Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 August 1940 — Page 17

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SERIAL STORY— > FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean | OUR BOARDING HOUSE : a By Williams

HE DID IT AGAIN wa HAVED IN ALL NiguT 3B ; : : KEEP RINGING, WiLL YOU 3 PLEASE, OPERATOR F I

- TO ; m - i - i mm N \ a t / 1 & SAV a oR Murder k= : ; Te : 2 IN THE CUAIR / WELL, IT SAVES DEPRECI= i} : AEAGE OPERATOR Iden, : : Ba NE rotTeRLInN RANGES / x BLT I NOW HE'S IN THERE / . ile rae Sas SIR CECIL 1S NO AUSTRALIAN RANCHER, { A, PY, ) BL ry Rd, En Incognito : 3 : fa i Eas MAJOR wiv HE'S AN INSOMNIA CURE / woo X 4 MAKE HIN NERVOUS AND oe { A AS FOR ME, TM A BOY SCOUT ITM GETTING 1 = HELL GET OUT: ID LIKE | AL PR 4 YOU UP FOR BREAKFAST, AND THEN FIGURING Jj Ls OR BLE et i. THANK YOU, ON WAYS AND MEANS OF GETTING YOU A > i OH, 80 MULCH # ’ WN = C » CAST OF CHARACTERS : Ws fe 1 ——— i \ A DY fi

MARTIN SAYLER —A lawyer with too A AY

= = AT - J many enemies hn A ’ ly DALE APPLEBY —Savier's stepson. % HA ; : a SRE 23) ped Me \ 2 2 A RAS SN RHODA WATERS—Appleby’s fiancee. ds ae \ 3 / “14 ee | WER

By NORMAN KAHL

HAZEL LETGHTON — Sayler's sweeteart.

WINSLOW MARDELL—A gambler. GEORGE BARBOUR — Sayler's Taw partner.

LTEUT. O'LEARY Police investigator. (E 1. Xo 4 | ko 1] i 2. p70 aT N E a. 1 Bl | | / 4 . bi R Z 7 7 1 YESTERDAY: Martin Savler's five . : : ~— | ’ ; 5 z dinner guests find his body in the study. 3 < i v ’ f uw » k 7 77 slC calls police. Lisut. O'Leary arrives, hi i 3 3 ; 3 ) i \ 5 vA makes roufine inquiries, then asks Dale: “Jt you did not touch the body, how did you know Sayler was shot?” CHAPTER THREE DALE FINGERED the black bow tie that stood out in sharp relief against his white mess jacket, How | did he know that his stepfather had

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think ‘of shooting.” Dale said in aj : Ld E> \ N < > monotone. “Tt's just the first thing | AB f A \ SE WN 7 N AGEs : ; = —- a that occurred to me.’ : : U A SAN Aer A. TR Re (CEP BERT Ven SER ck WE WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY A ‘Did your stepfather have ‘any | ) { \ \ Ut ABNER — BE a ats — SBS enemies?” | us a “ : - a “Yes. Tots of them _7Ospr T560 by Ohifeed Petre Syniicate, no £ 57% re —— . . : Re (CASS TIMES PH / YOU CANNOT SEE al ( NO, WARDEN, " IT GUV'NOR'-A BOYS

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“He was an attorney, wasnt he? «a ING ERED Did he have many enemies as a] DON Forget to AN out this card, Miss Gallop . .. my Wife Wants AIAN. Ayn SHORES gre 7 |ocRmenre fame THE GOVERNOR WITHOUT | REFUSE. LIFE DEPENDS ON IT i ‘ 3 ph a ‘daily report on my behavior. COUP) IIL ME BEFO HY DEE AN APPOINTMENT ZY > TO PARDON >> rest: of his Taw practice N&rvens ls PAChHsE TL 7H, a dh I E _BROY"® ) ek A RAY: AN “I suppose $0.” a SA Ss oN | Cd . p, “Don’t vou think We might have| HOLD EVERYTHING | vA" 2 2% LEMME OOP A FO | & TN, 3-F NER Db MAN had more than the usual because : . Yo S/eNr 7) nD | 4 BE it - X TH DRAW of his parole racket?” 'E 3 {| ; , B01 4 § "“ “THen you know about that?” % J\ “Sure. We've Known about it all! - > along, but we 'éouldn’t stop it. There | wasnt anything we ‘could put ‘our | fingers ‘on. You know—getting ‘con- | victs ‘out ‘of prison through ‘crooked | connections ‘on the parole Hoard and making them pay stiff fees it) they didn't want to get sent Back | on trumped-up parole vidlations.” | Dale nodded. “Tt might have been almost anyone who killed him, 1 suppose.” Tiient. 'OTeaAry ‘clasped his ‘ear- | Tobe and pulled at it. “Yeah, might & hi Yave he ” He arose and stretched \ . i OMA go pack to “ie : ‘ RED RYDER «By Fred Harman stuay.” do A COME ON HANLON 7 [LL Boat You mW 1 TAT BEY ree uy —_— A— sa —— The Body Had Been removed wien - j SC SS NOR SNE | 1k Bo yo fo} AT AC @ To . y [WHAT A BEATIN i RED RYDER’ LOAKLM ALY | they ‘entered the room. O'Leary ’ ) ® % gu f : \ nt ONEEYE QOTTOM BOOM GUN walkec over to Savier's 'desk ‘and : SS ————. feated himself in the swivel ‘chair. | He opened ‘the top drawer ‘and | fingered the sparse ‘contents nonchalantly | ‘Do vou know very much about | vour stepfather's affairs?” the lleu- | tenant asked Practically nothing. He never confided nh me’ OTeary peered a moment at some papers he had removed from the ‘desk ‘drawer Tell Me who was Here tonight?” We asked Dale Teaned Against the mantel over the fireplace Miss Teighton., Nir. Barbour, Mr. Mardell and Miss Waters, my fiancee, and myself. The servants, ‘of ‘course.” — PR — Vion Said A fittre white ago. “AN Ye got to say is this §s a heck of 4 Way to reginvent | [ AND WOU THINK You CAN ) YER WRONG =*= MY | GUESS THEM the ‘officer Yecalled, “thAt Miss] Tabor.” MAKE IT RAIN JUST pre DUCKS ALWAYS SWIM DUCKS KNOW ¥ Leighton was coming Mm Nera to see i = ; BY TURNIN' TRAT y= BE — EAST BEFORE A RAIN NHERE THER Savier When she found him ded] FUNNY BUSINESS A" RANK 2 r= AND Bo Y Re an RAN 1S i J ; LL SWNIMMIN ST Ng COMIN

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4 ® & ’ ¢ d ) FT ras _— y's i ——— A | CAD “IT PONT KNOW Dale an- ] swerad “0. K.,” said O'Tieary ‘Now I'm curions about this witldow next to the ‘desk You'll Motide that The A A -~ 3 4 i - : < g a hb : ) : { Spot Ww here the Hoody Tay was directly ~ ni J ] » . Ce AJ " 1 = y AN 3 =O 3 - 71 ——— = n. % - ity Opposite » L / 3 - : . C » vs . be x : ’ fF ” i Sg Dale walked ‘over to the window. | §— 4 is, fi ! . b. 4 FX ~ 8 : : : - - p \ g/l = “T dont think the shot ‘could have N 0) 0¢ 0.9 Q : 14 . sex \ i TR - Ns oA Peer fired Mom the ontside. My | | 7 [ aN fv \ gL Appi : , 3 fill Ger banat ei == . . stepfather always Kept the windows = 3. Repl A Ne a Tocked and there ‘Obviously isn't ‘any IN Ug | \ SS A ; ea Rp eS = lass Broken. T don't see . . . Oh- CV YA) : ; ¢ \ p oh ALS SRS UV fell. 2B) SD . WASHINGTON TUBS 1 Neary got A “ame te th ® l 3 . —— - . -. - — IN ‘ Rha the GR ho . I / a - “Dd ef WAY \ {AM BECONNG MEANWHILE, QUTEIOE : Cre 7% ¢ EBA VER THE DOOR. APPARENTLY A 7 WAN! NX = | COULD WORRIED, PEC: 7 AN! NMAVRE THIS 1a THE © ; pT NOBODY'S BEEN HERE FOR DAVY DO VOU HEAR | STRANGE

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the 20 minutes, Between the tine i Saver Teft the drawing room and THAT THER when Nriss Deighton found his body, | | TWISTING, did any of you leave the other | CTROOED Yoom >” TRAILS No one. YT tell you, Lieutenant | § AEST SPELL ive aaa Of anvone within the ouse | | Sy hell RAVING Murdered my stepratier is | veh lig HEINE NAMES OF i \ Neo! —— foes: tl ited . ¥ Bm R, a RECN . “Yas anvons in the drawing room | | g 3 AND HER BUDDIES weBy Martin fh Sweh a position that he could | | Ji . Aza € W nHran to the stirdy?” } 3 - : - 7 | — as PE 25 a — T———— v _- ne Se wh » x a a" WEA, © 3 | T CANT MAGING WARTZE © WOLLDN'Y [ORAT THE \\ Vow! THAT | ; BUT PERMNRS \T \& a ! THERE'S X . } | secon OF Mga TONTIJE WORRY ABROLY WTILE \MP CAME N 7 IVE ASG We, For certain. Rhoda might have —| . AIEANRN N So aN] GUE WARNE SHOWN WB J (XS Q.0e% TO BREAKING | ; NOW § SraL WG as, Of course. When Miss T/eigh #1 ul © = ARG FOR A | E3SON WTO | Lat RAY THE A NY 7 TIME TO WORK Con soreamed, Rhoda saw her | % . > AN {| OANS NOW wn — OTRAER NEWT. | ” \ OW MX aCwWiMe “Then iT Wiss Waters had waa | w | wn n AND RIGHT WHEN | ) ’ A MORE ( AREFOLLY " ANVOne entering the room Wakore ONLY TIE J A Enh; y ib dei ] oR QOS y Miss DRIghton went to it, she would . q MALE SITA DA / / “2 i= ( J / v in RR ACTON, X00 ’ v.) Dave Mentioned the fact?” 7 3 CAPABLE OF : 7 ML. demi eearacy 3 x \s ) “f Would most certainly think so.” ' MAKING MUSIC, \ \ CT { oi V7 N PH ‘ ° “Who's Mardell?” OTeamy sud- Je AND THE PEMNALE 3 Hf 29 & yo Wy yy N\Y// denly blurted out AS DOES NOT LISTEN, Li ! 1 Yd JF “I dont know exactly,” Dale xalid. | nh» | 4 POR BE HAS “I understood he had wonvething to > 7 IND EA Qo With gambling. 4 ¥ = “What was he doing here to- rT ee, | 1 / : & night?” : Gs > = \ ! = Nw. “I Wish Y could answer that 5 y ; } B I = J J = = Lieutenant Tis been whispered z. J N 7 » DNA = p— “h - alse ar Wa emai sat Ned R 0 BY NEA SERVER NT REG 1 5 PAY OF.

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$ ®% &» | ; \ THE POLICE officer erated his | 2) aE HD UE A OR a MELLO, KIDY IM J SHER STILL IN AR CAR: || | i They WERK NAT HARUVE] [ICANT GO ove IR Dead BRA looked pursed. “If you NECRAMBLE THIS ; | CUADIEN PRATHE FOR ONE EVENNG. WATNG FOR ¢ TERS OFFICE, 8 SE. | | KEEN ABOUT EACH O™MER- BEEN SEEING TOO | | WH YOU, SLATS MR. SRR mean Mardell owed Saver some (TOR AN ISLAND IN THE i PLEASE TOODLE ALONG, | WANT TO 3% BECKY TO GET) RUA SMES ALWAYS N | | Ail THE LATE WORK MANY MOVIES, KID, | | CARTER AND | MUST : RE aE wens INDIAN OE AN. : = Crear Sa OUT OF WORK J MR. CAR ERS OFECE AND] | WOULD Give TWEM A BECKYS GOTYA AR WORK LATE THIS pardly weem that hed invite the 4 UN EAE OY ' po, s a ECT Buty To se! ON WE WO pivpions ] IVINS Si Mog Tg ANS WED Ma dngaseas ‘ ye EEE $0 EOD LOOKING TOGETHER EVENINGS = /COURSE-AUT WER Dale smiled. “You didnt ko Ta — 3 Q P| e— ( ntl 4 A ! my stepfather very well That going out With Miss Deighton for came in to #2 hia. Thizx Ik ® i ‘ 3 Lop ¥ : E SE 7 Mt a would Be precisely What he would (he past year or wo. cashier's ehack for $3000 made ont Al , FON 1 fy "A. 4 : - il do. His method of operating was OTeary picked up a small sheaf to Hazel Leighton. And thix =he Mvsterions —and ustally ernel.” of Papers fiom among the RW Angered a single sheet of legal-xise Oeary Jooked UP Quizeically. he Had spread before Dim on the paper “thiz ix a releage made owt “You kiow hit erwelty, then? desk. T think I'd like to talk to te Martin Savier guaranteeing The smile vanished nom Dales the young Jady, Mavbe shell know against anv breach of promise aeTips. “Yes” he said abrupt something about this” [ion. The two are Clipped together For a moment, it seemed ax if; Dale was curious Do you mind —and the ieleaze hasnt Deen Oeary intended to Pre the iy telling me what it i?’ x signed.” etead, he adked “And how about, “I found it in Sayiers top desk i gi Ved 3 Sra: Lie O'Leary ex- To Be Oulim - “My stepfather bh Ait senti- plaihed. “He evidently wanted it mental Side, 100. JE® had been|handy for the young Jady When shel MN NN Re A en