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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1931
I WANT MY NAME
CAN VOO RUSH
SOME CHRISTMAS
I'M SORRY 1 Rirr rM acdmT
i GOT THE LAUGH OH EVERYBODY
THIS YEAR! I HAD MY CHRISTMAS
CARDS PRINTED MONTHS AGO!
ENGRTEDQM
IT 5 TOO L.ATE T6 TAKE YOUR 0RD5H
ZOO
CARDS THROUGH FOR
vns. wwwntjct THE CARDS
CHRISTM
met
YOOIUTUAE
IN FACT) ADDRESS tD THEM
XARDS!
ALL AND PUT STAMPS CNTKEM
VOW?
LONG AW) VE BEEN WATT-.
INZr TILL. THE TIME CAKSTO
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WHO n
DROP THEM IN THE MAILS .
XMA3
CARDS
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MAMA, I'LL PUT Y PAPAl YOU'RE
VOOR CHRISTMAS I "DUMB LIKE
rsS cards in AFOX
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I'M THE KINO OP A GuY WHO
"GETS TO THE DEPOT EARLY,
WHEN I'M CATCHING A
TRAIN!
( WHERE IS :
THAT
RED 1
lHAT-fcOfc?J
WHAT ARE YOU
LOQKtNtir
FOR?
T
Iti TRYING TO FIND
THAT RED HAT BOX!
I HfD OUR CHRISTMAS
CARDS !H IT!
WHY 1 TOLD THE HANDY
MAM TO MAKE A BONFIRE
OP A LOT OP EMPTY
BOVES AND THE RED HAT ;
.BOX WAS
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WHY DD YOU HIDE THE CARDS
IN AN OLD HAT BOA? WHYOrD
YOU HAVE TO HIDE THEM AT
ALL? YOU CANDO THE MOST
STUPID
THINGS,
YOU
IDIOT J
MAMA.I PEEL.
BAD ENOUGH
WITHOUT
HAVIN& YOO
PICK ON MS,,
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YES, ITS TOO LATE TO
ENGRAVE. ANY
MORE CARDS)
POR YOU .
XMAS
CARDS
Guess I'll justi
have to pick out
SOME Of? THESE
REATjY -MADE (
CARDS ANt
WRITE MY
NAME ON THEM J
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lURPHYO
Toots and Casper
WELL,WEVE BRANCHED OUT IN THE SOCIETY
COLUMN OP THE-PRAIRIE FUNCTION BUGLE.
TOOTS X IT SAYS HERE THAT TOOTS AND CASPER,
ARE THE HOUSE GUESTS OF MR.
AN MRS. EVERETT J. CHUCKLE
AT THE i
HOTEL!
m
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I'LL SKIP OVER AND J jP S
HELLO TO BASIL! HE'S m
AVELISTEE'LLV "fl fiffl(
i INSPIRATIONS FOR 10T L 1211 ' Pi I
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JULJ
THIS IS A SURPRISE.!
HAVE. YOU BEEN IN
PRAIRIE JUNCTION?,
TWO WEEKS,BASIL- f
AND IT "DOESN'T H
SEEM LONGER
THAN TWO YEARS!
I CAME HERE TO TRY AND THINK
UP AM IDEA POR A NEW NOVEL,
SOWCTHlN WITH
ROMANCE TO
IT. BllT I
HAVENT HIT
ON ANY
THING
mm aBaita ik. a " in i
.1 COULD TELL
YOU A SWELL.
STORY ONLY IT'S
50 SAD YOU MIGHT
BUST OUT CRY
ING. BASIL.
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KGO AHEADil
CASPER!
TELL IT
TO ME.
VT'S ABOUT MY UHCLE EVERETT
ROMANCE WITH ELSIE AHD IT HAPPENED
RIGHT HERE IN THIS BURG! ONE DAY
YEARS AGO THEY PLANTED A TINY ROSE
BUSH IN A SPOT CALLED THE GARDEN
OP THE ROSE AND THEY PLEDGED
THAT THE DAY THE FIRST ROSE
BLOOMED WOULD
BE THEIR
.WEDDING
"DAY.
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SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THEY HAD Ay LITTLP
SPATs EVERETT THOUGHT ELSIE LOVED ANOTHER)
was never seen ag a in i t1mepassedi the rose
bush Grew and Grew till it covered the
house! the weeks passed into months, and
Ht; WTrrTO IWvu RMD ALL. THE TIME ELSIE
WfrrtO H)K HIM TO
RETURN TO HERI
THEN ONE DAY SUE
TOO LEFT PRAIRIE
JUNCTION
BROKEN -
HEARTED!
J
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Mil C VI A FVFOF TT TWiPrTa TTi CfiPAnT rri etc ue
COULDN'T! AS THE YEARS PASSED BY HIS LOVE
5At?.H9iREW STRONGER! HE BE CAME A RICH
M.MytTlikU0MAvRE! THIRTY VEARS
LSIE HAD WAITED F03HX
JrtM) en-HAIRED
SWEETHEART
HIS BOY
HOOD
f taJUA.'v 1 1 A
YOU BEEN
T0WY.
CASPER?
r
BY JOVE
CASPER! THAT'S
INTERESTING!
HE SEARCHED THE FOUR CORNERS OP
THE EARTH TO FIND HER a AND
FINALLY D.D I THEN THEY WERE.
MARRIED AND THEY NOW LIVE IN
A MANSION THAT HE BUILT ON
THE SPOT OF THE .GARDEN OF
lTHE ROSE!
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I I CAN'T WRITE, BUT
I LA- ucTT I3ASIL CiO
AHEAD WITH THE
STORY, IF HEO-LSPUT
THE ROYALTIES WITH
ME FIFTY FIFTY
AUTHOR, BUT I'M
A liOOD BUSINESS
MAN!
I CALLED TO SEE
A FRIEND OF MINE
AT THE HOTEL..
UNCLE FVPRPTT!
BY THE WAY, WHERE!
IS ELSIE?
SHE'S IN HER
ROOM. CASPER!
I DON'T THINK
SHE FEELS
VERV AnOTk
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K 'M SO WORRIED BECAUSE A GENTLEMAN IS HERE
MY BROTHER IS COMING HERE! J TO SEE YOU MRS.
LOVE HIM EVEN IF HE WAS THE CHUCKLE!
OLjtK-HEEW IN MY WMlLY.VlHESfS
I UWN'T
EVERETT WILL
APPROVE OP HlMlj
1 in AY CAUSE
TROUBLE.
HE'S YOUR
BROTHER!
oh.dick,tm so Glad
TO SEE YO'U.BOT YOU
SHOULD NT HAVE
COME HERE
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BROTHER.
HAS ARRIVED,
BUTWE10.
HAVE TO "
WAlTFOPi
NEYTVEKkS
PAPER
TO SHE WHAT
HE LooS
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