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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1042 . THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES LI'L ABNER

. H-HOLD _¥ STOP SOON WE WI : E— scons Fra nhc Week-End -=By Edmund Fancott| Me Tiers ATREMBLINY YO' TWO YOUNG EMBARK he “Le 3% THE LIGHTS : TAINS AT NMINuTE «5 8 IN ¢

SEA OF MATRIMONY” ARE OUT = TISE BLACKOU T N T IT NEE

ONE, | SERVE h CHAPTER SEVEN “But, I mean, why isn't she in! jcoOLD aL, NE NEaare 2 WHAT'S HAPPENED” New York?” | DEAR FP AT EACH ro .

THAT EVENING, after their swim and a delicious sup-| “Shut up” said her brother RUNNIN’ OTHER / r~SO THEr's per, Ferdy's guests sat on the wide-screened veranda i oi : N A a = AE ERs. chain os Sad dosing oe ahs he subsided again in fermen - > ) 0% PREACHER ABOU looking a magnificent view that formed sharper and still, corodity. She lesnied Over 16 7 \ SCRA 7 sharper shadows as the new moon rose over the horizon. V¥-iperdy. “I can sing!” she whispered. . N \ TRIP?) ing light streamed softly to them from the room behind,| “Can vou?" said Ferdy's eyebrows. ( \

. Si »| She nodded eagerly. “I'd give : , ough a system ol ald almost full open to the broad porch through a ysten anything to get into show busi-

sliding panels of Ferdy's de- : FAY LOOKED around at the : & 4d

Sip: e were signs that His Aunt Belinda was knit- Oe wa ahoat to TE Hh) SONG Shah. # vey ne ting for the navy and Myra|the persuasion. To avoid it she RUINS Pefretuy hile 8 sumer evesl for the army. The two sat together |rOSe. ning with the air already cooling sharing the same light from the| “Can I tell them?” said Ferdy. |over the tree-tops. lounge room behind them, the in-| Fay looked down at him and’ A moment later Fay came through dustrious click of their needles/smiled. “I thought everyone Knew.” 1... qoor. Both Michael and Nigel

strikingly out of place in the lazy| “Not in Montreal,” said Ferdy. t ddenly. “Pl y n night. “I gathered you had kept it fairly Sit up suddenly. “Please sing some - (7777777; (NOPET RECKON IT'S GOING 0 BE A REAL SHOCKS? THERE GOES Y ME! Ne Both the soldiers had brought|quiet.” mote? Hy Si aie h vain GT 2 PLL TAKE HS PLEASURE 10 SEE BOSTON MY DATE / WELL, LITTLE Too tropical shorts and shirts of khaki,| Fay Ransom left the veranda she shook her head. “Someone B7#f MONEY QVER. TO DIG IN HIS POCKETS AND . |DEAVER ,CGUESS and were as cool as the tall glasses|and went into the room With the eis urn,» $7 vw : SHOW BILLY | MATCH THE 700 YOU'LL HAVE TO by their Sides. oy was Hpk oy i ol Ferdy laughed. “Peggy sings.” as POSTON? "WE'VE RAISED! DANCE WITH ME! re Age dea “Fay Ransom,” began Ferdy, “js| “Who said so?” asked Myra. ;

old and worn pair of flannel Sd : trousers, and breaking in a striped her real name. Her stage name IS’ ©] can so,” replied Peggy quickly.

cotton jersey that for him was oy ig gd if hot. “What? Then she turned to Fay. “Rememrativels " eggv sat up as.if shot. “What? : comparatively new, having been 8) p : ber the ‘No’ song you recorded last

; ; 9% faded by only one summer of sun.|Is she honestly Gay Randall? : : “Exactly,” grinned Ferdy. yvear—the one Sherwin wrote spe-

oe Rim oe is I Myra looked at him calmly. “I ¢jally for you? I can imitate you > ie : > B > ml) knew there was something about ;n that” well Por oe —e pr) Mg her that didn't fit into that office.” «come on then,” said Fay. “I'l bri ht bod rite Py th gr “But . . . but . . ." exclaimed yay jt for you.” ce oe at Hi hry overly |eEeY. “T've got records by her! The two sol@iers slumped into oe ve 4 enon skirted sea Sh€, Was singing with Johnny their seats and resigned themhe did ot he | White's band at the Astor in New gjyes to it. The piano broke into / no! > = = son. The dress was loosely open, hate © : ed : NN Lit A t the throat and striking in color York. What's she doing here: a ripple of notes. Then came a AV I g 11 os > Ae A Eo ey| At that moment the soft notes puoky slow voice swinging one of \ ry [7 ia. —a rust-red background splashed | ; drifted t 0 hele Canes : . . = : PR NEA SERVICE, Ine. Y. m. £FC US PAT. O Women 3 : S y 'S s with bold colors in a native de- of the piano anitea ou last year's most popular songs. sigh. Her dark hair tumbled in| conde. Then a song by Tries) .pheyre Kidding” sid Mw. ALLEY OOP By V. T. Hamlin sign. er dark hair tumbled inj oo, to float from the room On Thats Fay!” y Vo. |

av ak her neck - | . , & . fren eves. fickeredl to and fro|® voice that held those who sat| ot at all’ said Ferdy looking| WATE TH’ DIFFERENCE \ : (1 KNOW WHAT! SEND ME

green eyes flickered to and fro outside quiet and still.

ovey His hmny- Lai hid After the song was finished there org Tog Tint if your ye WHETHER TM THREE > BACK T' MOO THROUGH ec | NE VeVi was a silence. | NEARS OLD OR I TELL YUM, YES, OOP. + \F ONLY THERE TH’ TIME -MACHINE AN’ I'LL

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ness!”

| The two gloomy soldiers sat up|

frank about it. | Then Peggy cried out irTever- iy new interest. A look of] THIRTY MILLION 2 / DOC.. WHEN THERE'S I KNOW ALL ; WAS SOME WAY WE GIT TH GRA i ; | “Eos Sag st. A | : . \ GRAND WIZER Fay, by comparison, was cool ently: “Swing something! amazement crossed Michael's face|| T'M AN EXPER- A WAR ON, FIRST- et 3 se hy

A BIRTH OUT ONE’

and reserved. She wore a white] A laugh came from inside, “Sor- as he looked across to Myra. IENCED FIGHTING CLASS FIGHTIN MEN CERTIFICATE!

cotton dress sparsely patterned|hy. Not here.” i wor ; * . : That's Ww Or on me, with blue navy motifs, neatly col-| Peggy relapsed in disappoint- | iq ye MAN, AIN'T I LIKE ME ARE

ar hich + vk ih . : . | gre oe Sh neni oo ne iment and the voice Jepeh aRain| wait until you've heard it as —_2¢ PRETTY NICE TO lm n ck Incomparison, tco, s e S this time a song by Schu ert. often T have” said Myra. “She HAVE AROUND = — ¥ very quiet. | The audience listened quietly. puts that record on up in her| : : v=: = ’ oJ. The men smoked and the eve-| The two soldiers appeared to be __ aE abel th ; q : > = 3 vil : ‘ int | : ._ room about sixty times a night AH : : of ning promised to pass as a quiet|deep in thought. In both their], ahs 3% : aH 7 AUN E ‘ \ut : . 35] ues and practices with it. We've all - 2s : prelude to a placid week-end until minds there came the same thought. | looking for it for weeks io) == : ni 7 f ia Peggy's leg swung like a storm|Before she was Fay Ransom, a very| Et LE iO a Se ee] E : : < oa \ edie " grid ass Y lbreak it, but she hides it too well.” | ; E 2

A BIRTH CERTIFICATE

warning over the arm of her chair.{attractive girl and accessible to any} Peggy ran back to the veranda! “Let's do something,” she saidiman who could hold her. Now she! d = » followed I 2 | suddenly. | was a celebrity, who had sung To ey Hy hil Ked ol “We are doing something,” said |New York with one of the best-!. hr hi nas id Peggy | Myra. {known dance bands, who had had et : ood.” said Ferdy “in| ; “Knitting!” exclaimed Peggy and radio contracts on famous pro- spite o Bo "Vour family thinks there was a world of contemptuous ' grams, whose name was a legend about it Has che a voice Fav?”

expression in her voice. among that vast number of girls - “a » Ferdy grinned. “I've got a sur- | who envied her success. In other| oF laughed. "She has,” she = WASHINGTON TUBBS II

price for vou.” words, she had suddenly leaped toj a : 5 Peggy's face broke into an an-|some impossible pedestal where or-| (To Be Continued) ws HOW HAPPY YES, AND DOLORES, JAPANESE ticipatory smile. “Goody!” she|dinary men could not reach her. HE |S2 /\) WHOM HE IS TO A NOISE : * TANKS! HOE! said. | Then came Peggy's irrepressible | > MS auC AS oN. ; ~~ : , aad WL ; 7

“Fay.” said Ferdv. “There is a whisper. “But why is she here?”

piano in there. Why not sing to; “Why shouldn't she be?” asked | . tis» Ferdy, to whom it was quite im-| Test Quiz

Fay smiled at him. “Must 1?” material whether his guests came Ferdvy nodded. “Hardly must. from the pinnacles of show busiay ile , ep it W | i—Arthur MacArthur, father of but I think we'd all like it. | ness or from the office desk. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, was also a general in the U. S. FUNNY BUSINESS army; true or false? . 2—Poppaea was the wife of Herod, BA ly A A Fl I a , or Cl ius? A 7 2 RAR A 2 Nero, or Claudiu

(All events, names and characters in this story are fictitious)

7 ik 2H 7 BRR 3—In which year did John L. : 1 Lewis retire as president of C.D? 4-Did Napoleon die at Elba, St. Helena or Reunion? | 5—In which state is the Erie canal? . : 6—Who called the English a “na-| . tion of shopkeepers?” BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES —By Martin 7—Which city in Scotland has the . Ir rn B/N largest population? WOT'S COOKIN; [| 'S THAT R0UL), ‘ e 1 FORGOT i) Gr ELL EVERRTRING < A al ’ > . ! (CI, 5 MUS 8—With which sports is Al Blozis bere po 4 ty IN TH LI ROOM . ; J TELL SA KS LSE MU ee Z " i ’ — * & /

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