Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 June 1940 — Page 13

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A Gal ‘| Wise "| ; . iT = sais : NER] | | DEMOCRATIC CONNENTION/ By HARRY .H KROL ane fe =] 0K[4 i % Nh .

CAST CHARACTERS

ROSSY McAFEE—went to (college to play baseball, | get an education, and settle a feud. | f JUDY TOLLIVAR—daughter of Lineoln College’s president.

AH SHRIDER—hilbilly girl who | te college.

HANN followed Rossy

YESTERDAY—Rossy asks and getspermission to go home for a week-end. He stops at the ball diamond, recalls the game in ‘which his father was killed. How the pitcher threw a bean ball, how they left the injured MoAfee| in the ‘| grandstand | while the crowd chased Sock ¢ , at Rossy’s home, Steve a strange story.

APTER SIX |

QING to give you the| straight o 11 that day's mess, Rossy,” Ste Ls said sepulchrally.

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sy ded, his anger| loss Al oe Cor. 04 ——t Ca i es ge 3 : in Cope. 1340 by United Feature ome § | | AR LOVES ¥ A AW KNOWS THET SONG* J HE fAST2ED SARYAS, RANG hE JF TREMBLIN' HANDS AH TOON p— “Hey, Kentucky and New Jersey, pipe down . . . the Solid South wants | | SORROWFUL), TED BY TH A \ AV a Goo, WTO JACK WO iy Ray know!” Hogg hastened | | : to get some sleep!” HE MAINLY. se a * ’ : AH READ = Xo That's the point. How|™ . Wi WIFOUT A THOT O° WORRY ») | HE BROLIGHT mM ; 1£, COME HOME, MAH so IMMYgiving you a purty room,| HOLD EVERYTHING : By Clyde Lewis OR O° CARE. Iw Z TAY-SHUNS i bed, and a job, and| w red 1 | [LETTER EDGED J WHEN AH SFIED 75° POSTMAN 5 ; B 1 IN BLACK - 72 COMIN" UP TH FATHIWAY: or THASS | * w/E SECH A JOLLY SMILE : WHYSF J AN HAPPY ne >»

ebody else snatches him?” “Yes, gnd when you've beaned a boy’s pappy, you might could buy him. off with a bone with a little gristle on jt for him to chaw in place of meat! It don’t take much when the pup. ain’t never had no meat to spea “Well, I think you're fixing to

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"the way you fe : [ | : : it is. I happen to know that just ~ WAL ,RED, THAT GAL. “YEAH, WHEEZY, AND AND NOW YUH SAY YORE | before that fatal ball game this } : ROSE GOT AWAY, A SALED LEAVIN FER NUGGET CITY 2) he Tove Joy rome Pe 5S ee i 1] | [HAVE Noise : XR THREEFINGER ; YEAH,AN’ ITAL SURE | e P h ' p Bp , o : SHER ON HER! Ny AND SAVED THE SE A RELIEF Er) Tolliver, come|home from Texas . ; ~ ~~ ) 8G CATTLE 2 FAVE NO WOMEN Ham | had : : \ " DRIVE / © RECKON WIR

July-game. 8 “Well, the day before, or 2 i : J be a couple evenings before the i ¥ ) : : \ | BUT MILES AWAY, game, they was a meeting at old ; ; Sw 4 rm >A ; 3 TN \. “THE SHRILL WHISTLE OF A Ham Tolliver’s house. The ‘Tolli- \ 5 VU “4 / EN A WARNS or vers was all there. It was about * 4 Ne ii ROACH . the trouble your pappy and Dink

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ridge. : . “Line fence fight. Stock busting in | “You can’t see the dictator now—he’s in conference.” i w= IK: p ' somebody else's crop. Dink | was - 4 PLEASE DON'T SMOKE mp Woe sick and tired of it, and like it or FLAPPER FANNY By Sylvia TONIGHT--- NANCY BOSS AROUND no, the Tollivers always did think TOLD ME SHE CAN'T HERE your pappy was tied up xo) the : g 0 STAND YOUR PIPE 7 & :

ambushing of them two ‘Tolliver boys the past Christmas, even after| - . : the big camp meeting.” | \ 4 . “Meeting! How -you know there \ EE > M i | was this meeting?” To ? Nn Gee’ oP | | bo | | b “I got hit straight, bub! Straight ; pv ' from somebody that knowed.” |} | : y. } | l “How you know they knowed?” . ki 3 . : | “My lordy fool! If you got to | S oe ; ; | know, they was there!” “You ‘mean somebody. that was at this meeting actually told you that this was the way of it? That “ J they drawed lots to kill my father?” Ney Hogg's eroded face lighted up : “& bbaitidilhs with a hard grin. “Bub, you finally i fa . —By Crane

got wit enough to figer out what I'm telling you? I ain’t at liberty \ OIG), =n en THATS ME INVENTION. THE BULL DAWSON BOOMERANG, HINGED TK KE | SMART, HEY? BUT ( THA'S THE WAY, ME HEARTIE. SET DOWN AN' HAVE A CUP O' COFFEE. I BELIEVE YOU

to name no names. But I'd swear f AAD hd to the truth of this on a stack of : ; oi \ TO THE RAFTERS. I SEATS EASY UNDERNEATH, PULLS THE 755 MUM'S THE WORD, WAS ASKIN' ABOUT WASH. THE OTHER DAY. HE'S AT PELICAN SLE, I DON'T MIND TELL: Bibles a mile high. They drawed CR 7 4 = T STRING, AND ONE END DROPS ON _/.: 7 772 GIRLIE. ONE WORD Z ING YOU WHERE HE'S AT, SEE, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO MAKE Jots that night Who was to kill your A ; if WIS BLOOMIN' NOODLE .. T= 0 out © you, BY O% & —T_ A TRIP THERE YOURSELF! pappy, and this Sock Tolliver was CR : Gi | : hall WHAM! t 5 THUNDER; AND 11 { t 8 Ry right there, and he drawed’|ihe L\ aS ] 7 CAL an! x WRING YOUR PRETTY IL > 2 : v7 AA 2) name, and the game come along and / DAN Ee = —, ys ae 8h Nec, 7. : : / 2. he beaned your daddy?” / 2 a, : ; / A as ] gL / “My—my heaven!” Rossy said, 4 his eyes narrow. The firelight played into the depths of them. | “Now you see how it was? | Of course, Sock. Tolliver done it that way so’s to make it seem a -accident. Now and then somebody toes git his brains busted out in a ball game. | "NE di ] “That day he was wild. But when | N 7 2% ; x he wanted to kill your daddy, he|| | go " : mE er - knew where to put that ball!” | He x : FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS stopped, panting with a wrath jand “Aw, let’s pretend we're just ourselves, for a change.” ~ ” hatred that startled Rossy, who was Tg ; re ; Could 1 RENT THAT pA O ARE HILDA OKAY BY ME, IF YoU p : used to passion among his people. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson . HARVESTER. TONIGHT, FRECK @ I'm usiNG IT, —d 1! wie NOT Soa MIND RIDING IN ME MIND ! TD ST ON Rossy banged his fist: on |the ; : I'L FURNISH THE GAS AND LARD --- JUNE THE RUMBLE / A CACTUS PILLOW JUST

table.” Don’t believe a word of] it.” : ; Lh PAY YOU A NICKEL A MiLE/ AND 1 ARE 4%, TO BE NEAR 'HILOA ---= : Gong To : / TONIGHT THE RQSES

" Hogg partly raised himself from| [= h A . z . : : the chair. “You calling me a : a Shenae ANGGANE GLENDORA / : ; Witte "SNELL SWEETER liar?” 4 Age: XN 4 ~~ ; 1 PAW M- va 7 “I'm calling the feller that told = SSS ; Juv = SX GS] MY INORLD Wii A NEW you that a liar!” ; 2 2 = . HOGG SHOOK his head sadly. “They sure got yow roped in. Dr. Tollivar and that silken wench of his sure have you tied to a tree. You air ruint, that’s all.” “I'm civilized. Or trying to get vy? ; that way.” MI 8 4 , / “Yah—civilized. From the way| | = E > 2 eC : MOREG US PAT OFF

you talked te Hanner Shrider you ; | shore are civilized!” He got| up RANGE IN SIZE FROM ~~) =7 sadly and made ready to go. | FOO WHALE SHARKS TO TINY . — en At the door he turned. Rossy COBIES, ONLY ONE ASVALLE INCA CEE Sh~IM Aaa fusay : 3; WANE A X08, THERE'S SOMETRING 1 arcu I just sat there looking at him in | IN LENGTH. BEL OF Signe x HE ABOUT, TROBE ~— |

the firelight. “You don’t have so b-. N 1 Lone NOstT | much choice after all, I reckon, COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. ; ay propia / fold ty NOU. AND [| RER WITH ME

because f Jou believed De men. ol, 7 NOW EME’ AT THE ARPORT var was the one who killed your ¢ V4 of 5° | V/ ROWS ves own pappy, you would have to get 0 ] : \ os -

your eye for eye and Tooth 1 for ! f tooth, like you vowed; and you'd TM. REG. U. 3. PAT. OFF. : rather have your soft soap and : ow _ OAS TINCT TIVE soft bed.” ; AS THE Get out!” Rossy said, and if his J : EINGERPRINT OF

cousin had not slammed the door, + ak Wo . : : : ! ‘Rossy wouid have slammed him / } AHUMAN : - / i YN ~/ — : ff : : with a stick of firewood. (% y : z on op - vo > ee | ie g ele. ’ ts ¥ ; NUN 0G al . Ty . -

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His mother came in as Rossy ti his hat. , j . \ Pe. rst Eo ome does Cousin Tn : v 4 A LQ : eo OAV NEN Ter 6 Steve have all that land that used Le ae 1 3 AE , = ) : SORVICE: ic. Y. M. WYc. U. : . Is belong t our Jeriiiy? Wat : | : 2 : ; ; . ==By Raeburn Van Buren 0 ’ : . mi . y : / one time? an > P= BUT-SIR * WE CANNOT or DE— A FEW MINUTES LATER---SEA--SKY AND SET His-mother took a couple of puffs i joe, )} LEAVE THOSE TWO-TO : 1] | TING SUN. A BEAUTIFUL SEASCAPE--AND NO. on her corncob pipe, supporting the > | ; = A . DROWN. THEY ARE MEN- ——t | VESTIGE OF PITIFUL, STRUGGLING HUMAN fire coal en top of the tobacco until | ~. 7 . ~ AS SE | LIKE OURSELVES: x : 4 | WHILE MY FELLOW MEN OE ? ware | LIFE TO DETURB TS CALM | the Dow] lowed) ne. sob. whet WERE TIN CAN yp: : d ERY rey] Nem BU TiS IS WAR, BO Nor NR 7 ey betonsen” to your paw.| (CRIGINALLY CALLED NE RAL SE A PORTA | 20 PRISONERS #- DESCEND!

thought: it belonged to your paw.

But after he was killed in the ball : LoL Lo pi i : ‘ game, we found papers that showed ANSWER: Tin ¢ans originally were called “tin canisters.” Early

Steve's maw really had claim to it, day bookkeepers abbreviated the name to conserve space. and when Steve's pappy died not so i ron T : ; long after-'your own pappy went,|only the place of dispute about the|the high-tempered girl was not on Steve took the thing to court and|feud hog, but was now owned by|hand to complicate his emotions. got the land and timber.” Steve Hogg, instead of Rossy Mc-| He turned at a strange sound.

“I see,” Rossy said, and put his|Afee. A dark figure was coming through . hat back qn and went into the| He walked the line fence between |the half gloom toward him. He night. Steve’s land and, the Tolliver fam- | breathed: = It was clear, stag-glinted darkness. | ily. eNitaiy No. “Hannah! What on earth! What * Rossy walked through the light, Rossy remembered the feeling he are you doing here?” loving the crisp chill of early spring. |used to have when a day had passed (To Be Continued) ‘He kept walking until he came to|without his seeing Hannah. Now, (Al srcare the timbered region which was not for no reason at all, he was glad Tory "are whafly etrensy tis

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