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WASHINGTON,. D. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1928.° [-rn NOT ONE BIT SCRPRISED AT || WELL- L S CUT ONE THING 10 10 || nr- LTS SEe 5 y h | OPELIKA SENDING MA'S STATUE ADVERTISE \T FOR SALE IN THE PAPER(| FOR SOLE CHEAPR BEAUTIFUL 42 TON STATUE | e o rr o BEDTH‘IE STORIES BY THORNTON BACK ! GOOFY AND T HAVE AP || A NEVER READS THE ADS, AND Ve || Hewn FROW ITALIAN MARGLE, STANDS 30 [lo T SQUAWE TLL . BURGESS - . ALL ALONG THAT IT WAS FAR T00|l 50 YoU'VE JUST GOT TO TAKEA || FECT HiaH OF LADY ON HORSE BATK - DOUSC HER WITH THE BIG! WHO WANTS 42 TONI OF CHANCE PA, THE STORAGE ON THAT ||NOT A SCRATCH ON IT. AFPLY ALL DAY, WATER, AN GINE HER e gy ————— G [ ICHIGAN BUILDING. g— | 4 MARBLE MF-N\:;;'/ = BUNCH OF MARBLE l = (Wl A SHOT OF THE isi ighbor. | disappeared, Whitcfoot looked at Mrs B ‘ Tn’l‘he Visitor Becomes a Neighbor. | diappeated. Whittiopt Jookrd 5 1% [But Ive got to tahe s s | “What do you think of him, my dear?" t That neighbor's best who is your friend.| b s e > rest. Pflo L ia°Mother Nature. | said he. “What do you think of hav- il Sty e ing him for a neighbor?” Fve been grinning “Did you live here long?” inquired| ° YEH L REALIZE|[ Wikl RUN INTO e SHELLING SALTS) AN THAT NOW SOME MNEY ! oy ; i } PHONE FOR THE SuE FBUTE TvE (=g AN 8D N § / coTion ] DocToR GoT To GeT oy A R OF 1T! YOUR A o MA MUST NEVER > Wood Mouse of Trad Il make a fine neighbor, if 5 T o o Browas | 1ls stomach isn't too big." It’> a treat to feel ¥ 1l right,” declared Mrs. White- o land now By for s S Pop MOMAND “What has his stomach got to do. | de 3 eveR ‘rader: “ves, T lived | With his being a fine neighbor?” de- Pr.&"i":"'d" KNOW — Tt SHOCK | ed Trader; “yes, I live ded Whitefoot. d WIOAD BE To0 MUCH! e e | rything in a case like this” an- Al Is Pre- £ ~ — s Mrs. Whitefoot. “Any one with s \ a big appetite makes it just that much ared for h ched his rather 100 | pargor for other folks to get a living, > | P / = S i v the Worst. \ I £ g > " Then he asked a SMELLING 'hat did you move from I moved away | - d Trader. i / cves opened very wide. i TAR, Dot BEEN S : laimed, “Afraid! What < ! \OW YU COMIN € T© ey ; HOLD NO HOPE FOR "’n"[}m?““dfl';’ 1(,1(‘-(;"[;017' 3 2 ) 5 Yud / TRICE'S PLAC ALONG , DO e g [ MuE OO LEAT S A STvarar ; { - i 4 HES coT m'sn‘nsrxm‘ v < < OF KNOWIN's HE s Y 1\\:s<n\ Ym{‘lnr the > ; ; was FEELIN ' ML, L [ d me to move. You , TOUABLE PUNIN Aot sccrets we like - X > STARVED OUTTA keep secret. Farmer Brown's Boy | | ) 2 / A od my nest and opened it up. { g , R | [ "'uu«\-] H fter th: 1 thought I'd better leave B o 2 v < A CHILLS So 1 took all my belongings and moved [ : out . S.LHUNTLEY T Farmer Brown's Boy = | re?” inquired White- | & ) = Trader. “No, I cannot |, In fact, T haven't scen | I don't think he's been | place for a long, long time. | I'm thinking of MOVIN | qupposing he should find some of our : :l‘h: B”/bm'. he. su‘u’lm“ g d find some of our | A Healthy here e g Whitefoot looked thoughtful for a and the minute or two. Then his face bright- | Death at ened. “He certainly c Least. 'U'LL MOVE INQUIRED WHITEFOOT. 1 move in right efoot er, “I think I will keep all our in there we shall Al | be quite safe.” Whitefool meant the e T oiating | fircbox of the evaporator. ‘They enter- M g | €d it through a ve | one altogether too small for Trader | SRS o R i S e e i i ‘ the Rat — = = foot Jooked ot rs. Waitefoot | “Sh-h-h-hi” sald Mrs. Whitefoot WHATS TS T HCAR ABOUT YOU WORM: T GGT_You BUT T SURG: THE JOB'S 0.Ke 1T BUT WHAT T CANT STAND 2 ! “Here he comes back. i - TTING | [A Good JoB AND You COULDN'T AIN'T THE CAMCLSe T DON'T \S PCOPLE TAKING MG - | i ") 0 I e | St s owe i v, O B TS camers® | | Sontents | | wori A weee AwD Gurr: | | CARRY o, R e A SHEIK ! nagien e disappear- | material. It was evident that he was | 1 | * 6ot ter you? T S DopeURsUBeeS e Tee % WITH THEM, OR PLAYING = b & GornEr wHEGE: the wmd-152{:’“,,;&“'“““ no time in building a MUT N 1;'? = GONNA EAT THIS WINTGR 7 NURSEMAID EITHER. Winter. When he had ' (Copyright. 1928.) TR e ard The Grouc}ly Boss EJEF o e The boss is always wearing a mosf BY {)Zru;ddixxgr frown; he has the coldest | aring of any man in town. He looks | ; ! upon the workers as though he would | DUD FISHER imply that they ate lazy shirkers jus trying o get by. Some fault he's al ways finding with everything that's | done, and language harsh and grinding | he hands to every one. He's lavish with his gazes betraying A Tough stingy with the pr: men aspire. ver says > Breek for never says to Hank, ife i sweeter, I have you men to thank; ye Mr. Mutt. never fret or peeve me, you're loyal and you're true, and if you boys should leave me, I don't know what I'd do. The works are growing bigger because of faithful men: you toll with vim and vigor, and do that stunt again." Ah, no, he never hands them a little rose of speech, but bullies and commands them with fierce and raucous serecc JUST WHEN 1 JOIN THE WASHINGTON WHAT'S THE RAILROAD STATON'S ) — v “[so v'wrnNNA BE Trznoc? 7 ~CONDUCTOR — WHEN DO And 5o his dragging thy ary orphan. He can have & air gun without | feet along: they are ot Joshing, brag. BASEBALL TeAM MY AUNT MINNE PoPS PHONE NUMBER, WINDY ? €47 WELL, DETROIT THIS 'mnmpce‘} To . ETROIT ¢ 4 bavin' to make no promises. ging, or humming strips of song. The - INTO TOWN AND I CAN'T GET RID OF HER! 1 MUST INQUIRE ABOUT HAS OFFERED US TWO atmosphere is dismal throughout the e c (« ToN clanging works, and brings & gricf abyse CLAIMED SHE'S oURNG THE CoUNTRY AND (| Joo o8 TRe I O PLAVERS FoR You 5~ (0F WRSHCH AWAY ON AUNT MINNIE mal to all the hands and clerks. The STOPPED OFF HERE FOR A DAY, BUT SHE > s 5 b LITTLE BENNY boss is heard admitting at times that \_MUST THINK THIS 1S ALASKA WHERE THE o TauR ToPAY) Afuat's sust A B 2 < PP (Now UKE THis BOT \TS THE A e trade is bad: he often thinks of quitting S ARE SIX MONTHS LONG! 1M STALL To MAKE ME b 4 e —no business to be had. He blames it DAY: >ADE ME \_ | THINK sHE'S BY LEE PATE. on the toilers, who are not worth a GONNA HAVE THE MANAGER TRADI REALLY LERVING cent; they are the sinful spoilers of all { To SOME OTHER CLUB JUST To (inT " 7 HER OFF my NECK: Me and Sid Hunt and Puds Simkins | that might content. Yet there are other was starting to wawk out to the park | POSSes Who seem to make things go; Sattiday and Ised. Aw heck. look wats | they don't complain of losses or radiate e 8 blue woe. ‘They set a good example, Meening Sids kid brother Bert run- | With cheerful quips and cracks, and the ning after us like he always does on | Feward is ample—their men get down | KENKLING account of wunting to go every place | 0 tacks. WALT MASON. Sid goes, saying, Ware you going to, R w going? M 3 - ond you better stay nome,| Abe Martin Savs: We're going to go throughi - . tty tufl nayberhoods, aint we, TALT | He Can’t u ; i kst are, we're libel to haff to L Shake Her! ; from a tuff gang any minmt, | 4 y 1d Puds sed, Thats rite, Bert, Ji you can rua 'd be the one you better stay Sid? - o ould say so, some of those tuff ¢ A Doctor T W & JER B promagmy A 2 i 0CToR MEET My PLEASED TO MEET You, BuT 1 SUFFER FROM POISON |VY EVERY DON'T angs are pritty tuff, heh Benny? Sid i i FRIEND, JOE DON'T SHAKE HANDS, DOCTOR, ; SUMMER = PERHAPS You CAN IN fusggug: I should say so, I sed. If you dont Wi 7 SNYDER OF MY HANDS ARE COVERED 5 TELL ME OF A PREVENTIVE ;uum nl) wake \;m all alone in a strange / f CINCINNATL WITH POISON IVY ” 4 hospittle you better stop rite ware you - [ —— are, heh Puds? I sed. ! N i P T should say so, Puds sed. i\ & i '/f%, And we kepp on going and Bert kepp i I\ teps and then he S0 WX 0 ed, O w 1 got a quarter. 477 , / vat, o did you get it, like w Sid_sed, and Bert_sed, o Fe i :%4 ! | s \ t and quick stuck it back agen. - O well. if your awful good I u can go with us, heh fellows? Sure, leave him come, and any tuff x gets fresh with him will get a poke in the snoot from me per- | . nd Puds sed, Sure, wat | e him come, come on. | | Bert s Like fun, go by yourselfs if you wunt | Th’ reason so many politicians are to go. Bert sed | reportin’ that th’ election in ther states | And he quick went the other way |is goin’ t' be mighty close is that th’ two his quarter, Sid saying, Aw, 1 bet |national committees are goin’ t' spend nt his at all, I bet he's just going |over $10,000,000 this Fall. a errand with it. Ther’s lots o’ difference in girls. Some | Me and Puds saying we bet the same | o' them pretend they're not a bit tired, | thing. Making us feel a 1 tle better in- | an’ others haint afraid t’ sit down any- sted of intirely werse. where. WELL WELL WELL! The Events Leading Up to the Tragedy—By WEBSTER. lSA:HfisNZLfi?sYS A QUADRUPED IS [ ms e Cast S o 2 | TP T TELL ME WHAT A NOBODY_KNOWS GSOMETHING THAT GOES ON P [P e QUADRUPED OADRUPED FouR recT Ao A ; QUADR! BIPED 15 SovEmIng 3| ves con OF T BALIMGRE v\’fi_/l : E FISHFAYCES 152 DOES ANYBODY THAT GOES ON KNOW WHAT A EEET! JIMMIE DUGAN, uAvE A BIPED! OH, DICK! HOW MANY TiMES HAVE T | ToLD YoU NOY Yo SAY "I HAVE WENT ¢ BLACKBOARD THAT Yol YOU'LL STAY AFTER SCHOOL AND WRITE HAVE FINISHED ! *1 HAVE GONE.*A HUNDRED TIMES../ \ - ,947,7&”&/ Huma ol ; Lomes and nowss S : ] ' 3 ‘ S bawe wenl, froma . ALBERTINE ‘ : - o P | § ] a}é ®W/]U’K,V RANDALL Just for Exercise!