The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 4, 1936, Page 11

/a A | I KNOW I SAW OLD SPROCKETT LOOKING OUT A WINDOW OF THIS PLACE, EVEN IF GRAN'MA DOES THINK I WAS IMAGINING IT. WHAT'S THAT NOISE? SOMEBODY'S HIDING OVER THERE BEHIND THOSE BOXES/ 4 MUST HAVE BEEN A RAT. PLENTY OF EM IN HERE . COME ON, SHOW ME THE WINDOW WHERE YOU SAW SPROCKETT'S FACE.. | I'LL CLIMB DOWN TO THE BOAT FIRST. THEN I'LL REACH UP AND HELP YOU DOWN THE LADDER. i ‘ £ / N WONDER WHAT'S KEEPING BILL? COURSE Ji HE TOLD ME TO STAY HERE IN THE BOAT, BUT 1M GOING TO LOOK THROUGH THAT TRAPDOOR,ANYWAY. L WISH BILL WOULD COME. GOSH,ITS SO DARK OVER THERE,L CAN'T SEE A THING - HEY/ HELP/ HELP// MIGHT HAVE BEEN BRUSHED AWAY. PONT SEE ANYTHING ELSE SUSPICIOUS. IT WAS THAT ONE. I DON'T SEE ANY FOOTPRINTS IN THE P DUST, THOUGH. GONE? IT CANT BE. I TIED IT TIGHT,AND WHEN BILL BIFF TIES ANYTHING,IT STAYS TIED. HEY,THE BOAT'S GONE, siLL / GEE,BILL'S TAKING HIS TIME IN THAT OLD WAREHOUSE. . MAYBE HE'S FOUND SOME CLEWS ABOUT MR.SPROCKETT. BOY, IT'S DUSTY AND DIRTY IN HERE.. SORT OF SPOOKY, TOO. I'D HATE TO MEET MR.SPROCKETT RIGHT NOW. SOMETHING TOUCHED ME ON THE FOOT, DENNIE/ I THOUGHT L TOLD YOU TO STAY IN THE BOAT. WHAT ARE YOU YELLING FOR? LET'S GO. THIS PLACE GIVES ME THE CREEPS IT IS GONE.. SAY,THIS 18 A PURTY MESS — J