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I'VE BEEN GETTING TO THE
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OFFICE LATE EVERY MORNING
FOR TWO MOMTHSBUT I'VE
tOT TO BE ON TIKE TODAY!
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WHY DON'T YOU
WATCH WHERE
AW! GO TAKE
A GREAT BlG
RUNNING
JUMP AT
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YOU'RE J
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I SURE TOLD THAT GUY
PLENTY1. MAYBE I SHOULDN'T
HAVE BAWLED HIM OUT LIKE
l DID, BUT I FEEL IRRITABLE
THIS MORNING! I'VE SIMPLY
GOT TO BE Oil Tiff Z
FOR WORK!
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NIGHT THAT THE OLD MANAGER
RESIGNED YESTERDAY AND A
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THE NEW
BOSS IS
STRICT!
THE NEW
BOSS IS IN )
HIS OFFICE
NOW! HE
JUST CAME
IN! J
THATS FINE!
ILL MOSEY
IN AND
INTRODUCE
MYSELF!
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BACK OF
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HERE ARE
TWO SUITS
AND TWO
HATS FOR
THE
'SCPK3E
H9CFER
DOLL OF
LAST
WEEK!
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WEEK
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HELEN BUNT EN OP OAKLAND, CAUF,
MARY MILLER. ALUANCEJU.8EJTDV. CANADA
BETTY LANfiCBAT CrT M1CW6AN
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DOROTHY YY E1ANO, NEW KAVEH CONN,
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MARjORie. LOUISE. JORDAN.HEAL0T0N.0KLA,
SHIRLEY MOVEY. CHATMAM. VA.
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TIE THESE!
HERE COMES MRS.FER&USON AFTER HAVING
SPENT THE DAY AT A BEAUTY SHOP!
IS IS HOW
THE LITTLE
0LDfA5HI0NED
LADV LOOKED.
WHEN WE
LAST SAW
HER
1S&OWDOES
SHE LOOK
NOW THAT THE
BEAUTY SPECIALISTS
HAVE COMPLETED
THEIR WORK?
HERE SHE IS, BOYS.
LITTLE M3S.FER6US0W
HOW DO YOU LIKE HER ?
PERSONALLY, 1 THINK
SHE'S MIGHTY CHIC!
LAND SAKES! I NEVER USED POWDER
,0R R0U6E BEFORE IN MY WHOLE UFE,
AND NOW I'M CAKED WITH IT
IF THE FOLKS IN PRAIRIE JUNCTION
COULD SEE ME NOW
I KNOW T WOULD
CAUSE TALK!
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WHY. MRS.
FER6US0N!
YOU LOOK
MARVELOUS!
eVTTlWMtN-r
( YOU LOOK TWENTY
YEARS YOUNGER!
I CAN HARDLY
BELIEVE ITS YJOUi
NOW FOR THE CLIMAX OF MY
PLAN! IF ABNER SHOULD FALL
FOR MRS FER6US0N.THEN
HE'LL SOON P0R6ET ALL
ABOUT STELLA CLINKER
BUT IF HE DOESN'T WELL,
T b BEEN WORTH TRYING
ANYWAY 1
UNCLE EVERETT CASPERS
COME TAKE A LOOK AT
MRS. FERGUSONS NEW
rOWN!
BYJOVE,MRS.
FER4US0N, YOU LOOK
SWELL! IF tT WASN'T ,
FOR ELSIE I MIGHT
FALL FOR YQU
MYSELFL
WELLI SWAN-1 NEVER THOUGHT) I'M CjONNA CALL
T0WEARIN4ffll 1 LETS SEE IF HE
1 BRACELETS) SAL I RECOGNIZES YOU!
AND SUCH fif V
THINGS! AHT T I
Y COME ON IN AND JOIN US.
UNCLE ABNER! BE SOCIABLE!
YOU'RE FOOUSH TO SPEND
SO MUCH TIME WITH
STELLA CLINKER WHEN
THERE'S A LOVELY,
LONESOME LADY
RIGHT
HERE!
YOU'RE JUST WASTING
YOUR TIME TRYING TO
GET ME INTERESTED
IN MRS. FERGUSON.
CASPER! SHES NICE,
BUT fVE GOT MORE
TO DO THAN TO
STAY IN AND
WATCH HER
. KNIT AND
DARN!
Hi
TT7T,
AW, COME IN
AND SAY HELLO,
ANYWAY,
Y I HAVEN'T TIME. CASPER! ( T 1 f TO "Y1
IVE GOT A DATE WITH STELLA ) p HELLO. ) V '3" J
) AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AND I'VE V MR. W i nvJ Htuuu S
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CASPER SAID HE
WANTED YOU AND ME "TO
$ET BETTER ACQUAINTED.
BUT I GUESS YOU'RE TOO
BUSY TO SPEND ANY
TIME WITH POOR
LfTTLE ME! WON'T
YOU BE SEATED?
WHEN CASPER SAID THERE'S
A LOVELY LADY HERE I THOUGHT
HE MEANT MRS. FERGUSON.
BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT! ER-ER-
WHAT-S YOUCNAMF ?
jn
LET'S NOT
BE FORMAL!
I CALLED
YOU ABNER!
YOU CAN
CALL ME
ELLEN!
WHO IS
MRS.
FERGUSON?!
OH. SHE'S A LITTLE OLD-
FASHIONED LADY FROM PRAIRIE
JUNCTION! SHE'S A HOUSE-GUEST
HERE BUT LETS NOT
TALK ABOUT HER!
TELL ME ABOUT
.YOURSELF
DID YOU FORGET ABOUT
YOUR DATE WITH STELLA.
UNCLE ABNER? YOU'LL
BE LATE NOW. BUT I
DON'T BLAME YOU
MRS. FERGUSON IS
INTERESTING CQMRANY.
lSNTSHE?i
0
WHAT DO
YOU HE All
MRS.
,( TOOTS MEANS EXACTLY
1 WHAT SHE SAID, ABNER!
THAT IS MRS. FERGUSON
ONLY YOU PROBABLY
I , DlDNT RECOGNIZE HER
.SINCE SHE WENT
LIN FOR COSMETICS,
ETC! SHE '
CUTETSNT
SHE?
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WHY, ABNER DEAR! fM
SURPRISED! YOU SAID YOU'D
BE COUNTING THE MINUTES
UNTIL YOU SAW ME THIS
EVENING AND HERE YOU'RE
FORTY MINUTES LATE
I THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD
I'M SORRY,
STELLA!
I WAS
DETAINED
AT THE
HOUSE!
.HAPPENED
TOYOUL
A
It
IMMY
CHISIS THE
FIRST TIME
THAT ABNER
WAS EVER
LATE FOR A
DATE WITH
STELLA!
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VS AN IT BE
THAT MRS.
FERGUSON
WILL' COME
BETWEEN
ABNER
AND THE
DESIcVNINct
STELLA CUNXER?
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