rm SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1934 mm mm V. S. Patent CXfx. MAMATHIS IS THE FIRST NlHT IN MONTHS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET ) HOME EARLY ENOUGH TO HAVE DINNER . AT HQ?wLAND m SURE ( OODt4ESS,IWAiDON'T STUFF YOURSELF ON MEAT AND POTATOES EAT YOUR SALAD AND VEGETABLES. TOO! DONT DRINK SO MUCH WATER WITH YOUR MEALS - HEAVENS. DONT EAT FAST WHAT'S THE RUSH? IV - so A IS tfABEL., CL0TH WILL EAT MORE CELERY! V I DONT IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR WANT NERVES! HEAVENS. A IT YOU HAVEN'T TOUCHED ( MAMA! YOUR SPINACH! spinach is Good for jyou, papa! rr has IKON IN IT NOW CrO AHEAD AND EAT SOME! I DON'T CARE MUCH FOR SPINACH! NO, YOU DON'T LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU! NO WONDER YOU'RE SO SCRAWNY! IT'S BECAUSE YOU EAT WRONG! 7 WHY WONT YOU EAT THINGS THAT FOR YOU2 1 AINT FUSSY ABOUT FOOD MAMA BUT I DONT LIKE SPINACH! O I9M. King Festurr Syndics. Inf.. Great Britain rtqrirj Ttem4 NO, YOU WOULDNT LIKE ANYTHING THAT 1 DO, YOU OBSTINATE, STUBBORN, CONTRARY OLD BULL HEAD I SPINACH MAY BE FINE FOR THE SYSTEM, BUT IT DIDN'T DO MY EYE ANY GOOD! f LT7 eL- I. 11 w u y abeloaarminG BEND BACK ON DOTTED UNE iiHESE CLOTHES ARE FOR YOUR CASPER DOLL OF LAST WEEK! Toots and Casper N Y ELLEN FERGUSON WAS HEART-BROKEN V WHEN SHE LEFT LAST WEEK. TOOTS' POOR UTTLE WOMAN! SHE WAS STUNNED WHEN ABNEK BROKE HIS ENcrAqfEMENT TO HER AND ANNOUNCED 'r "n THAT HE'S 6rOtN6r fZtidC TO MARRY dlbbbA A,fr'Wr TO MARRY dltLLA F&'WSL ELLEN IS SINCERE AND TRUE BLUE! SHE ADORES THE VERY GROUND ABNER WALKS ON, BUT HE TURNED HER DOWN FOR A WOMAN WHO WOULDNT GrIVE HIM A SECOND LOOK IF IT WASNT FOR HIS HONEY! w m w m YOU DONT SEEM VERY ENTHUSED ABOUT BEING" ENGAGED TO ME, ABNER ! CAN IT BE POSSIBLE THAT YOU'RE YES, I AM LONESOME FOR HER, STELLA! I'LL ALWAYS LONESOME FOR ELLEN FERGUSON? YOU MAY LIKE HER THE BEST NOW, ABNER, BUT SOMEDAY YOU'LL LOVE ME MOST BECAUSE LOVE YOU AND ILL MAKE YOU LOVE ME! I'LL MARRY YOU, STELLA, BUT MY HEART WILL ALWAYS BELONG TO ELLEN! I'D BE LYING IF I SAID OTHERWISE: 1 s. - 5 - Wv MY 1 f 4 X 1 w I .JJTT -: AT T mil .fflfl 1 - YES, HE LOVES ELLEN, BUT HE DOESN'T DARE REFUSE TO MARRY ME FOR FEAR I'LL EXPOSE THAT LETTER OF HIS! I've Got a club over that old BOYS HEAD, AND WHAT A CLUB! FROM NOW ON "Xv utrl 1 nn ev Am v jn WHATI SAY! ABNER AND I WILL BE. MARRIED IN A FE.W WEEKS, AND THEN WATCH ME PUT HIS MONEY IN CIRCULATION! I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HIS DOUGH WILL LAST BUT WHEN IT'S GONE I'LL THROW HIM OUT AND LITTLE ELLEN WILL BE WELCOME TO WHATS LEFT OF HIM! 7 I v 5 TT ABNER, WHY DONT YOU COME TO ( YOUR SENSES? SNAP OUT OF YOUR j VSILLY INFATUATION FOR STELLA, j 7 AND GO BACK TO ELLEN ! JL yS SHE LOVES YOU, AND IT CASPER I'm GoinG TO MARRY STELLA, AND THAT'S F1HAL! ALL RIGHT. 60 AHEAD! I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU WERE. FAIR AND SQUARE BUT YOuRE NOT! I WOULDNT A STRAY DOG LIKE YOU sTREATED ELLEN, AND I'M ASHAMED OF YOU! V: 8 IF CASPER ONLY KNEW THE TRUTH THAT I LOVE ELLEN DEARLY, AND I'D SOONER DIE. THAN WED STELLA, but iVe Got to marry her to PREVENT HER FROM EXPOSING THAT LETTER -THAT CURSED LETTER IF I HAD ONLY DESTROYED IT"! . ITS A WASTE OF TIME ARGUING WITH ABNER, TOOTS! HE WONT LISTEN TO ME THE ONLY PERSON WHO MIGHT HANDLE uiui ic iiuri c EVERETT, but we fg DONT KNOW WHERE LJ L CASPER. THE'1 PHONE IS RINGING1. V7 SX.tSVC 'OS. Jfcf 1 111 I : J 1 19 VI, KifFc&tt SynJwa. Inc, Cm tthaia tfrn merKi. 10 f HELLO! YES, THIS IS CASPER! ( WHO'S CALLING' WHAT? 7 TOOTS T00TG! THAT WAS UNCLE CVLRETT! HE OUST ARRIVED 1 I N TOWN AND HE'S ON HIS WAY HERE NOW! MAYBE HE CAN BRJNGt J ABNER? TO HIS SENSES! ,y , mr -OM H a mm- 111 wan IT! SkRE ALL ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT UNCLE EVERETT CAN DO ARTMIT ARMF7D tUJT IN THE MEANTIME, what is the DREADED SECRET IN ABNER'S LIFE THAT WILL CAUSE HIM TO MARRY STELLA RATHER THAN ALLOW IT TO BE' MADE PUBUC? . .(CONTINUED NEXT M VVEEKIX - - - . & 4