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

MONDAY, JULY & 1940 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 13 SERIAL STORY— . FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY By Williams I'D SAY THAT yo NEVER SLEPT ON A CORN- :

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CAST OF CHARACTERS HA : ® Y DEMONSTRATE SOME THEM / van PEACE WARREN—A 6-vear-old trav- || = fh el : Powe Wh CA Ke FANCY RIDING! COME ON, eler en route from Boston to Los Angeles. || “MES A 4 | "a pap] WAYNE DENNIS — Agreed to deliver 4 N : X ’ he . LET'S GO! Peace safely—a larger order than he ex- | Xected. RHODA LOWELL — Wayne's Hancee thinks Peace 8 nuisance. Doesn't like crossing the country to get married either, CAROLE LOVE-—A movie slar, DARBY and JOAN-—-Peace's pet turtles

WELL, GOODNIGHT

YESTERDAY — Mrs. King disenvers a child has heen kidnaped, 'mmediately identifies Denny as the ahductor, Peace ax the vietim Denny tries to lauzh his wav out of it, but Mrs. King has informed the conductor. Denny sees the trainman and a policeman bearing down upon him.

CHAPTER SEVEN THE TWO officials stood in the aisle. The policeman consulted a notebook “Answers to a 1 he

said, confronting Denny. “Young SAT 3 : N man, I'd like to ask vou a few ques- = 0 t “ZAR Pe » = 2 — “AN PE Sv Nek SER Ine. 7-8

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“I'll stay right here, if you don't X NN DEAN LI'L ABNER : —By Al Capp mind,” Denny countered. “There's &t re RY SR as Copr. 1940 by United Featurs Syndieat>, Ine 18 (THEY'VE ELUDED| GHOSTS CAN'T DIG HOLES | L AH GOT A FEELIN’

a youngster asleep in that forward | : ol “Gly set of ds!” US FORT ’- ; : facto © dons Hike to leave. Now is ia 1 01.01 arced sande VANDALS WREAK HAVOC Wi NOW: | BE buaiaca HomicioaL. 1x Atay | SUT HALEREITHE S doot® H re cxieubat CHIEF/-THEY / MANIACS ’/- THEY. MUST / PAPPY!-MEBBE OUR shoot.” He hoped Mrs. King would! HOLD EVERYTHING | MUST BE~ BE CAUGHT TONIGHT 4 ET GOLD, LUCK'LL TURN. Th stew in her own juice : mw e—— i A GHOSTS!” OR FLL. LOSE MY JOB? P J MIDNIGHT -LE’S F~ I | FIND 'EM-AND IF THEY 4 en GO I~ er, Te RT pp we | ry ETRE SR

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this before that rain starts

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tiate his actions. He listened to the accusations, and told the story ofl the two blue dresses all over again “My fiancee is due any minute. You can ask her. Meanwhile, check the telegram. Get the address from - arti v : Western Union and telephone the] y \ ALL LOS ANGELES 1S IN AN LIPROAR AGAIN TODAY OVER THE. MYSTERIOUS + Warrens bs : Ta DESTRUCTION OF VARIOUS MAIN THOROUGHFARES IN THE BUSIEST SEC That, the officer assured him, had| 3 \ : TIONS OF OUR CITY. GREAT GAPING HOLES HAVE BEEN DUG IN === }7 / already been attempted I'rue, the] ; . ; Que 1944 bs United Punters Svndicate Ine) IIR N77 : ” A hame was correct, but that didn't N : ” : 7 i

signify anvthing ; ; 9% a RED RYDER —By Fred Harman

Carole stood up for him. “Mrs 3 > : X 7 Sing} vad ily mistake : ; : a (RED, OL PAL,1 GOT A ANYTHING, RANDY IVE FALLEN IN LOVE V4 LWANT YOU TO WF HE DOESN'T EVEN Rite Sas a i wr he ae] a : : MIGHTY IMPORTANT WHAT 1S 2 WITH BABS AND 1 / 1 |TELL HER FOR. J SUSPECT THAT I tain,” she said with her : - ho ' HAVEN'T GOT THE. 2 7 [ME RED WILL J WAS FALLING FOR a

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the whole day with Mr. Dennis and the child, and She did not finish. | YOUNG but cried, “Here's Miss Lowell now! INDIAN WHO | PROMISED ‘What will I prove?” Rhoda TO TRACK asked Carole You seem to know | DOW THE GANG THAT

as much about Wayne Dennis as anyone.” She stared haughtily ET past the uniformed men, “What is| CITY i this, Denny? x . ; | | GAMBLING But before he could open his RR HALL mouth Mrs King demanded ) ia | “Where's that foreigner I saw you with earlier in the evening? If he wasn't the image of a thug in

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magazine, I'll cross mv heart and hope to die!” “If you don’t like the way we do things in this country, why don’t yon NANCY Rhoda explained glibly about the go back where you came from?” favor she and her fiance were doing a Boy.) --- NR DN AREN'T YA GLAD the Warrens, because of the addi-| FUNNY BUSINESS YA SURE AS NN I THOUGHT UP tion to the famil WASHED The policeman grinned. “A babyv?| ; - - HIM NICE Wh; didn’t you say so? That's where Pe | { AN’ CLEAN? Warren was—at the hospital. We'll 7 check again This lady's stor) sounds all right to me And now, if vou'll excuse Denny said to Carole. rising thanks to vour faith, You mav k Joan for a hostage, Mrs. King grinned wryly, following down the aisle “Of all the hideous trips complained Poor Bertrand taken with one of his chronic aj pendicitis attacks at the beginning

of the second act I had to take him home. And then to come back to this! And so on into the night!

i 4 4 | | == Xn 3 ny NN Au: HOW DO I LOOK | WONDER: ) SURELY, NOBODY) (BUT HOW ARE \ QUICK, OUT OF SIGHT! | : Sf adil A(T WE RE TBE GREAT SCOTT, MURPWY !

. A GREY Sly 777) THOUT MY WIG N FUL! WILL TAKE US WE TO OUTWIT | HERE COMES A POLICE " . omine mn ' Wi s 'HE TRIP WASN'T coming up| a : Z THIS DISGUISE? FOR SECRET AGENTS || THE CORDON / CAR I WILL GIF THEM HIT A DAME! to Dennv's expectations. Peace was dint == OW, HEL 6A OF POLICE? Ars MANEUVER 26 or ) pp ;” 2h . Sz

good, Denny thought, considering . but somehow her presence seemed to be a little wedge between him and Rhoda. When he told the child about Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer and the big Mississippi, Rhoda did not join in. She always had a letter to write. To Bertrand? It wasn't

possible he was jealous, Denny] § : 4 ee assured himself again. The question COPR. 1340 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T. M, REC. U. S. PAT. OFF. was, should Ke oe ? Vii GeEivation “If you've heard this one before, Miss Smithers, stop me.” % : od Ba 32. d Whoa Bev Bieri ling 1 : > F i : / 2 ELGA STRIKES THE PASSING CAR sought an empty desk. “Rid of the] THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson e ; ” — WITH A STICK AND SCREAMS FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

pest?” he asked, pausing a momen with Peace bv his side | Dont you pEheve, ne Pl ess / EARLY MAN (Im SORRY 1 PUNCTURED \ ONE SIDE, Ir THIS OLD MAN YOURE ied waren out (Bot Hofres HAD amo TOUR BALLOON, BUT I JUST Bov, YOU'RE PRACTICALLY | Im Youngster. ! [T weLL --... DANCING WITH SHOULD DEVELOP promised to watch out that nothing | / oo ORGANS HAD TO GET IN THAT DIG LIKE A LETTER A NEIGHBOR | SORRY, GO ON RACK PARDON TROUBLE WITH HIS ARTERIES, CALL happens to me IN HIS BODY ABOUT SHADYSIDE / IM A FROM HOME / MAY 3 BUT MR. TO YOUR YOUR. LONG ME AND ILL HELP HM TO On account of—?" | o LOYAL KINGSTONIAN / HAVE “THIS KRITTS TEETHING WHITE BEARD! HIS WHEEL CHAIR / “Uh-huh Isn't she priceless?” | THAT TODAY DANCE HAS RING Rs “We'll have to find her a ho ARE REGARDED AS , SO WE ALREADY EE Ie USELESS, 2 Chane. | fom mw! Which showed how mistaken OR. - - : eC] ] Denny could be. Taking Peace out NEARLY so” } : to the observation platform to give the turtles their airing, he came upon Mrs. King and a small graybearded man, chinning together like old friends. Caleb Ogden, his name was, a big oil man from Texas. But going on to California to play a bit of golf, see a few movie stars, and “get rid of some] a . of his holdings,” he was telling Mrs. | BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES By Martin King. " A foil for the pest, Denny | le ’ ~~ he a DOGGONE HOR? OH WHERED || TH’ LITTLE huckled to himself, watchin er| BS THE { YEAH --NOW REMEMBER, AN TURN 1T 2 : — ? | eo pet A word i ediense. | SWENCER N NO OME KNOWS ABOUT FF Cs YA LIKE-- | Shp 1 RoE aoe im g | WO GO, OFFICER? j SA i 3)

try to get a word in edgewise i ? ; Su : COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, ING INSTALLED ATS BEIN' THERE I \ Where were his oil fields? Down T.M. REG. U. 8. PAT. OFF. , IN MY fe BUT JUST LO EWN COMES WY Sure, she'd love to see his blue-| WILLIE ?

Darby and Joan, now caged in the! THAN TO | CATTLE.

cornpopper again, since the water bottle had come to grief Denny could see the oil man casting surreptitious glances his way, while | / g { 4 = ” ) \ . . ; 4 Mrs. King laid him low 7% A a EX NG / % a : = 7 7. J Gang?” Ogden repeated, looking | tll f AMY == | Es . FON = . SH back apprehensively., Oh, well let | Uh ht { 1 = 23 eee, Sa . ANAT . - \FCOPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. oe het tell the world! AL 1 hl V —By Raeburn Van Burss Ayal EU | 10 Ra Jthie usin opasyen YO Pear ke ; ; ? ) ETS \ A HOTEL == NEW YORK CITY=er to give your pets a swim? It's the A SEAT FIVE PERSONS SA Donces Ru [oY SR Hn [esa \ rae Inu) [EDT a WaT OT Yous: is in our AT A TABLE DP TOMORROW NGHT 16 AMEN | | SLANG WORD THAT WSTER! | | My MOM--MUSTNT | SOME ALKY- DONT TAKE | | MEET GUNBOAT DOAKES AS | I--I DIDNT HEAR : ; i Sa AND THEY SAID THE PURSE | | MEANIN' BERRES- STUFF. FOLKS | | KNOW ABOUT THIS— / HOL ALONG \ THAT AL- | 1 SOON AS HE GETS HERE ( YOU™i=| MUSTVE

hands,” Denny warned Ogden. | ANSWER—One hundred and twenty different combinations. ? WAS FIETY POTATOES- 22--WHAT'S WHO KNOW ME SHE DOESNT a IN CASE YOU ) CHOHOL AFTER HIS FIGHT

‘Mrs. Ring can tell you what a Job) —o R a I at St me eet A Tn caus we ‘Bars. | unomesTano- JL Nez A 0 / muB BY | | TomoRRow creatures. Peace, where are the ant| Mrs. King leaned . rd, not I was blind not to see through it. JUST HOW MUCH IS 8S LEGS” MISS ABBIE RUB 4 MISTAKE, NIGHT IN

<2” He found the generous box | Missing a word. “Children and That woman's a lulu, all right.” ; BE A oe MILLTOWN Ee practically rly dngs—they know. I don't like her | He looked out of the window at TY POTATOES ? / “Aunt Rhoda ate ‘em all up!” either, my dear. {the outskirts of the great Mid- J “Ate the ant eggs? You know| “Don’t you dare tell Aunt Rhc. a western metropolis. “Told Peace] ‘ S 8 better than that, honey.” {about the ant eggs,” he ordered. not to get off the train, but I guess h : EF ind DAL [A

“Yes, she did too. Me put 'em| Were almost to Kansas City. we'd all be better to stretch our IL Em in her ecerule this morning.” {Give me the postcard for your legs a bit. Shall we?” ® ol) San 2

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{. covered her cereal with cream, he|Vou to get off the train. Now, coolly, “Do as you like.” remembered, and consumed it all |We'll go find Rhoda.” The train was easing to a stop. A “Why should you do such a naughty| “Mrs. King told me she thinks|Denny went after his charge. Peace F thing?” [on are gi~ing me the double-cross,” | was nowhere in sight! ! “So they'd hatch, like she said.|Rhoda beczan, stamping her ° 5 (To Be Continued) And bite her! Me don't like her,”| “That's a hot one! She just told Peace shrilled with pouting lip. lme the same thing about you, Said’ ‘Al! *isnis names and Sa tons) © ‘hie

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