Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1940 — Page 24

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1940

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

Peace=She's Wonderful

By ISABEL WAITT

CAST OF CHARACTERS

PEACE WARREN-A Cl.vear-old trav. ¢ler en route from Boston to Los | Angeles, |

WAYNE DENNIS — Agreed to deliver | Peace safeiv——a larger order than he | expecte |

RHODA LOWELL — Wayne's fiancee, thinks Peace a nuisance. Doesn't like crossing the country to get married either

CAROLE 1LOVE-—A movie star DARBY and JOAN-Peace's pet turtles,

YESTERDAY: Denny leaves the train gets a plane, flies back to hunt Peace and Carole. He finds them, hiding near the track. Peace keeps accusing Ogden t-aling Joanv. “And that's nat all he Carole adds

CHAPTER ELEVEN T THAT could come later. Just the one idea was to catch the 1. Tt waited 20 minutes at WinsMissing it. they would keep on ty) Flagstaff, the pilot said As they sailed away into the Sky Denny heaved a great sigh. “Nothing matters now. Peace's grandmother won't have to be told any-| think to worry her. I'm thankful Copr. 1510 by Dnitedl Feature Syndicate, Tne.

the Warrens won't know, at any| in + sy til it & MictATYY ry . \ . Tate NIH] 1S Rt a on W aa I “I'm sure he's crazy about me . . . last night he gave me the pawn don't see is why you--What did you ticket for his fraternity pin!” mean about Ogden's stealing?” He : ;

gripped Carole’s hand The pilot was pointing downward | to the little station where Denny | had telegraphed. Ant-like creatures) were waving at them ————— ‘Carole, vou brave girl! Nothing Pi I can ever sav will tell you how| TH Rd grateful I am to you—leaping off | the train like that to help my little] girl. You might have been killed! | Peace, what made you do \ | | 1 i |

HOLD EVERYTHING By Clyde Lewis

Run away from Mrs. King?" Me didn't run away,” Peace declared. “Mr. Hogden packed away my porncopper Then the train bumped.” But what's that you're holding?” I got it back again. And Joany’s not hurt a bit. See?” Peace opened There lay the torpid napkin ‘LOOK, | Peace lifted a napkin “Joany’s Carole says— MECHANICAL | option—the whole fo MAN gold cigaret case re for ;

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uti ‘What's the idea? What have vou done that you have to hide This smart little trick saw from policemen?” packing her cornpopper ith Joany in it,” Peace inter2d Mr. Hogden had been g her a Swim, and she got FUNNY BUSINESS

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} the porncopper till- { } Joany on top of the money sO that any one discovering the cornpopper would think it just cake for his pet turtle,” Carole Only Peace decided she'd have her ‘porncopper’ than her when he So, when

she switched ‘em Denny chuckled Well, youngster vou've redeemed vourself. But 1 still don't see why, if vou had your Ky pet, vou had to let g0 Mrs

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THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson

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f life on that other N rain. 1 was sure she'd] W. TER gone aboard with Mrs. King. Rhoda | SOLIDIFIES saig—" IN A r B® | CLOSED THE NAME silenced him. Rhoda | CONTAINER, —t0 whom He was flving. His fian-| THE Ce cee. For 8 moment he wanted to! THAT FORAAS tell the pilot to turn around and EXERTS A fiy the other way. But there was| | PRESSURE OF Peace’s grandmother, soon to meet { 1 the train in L.os Angeles. And there | 3 A TONS was Hollywood, waiting for its star TO THE Denny sighed. “Anyway, Carole,’ SQUARE ~-how naturally it came to him to call her by her first name—“you'll INCH. et a lot of good out of this.” 8 = She looked up at i “What wi ToL, The more could T want? With her safe. | and—and this unforgettable ride | with you?” | Bless her! “But the publicity. | Movie stars thrive on it, don't they?” “I hate it,” Carole replied quietly. “You do> I don't wonder—the usual } OBSERVATIONS sort: ‘MOVIE ACTRESS ROBBED Ashi LEAD TO THE OF $50.000 NECKLACE.” But this is CONCLUSION different. This is heroism. ‘CAROLE / THAT I1.OVE LEAPS FROM TRAIN TO / j - RESCUE CHILD LEFT ALONE IN LOSS ,fzAVE THE DESERT Why. the public will eat it up. Witnesses will prove

jt wasn't faked. You'll make every ( : front page in the country.” | .

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< ‘Oh, dear,” Carole sighed, “T suppose I will. But I'll bet you a trip | \ \ “ !

to Catalina I won't get the credit.” | “What do you mean? Peace saved | EE] Nd the money for Mrs. King, but she’s | just a child. This was nothing to | Gree EARTH HAS

risking vour life the way vou did.’ — Pp “I don't mean Peace.” | Ow MANY TROPICS - << ;

“Xho else then? You surely] don't think T'd claim to be a hero!”| ANSWER—Two. The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The pilot broke in upon them “Here we are! We've made it. This . ———— i is Winslow A car will be waiting. the same. I meant—it’s all getting steps and platforms, set up a cheer.

They won't even have to hold the settled before night. The desert’s a Cameras clicked. Lights flashed | KE

train He set them down safely./mighty mean place at night. Only Carole was besieced “You failks were lucky safe place is the sky.” | “I'm still betting,” she whispered “Lucky in having vou for a pilot,| A car sped them to the waiting to Denny. “Are you?” | old man.” train, now due to start in a matter | (To Be Concluded) “That was nothing,” the pilot said.|of nds | Ld Any of our men would have Wed passengers, ‘cramming ‘AT VEick TEL AR Characters, Tn this

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I'LL SUSPEND YOUR SENTENCE ON CONDITION THAT YOu GO

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OUT OUR WAY

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—By Bushmiller

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