Bond's could drink all he wished; but Shep swung around toward Willie Bond. strong hand was on his arm. “We'll had the leg on her colt—Paul had| “Let me go!” just go for a walk, m’lad, till the no business encouraging her jockey.| “Shut up, you fool!” Bond com-jraces start. Let us be going.” “Paul, I'm-—she broke off, her|manded, in tones so low he couldn't (To Be Continued) lips froze. Wharton raised his|be heard at the next table, “And

tumbler do Sheps and in a flashinow, my iad, you and I are leaving (AN syagls, names 20 ShantiasEs ta. this

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