Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 September 1940 — Page 22

PAGE 22 : i ——— THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1940 SERIAL STORY— FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY : By Wiliams

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~ EGAD, FOR A PALTRY #/50 YOU CAN BUY ONE ES HE COMES TO By PAUL FRIGGENS FOURTH INTEREST IN ALL . =~ TO SETTLE THIS Ti Fire! CAST OF CHARACTERS HE PROFITS! ‘ ARRIE LANE—an eastern girl whe me into the frontier west to find a FE HE MARK DEUEL—a homesteader who HESITATES, 000® ps his husiness tn himsel { . A : ASHTON OAKS—a land agent, with TLL MAKE ‘ lots to sell, _ ESTERDAY—Mark leads the towns- | e out te fight the prairie fire, fear. | Carrie may be trapped. He is : . ered when he realizes the blaze has reached Carrie's claim With the | almost whipped. a sudden wind- | m weeps in from the east, tosses | £ grass across the creek The rain i the north If Carrie has not | ; \ her laim she mav be trapped, A 9 CHAPTER TEN 1 717% SOE =i 10 & 3 7 HA "3 A or / ILL WAS dark when Carrie, ) 0 pounding in her throat, = i nd started across the] | 7 T= > Taylor's. To the east, the] | % ATH BY ea v was etched red against the | pv A ness where the night met the| proves Chon * | po Ws be = NTF never knew just how she Foc) DIDN'T Fh? 2a . A " > LE Taylor's soddy, except that] for a ; i PWILLIAMS the house loomed up a : £3 oS HESITATE J (\ corn. 1940 G-5 | . blob in the night. She ran V ; a SS As————————— nindred yards, reached the | LI'L ABNER —By Al Capp sounded loudly. calling, “Mrs. | | . : ' " 1” Mr. Tavier!” Then there! | | ~ CHUCKLE ?-EVRY OTHER POLECAT YO' IS BOTH TH AK'LL NEVAH BE HAPPY CHUCKLE !! -AH . ng inside and a shuffling ! (a S IN DOGPATCH TRIED T'MAKE. A SWEETEST GAL NL UNTIL Yo' SLAPS ALL EXCAPE STH KISSIN . big Ed's voice boomed! She's spoiled... all the customers tell her she's pretty as a picture!” OR CA CoRR "ne ARMS PART OF J HMIhe open window Who's FO' ME Ff— AH IS A . Luan 14” THAT ONE-GAL N- AN’ he LAD WILL d not answer. The last BOTH O' YO' IS THET Wh \ reread was that omeone HOLD EVERYTHING o MASTER - ending over her and that she OF FANCY own and that the fire on FOOTWORK! on had turned, suddenly, ! er blackness ! . 2 the realization of] EE = > 5 . overwhelmed Mark. | uTo t } had roared in on the | { of the storm was spent | J SUPPLIE ; 1e afterblow was still 2 _ ned and eddied anc \ x bere pele A K Tookex > x e wind had i= . g n{ grass where ob) en o e fire! He 9-5 : 4 3 ad eaped Rock . A € In the first RED RYDER —By Fred Harman 0 at storm. Ye ere » EE E——————————— SR 2 . —————— A ———— A me mtorr ce " ——— WE of Showing Mm NOT GOIN T — —) [WHENIDO ILL PUT YOU'RE NOT GOIN’ © HOLD HIM-— I'LL sudden shock of Ton NOUVE. ] YOU REHIND THE BARS SEE AGAIN, RYDER # SHOT HM LP? was over, the mer d GOT PLENTY TO AGAIN, HANLON! EC e e oneless hattle. They ACCOUNT FOR, " Rr SeET--- CET To cred - BUT NOW YOU RE £2 AROUND BEHIND . TE NI A or | | Loe AOD TM 1 ‘ TLL GET MY HIM, ONE-EYE * x Ke shove Face | GON TO LET SIGHT BACK , RW moke corche YOU LIVE A -—— a e( D once pa 1seq { p— 8 d fel is feet Ce - . e a hem 0 ( g 3 op the fire x Rock Creek. It had] eek. Thev were going . (=) = # * ire, te rv to stop it on the or a 8 =~ And then Mark recog a 5 Ea = " S ( oice! Ed Taylor's! : Na > -) \ : What was Tavlor doing wh hE TEER T : - or + or. who should have been ~~ TS — = - a 24 Boom \ Sg Fe . We " 1e women: Tavlor, who should — . — SN re COPR_ 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. TM REG U. §. PAT OFF 3 Be BE er — NANCY —By Bushmiller 1e first sign. of danger. { - Th MARE | LX Je 5 ERS : Si Ce + DESL. MARE: realized that I MS NC INNES TON B® NANCY --- WHERE ARE THE FOLLOWING ¥ WELL --- OH, SURE -- --BUT I DONT A FINE WAY ‘course. would be fight - | “How much are skid chains?” Lt] LOCATED --- FORT KNOX --- WEST POINT--- WHAT'S WRONG -- I KNOW WANT TO SAY IT, TO TREAT A Taylor lived on Rock} FORT HAMILTON ~-- ANNAPOLIS --- DON'T You WHERE THEY BECAUSE THERE ({ PATRIOT) - J he fire had swept toward | RT MONROE AND LANGLEY KNOW THE ALL ARE --- MIGHT BE SPIES RL . . 1ome from the start. Taylor ¥ ANSWERS 7 LISTENIN'/ ye one of the first to fight it. } FUNNY BUSINESS 3 udder Mark thought of] a - - i = == on 0 2h the smoke | 71 : Ao alors Yo — gv IA 1ed a grizzled command figure It was big Ed T'he 3 0 0 | sathering around him po no | ta " 2 it the Siew orass, | | | £ os o If we dont He | = ecognizing Mark Mark | | = i — PL ke 1aVEe vou seen the i ¥ oz 2 : Gor 1300 nd renter © eRe = cEPT-5 | . ou seen the women?” | | WASHINGTON TUBBS II —By Crane ee rar AY SAUNTERS INTO THE SUNFISH BAR, RUN AS A BLIND (Fie DEW", THATS THE PASS) (TM QUTA DIXIE DEW, BUD. HOWD TT) WHEN SAFELY ALONE, EAGY REMOVES . BUIOSE IN Wie SAIN ie BY AN F.B.I. MAN, AND LAVS DOWN A DOLLAR BILL WORD. THE INVISIBLE INK 1S FARMER'S DELIGHT DO? re TR sw 7 CAN OF HMM! TLL HAFTA GO TO THE BACK | APPEARING ON HIS DOLLAR OKAY BO ee om” Tav1 1 [DIXIE DEW’| ROOM AN' SEE IF I GOT ANY BILL. SURE ENOUGH, HE'S ; ave I—have I see ‘em Ta, = TOBACCO THE NEW SPECIAL AGENT, 2 jed. “No, aint you, Mark HOLY SMOKE ! HE'S ROOMING — . seen ‘em was this morning WITH PUNKY FOWLER y 5 r Carrie came | $1 7 C : rie? She reached your | OX 7 7 : ) e?” Mark cut in excitedl NA 7 7 : he reached it n that S| 3 | / or ZZ. =F * Mark. Fainted cold at| \ : Zw amen, HOOT First thing we knew Re A ve fire was then. We got! 4 © 000 iked out. I told them, | eo QQ ® QO@w - hold off going to town un-}\ 7 5) cot worse. but to keep the| 1andy God lark, they] got. out by this ume” 3 : 9-5 corr. 1 TM, y : srned ’ — . Mark Deuel knew what Ed . - feared, Waa, I in FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS —By Blosser Ab both of Lom Wels ns. “The elevator’s out of order!” ; were raid to say. In- -— Rs ; - a] 3 SR, 1e men recognized the ISNT THE No se! 1 err ww on, F IS THIS THE MESSAGE — | zz 7" ( Four HOURS LATER ~ WHAT NEVER MIND . each other's faces and, HEATER AT YOUR > AND THE FOLKS WERE CN WHAT HAPPENED Io THE 7 ven) YL —— - SSS =< | DID MY HAT T | “ye ~ J Ti - - - JE EN em : J ' N LINN NIN x ok Irom itt Tevtor was| JHIS.CURIOUS WORLD Ba Ferguean | | Bhs Sets. Vth ose | fo STB MIR ET PWR ors ) | [Hon We my N | ie HE WR »t moment Ed Tayl was! ym ! : a horse. A boy came % / IS COMING WHAT ng vith one out of the dark- 8 A MAJORITY OF WILL WE OVER. THE HAPPENED TO . mark vine un ino ie | |S ESKIMOS EE ere Te Wee ere was only ane 1 | IREEEIMNYP — || HAVE NEVER SEEN | HOUSE 2 # 1 houted the others na si i ~ away in the storm. Big Bd SNOW AAXASES — y ne. “Mark. find the women » THIS TVPE 1S USED — NE & Tr You do!” i , ONLY IN NORTHERN = as a nightmare. It seer h { CANADA AND the flames shoolng By SOME PARTS OF . 6 Wind SA as GREENLAND. ha K 0 ho els " tne k kicked the horse into a run : : = i ; i By Marti ’ 3 -~ pe + sre] —-— r Ie Er Circ ws i BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES y Martin re and cross Rock reek he - : — “ , - = nD the point where the flames GEE, THANKS . YY NOW, WOW AROUT Thies OLANE Jax SER DOES BUT WNT ors we} IE RIT SOE 000 Ne he stream THAT WAS GEITING WILE FLEW \\) , ROOTS 2 3 : a A peel Lhe Stren OARN UNCOMFORTABLE | | ©0 “ou Tne WE RELAX LWE'RE APT MEAN , WELL U6 J MAKE A FIRE «WHILE RAND } As he rode, he realized suddenly COULD GER \X WN — TO BF WERE TOR ONAN WITH ME AN L TALK THIS TRING, ~dds against him In the dark 1 SNAPE 2 ol NET a SOME TIME OVER e could not hope to find! —t = CHANCE [ LL \ <1N¢ hex mia ~ ( = ( rie and Mrs aylor, since ine — T.M. REG. U, S. PAT. OFF. -——— tf Vo YY | I not take the usuai road to ZA = = = . long the creek It would be Eg 7 ate to trv that route now ~ L e could find out if they'd! SPONTANEOUS e team. If the wagon| IGNITION i cone 1 wo da mean ie ren DESTROYS AROUT sscaped ahead Of lhe blaze, | : » ” ” | $ 20, O00, lolole] WAS TWO miles around the WORTH OF HAY edee to the crossing below | IN THE U.S. . Mark splashed his horse ol, shallow water, would ANNUALLY e dashed across, but the horse hirsty, forced its head drank feverishly. To ¢ pause seemed intermin- ) *™N\ S Mer he was path. SNEAKIN' Wo YOU'RE YY HM- YOU'RE PAINTED SO " <ide and along the LIKE A THIEF IN THE ORHNH : ABIGAIL THICK I'VE GOT © IMAGINE SOS EN" nk toward Carrie NIGHT, EH ? ; SCRAPPLE, WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE BUT . Ly oreathiess satisfaction he : AREN'T YOU? | YOU REMIND ME OF ALITTLE GREW U a fire was burning slower in D-DON'T -FRECKLED HOMELY GIRL | DA TO BRE ao e 0 he tall. green - ’ . » Rut it was A a SLVGAR BUSH © ME 2? = AD WITH Lats oF AM- / Re? ii , s iway, nevertheless, was less tha JX BITION TO 8 AN| PPLE | THEM WEAK: ead w™ EVE Li Was iess than | 8 7 . guarter mile from the soddh ANSWER--A maple grove or orchard, where the trees are tapped y : ACTRESS, MINDED obab even closer to Taylor's and syrup and refined sugar made. BUT NO MON rk swung up the little knoll to i \ 4 . rie’s soddy, and knew instantly! He galloped up to the soddy, slid With a sudden, sickening sensation : g Was .. rived. his horse off his horse, shouted: “Carrie! Mrs. he saw the storm had ripped the [3 . Ee from oy dd = aced that last | Taylor!” | corner off, taken part of the barn “gd e across the prairie to Taylors) There was no answer, Mark felt (roof. The horses were still tied in . { vi. He saw the dim outlines of ja sudden, vast relief. They were!their stalls. or’s soddy and makeshift barn.{gone! They had escaped! —————— The fire was much closer here, ad- Then he saw the wagon, over- (To Be Continued) seing swiftly in the short, dry|turned. by the dugout cellar. Frantic, ah ’ in his : i oT 8SS: he ran toward it, on to the bah. [ON vem I nay § an] n % a i ‘4 : . ') u Ss -