Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1940 — Page 24

PAGE 24 sms. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES mn: THURSDAY, AUG. 1, 1940 SERIAL STORY— FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople ~~ OUT OUR WAY By Williams

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ND ACE? Jf TH 7 - Th DEUCE AND ACE E SNEAK WHEN WE GO ON OUR V/A THERE WAS SOME J Way DIDN'T JOHNNY REGAN—Young man in love ! fi ¥ 3 i ~ a ; ; ) , b 3 a,“ CY BOY WILL STILL BE IN A TRANCE wan Nh oe Nay,

77 ALL RIGHT, FAT, 7 LISTEN wa YOU TWO DOPES HAVE BEEN 4) PURE GENIUS / ummer OR | WHAT'S YOUR 3 WORRYING ABOUT HOW TO SLIP THE MAJOR) T ALWAYS SAID LEVEL ON THIS VACATION INSURANCE fuss MANBE T BONE IN THAT : BREAKING THIS Smee RL HE a - NUMBER YOU'RE A CAN'T GUARANTEE SIR CECIL'S TITLE, )77( FAT HEAD OF WINDOW IN THE By MILDRED WILLIAMS | oF 1 AM | BILLING AS SIR J BUT WHAT OF T? HE'LL KEEP THE + 7/( YOURS, BUSTER ae CEP SE : N 1 ad CECIL GUMLEY= )\ MAJOR S0 BUSY THAT WHEN WE yp : SK. il / CAST OF CHARACTERS 3 A Lf ; ; TEE | TAVISH / GET READY TO DUCK OUT, THE OLD Mm | il 0 AT : etl with two girls. Y : - : A \ | . pel oo Wiis EOL \ oe ] dN. 7 AIN'T THAT IN THERE! WE'VE GOT Bins atine So, I west ion T EN ENOUGH ? | [Ml TO GET IN AND GET Him

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YESTERDAY: Johnny confesses to Jean that he loves Molly. She understands, refuses to deny her love for him. Later, when Molly suggests meeting patrons at the Meltons’, Johnny remembers Jean is staying there.

CHAPTER FOUR

Johnny was wondering how he | could get out of taking Molly to the Meltons after their picnic. He] didn’t want Jean to meet her yet. |

Molly's “Have you had a regular girl ; j at 5 a \ \ A 2 1 3 \ | tH all this time?” required some sort of Bi wb Sa A wn ==]\ 3 j y (= : : Win (i p | os rl = BN \ S / — Ans | reply { . j By aR a | TD A) \ A { 3 / = or ah = | | \ | “Nothing to get suspicious about,” {a = | ho Tos. WN nN USTER'S : NEE ; 2 oo (l I nd he said evenly. “Jean Reynolds is . \ gl /4 HEE " Uy alr, AD IZ Y J i iin Ny : a girl I've known a long time. Look, RE SR \ 3 R " Ne Es AA | i i | il I! IEG, Ee there's our rock. It's flat, so we A N N ) : 4 HEA \ a 3 : —— PVR i pe. Te . can spread out our lunch and pre- | opi Ns 5 & { OPR, 1990 8 NEA SERVICE, ING. T. M. REG. U. § PAT. 0 COP. 1980 6 NEA SERVCELINE. WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY oy

tend we're at the Capetown Inn.”

But Molly wasn't so easily put _ , IER J : MMY F - , ‘mside. “Come, now, Johnny. This : : a lS LINE NE Cok OME SON L S PEASE COMES = NIGHT FALLS = Jean isn’t your own true love, and! “Let's go ... once Muggsy gets interested in a book he can't put it { WIE TH BLACK 737 LEFT EYE 3 . : AND= WHILE PAPPY ‘SLEEPS

thinking she cared. : : i “Absoluteiy. We have to walk — ] a

from here. Guide your bicycle over to that rock and leave it.” He sat down on a rock and took off his shoes. He walked across the sand, reveling in the way the mud felt between his toes. He ran his hand down a hole where a quahaug had burrowed. “See,” he held the small thing up, its shell still dripping with wet be 4 i ON ; y No )

“How ooky,” Molly murmured. 3 ; g : . = “I suppose Jean loves this sort of 7 o {1 Nol Ee R ONGRA NS >) ” DORIA LITTLE BEAVER GIVI ! | tod fa NERATULAT ME GLAD RED MY GOLD CLAM pr LOQKCM LITTLE BEAVER GIV ry 4 hat ducd oS 20 Rye Yourse” J Rete NST SOLD aN rE. WEDDING PRESENT / CORTAIS

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thing.” “Yeah, we've collected bucketsful. GETTIN A MIGHTY SETTOM = AARE FINE SaAwW ESS,

Go barefooted, climb over rocks. At um id S FINE GIRL 7 HITCHED. LER il” first she was scared to death of the ig 7 Ly wl ON : = 5 EAE ™ y things.” 4 fo a. CITY-=-1T5 TOO sf It wasn’t until they were seated on the rock eating their lunch that he realized Molly hadn’t spoken for some time. She was lovely, leaning against the bank. “Woman,” he said sincerely, “you are doing peculiar things to me here . . .” He pointed to his heart. She turned to look at him, slowly, gs if this were a scene from & plo. 7 oa i “Really? Now I am surprised. ¥ J i am b) > Ever since we've started, it's been AE G yy - 478 Jean this and Jean that. I'm cn g 2 Po 3 — RN Creo 2 /, outsider. Outsiders don’t appreci- x 7 RE : ute.” : Wi ~{ OK., BOB--T'LL MEET You BEA "87 [NE BEEN WANTING T Molly was tying the bandana «i Si RE 43 2 IN THE PARK AT TWO-- on; 7\ SEE You ALONE FOR under her chin with firm, angry LE Coe 77 J FIRST BENCH 0 ’ fingers. : | Ll i 7 / NEAR THE Y f ¢ “I break a date to go on a picnic ENTRANCE! )

with you. Then, this Jean comes “See, Mae, I told you it was just like going to the movies!” =” unexpectedly. Your whole plan is| LS a= to get me safely home again, so you| FUNNY BUSINESS — i $ <0 can play at the Meltons. I wanted | to meet people for the patrons’ list The people are at the Meltons. That wouldn't do,” she finished sarcastically.

” n 2 JOHNNY PUSHED her back| down on the rock. “I've never felt like this about anybody else except y f you. Jean Reynolds will tell you / : W » g TO coe RRs that our affair was just kid stuff.” { -— L Tm. foe U5. Pas Off —All Abts reserved “Then why can’t we go to the hh Meltons’?” she asked. | : JAD BALONEY! THE F.B.I. 1S GETTING TOO ARE YOU NOT BENG VER' / 7 7/7, 7 OW! YOU KNOW MY NAME! “We can. People around here A RA b= HOT FOR THESE FOREIGN AGENTS... a CURIOUS, MY FRAN? fo 7 AND MANY OTHER THINGS gab so. And Jean and I have been | A 4 3 . y AND THIS TRUNK 1S FULL OF INCRIM- Y \ : hi AS WELL. YOU ARE CLEVER, pals for years.” is A 14 : INATING EVIDENCE THEY'RE HAUING |] ] THATS TO OPEN q n D ; Tm MY FLYING DISHWASHER BUT She was laughing now and he| / a SL ME MOVE TO SAFETY / id THE TRUNK AND, 4 1 7 A J 2 7A NOT 80 CLEVER THAT YoU was happy again. Close shave, | 07 A : 7) , oh CAN OUTWIT LITTLE HELGA

that. | She was close to him, and he was| inhaling the delicate fragrance of| her perfume. He kissed her then||{ and held her to him for a moment. | The kiss was as he had dreamed it. | “Then we'll go to the Meltons | tonight,” she added, as much as| to say, “That’s settled.” She lifted her bicycle from the rock and guided it to the highway. Molly chatted gaily all the way | back to Capetown.

“I want to go by the house first, oF . NS FN to powder my nose,” she said when | % ve NRE WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO NOW 8 L THOUGHT “You I OID WAVE, BUT L ‘ WHAT D'YOU fre—-— they reached town SOPR. ‘teko'ey Evie Me > “e.. aR START CONSERVING OUR. MONEY --= NEAR : HAD $s / GAVE $2 TO THE MAN MEAN, ONLY BUT 1 WAVE “It doesn’t need powdering, and ; Se essa — EN | AS _I CAN FIGURE, WE HAVE $26 BETWEEN nl Z1 THAT KRITTS JUST FIRED ONLY WAVE $232 Counr- | | ony io weer! T've finished that cross-word puz- vive obi ort Vo Gti up silt us TERE ou ave T oe A , Y= ’ FOR. $22) a bs I Feet SORRY » i » i 0 § , i SS . = - “— ’ vle.” he said, wanting to get the e s are two to one he passes me up each time! rr NO _ a. /

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go by for a pack of cigarets.” | “Be ready when you get there,” When THE TIDE COMES IN, she called to him IT BENDS THE COASTLINE And she was DOWN FOR SEVERAL. MILES There were crowds of people at INLAND. .. SEISAMOGRAPM the Meltons. Johnny squared his INSTRUMENTS SHOW. shoulders and marched up the walk, E ’ - == 75 3 a Molly's hand tight in his J - TM . - : - SN f ’ : =>/RK : Vig: ¥ He ran the gamut of introduc- : . > CAS ES / 3 - 1040 BY NEA SERVES: 4 On tions. . . . “Howdy. pal, glad to = a 3 ~~ ” : — - : or . I ki —— A SLIP NOW $I MUST BE [NY ci NAW THINK ANN TE GAY, MAND. 1% =)

see you. Jean without you is ham i / iy SOLD BE Ey N : : \ without eggs.” . . . “Miss Travers, y pe FATAL. TO >i CAREROL & £1 rE Ted DUANEE 7 WANA $ RAREUER. | FORGERY Miss Lancester.” “Johnny's here ! : eo MX PLANG ww RCH - NR LACE GO ALONG ¥% | VECAMME OF AA DEOUT Find Jean so they can tango. | f= - — #~ ARN Me 3 8 ) < | TEALANTIVE .— WM He clenched Molly's hand. He 3 AS HN A ANN ; “ ne evtie wo (A 2] should have obeyed his hunch and | / : \ NERA NR *X ; as 2 ARON ¥ waited until the crowd Knew where | NR ! CX NN ANN WW NR / | ; / WERE he and Jean stood. He glanced at| nana 3 5 : Som | J \D-4h Molly. Her head was high Molly and Johnny walked through | the house and out across the lawn | He hadn't seen Jean and Rex| Arnold were in the rowboat, singing | at the top of their lungs.

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Jean came across to them, held —— ha — —— i — A our her brown hand to Molly with- me about,” Jean was saying to Sue “That would be wonderful,” Molly

out looking at Johnny. ‘Hello, I'm| evenly. “And she's just as lovely as said. h ( p.} Jean Reynolds. John's told me all he said she’d be!” Jean flashed Johnny a look of about you.” : | “I just adore theater people,” triumph. The look stripped him “Miss Travers, Miss Reynolds.|Jean continued, to Johnny's utter of his feeling of gratitude. Had Da

Molly, Jean.” amazement, He thought she she pigeon-holed Molly, as shed

“Why, Jean Reynolds,” Sue Mel- [loathed actresses. “You must come said she could? Just another ac- eR ton gasped, looking wildly from|to tea on Thursday. I'd like you tress exploiting Cape Cod? ' Johnny to Molly and back again to(to meet: some of my mother’s (To Be Continued)

Jean, “Is this the girl?” friends. Mr. Earl always is inter- WT “Yes, this is the girl Johnny told ested in new patrons.” on tory Tare “wholly Chetitiousd in: Vite