The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 22, 1938, Page 16

CITMIES GAVE WAY TO PRAIRIES, PRAIRIES FADED TO DESERTS AS BEN AND BRIAR BOWLED ALONG WITH TAFFY TATE AWD AGGIE W THAT QUEER EXPRESS WAGON. TARFY DROVE — THEY WERE HEADED FOR THE SOUTHWE ST TO RESCUE OLD ABNER MATTIX FROM SOME UNKNOWN DANGER {'f DEATH \S DEATH AN' THEY ONLY MEET UP OMCE N A FELLER'S EXISTENCE . THIS HERE STEER WAS HAPPY ONCE UNTIL DEATH COME ALONG AN' TAPPED HIM ON THE SHOULDER/ _ J AGGIE, HONEY DUAMPIN, WHAT'RE NOU SO TWITCHY ABOUT? BLESS ME, CHOCOLATE PUDDIN', | KIN JEST FEEL, ‘WHEN NOU'RE JITTERY, THERE'S S SOMETHIN' IN THE AIR / ol 7 A ( e RENRY 29 A ) WE'RE A'GITTIN' WARM, BEN,/ WE'RE A' G\TTIN WARM, !/ GIT SET FER A ¢ LEFT TURN / MORE'N A MILESTONE, BEN / THAT THERE SKULL 1S OUR TURNIN' OFF POWT~- AB MATTIX TURNED OFF | HERE THUTTY YEAR AGO/ LET'S DO ) GESH/ SOME PROGRESSIW'- e S THERE WAS SOMETHIMG IN THE AIR ! FROM BEVYOND A SAND HUMMOCK CAME AN ARROW THAT STRUCK QUIVERINGLY N THE S\DE OF TAFEY'S TRUCK. AND THERE'S A MESSAGE ON THAT ARROW/ > BEN, TH\S 19 SAND WHAT AM SAND / YE'D LIKE IT ON THE SEASHORE, PROVIDIN' YOU WAS WARM AN' HAPPY LIKE AND COULD DiG YOUR TOES INTO IT, BUT OUT HERE..... HEARD YOU THE FUST TIME, SUGAR PIE! BLOWI' LIKE A SPERAM WHALE, AIN'T SHE? WELL , LET'© LEISURE HER/ %0 THERE \5, SON ! LET'S READ ! ) NEP, THERE HE « BE! THE MILESTONE / I -HEY, SON! MIX ON THAT/ WATER'S A® RARE OUT HERE WEEK OUT OF THE UNKNOWK !