Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1941 — Page 25

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 25 ABBIE AN' SLATS «By Raeburn Van Buren | OUR BOARDING HOUSE With Majer Hoople OUT QUR WAY By Williams

ONE-BYED MAGGIE 72? s FIFTEEN YEARS (- | § IT'S ALL G:COMIN® |“ THERE WASN'T ANYTHING | ff AW, MRS. HACKLEWEN! J ON YOUR WAY, VOU 5 DOGGONE EF THAT Wl WHY DONT vou HT WHEN YOU INVENT SOME-®, ) WHEN DID | HEAR THAT 7) AGO ABOARD TME - | | BACK T'ME NOW== |] SENTIMENTAL ABOUT IT. IT PA wan THESE MILD MARCH A IMPUDENT TRAMP! ) STRANGE PUSSON DON! HH WET ME SHOW THING TO KEEP PEOPLE NAME LAST? «oe "NELLIE Q" WHEN THE | | ANDI WISH IT, WAS JUST A BUSINESS DEAL, EVENINGS ARE A ww IE YOU COME A of LOOK LAK MISTAH MASOR fue itl You. HOW GOOD [| FROM READING |N THE al < CAPTAIN-ASKED YOU | § WOULDN'T 2 - YOU'D RUN UP A BILL AT MY } VERITABLE TONIC, ARE J GTEP CLOSER T'LL {{ WONDER WHO HE AREZwe| | /||li1| IT, WORKS BEFORE BATH ROOM TLL GO (IF YOU'D TAKE ME . BOARDIN' HOUSE AND QUID: | | |( THEY NOT Zw HAVE {'[ HARPOON YOU WITH TT CDT ILE | \ WUD With JOv! Tt 2 NTROYIT MEI WAS IN A JAM J YOU GET OUT Your {*} THis UMBRELLA! J 1 SUH OA ao SVL ouR INVENTION WITH THE LAW THERE IN TULIP BULBS NET ¢ wr THE VERY PANTS ww RECKON i READ IN THE ; - DEA! a1 HE SOME POLICY ag BATH TUB MAN F'M THE . ° SILK SOCKS DISTRICK

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YOU WAS A WIDOWER AN' | I~NEVER SAW | | ME TOO, BATHLESS ” BUT THE \ - qui WAS A WIDDER. S01 OFFER | YOU ASAIN| | | WAR RUINED My BUSINESS SO ili ED TO CANCEL YOURBILL IF AFTER THE | CAME TO FIND YOU. YOU'RE E3 YOU'D MARRY ME AND GIVE WEDDINs [1 MY LEGAL HUSBAND AND ACME AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP HOPED | NEVER | | CORDING TO THE LAW, WE YOU DID BEIN' AN AVERICAN SHARES AND SHARES ALIKE. y £2 LN : A Reon, £/v CITIZEN'S WIFE CERTAINLY I'M BUSTED. WHATVE YOU 255727 ZT 3 b TR “38.1 HAS LOST A HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP TME © GOT? : // : — 5 N LOT OF HIS : Au, gee ar RS 3-20 SSE goo wa sunset we Sen soon, FACE VALUE] | somo gntiove ve R ” : : ro — —

NO. SIR =IT'S NOT X (“MY SIGHT /S * THET HERO/-A BIG FELLA HE WERE, -AN’=THEN-TH ROTTEN PART ~ GETTING DARK. : | GOAMG FAST -/F) WIF TREMENJUS MUSCLES ~WARN'T COME [”7- HE. WERE A-STANDIN’ IT’S ONLY NOON- YO AH INJOYED IT NOTHIN’ HE. COULDN'T DO” WARN'T ON A HILLTOP —-WIF A BLONDE AND THE SUN'S HER ONC. TREMENJUSLY EXCEP’FO’ NOBODY HE COULDNT LICKS” HE GAL.. AN’ —HE KISSED HER //- ”. BRIGHT, BEFORE THE "J TH" END ”- AT TH’ END BASHED DOZENS O° ORNERY CUSSES GOLLY. ””-THET WERE ROTTEN DARKNESS = IT GOT ROTTEN | AROUN’ — UNTIL. THEY WAS ALL ’ PINEAPPLE » . LICKED” * JUNCTION,

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tion, decides to tell her guardian she fs zoing to South America Clarence will have te find out for himself, Early next morning Toby gets her out of bed, hurries her to Huntington's and Bee finds herself asking for a job at the store she owns,

CHAPTER NINE THE WOMAN behind the desk reached for a white blank. Before she handed It to Beatrice. she looked her over with cold, experienced eyes. She took in the soft, golden

je der the 15] gw aa . ? HIM RECKON HE WAS THROWN OR. Ei hl LP WITH EM, COWBOY / curls under the small, mink hat} : re ; L /) “1 EN La Dit Cer I12Y She noted the thin woolen jacket, 1 « ar : . SPEAR IF HE 3 # Tl TONE THO SAND DATARS the unobtrusive smartness of the ¥:y yp, ’ J ht a" s al 2 L CATTLE MONEY STUFFED dress. ZA \ : INSIDE YOUR, SHIRT “Toby didn't spot it,” Beatrice thought, unhappily. “but this woman isn't missing a trick.” ‘The suede handbag came in for scrutiny, and the brown suede shoes with the! *“Shock—a waitress brought him a glass of water, and he ordered his lucite heels meal before she could get away!” N Almost reluctantly, the woman Vi) : handed Beatrice the blank. “Fill TH|S CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson AN Mr NN this in, please, and come back. Nad] IE There was a table in the middle » tN 7 AM 7) \) ) I) iq of the office. A long table, with| A Pn | Hr wl §/ i pens and ink and blotters and a > a hie , / 8 " N NN) So | list of instructions under the glass Tae aE : Wa , : \ «NET a Wl. Lat 7 top. “Be sure to answer each ques- a. ‘ W ok RT SE. vi NA {7 tion. Please do not falsify state- { tents as all references are chegled, NOW YOU WILL (THANK vou! I WHAT 1S "Sk CAPTAIN EASY, SUH, SPECIAL AGENT

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ployment and exact salary.” p ‘ VOU ARE, BARON QUICK MOVES, WELL ARMED DEAR BARON. I'D BE QUICK TO PULL Beairice sat down and picked up| HAUGCOLRA,, AND N— A TRIGGER ON A ROGUE SO CUNNING

a pen Name? Bebe Davis. Ad- RAISE YOUR HANDS . AND RUTHLESS AS Yu! pr 7” —— = Co : : a a ) ! 7 .

number of Toby's apartment and] “oi m—— hi.

carefully included, "Came of Mas- y fe Sl, ters.” Experience? None. Educa-| = Jigga .- tion? That was a poser. She could = , 7 not write Miss Spence’s School, She | ht Z LOWEST AND bit her lip. Some college—any col- | HIGHEST POINTS IN THE lege. She remembered the name of | UNITED STATES CAN BE a woman's college at which Grand- SEEN FROM THE Same father had endowed a chair ARACE IN CALIFORNIA'S She carried the completed appli- DEATH VALLEY gation to the woman “Sit down.” She seemed to take] : A ) : in the information at a glance} . . bs +30 i “7 5% PT J % RL “Now what makes you think you'd ;

like to work for H ns, Fr rn 2 F ’ fli i po ECKLES, 1 EXPECT HI, DODO ---+ YOU'RE ITs Nor TuaTt/ IF THE LEFT wt ¢ <9 os 4 ° ) Y ‘ ’ N hur ti position,” said Bea- DODO ANY MINUTE! OR | DODO? SweLL! HES JUST THE GUY WHO CAN ITS NONE OF DIPS A_ LITTLE LOW, "Me letiv. “Thats the main : DOESN'T THAT SOUND JUST THE ONE I ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS / MY BUSINESS 4 HOW DO YOU BRING fice . guiely. “'anats Le Ine ; LIKE A HINT? WANT TO SEE / ; IF DODO HAS THE SHIP BACK. reason for applying, of course, Then, ’ 7, || A DATE WITH TO LEVEL. I-—I've always thought I'd like to! FRANKLY, L AGAIN

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“1 see “A friend of mine—in fact, the have A LARGER AREA girl I live with, works here,” plunged | CAAA Beatrice “Miss Masters, She thought I would fit in.” “1 see The woman was positively frigid. Her eyes, the tone] of her voice, the poker face, told | ) nothing 1 % [Ee : Beatrice found lLierself becoming ee X = (CN THE DATE OF RoC J + Ee / ( anpoyed with this person. Was tnis | = THE FIRST DAY OF THE & A Zz OPR. 1941 BY NEA SERVICE, INC. the way Huntington's treated peo- | FOURTH DECADE OF . [TS - ; > . T. M. REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. \\ '\ ple who asked merely for the op-| \THE TWENTIETH CENTURY rtunity of working? People who WHY, MISTOM SEFE we) my " wey ¥ Ty . pa - hy some day be valuable to the ANSWER-January first, 1931. “> fa YOO \& BACK [ck PARK | ORB ODA TH ’ NG Ew A - Ji dd SLES 2S NE RC RC i store? The least they could ex- : . COAX | A bo ra. 7 E 7 oii § ip (fl | WONDER MOR SHE DONT So pect was a reasonable courtesy. bucked her!” She did not know it,|carefully before putting her nickel a 4 a I S28 } BN y WER wa. {7 1) Sle: poy 1 °C ETRE FILE 8 # » but she was making the same dis-|in the slot. : 2 . eR | & <4 if | a ; ; iL OUT OF THE PAST came a re-|covery her grandfather had made,| “Mr. Curtis Weeming, please. Miss > i 21 Ne 2) hE | Wl : a a ad i! i ? ! I

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mark of Grandfather's she had not|years ago, when he laid down the|Davenport calling.” She lowered paid especial attention to at the|first plank of the foundation of his/her voice, almost guiltily. time. “We never know when some fortune, “Mr. Weeming? How are you? | world-beating executive may apply| The woman turned her over to Mr. Weeming, something very at- S A } { y 3 ] 16 us. in the shape of a frightened,|the store's medical department for|tractive has just turned up, and v “a By Le 2 d : 3 = | agli | i

shabby boy who never finished) a physical examination. I'm leaving immediately. I don't grade school. That's why a store| After that she was given an in-|know how long I'll be gone.” like ours can't afford to be exclusive |telligence test. “Aptitude Test” they| “But, Beatrice—where are you goin the personnel department, Ij called it, tactfully. Then she was|ing?” don't believe in this stuff of de-|given a payroll number and a card “South America,” she said \ « gi 3 | i manding a college degree and 14|to be punched and led to the locker crisply. “Er—the Argentine.” Was wz \ Bay _ - : : SL Ni yt TH" 7) ' Ll personal references room, where she put away her hat/Rio de Janeiro or Buenos Aires in ===" X - ; St 3 id | f ) Lit VIG ¥ v > 2 “And another thing! A store like|and coat. the Argentine? It didn’t matter. ES a ERE. Tir re eter) ((COPR. Y'NEA SERVICE, ING. TM. REG. V. 8. PAT OFF. 24 Huntington's must never loge sight| , Ne training class begins at 1{She went on, swiftly, “An old * of the fact that applicants for posi-| o'clock,” she was told. “You may|school friend who's married to a » y ROU IG 4 tions, whether hired ar not, are very{go to lunch now.” man who raises horses has—er—a : 1 SURE BEFORE I HEAD BACK TO THE [A BT and ASEarH is SoH HS, rE EIT ) likely to be customers, too! An-| “I'm hired!” She wondered, a/ranch in the interior and I've just DID WRECK Tu CETIRY IM Sane 7, EER Was ML = AGENT, A G-MAN/ tagonize 'em, insult ‘em, and you've|little sadly, if being hired could|decided—" THINGS TO \ iT ae Ta as Ea 4 GOT HIM... ; , : lost a customer. You've also lost| possibly mean more to the girl she] Mr. Weeming, fortunately, was| A GUNNED MY PLANE FULL y their families and friends.” pretended to be than it did to the|accustomed to her hair-trigger de- OF HOLES The woman behind the desk|girl she really was. "That fiend |partures for far pastures. He asked, L looked at Beatrice with a quickcalled me useless. But I'm not use-|"Is vour fiance accompanying you?" | L glint in her eyes. "Did you say|less! Huntington's thinks I can| “Why, no, he's not.” She might | something, Miss Davis?” .| Work and sell things for them!” as well be as honest as she dared. | E No. 1 was merely wondering on y ou » “I've become a bit bored with the|Y 0 Oo P

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what bagis an applicant is judged.] REMEMBERING the owner of/idea of marrying Clarence and this Xhat is wo say—if I have not the|that hateful voice brought Mr. trip is really a sort of get-away-qualifications necessary for selling—|WeemIng back to mind. He asked and-think excursion.” exactly what are they?” a girl, “Where's a telephone?” “Ah,” said Mr. Weeming, in illThe woman smiled. “That's an| The girl said, “You'd better go! disguised delight. “That's fine. intelligent question. But we need down to the selling floors and use Now, how about your traveling not go into it. As it happens, Miss|the coinboxes. They're at each end! funds, Beatrice?” Davis, I think you do possess quali-|of the floor. Of course, there are| “Why, I—I've taken care of that fications for selling. At least, we'll| phones in the restroom. but they're already,” she answered. “Don't give you a chance. We happen to|always mobbed during lunch time.”|give it a thought. If I need anybe forming a new training class, Off “Thanks.” She walked briskly | thing, I—TI'll cable you. Goodby.”

course, you understand, sometimes|out to the elevators. Beatrice Davenport Huntington ’ a A ¥ most of a training class doesn’t] At the third floor (she'd always hung up. And Bee Davis, newest THOMAS FOOD make the grade. It's not a guaranty remember to carefully avoid the|employee of Huntington's Depart- S ; . | :

of a full-time position. But we|fifth and Mlle. Mathilde) she got|ment Store, came out of the phone MART isin vou, give you the opportunity [out and found the corner where the |booth to face a future which was of working in various departments, phone booths were, singularly unlike a pleasure trip as a contingent when extra help is| A sale of $1.98 house dresses was|to South America. 5533 E. WASHINGTON BeEter in progress opposite, and the voices (To Be Continued) eatrice thought swiftly, “She'd of customers made a shrill uproar. TY have turned me down if I hadn't'She closed the door of the booth! (All events names ad oon ey or in this

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