Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1940 — Page 24

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SERIAL STORY— By Abner Dean | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Major Hoople OUT OUR WAY: By Williams

Lo 4 2 i =n | Ay Z HELLO, HOOPLE, WHAT'S THE ALIBI FOR {A DON'T TELL ME WHAT HE'S SAYIN’ FAP ~ | 1 GOT LOST~~ |[ WHAT'S Y OH,HE WOULDN'T DARE ) ( t EH Spe fo ATT WE NOT SHOWING 2 THIS 1S PAY-OFF {_ LET ME GUESS! HE'S GOIN! ANI 7 ~~ TIT FOUND WATER, WRONG SPOIL THAT! HE'LL WANT \J0al 10 Oo : Hire SI Mle NIGHT, AIN'T IT AND FATTLETON GOT TO CITY HALL AND DEMAND TO wr 4 BUT T HAVENT WITH TO DRIVE AROUND TW [ : ee ALE NI oT { RE-ELECTED BY THREE VOTES, DIDNT} COUNT THE VOTES HIMSELE/ww)| Pl —m7 EATEN FOR EATING J CITY WiTH IT TIED ON By W. H. PEARS 7 Ne HET THAT PUTS YOU IN THE BARREL JUST LET HIM THROW HIS FAT AY = \ FIVE DAvs! DEER J HS CAR SO PEOPLE x err FOR 15 IRON MEN! ANO DON'T FORGET} AROUND DOWN THERE AND THE H 17 WW) 22 INSEE OW COOD A YESTERDAY: Buck talks the team out : tA d ie | dn [1 3, THE AGREEMENT wan IT'S CASH ON % { NEXT TIME WE SEE HIM IT'LL 1 F “ Y. of their strike, sends Bill to practice, . ; 3 ark ka Eo a = ¥ > —y BE THROUGH A Bill tries. one of his father's plays and MH oe : 5 TE hr 3 BR iy 7 GRATING / the scrub team clicks. Landis challenges 9 ¥ ; pele \&= of ad be - him to teach the scrubs all he wants to. ‘That night Bullethead Peskin brings Dot | Skelton to the drug store, bosses Bill around. Dot likes Bill. Drowsy Peters suggests Rill is overlooking a bet. Landis won’t last, and 1 Bill is in solid with the Skeltons. . . . ’

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BILL MENTOR, in football togs. moved slowly toward the practice - field. Deep in thought, he was for once in his life deat to the seductive pung of toe against leather. Ten days had passed since Drowsy dropped the hint about Dot Skelton, but it clung to his mind like a burr on a piece of wool: “Wait up, Bill.” i He started guiltily at ‘the sound of Helen's voice, He felt somehow IE that even thinking of Dot made or 5 : oy him disloyal to Helen. 1

. Helen fell into step with him. j \) ~C- - @& \ | LA ? i 20 ‘Am I poison, Bill?” === -= \ . i RFwituam | “Heck no, Helen,” Bill said, a : . N = HN ; 1000 Evia service. we 11=7 i] little gruffly. “I've been putting Di =F Cl : ELAR

in overtime, so Old Man Peskin'll : 1 n . » S ” 3 ew ? YOUNGST F HE THIS IS TH'_\ FO YARS JEDGIN’ ’ 7 MARRYIN' — THET AM SHOULD BE lt The off [07 the QEICe, Helos’ Ashish demic. SOON ue || JAH NOW TAK UNHAPPIEST | BIN ALAFFIN | FIN TH | IN JEST ONE. J Yo! DORE SOLD. + HALF DROWNDED IN _,, y Bilsidm SO gag) oaclen’s 7 : VER TH’ DAY O' MAH | AN’ A-HOOTIN' /GLEAMS SECOND, THIS PARFUM DE PARFLM DE POLECAT eyes glowed. “This will be the first | “You boys came in the nick of time . .. I was just beginning to LIFE- R . AT US 7r- INTH' BELIND POLECAT * T'HELP IS TH’ CROWNING time I've ever gone to dance with worry about next month’s rent!” COMPARED T"' ) NOW BLOODHOUND. PA ME KETCH TH' 7 MISFO'TUNE! - BUIT— someone that I .. . well, kind cf ; S ) EYES ME | 4 MAN Q' BAN AH Ft HAS A ACE. _ i 1” Vr 7 | — NOW — HYEM! like JOY” HAW?’ /eONER? | 777 THET. YO' IS ELIGIBLE. :

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y dancing, but . . .”. “What made you change?” Helen asked shyly. “Why, you did—" Bill broke off, flushing. “That’s nice, Bill,” she laughed. - “I may have a surprise for you the night of the dance.” “Oh, swell,” Bill said, and changed the subject abruptly to - football. “Well, we finally won a

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THEY COULD HEAR LANDIS’ n : voice as he st along the side- : DRAWN, HIM NO GO --- WELL = ERAD LL lines A boys. Catch. | | i ; SO LITTLE BEAVER ' J 4 BAKER? PE oo REPRESENT EE TOLD aR) SEL TRE ing sight of Bill, he scowled. : : CAN'T GO NEITHER J7 LISTEN TO REASON! THIS TOWN QUIETS. | 5 no) ~TaN. TE NEXT. “Well, Mentor, still teaching the : x, DOWN, OR--- . |: z VALLEY? ) | scrubs to be All-Americans?” PE — “No, sir, but we've got some new e . plays ready td roll. You said youd RESULY ‘ like a chance to have the varsity PE | ROASTED stop them.” ] Bill spoke quietly, without chal- . lenge, but |his words sent a rush of crimson tg Landis’ face. “I meant what I said, Mentor,” he snapped. Then, turning to the varsity squad: “Get in there and smear this play wide open!”

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"2 Coach Landis strode across the - field toward Bill. The tiny network of veins on his nose flamed. “Mentor,” he said, “you're too big for your britches.” “But, Coach,” Bill protested, “you wanted me to show the scrubs—” . “I don’t, want them learning cir- ; eus plays’! he raged. “You're—” He i checked himself, as if realizing that his anger [carried him too far. “So + long as I'm coach, Mentor, I'll run ! the show.| Don’t let me catch you around hs field again.” © “I'm sorry, Coach. You see, I © thought you wanted me to—” : rE = 5 Bb - RN “Don’t talk back!” Landis : : : = so 7 5 ~ ghouted. | — i“ : 040 Bill started toward the sidelines, ghoulders |erect. Passing the varsity squad, he said, “I didn’t mean to show off, fellows. I'm sorry.” . Eleven husky boys grinned at Bill. ne “Forget it, guy,” Don Hart said. %-; Bill changed clothes slowly. He N wrapped Buck's uniform in a big

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