Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1940 — Page 22

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1940 By Williams

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES — = OUR BOARDING HOUSE : : With Major Hoople = OUT OUR WAY ess, MY DEAR, T AM EXPECTING YA I KNOW! IF T COME TO THE RESCUE &)

| Th ; S C 0 gL 5, AEB 4 AE ! /3AN IMPORTANT LETTER FROM A BIG, 23 WITH ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS YOU'LL PAY Z : u e 7 CRN ) 4 J CATTLEMAN IN FORT WORTH,ENCLOSING§ ME BACK WHEN THE LETTER ARRIVES!

Il /A A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER! EGAD, IT Your Story

/ SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE DAYS AGO! A |) By Marguerite Gahagan

PAGE 22 SERIAL STORY—

By Abner Dean

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YESTERDAY: Sue Mary goes to Ross LETTER WORD/

Clark's home te help him with some portant work. [The old man is worried about his son, questions her about Vera. But Sue Mary knows he doesn't realize what his (son may do under Vera’s persuasion.

~ CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE CLEANING women had left only one dim light burning in| the office and the rows of desks]

and filing cabinets stretched out . © endlessly in the shadowy. darkness. |

Sue Mary stopped to feel the iil

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familiar stillness. She was terribly tired and she | hoped she could concentrate enough | on the work to get it out quickly. | She went down the hall into a side office where she could get the full sweep. of the breeze and turned on | the dim desk lamp. Her notes seemed inches thick and she turned the pages, thinking of the time it would take to get them in order. She was deep in concentration when she heard the voices from! old Ross Clark's private office, down | the hall. She listened, and then quietly went over to the small file room that opened between the ~ rooms. The voices could be heard ; distinctly in the stillness. “We've had some wonderful eve- | nings, darling,” Vera's voice came | TET 27 | to her, and Sue Mary detected a | f AzA&) y | on - riote of tenseness. “1s your head sonore d | INP (Z| BALIS Ol ere, let me put a cold . : i

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10OPR. 1840 BY INC. T. M. REG. U. 8. PAY. OFF.

—By Al Capp

LI'L ABNER

THANKS FO’ RES- Xf AGNES F-I'VE GOT | | KEWIN’ ME OFFA A BUSINESS | | TH’ DESERT, JOE~ ) PROPOSITION FOR RESON AHLL GO r

RIGHT”-1 KNOW IT'S ‘UNUSUAL FOR A BOY

AND GIRL. TO BE. BUSINESS PARTNERS BUT=IF YOU WANT 1 5 K HERE. —

WOR ROMISE. NOT TO GET ROMANTIC | - ABOUT YOU =;

tL : BE. A PERFECT “I need a volunteer for my next trick . . . preferably someone who _ PARTNERSHIP./”-

came in on a pass!” " NINE. TOUCH?

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e quiet. Kiss me 2 Young Ross Clark's voice was\phick. “Kiss me and then I'm. going to sleep. Got a big business meeting tomorrow. Airport stuff. The old man is hipped on my being there. Family prestige—" His voice trailed off and after a moment Sue Mary heard Vera laugh.

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SHE STOOD THERE listening to her own breathing in the silence. Tt seémed ages before Vera left the zi room and went to a phone in the oy § ; : ; % As 0 ak 2 Si ) : outer office. Sue Mary felt she : < PN Gu : must be discovered as she edged her way into the outer hall to stand behind a door and strain to hear every word. “Well, he's handled it more cleverly than|/I thought he would,” Vera said softly into the phone. “But there are loopholes big enough for us .to blow the story wide open. I mean his gambling debts and the fact that he’s using this guy Blair as a cover-up on the real estate deal. “I know that there are papers Hig a iiss, here we should have. No, I haven't] |, ng » Bou mem. Tonlomow would be the| |\ _ - corr. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. ime to break the news. “Yes, I know—but Nick—listen. This isn’t the time to try and find them. He'll have the signed papers, deeds, figures—all that stuff here tomorrow. We can get it then. Or get a camera and take copies. That wouldn't be stealing. “No—I'm not afraid. Well, listen, | Nick. Tomorrow is the time. No,| I can’t talk any longer. I'll explain in detail when I see you. I want to get out of here. ’Bye, darling.” | Time passed. Long after Vera's heels had beat a tattoo out of the office and she had heard the ele-| vator door clang shut, Sue Mary went ‘back to her work. Somehow she finished it, somehow she had courage enough to look in on Ross Clark Jr. sleeping on his father's | old black, leather-covered couch. | And then she left. | | : The air was cool and the streets . silent and deserted. A paper | truck went by and somecne threw a bundle of morning editions to a sleepy-eyed boy on the corner. Sue | Mary bought one and read it on the late bus going to the il ment. ; ‘She skimmed the unpleasant | bulletins from Europe and thenjrf looked at a picture on the front page. More trouble at Smithson. | The picket line continued to parade | although strike notice hadn't been posted by the union. There would be a showdown,| though, within the next two days, | the story read. The thing was | getting out of hand, for late that| afternoon when the day shift had quit, fights had started—again no one knew how—and three factory workers had been injured. In the hospital was Joe Stefanski. 24, employed in ‘the research department. Stefanski, according to fellow oak workers and plant officials, had had MH no part in the recent difficulties, put had been struck by a flying S : missile. It was not known if he “Pb nox : = | suffered a skull fracture but X-rays \ [Lipo > : RN)" ; 2 mm fr had been taken. 4 / I y ii | Sue Mary went by her stop and i walked back the two blocks in a fi state of terror. She stopped under another street light to reread the story. The words “Joe Stefanski, 24," stared at her from the white paper eves finally focused on the picture. And from the blurred faces 4 :

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AOTHING STIRRIN , COWBOY--- \F YUH JUST WEEP DRIFTIAN ON /

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'COULDAaYA GIVE:ME:A NICKEL FER A CUP = - ©" COFFEE 7.

HERE %SIR---3 HELP & - if ‘YOURSELF !}) 1} »

“Mom, are collar buttons wicked? Daddy’s preachin’ a sermon

to one that dropped on the floor somewhere!” .

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—By Crane

[ ARENT YOU BEING RATHER | YOU KEEP rs » [IF I CAN BE OF ANY \1 CAN NEVER THANK) OBNOXIOUS TO THE LADY ? 3 FURTHER ASSISTANCE, / YOU, AS IT 15, BUT J 6 PLEASE — IVE JUST COME TO TOWN=—IM TRYING TO FIND THE ELITE BEAUTY

PARLOR

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HOLD ON, | FOWLER!

NOW LISTEN, GIRLIE —

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

Look. Por! Tus is WHAT IL WORE WHEN I GAVE A CAMPAIGN SPEECH YESTERDAY [ | PRETTY GOOD, HUH ?

Hi, Freck! LOOK ! I DUG | THis ONE UP FOR YOUR NEXT SPEECH !

Listen , son! THe MS GOOSEY FAMILY HAS NEVER SHOWN THE SLIGHTEST TRACES OF MENTAL DEFICIENCY [

BUT IF You

LIKE 2 1s Tuere any GO_AROUND ;

LOGICAL. REASON WHY FRECKLES HAS TO LOOK LIKE AN DOT Just To PROVE THINKS THESE = THINGS UP |

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picket line she recognized one: - be rere Nick! ARE DIRECT, MINIATURE Sn Lg OF THERE , BOTS ! BW \S DESCENDANTS OF Loos - OMAN, \F XE \X, BUT,

The night was endless. She had | OUT BFTER ME 7 TM santed to go to Joe, but a frantic . JOST ARBVOLT AM WELLASY. wa XT BINT KE wa AHISTORIC ANIMAL L/FE. TIN OW Th! GOOD OL COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. VEE hl.

‘call she made to the hospital made it pointless. Mr. Stefanski was unconscious. He was doing as well as could be expected. He could see no one; would recognize no one in his present condition. So she went to the apartment, climbing the steps wearily and trying to get to bed without awakening Natalie, : So much had happened in‘ the past few hours that Sue Mary's mind refused to function normally. 2.8 = = 4 Minin he ne aroun oak Sh = Ts 'COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. J | tightening the ne) atouna aah, : - 7 ; stupid Ross Clark Jr. so tha eir ) : Bolitical strategy would work to the penefit of the party. Nick and the YP gang were stirring up trouble at the Smithson factory so that production at| Gull Plane would be halted—all in the name of their type of Americanism. All to keep the United - States safe from war mongers, capitalists, munition’ makers. That was their

GROLND, LT M\NBNS Spx!

sy CAL APP WAL COULD

ARE YOU SURE YOURE 57 YOURE NO | TAKING YOUR BATH, SEERITIYOURE

POP 2 THE SAME BATH- | LESS GROGGINS ~ BEC : YOU WERE BEFORE

Eamcus Crossines/

WASHINGTON CROSSED BURBANK ” | LINDBERGH ” LORD BYRON ~ *

| TIED A SAILOR’S KNOT IN YOUR LEFT SHOE STRING WHILE YOU DOZED

ANSWER~—Washington crossed the Delaware, Burbank crossed plants, Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, and Lord Byron crossed the

cry. : nd Joe in the hospital. Joe, who Bosphorus, or Hellespont.

was typical of young America. She thought of him working his way

through college; working side by side with common laborers in the factory, retaining his safe, sane philosophy, winning a place in the research department and anticipating his future of usefulness. Now % was an innocent vic5 Tae ; . ‘

tim of those who cried that they were fighting to help the underprivileged worker, and tried to undermine the Government, Tomorrow night—no, tonight, for the sky was already turning a faint gray—Vvera and Nick would try to

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get evidence enough on young Ross

Clark to forge a weapon that would ||

insure old Governor Russell Miller’s defeat. (To Be Continued)

(All events, Names and characters in thisl|,, . &

uy ate fictitious.)