Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1940 — Page 15

TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1940 : THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 13 SERIAL STORY— FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT QUR WAY By Williame

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YESTERDAY: Sue Mary Jefferson, | small town girl, is lonely in the city. 8he has her stenographer’s job, and ambitious, hard-working Joe, whe loves her, but the five-day week gives her an fdle day. Waiting in the park for Joe, Rue Mary listens to a soapbox orator. i His tirade leaves her puzzled, worried. | | Joe calls him ‘‘crackpot,” hurries her Rway,

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empty. : «gL ’ ! LAZONGA WHUT A IRREE-ZISK-ABLE JZ YOUNG MAN RUN OFF AFTER You o AND SEErF The war had upset her world. But “I hear the firm is giving vou two weeks vacation at MY desk, | z > LOVER AR IS JF-CUSS IT ~ WHY KISSED HIM F-HOW COULD ANYONE W 3. She wor Wa i Upsel hu Mr. Poople!” = 2, 3 IS AH SO IRREE -ZISK-ABLE., WISH TO LEAVE A GIRL AS , he war wasn’t here. There was a| __ == ESPESH'LY WIF YO’ PP? DIVINE AS YOU, AFTER . whole ocean between that world and z : YOU'D KISSED HIM 7-1 ve,

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boul «Well. T don't either. I'm not a painter. I just came to help. Most of this gang work and they couldn't come here until later. Don’t you work?” His abruptness startled her. She | found herself hurrying mio an ex- g planation. “I saw the sign outside. | N GOLF AND TENNIS I've been to the museum several | TOURNAMENTS, WHAT t:mes. I liked that, and I didn't : ARE SEEDED PLAYERS have anything else to do—" «A lad of leisure eh? Time on| vour hands and a mind to improve. Well. maybe you came to the right place.” He looked at her search- | “Haven't I seen you some manded. It had been but a moment Buf she had no time to ponder. place before?” |from the past, but she remembered This strange young man—Nick | “No.” she said startled. it vividly. Alexander—was introducing her to But even as the word passed her “Well, I could have sworn T the blond girl, Natalie Russo, and | lips, a scene flashed before her eyes. knew vou. At least, that I' seen you a second dark, serious person, Vera That day in the park when she had sometime or other,” he was saying Oliver, heen waiting for Joe and listening and Sue Mary looked away, puzzied| And they liked her, Sue Mary |. to the soapbox orator. That was it. and upset. smiled her happiness. Here were Now it all came back. The dark But at the same time she won- | friends, hew friends! vourig man standing beside her and |dered what kind of a fate it was {To Be Continued) his intense face. that made her meet this man again “Who pays the bill? he had de-'out of all those in the city.

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