i ' Jjl jj SUNDAY. JANUARY 22. 1933 I VE 40T A PRETTY 60OO FIGURE AS IS. BUT I'D LIKE TO BE s n A. 1 J IT S I TAKE ZIPPO PILLS - Y, r-v p-s V THEY'LL INCREASE YOURWEHT XSj" iPiTU . AnDDEVELOP YOUR FIGURE "J C IMA6lNATI0iI BUT l FEEL JiSlL. TK) BETTER SINCE I STARTED i fli U7 G7 TAKIN& THOSE PILLS! yf- 1 L IJ f , y'"' 7f ( ) Xf HEAVIER THAN! AM AMD MORE ROBUST, TOO! AH! PAPA, ARE YOU RESTING AAIN? ALL YOU DO IS SLEEP! vitality OF A JELLYFISH 1 A 1 a nsar n 11 m cnaiscAsra rousirrcsAiiisT VtMO ts ApeucsttAiti ONYMtSSBEANJETS T TH ATS WHERE YOU'RE WROM6.MAMA I'M A ) H0WE5T, . NEW MAN! I FEEL AS 71 PAPA? STR0N6 AS AN OX! C rl WE'RE FROM THE WARE -HOUSE' YOUPHONED THAT YOU WANTED SOME FURNITURE MOVED AROUND! 1 4UESS I WON'T NEED YOU NOW THERE'S NO NEED TO PAY OUT MONEY WHEN MY HUSBAND cat MOVEn RJK 7 n V ME! " l r 1 r n V THATSRlHT. PAPA PUT THAT CABINET IN THE HALL AND THEN MOVE THE. rlAHV OVER TO THIS CORNER! AND THEN 1 ir-gfr An .n IV. Ml iM Ota O i9 King. Fevum ivrxlu-w TocrsAa2 THESE CLOTHES ARE FOP YOUR J "tSSTUCl DOLU PRKTEO LAST I SOME. HOOFER 1MM ONTHlSPAOe l IN i VC-Sf y REQUEST 1 1 I OF MANY I 1 MlVN K OF MY I fl 4 MUY I LITTLE 4J I 1 JV y If READERS I! 11 I I CHUCKLE II II ll I BEtO SACK ON DOTTED LINE ANEW ELSIE CUT-OUT DCLLT WBJLBE PRINTED tiEXT WEEK! iiiiii inMirti mi iia IM onuii 1 tAlAX. HUAAM HAS 9Sfe.NWAiawUKM0H Toots and Casper lUtuM U S Pimm Obr & St WONT BE A HASTY WEDDIN6! LEAVE THAT TO STELLA1 EVERYBODY, EXCEPT ABNER . KNOWS THAT SHE'S MARRYIN4 HIM FOR HIS MONEY, THINGS RIHT IT WILL. TAKE TIME TO WORK OUT ALL OF HER PLANS AN EXPENSIVE TROUSSEAUr- A COSTLY WEDDtNcr THEN THERE'S A EUROPEAN HONEYMOON TO BE ARRANGED FOR A MANSION MUST BE SELECTED AND PUT IN TUP SERVANTS INSTALLED EVERYTHING MUST BE ARRANGED IN ADVANCE! STELLA ISNT THE KIND TO TAKE ANY CHANCES! I CAN HARDLY WATT FOR OUR WEDDING DAY. STELLA J ) rAP1 I THINK VJE OU&KT TO ELOPE AND 6ET MARRIED ) RlcVHT AWAY" r 11 pw I ir I'M JUST AS ANXIOUS AS YOU ARE . ABNERJ3UT IT WILL BE. MUCH NICER TO SET THE. DATE IN ADVANCE AND INVITE ALL OF OUR FRIENDS TO BE PRESENT AT OUR YYEDDlNcV. r s En ALL THE LAND TODAY THERE IS NO HAPPIER PERSON THAN UNCLE ABNER So WONDER he rejoices NO WONDER HIS HEART BEATS IN TRIUMPHJFOR HE HAS WON THE. HAND OF THE WOMAN THAT HE ADC2ES 0 READWESS '4. M V VNc OH. ABNER! WE'RE 601Nj TO BE AS HAPPY AS TWO LOVE BIRDS AS LONA AS YOUR MONEY 71 LASTS -l i. ' OKI 7. V At 1-1 WJAA I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT STELLA CUNKERtS TO BECOME MY WIFE, CASPER i IT SEEMS LUCE A WONDERFUL DREAM! MAYBE IT A I HOPE ( IS, UNCLE I YOU'LL L ) ABNER1 A BE HAPPX (3 L ) YOU MAY I UNCLE Y fj I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLDJ ABNER1. YOU KNOW THAT I r AREhTT YOU 60IN4 TO CONGRATULATE Y 1 ME, ELLEN? A NICE WORD FROM YOU J A MEANS A LOT TO ME BECAUSE J YOLTRE 0NE OFMY.CZ5T f YES YvlEVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR ALON& TIME. ABNER! EVER SWCE WE WERE KIDS IN PRAIRIE JUNCTION 00 YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU USED TO WALK HOME f FROM SCHOOL wmi mp ? SURE I DO. ELLEN! YOU WORE cnA- TAH THPN AND ALL THE BOYS WERE SO JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU LIKED ME! REncnocK THAT VALENTINE 6 AVE. YOU ONCE ? I SOLD MY TWO PET RABBITS tooettmb. MONEY TO buy m o o UNCLE ABNER IS VERY FOND OF YOU. MRS. FER6AJS0N! HE ALWAYS SPEAKS SO HIGHLY OF YOU, AND I CrUESS YOU LIKE HXMTOO. DON'T YOU? NO ONE COULD HELP BUT LIKE HTM.CASPER! HESSO SWEET AND SINCERE, AND. HE ALWAYS WAS YES, I LIKE HIM- VERY MUCH 7 I WAS TALKIN6 "TO ELLEN FER6US0N ABOUT ABNER WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE ASKED TO BE EXCUSED AND RUSHED INTO HER ROOM. TOOTS! SKES BEEN VERY QUIET LATELXCASPERl SHE SEEMS CHEERFUL EKOU&K OH THE SURFACE, BUT I LAN ItU. THAT THERES SADNESS IN HER EYES! I WONDER ili Mo WONDER THERE'S SADNESS IN HER PRETTY EYES! SWEET, LOVABLE ELLEN FER4US0N! NO ONE KNOWS IT ITS A SECRET THAT'S LOCKED IN HcK HEART BUT SHI LOVES ABMERTOO! THE FONDNESS THAT SHE ALWAYS HELD FOR HIM HAS LATELY DEVELOPED INTO LOVE AND NOW HE'S TO MARRY . ANOTHER! POORTHIN42 WE FEEL SO SORRY FOR HER! ?! rj 1 is j 1 1 A4 f AfTi I ABNER IS MAKIN6, A BAD MISTAKE, fY TQflT.BUT WHAT CAN WE DO? V. THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN HANDLE P WM IS UNCLE EVERETT AND TT THE WEDDING NOW! ITS CjONE TOO FAR! .FSIVEMT YES .BUT UNCLE. T tVtXC I I O AWAY. AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS OR WHEN WE'LL HEAR FROM HIM, CASPERV 1, y. 3o NEWS HAS BEEN HEARD FROM UNCLE EVERETT SINCE HE LEFT BY PLANE THREE WEEKS A60 IN SEARCH OF ELSIE! HOYf EXCITED IS WAS THAT DAY ! HE SAID HE HAD A HUNCH AS TO WHERE HE MUSjHT FIND ELSIE. AND WETE. ALL WOPTN THAT BEFORE LON THESE TWO OLD SWEETHEARTS WILL BE ToinrMf Aii Aim! ri A m - - vi 1 . ax few j r -1 A 'A 'It