Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1937, Page 98

S ANNIE'S CHARM AT LAST BROKEN OUGH NELSON BRITTLEWIT'S SHELL AND TOUCHED HIS SMALL, COLD HEART? MRS. BRITTLEWIT HOPES SO - HOW ELSE EXPLAIN HIS APPARENTLY SINCERE INTEREST IN ANNIE'S WELFARE © BUT MRS. BRITTLEWIT HAS NEVER HEARD OF MR. BLABBLE ---- e RLTE AH-H! YOUR WIFE I'M NOT SO SURE KNOWS NOTHING OF THIS,§ | LIKE THIS, MR. '(/ EH? ONLYOF THE |J BLABBLE- THOSE | SMALL ONE - GOOD - % BIG COMPANIES WOMEN ARE NOT TO i CAN BE AWFUL i BE TRUSTED IN MATTERS || TOUGH-. THEIR | OF BUSINESS — DETECTIVES---- | DONT SEE HOW YOU DARE LIVE IN THAT OLD, EMPTY HOUSE ALL ALONE - LOOK! WHAT DID | TELL YUH COULD HAPPENT? THAT TRAMP SPOTTED TH DOOR AJAR AND IS GOIN' INSIDE - “LEAPIN' LIZARDS! WHY, HE WAS KICKED ouT! BUT WHO? How? NO BODY COULDA BOOTED HIM THAT. HARD AND FAR! ‘ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THAT CHILD- WHO COULD HELP LOVING HER? OH, '™M SO GLAD THAT B NELSON LOVES HER, TOO- | WAS SO AFRAID - HE'S NEVER SEEMED TO CARE FOR CHILDREN - BUT HE INSISTED ON INVESTING FOR HER FUTURE, THOUGH HE KNEW WE COULD HARDLY AFFORD IT- AMOUST 15, 1937 ONLY FIVE HUNDRED, BUT T B WILL GUARD HER FUTURE; HELP il HER TO GET A FINE EDUCATION - f _IT'S THE NICEST, MOST THOUGHTFUL ) THING NELSON ‘EVER DID - MAYRE 1 SOME TIMES I'VE MISJUDGED HIM CRUELLY---- BAH! WHAT HAVE You MAYBE - BUT FOOLS - STUPID FooLs! GOT TO WORRY ABOUT--- W | WAS READING W OF COURSE THEY WERE I S-SURE IF YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH WHERE THEY CAUGHT—- WELL, 'M NOT § HOPE YOU'RE SHUT? SHE'S YOUR BRAT, CAUGHT A GANGY STUPID - AS FOR YOU, YOU'VE H RIGHT, MR. ¥ | LEGALLY- | SAW TO THAT-} FOR TH' SAME / DONE YOUR PART- WHEN § BLABBLE- [ § EVERYTHING IS REGULAR-/| THING---THEY , THE TIME COMES, I'LL DO 4{ | SURE DO - Jj LEAVE THE REST TO ME- == ULR- -THEY' MINE, AND NO ONE EVER [ | i HANGED 'EM! CAN PROVE A THING- NOT A SOUL IN_ THERE - CAN'T BE- VACANT HOUSE- ' GHOSTS? SPOOKS? PHOOIE! NO SUCH THINGS, O COURSE- IF YOU LIKE IT HERE, IT MUST BE O.K.---- I'LL JUST STEP INSIDE---- Y|! — OH, | QUESS NO WAN HAS MUCH TH' WORLD WWELL, THEY JIM FIGGERS USE FOR A MAN WHO WON'T HAS NO USE § DO SAY HE DOESN'T WORK HARD AT SOMETHIN FOR LOAFERS- § JIM IS HAVE TO BE |T DIGGIN' A DITCH OR DELICATE - WRITIN' A BOOK- FARMIN' OR PEDDLIN' OR PAINTIN'~ IT WAS THAT TRAMP'S HAT- LISTEN! MAYBE YOU DONT BELIEVE IN SPOOKS - WELL, I'M | NOT SO SURE WHAT 1 BELIEVE- WHEN | MAKE UP MY MIND ON IT 'LL BE BACK TO SEE YUH---MAYRE ! BAaH! NO YouNG BUT MOSTLY FROM QUITTIN FELLA EVER KILLED AT FOIVE-THIRTY AND NOT HIMSELF WIT' OVER- GETTIN' HOME TiILL WORK- Ol ADMIT NOW THREE IN TH' MORNIN'~- AND THIN SOME ITS TH BETWEEN-TOIMES WORKER DIES---- THAT'S HARD ON THEIR z CONSTITOOSHUNS —