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OUR BOARDING HOUSE witfc MAJOR UOOPLK OUT OUR WAY BY J. R. WILLIAMS toow MAJOR! The Tribune's 1 ALWAYS DO WELL, HE'S THE DEATH WRITES THE LAST EDITION THE EASIEST GRAFTER, HE'D TH' SCHOOL- eOPYHIOMT. IMfc PART OF A JOS Birthday By Adeline McElfresh NEA SEHVICK. INC. FIRST— SOJ'RE TH' REFORM * SOLDIER COME UP LEFT THE ER, YOU'D SAVETH' HELPING 8ELVTTUKM& ed, rather embarrassed. "But, you SO I WOT! DIRTY PART BOOKS.' AM? METHf PTOMMriE THE TRUCK v HAVETODO A JOB POLITICIAN-I'D DO Club CHAPTER VIII see—" 1 "Forget it," Pat interrupted, "I V TH REST FOR SOME BOTH AND GET FRICASSEE SCULLER* Joe Parker—and now Randolph know just what you mean. Ready?" ^^__ — ^*» OTHER POOR ELECTED TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS * * * FELLOW.' AGIN/ SWOOLOER Corinne Ann Anderson, 451 Boles Atherton! Dave swung his car viciously by rtreet, is 14 years old. Later Pat forgot, for the most Joyee M. Klingbeil, Milladore, is the "Road Closed" sign and sped part, the terror that swept over down the highway toward the her like a bitter wind as she stared 8 JerTDale Manske, Nekoosa, is 11 bridge that the Atherton company at Randolph Atherton's lifeless was building. Sight of the couple body and the long, thin knife that hurrying out of the farm yards Engel, Route 1, is 12 protruded from between his shoul- brought a startled gasp from him. Tears old. der blades. He slammed on the brakes and Loretta Marguerite Peters, Route the car rocked to a wild stop. 5, Wisconsin Rapids, is 5 year old. After the first shock had passed, she knew she must reach a tele- "Pat!" Dave yelled, jumping out. phone and, suddenly, the farm "Are you all right?" He caught house a quarter of a mile back up her hands in his. "Pat, whatever Junction City the road seemed as far away as has happened? You look like—" Tibet. His \oice faded into a question- j John Kruk of Chicago is spend- ing silence. Pat bit her lips to' ing a ten day furlough with his High heels were not made for stop their trembling. daughter Mrs. John Perziak and al- comfortable walking, especially on The wind whipped the words from so with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Boksa. a windswept highway, and Pat her lips and flung them out across Miss Barbara Jefferson has re- found the going hard, but she grit- the hopeless gray, world. She shiv- turned after spending a months ted her teeth and kept on. Once, ered convulsively. vacation with her sister Winifred when her foot slipped on a patch "You poor kid," Dave muttered. and brother Robert in Milwaukee. of snow and a sharp pain knifed She was in his arms then, sob- Miss Tillie Larson returned to through her ankle, she cried aloud. bing her heart out against his _ tue Racine Thursday after spending a The young farmer viho answered shoulder. SPARE TlR]E = two weeks \acation with her moth- The tall farmer, Mike Cassidy, TIME-KILL1M' er Mrs. Anna Larson and with her her knock took one look at her dis- heveled appeparance and took it for ended the suspense by repeating brothers in Eau Pleme. granted that something was wrong what Patricia had told him. When John Higgins is a patient at St. he finished his listeners looked from FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS Summer School! BY MERRILL BLOSSER Joseph's hospital at Marshfield suf- He opened the door wider. one to another in amazement, and fering with an infection in hisejes. Inside, Pat felt better. _ The tried not to think of what might Mr. and Mrs. John Wayerski and OONfT BURY fr/ sowteocy nw< DID VOO HAPP6M TO warmth from the leaping fire in the ha\e been. If Pat had returned to DID YOU &UKV we CASE SGHT WHERE TO tootc FOR n- T HOP \OUTb, family have moved from the Wed- grate drove some of the tension the car sooner . OP CANNED PARSNIPS, SMITW? ELSE DID/ EDUCATION./ lock residence to their new home in rom her body. She turned to the * * * MY GIRL FREKID _ the town of Eau Pleine. 'oung man. They were almost to their destin- HER TOE ONtri Dr. and Mrs. George W. Reis and 7 "Have >ou a telephone ation when Pat told Dave and DID YOU daughter Manl>nn were entertain- Silently, he motioned to the table Clem, who were riding inside with CLAUSE NUMBER . _ ed at a trout dinner at the home >y the window. her while the other two men stood IN FOWA NUMBER J -37689 of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Culver at "There—there's a man down the on the running boards, that Rand- CANNED GOODS? Stevens Point Sunday evening. road," she fumbled for a suitable olph Atherton had denied sending Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Greaton and explanation. "He's dead—murder- the red roses to Joe Parker's funer- Q — Who is the American com- children Billy and Kay motored to ed." She saw the excitement and al. manding general for field forces in Montevideo, Minn., Friday where suspicion that leaped into hts eyes "Maybe he didn't, Patricia," Clem the European Mrs. Greaton and children will visit and went on: "I—will you go back suggested dubiously. "Maybe—No." tions? two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. F. C. "What?" Pat and Dave asked A—Maj. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow. with me—when I've called the * * * St. Arnault and family and Mrs. police in M'dvale?" together. Anita Sansburn. Mr. Greaton went The sports editor gave them a "Yes, Miss." Q — The president of what coun- en to Aberdeen and Mowbndge on He seemed to be considering her fleeting, apologetic smile. business, returning home Sunday "Were >ou by any chance going try has recently died? words and Pat knew what he was A — China — 79-year-old Lin Sen. accompanied by Ray Hughes of thinking. to say that maybe someone else * * BY LESLIE TURNER ; The Nazi TraU Milladore. 'Just a minute." The farmer used Atherton's name?" Dave WASH TUBES Miss Joyce Martins, who has been had crossed the room to her side. guessed, and Clem nodded. Q—Everyone knows that the employed at Fayes Beauty shop at "Something like that, only it TUB tPV LEARNED OUR PLANS AMP He took the instrument from her Black Maria is the vehicle used to WHOEVER BROKE INTO WtNd THA.YNAZI W-AN6! BUT H Stevens Point, has resigned and is hands. "I'll call for you." hardly makes sense." take people to jail, but do you at the home of her parents Mr. and He told the operator to get the He might have gone on, but just know how the name originated? <%pta%%gs^sgz Mrs. John Martens. police station, then handed her the then Sam Blair leaned down and William Dalaney has returned A—Maria Lee uas a Negress of telephone. The desk sergeant bark- yelled in at them: tremendous strength uho ran a home from St. Joseph's hospital at ed into her ear. She told him what "Ease up a bit, Dave. A truck Marshfield. just stopped at the car." boarding house for sailors in colo- had happened and heard his excited nial Boston. The services of Black Mr. and Mrs. Herman Shuffler "Be right with >ou, Miss Cleve- The truck driver was staring pop- returned to Waukegan Sunday af- eyed at the body when they drew Maria uere frequently needed to land." She hung up and looked take disorderly persons to jail,; ter spending two weeks at the Frank around at the young farmer, who alongside. He swallowed hard and Strykowski, Raymond Strykowski hence, the name. was standing behind her. pointed, too shocked to speak. * * and Mrs. Joe Strykowski homes at "I'm sorry, Ma'am," he apologiz- "Yeah, Pop, we know," Blair Dancy and at the Frank Strykow- snapped. "Know what happened?" Q—Who first conceived the idea ski cottage on Lake Nokomis near son of Eau Pleme is also employed "Pop" shook his head dumbly. of using paratroops in battle? Tomahawk. "No," he said, "but he wasn't there there. A—Benjamin ~~ Miss Cecelia Mallek of Chicago whehen I went down a while agoago.. " M hg mventors of is spending some time at the home Lieut. George Knudson spent Mon- day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat felt a tight little knot swell achute« in pPans, wrote^ hhome tha of her parents while awaiting her up in her throat. Her knees felt call for training in the WACs. \\ilham Arians en route to Minnea- a country might m the future haie polis to spend the remainder of a like they had turned to water and to defend itself from "ten thous- Miss Gladys Berg, who will be a she tightened her hold on Dave's Sony to Interrupt BY FRED BARMAN senior at the P. J. Jacobs high live day furlough with his wife. and men des c en din g from the RED RYDER Mrs. Harvey Duerst and daugh- arm to keep from falling. clouds." school at Stevens Point is employ- "Was your truck the last one to ed at the Hardware Insurance com- ter Mary Ann of Madison spent a 7 V4HEN 1 FIND I'VE A HUNCH HE'S few days with their mother and pass here " she asked the truck Q_When did the United States CROOKED, BUT pany there. Miss Hazel Frederick- driver. "Going down to the bridge, SOURDOUGH I'LL grandmother, Mrs. John Skibba in first use gliders m combat? PROOFS ^ ALASKA- I mean." .EARN 1H' TRUTH the vicinity.