Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1940 — Page 13

SATURDAY, AUG. 38, 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

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through Jean's efforts. Jean promises to leave Capetown when she knows Molly loves Johnny Weeks pass and Johnny finds Molly too busy for dates. Jean tells him Andre Masters, the leading man, is interested in Molly. Jean also says she is leaving.

CHAPTER SIX

JOHNNY BUSIED himself pick=ing up the bits of broken pottery bowl. Jean was leaving for Boston.

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found out Molly loved him. Was na BD \ ¥ she sure of that? 2 a. \ &X \ 1 ( 7X | NP TALKING IN THE

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Jean laughed unhappily. “You're balmy, Johnny. She thinks you're cute as a bug's ear.”

oo iy x Toney a oh ne “Last week they pulled off more buttons than they could use , , - . = THAR SHE WERE-= A B-BOY'S " IT out before her and she was sneering, so they're giving some of them back! AR DREAMT wen rT RSNTENED LIFE; PL SAY A REDS WE ALL A DREAM. HO "TWERE ‘BOUT A CE THET, *J SHE SAID,“ DELIVER “SA which | | MAN -& TH THREE FINGERED stay here and heckle? Think I can’t| HOLD EVERYTHING GAL- A BOOTIFUL THIS PACKAGE T TH' \ BOY, DID DIES” 7 MAN. AN’ TH PACKAGE take it?” > GAL Y” GOVERNOR AT ONCE'- SHE ? /, WERE MERELY THINGS She looked at him, almost with | G7 Po % A BOY'S LIFE . \ AH DREAMED UP, 4 pity. “Oh, Johnny, what's the use? | MA == X) J aE DEPENDS UPON IT? 0] NATCHERLY £7 T've tried to like the girl, honestly ARE 3 ‘ : 1 have. She's so smooth and beautiful she frightens me to death. And she's a grand actress. But she's ambitious, Johnny.” Johnny snorted. “Ambitious isn't any erime. I'd marry Molly tomorrow, if she'd have me.” “I won't be here tomororw to see that, thank heaven,” Jean answered. She sat down on the sea chest and swung her feet. She was still J a little girl, Johnny thought ; . \ f a Y i p)) car TE ae” “Jean,” he said, “I'm sorry, truly ; ; k : A > AA Mo EC le I am. Don't think I haven't missed X i ! § . our Cape Cod, the one of other | N Po a . RED RYDER summers. Sometimes I wish I'd \ . a dL ‘ “ never Tad eyes on Molly. Td be Sos | FETA AIR EE.) Te RST happier, T suppose, digging qua- \— - TN FRIENDS ACCEPT A HALE ME ARE RETURNIN® SEE om? E, SAVERICN NOhaugs and sailing with you, not be- § | 7 Oks &S ESTAN IR TO PAINTED VALLEY) (ED QDY KNOWS vs ing in love.” - . Eg g EY a) EEN 3 : . ‘Is it love?” Jean asked with & | 1 : hl § MARRIED glimmer of wisdom that hardly be- | 4 at = FS; RETURN longed to a little girl. “I wonder.” { 5 3 . They were silent for a minute, : Sap so still that they could hear the | ig clock ticking. Johnny busied him- | i | i ; CELEBRATE self swishing imaginary dust from | es . i : pine cone parrots “What I really came to say,” Jean was speaking steadily, “is that I've lent my cameo to Molly for her | part in the play, and since I won't | be here to retrieve it, I want you | to send it to me.” “Why, Jean,” Johnny gasped, | COPR. 1940 BY WEA SERVICE, INC. YT WM. REG. U.S PAT. OFF. 8-3 “that's a foolish thing for you to | do. The Reynolds cameo is a ‘mu- “Mother, either Jane goes or I go—this house isn't big enough To ; ps oe y seum piece! You know that. for the two of us!” A : HT 3 | WELL, WELL --- LOOK WHO'S "uw TL es or, ) / = J <2 HERE --=1 HAVEN'T SEEN ONLY SEEMS HE SOUNDED like the stern par-| FUNNY BUSINESS {A WH OLE Da ; ) YOU IN ALMOST A WEEK! LIKE A WEEKent. What was Jean thinking of? - - " . = WONDER IF SHE / - - 8 y I WAS HERE The Metropolitan was still nego- id oF — ? MISSED ME ? vy" 7 iY YESTERDAY / tiating for the Reynolds cameo. Tt ~The yz SE . , - had been made especially in Ttaly for Jean's grandmother. There were certain peculiarities about its de- | sign which made it invaluable ‘All kinds of things could happen to iv. Molly could misplace it in the dressing room.” or.” x ’ Jean looked at him intently. “Sure 777 3 ANH 3 A F . gem youre not thinking of the legend? . > Ee

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would say if he knew you lent it Na = > , to Molly.” | -F 2; BUT FiRS' \7 «GRABS HER |

“Oh, she'll take care of it,” Jean | A4= ; Z Z 3 . (RENTITY 1 WOULD DESIRE : RIPCORD... assured him. “I was wearing it the || “AF XA = > YU A TRIFLE MORE . afternoon she came to tea. She] / x | ® $c > R said, ‘What a lovely old cameo. I!]- Z i COVE ER) had imagined Mrs. Lyons wearing | = - > : one just like it at her throat. Mrs. ez q (F EASY AY MERCY Lyons, that's who she is in the 7 —— » Jom uJ _ os OF FOREIGN AGENT!

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piay “And so vou took it right off and . put it in her hand.” Johnny was HE , ih ee a exasperated Jean jumped from : a 1 - Zr < oy ie hii the chest and came over to where IN z 1 . 3 hn Crt he stood / - CA Ny A friend of yours is a friend of N - 3 ™ oe p= AZ EE ay mine,” she told him, “and I'm not COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE INC © Z rR TIVE 2 PARACHUTE wg to RR oy yon, i 7 & ed hg gg] un 20% ing her to give it back before the v : a . a ~ 7 Zs EN S, EASY 29 play. Now get over your mad, net “Now if 1 could only think of the trouble I'm trying to drown!” 2 THE PLANE A SUDDEN LURCHuve

kiss me goodby for old times on By BI sake.” 1 — osser sake | THIS CURIOUS WORLD By Willem Berauen | Too uss AND HIS FAIRS : y Jean was in his arms Kissing him | 7 ; ” ‘ mp ,. = as she had never kissed him before. | = E JUST BECAUSE 1 WAVE “A Rea / A Si F

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Aurry stirred. He pushed her away ; 2 NO REASON FOR YOU HAVEN'T WELL , 8 HAVE THEY" ~ . I 125- LB. 22 ’ lL BE ALONG , ARE , BOYS /

from him, THINKING ME A Hee f ys DONE MucH LISTEN TO You GOT | | ON THE NEXT BOAT !

“Johnny, I love you so, and I'll go |

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on loving you forever. I haven't yo Tn h g { — . . A any pride to say it. That's why I SALMON Pr <3 SIT ; = \ Jo THORP a Nt >

can't stay here.” | | WAS CAUGHT AT PETE RS = OF THEm ! : BURG ? Okay

‘Stop, dearest,” he said, patting | RECENTLY : pia : a rr OR a ewe POT IM her shoulders. He hated himself | AT a YY. _S iii R De ON | for what had happened to them,| | POINT COLPOYS, a but his feeling for Molly was the | NEAR, same | URE They didn't xnow that Molly had | Pe y come in until she spoke. ’ “Am I interrupting? I thought | ITS AM\EAT the bell jangled, but I can go back | FILLED MORE and Knock.” | THAN cean jumped from Johnny's arms. | ION They both looked like children caught robbing a cookie jar. | ANS. Melly smiled superciliously. “rf | rr Pr that's what vou meant by kid T.M. REG. U. S. PAT, OFF. PERWAPE! AND IES FROM NOW ON (T WiLL BS MA rs \ SOONER OR LATER 2 stuft. TWh SOV We ido 4 HWE Nin NOT J (XT REAWY \S tT SQ WAITING GAME. DEFINITELY. EL | ve Wu COME. ~~ 4 ’ stuff, ~SOTTY you consider me A WPORTANT NL AND WHEN WE grown up _ BVENNG | . ; aa TTI © , XL AM T was simply telling him good- S RS £ y I CERREE JO = RE LRN PREPARED by,” Jean explaiped. “I'm going i pena ti ; ; CE et, 3 Ee ———

~~’ back to Boston in the morning.” OG Molly took a step toward Jean. | COPR. 1540 BY NEA SERVICE, ING, SOCIOL ICALLY, Her voice was grim with author-| \ ALL MEN MAY BE {

ty. . CREATED EQUAL. You can't go back to Boston euvT NOT

Mr. Earl has vou on props, and vou wouldn't dare walk hha the | B/OLOG/ ALLY. last minute like this.” SOME RACES SLUCCLUMB READILY & a ~ JEAN REMINDED Johnny of a| JL Wi ae oH very small kitten spitting at a huge | — IMMUNE important Angora. “I've got him . F i

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everything he asked for. I even o _ know where I can find that old ~N id — oil lamp to bat from the ceiling. ERANCE FIELD 15 AN ; ABBIE AN' SLATS oy » hiy "1 oS " » 5 - AEA the rest of he woremitece 2 ee, Noes Seven EONIBEN Op Ta ALL THAT NIGHT= ALL THE NEXT DAY- THREE ABBIE / POP BECKY" n G i ork | ’ N= TERRIF| R VE SLATS WAIT = h BL can do a little work. The theater (ocueEBEC, OR IN =, - WHO LOVE SLATS 1 A Ca

is not my life. I'll walk when and Fal gps WE'LL HAVE TO OPERATE |] |= | ¢ or | PLEASE ABOUT LEAVING CRABTREE res ra ml Ce oRdenge ory IMMEDI ATELY... 1 Ek ===] oT COME N CORNERS AND ABOUT A BOAT : fee ; THAT WAS TORPEDOED -~AND

| “That's just what I thought oN - a | TE ds oN . 1 AN A FIGHT==IT WAS AN AWFULLY

would happen,” Molly retorted ANSWER-—On the Atlantic side of the Panama Can hy DREA angrily. “Junior Leaguers and so- | na ore SAG Maw ctety girls, always so willing to help | “Hel tell me whether or not any of | Molly wasn't listening. She was AWAKE NOW» and then at the last minute some- his bird-trained apprentices can get staring at the stage door of the thing else turns up the stuff back where it belongs.” theater, her blue eyes boring Johnny interrupted then, “Don’t | She flounced out of the shop. [through its entrance. | talk like that to Jean, Molly,” he Molly ran after her. calling to her “Afraid you wouldn't have a said quietly. “She's worked like a Jean went into the stage entrance chance to wear her cameo?” Johnny dog, and if she feels she has to g0 of the theater and slammed the asked idly. home now, I don't think any of us door. Johnny laughed. “What on earth do yoy mean Ly! should try to stop her.” | “You don’t know Jean. The hur- that? Has Andre Masters seen her?” “So you were trying to stop her ricane that hit the Cape in '38 Molly demanded. with a few kisses?” She had turned couldn't keep her here. That time | : (To Be Continued on Johnny and was whipping him it was a good thing she started. : with her words. Both our cottages were washed out “I'll ask Mr. Earl,” said Jean.lto sea.”

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