Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1940 — Page 18

SERIAL STORY UR -. ia THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES TUESDAY, OCT. 22, 1940 ; " Y ioe up ; | OUR BOARDING HOUSE ~ With Major Hoople ; By iter

New York PLAGUE TAKE SUCH AN OLD REACTIONARY/ wan SPUTT=TT/? wars WHY, CURLY, 1 MOSTLY, YES ==

THROWING A LOT OF SILLY QUESTIONS AT ME/ DASH | NEVER J TALL, SIAN BUT I SEE WHY (5 IT THAT OME PEOPLE DELIGHT IN PICKING FLAWS IN A Dif vag LA THERE'S ALOT. O' DEER HUNTERS

Bi NEW IDEA INSTEAD OF OPENING THEIR ALLEGED MINDS T - NY RE ° THOUGHT YO - / Ju ngle i WY ITS POSSIBILITIES Pun VERY WELL,MR.NUMM, T SHALL HUNT §& : TURNED ‘EM THE J Cr OTF TODAY Lf = : UP A BANKER WITH A — OTHER WAY 4

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YESTERDAY: Braitwood tries to Axnre HN EA {medi i ’ Wl 2) out the pussling crime. reaches wo de { aN } : ~ : 3 ey cision. Summoned by Nella. he goes to 2 { : SA af : a i ul : Adam's room. overhears Pat and. Gun drum. Nella believes Adam feared his wife, offers no other explanation. As he 5 < returns to his room, Stdney hears a step |! po RE y \ ; ; . on the third floor, and the whimpering A . Ta 33 : ; 4 : of a doz. IA” | DA Tus -p I Al J} y % ZA : \ | Ls L ’ : ) J Ww £ li 7 / E J 7 PNT

CHAPTER THSRTEEN __ EVIDENTLY Marta, too. had “heard a dog whimper, for she stood | a //

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at the door of her roam looking up } hades += y rm \Minmae ! 4 a iy RD and down the hall Clad In a RK! \ : . j = a : ; NN =) 7 XN 2 5 lounging suit of soft yellow silk, she | J. =F g » = 7% AN i > had a compelling loveliness which, | AEN for an instant. drew Braitwood'si | % i _mind from his weird search i Ns a “Did you hear it. Sidney?” she! . breathed as he reached her side | “I thought I heard a dog whim- | | $ per, Marta. Was that what it} sounded like to you?" {IN “Exactly. But who could have Brongn a dog up here. at day- | » k 3 RN 0 s ; # _ break?” N : F ~ : : : z { 3 3 {AN RE) a . Daybreak. Yes, another day was. : eRATHEREN | | of I [ OFF. TO MR. N = _ breaking; a day which Adam Lang- | "\eW SN 5» 8 i ¢ ol N LI'L ABNER Sy UMM - ONCE 1S ENOUGH COPR. 1940 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. HL AMS [222. don would not know, and no ONE IN’ | Copr 1940 dy \ A 5 WY . : the house had slept. Ss - . < > . . i, - . . YO ( : Fighting dow n his emotion. Sid- “I forgot to tell you, dear, the decorators came today!” le ade ce rr. ~ ney told Marta of the paw prints y KEEP YO’ PROMISE’’- WHY Bid Plowman had found near the store- : WHUT IS GONNA HAPPEN) YO' AX ’ room. HOLD EVERYTHING SADE RING Bav? LET

‘The only unoccupied room on the “third floor* was a billiard room at | , the end of the hall. There had been! A ‘no dog there earlier in the evening : = se : yz ~ when Sidney and Hugh had searched | 3 : “o : / the house for fire: there had been ] : Zi Si 5 4 no dog in the house at all. But the ’ = ~0 billiard room seemed the most likely place for one to be hidden, had it been brought in later. As Braitwood stood explaining to Marta, a sec.ond feeble whine came from that room. “Go “back to your room, Marta; 111 take care of this,” Sidney com--.manded. _ “I'm going to see who has brought =a dog here, myseli,” Marta replied,

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= = ” 4 J : / . HE FOLLOWED, reached the } LITRE BEAVER” fo room first. Motioning her to stand| | EES = 5 i . = . aside, he quietly opened the door. 5 The light had been extinguished, but a faint graying at the window - brought the room and its long, baize-covered table into shadowy . relief. A faint, sickening odor of - chloroform permeated the air. The - room was empty. .. “Someone went through that open window,” Sidney whispered. “It was closed when Hugh and I were } ~ here a few hours ago, and there J iQ 3 o . ; E ; y was no odor of chloroform.” aE 2 < AS /, (A) 1} : “There is a fire escape outside SE =" LA the window,” Marta reminded him. [0-22 “Anyone could leave this room and COPR. 1840 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. R¥G. U. 8. PAT. OFF. 10-22 re-enter the house on the floor be- Tr a OH, SLUGGO! 7 BA ET ar . . . - J o> - Oy ie i ed “This memo-writing machine will do the work of six vice presidents!” WE'RE LOST. // JUST PUT Ean EAR ; y looked out, searching the J § WE'LL NEVER | SHOULDER ow ND ON fire escape. J ’ . «Marta, will you please go back : GET OUT OF ‘| FOLLER to your room,” Sidney begged. FUNNY BUSINESS THIS OLD MINE! } ME! “God knows what may happen next.” . “No, Sidney, I will not. I'm as .keen to see this through as you are. A bullet holds no terrors for me. Not now.” “All right. Stay close, then.” On the floor below, they picked up a trail. Damp prints of a man’s = feet led from the fire escape in the | vacant room to the door of Adam Langdon’s chamber. “If it hadn't been pure invention in Craig Gundrum’'s mind,

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‘map hidden in Adam’s bedroom,” NER Sidney said. wi eae J ( PUSH YOUR ° ’ ’ ; ; i ; i : 4 = CHAIR OVER TO MINE 4 7 For the third time since the | : ' HAHA: LITTLE DID HE 7 ; POPS ees THAT'S IT... NOW WE R THAT TW » [ so0p EASY, EH? 1S murder he crossed the threshold oy } eco EALIZE THAT TWO OTHER 1 ‘ 1 EHS 7 WHY, THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DESTRUCTION TO HELG 2 CAN UNTIE EACH G-MEN AVE FALLEN THRU : HEAVENS: \ THAT HIS NAME? ware oory Ths Es 1 A ora + HA, HA YOU MAY REST

Here the footprints ceased. Either a : THAT TRAP DOOR BEFORE : : the maker of them had taken off 7 ) T 2 re ins 3 IM, AND THEIR BODIES /# ASSURED, MY LITTLE KITTEN—HE WILL his wet shoes or the soles had been 7 : . = — —|| FouND WN THE STREETS ¢ MOLEST

wiped dry by his walking. a 2 ;

Wishing with all his heart that Marta had remained in the safety ry of her room, Sidney looked cau- Nem BR ) Be a

a tiously about. The intruder had b, Do REG vanished. Noiselessly, Braitwood ie AT eed ox; tried the door leading into Pats| ESHER» J Soe room. It was locked. He looked | E& ay Su oo A

in the closets. They were empty of all save clothes. XA E

, “He must have come in here,” 25 es ° © oF FA CARN Big : (@ S + Mann ge me there is a way of titi — 2 COPR. 1940 BY EY RB " & i > ug y ~ 2 = \ BN rie I» \/ 0-22) RB i : [ao XY

getting into a passage that leads “Nicks in the shins—he must have been a bridge player!” :

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She shcok her head. On the 1) | oT j COMPLAINED , AND TH | ; il; x [] SNOW, COPS ARE ON Ther 2 £7 IN Tow: MY PAINT AND Sore or SAID oA “There is an opening here. Sid- Ph : : : 3 h i i § THE FOLLOWING: CK Eagerly. Sidney pushed himself I |

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table was a reading lamp with a 0 Jong cord. She lighted it and, kneel- il] Il % WAY OUT! IN THE MOV/ES, ; . i : ney,’ she said. “It looks like a slid- - 4 2 ct E, ni Se ing door. .It's about the size of the mM f I 3 fl 1 > MARBLE DUST, ;

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«1f I go by the stairs; I can't see what the fellow is up to. He must have gone into the Jungle for rea-

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| idea that anyone but himself knows | J ; yon J 2 ) | lI I I : SA fe on A BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES : —By Martin

of this passage. * I'm taking the [¢ chance.” ~ - ; - : {ED the opening with | >< 2X © : ban. T DONT SOP TO ASK HE REACHED > rit, 7; et”) ’ - ‘ i “ GOOV ! T SVWIDDER 5 or ently horn Ts [il > ) a ; 60 i DOERED A THINK OF GoOswWS [oR SCAN AL CET BN TN Oe acromatt con 1o:| BoP RoteNouss (| ERENT IF Coun | | SoS Toi > whoever had descended could re- 3 SOR 0S Sg pa - turn, but no person was in the | passage now There was no sound of movement below, though the strong odor of chloroform = persisted. There were rungs on the

i of the wall, so that descent Soe not difficult and the width y/2 ONLY LIFE FOUND appeared ample. IN GREAT SALT LAKE n the man below IS A SMALL

Danger lay i x starting back before Sidney had BRINE SHRIAP., complete the descent. He would

have to 80 feet first. The other ; : - fellow would be looking up at a 4 3 = : ; Z/ A 4

ear target for a shot. o Sidney had descended perhaps h : ; - | : je : ; —_—_ : i : — PR, 1940 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.

alf way when he became aware hai someone had entered the : mepbELML —By Raeburn Van Buren

passage above hm Maria, he ; 7 told himseif. It cou e no one cial dain : = ; Leprised. She could iy S COURSE -A LOT OF PEOPLE You | PRESUME YOU'VE NO--| HAVEN'T BEEN WELL- LET'S MAKE &/ COULD YOU SURE had ane been surprisec She vont EAN BoDIES | g Sn or - IM AN ADMIRER | | ARE SAYING THAT I'M JEALOUS : BEEN TAKING IN THE AROUND MUCH. CAL | [uP FOR LOST TIME SPARE ME | BECKY-HAVE | Ey a Em Hh MERRY, LNA V/A 4 QE SRVE OF YOUR. SUCCESS ~-BUT WE . ACE //! NIGHT LIFE OF NEW WORKS ALL THE THERE'S A NEW MUSICAL | TONIGHT, / A SWELL only - Ci TALS ¥ |] A YO NO Vik 00 WON'T LET SCANDAL MONGER- d | York, MSS GROGGING? ) TIME~AND | -~JUST | | SHOW OPENING ON os SHEL if Be had expected to find the COPR."1940 BY NEA SERVICE. INC. 0-22 > . S'NCE I'VE BEEN ABLE ra ING INTERFERE WITH OUR Ya M94 DON'T KNOW ANYONE BROADWAY TONIGHT § io lighted, but here, too, TO READ-- 3 FRIENDSHIP, WiLL WE 2 LR - ow A BROADHAY TONS AT ; NIGHT-CLUBS WE

pgunge nts had been extinguished, ANSWER. Mercury and uranium, from the planets, Mercury and |R 2 PR > speed | a * “though a graying. dawn amelio- Uranus; cerium, from the minor planet, Ceres; helium, from the sun, ; \ JRE | : eH et rated the darkness. He eased | Whose Greek name was Helios. : . 2.7 Ea / T=. E 3 ai es 2 3 himself noiselessly into the great ) 7 RED G fireplace in the center of the mu- make room for Marta to descend. |sinewy fingers curled toward |} seum, drew a bresin of Toner For a moment the two stood there, |Palms. #: He. Could ow sce tne Silieidltheir eyes searching. Present T? the S123 Uekt, the Seguro at Simians, how human they ap-|Maria pointed ai the great ape but re i ae: peared; the great elephant, the near the door. he saw wnat Marta’s. keener vision’ lioness, the collection of weapons.| The man-liise creature had been |had already detected. * A double But of the man who had preceded [mounted'on its; hind legs, with its [shadow slanted from the animal him down the ladder there was|low-browed, grotesquely. frowning (To Be Continued) ' no trace. face glaring toward the door. Its — Silently he moved forward tolong ig arms were uplifted, (An or ave and charasters in this

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