- i "fMy,l9i'IB!3
m rs hvi -1
L$$ 4
1
. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1940
GEE, I invited
3D PEOPLE FOR
TONIGHT AND
I LL LOAN YA
MV CHAIRS...
YOU CAM RETURN
I'VE ONLY SEATS
EM TOMORROW.
WHO
FOR
IS
JIMMRPHT
Registered U S Patent Office
THIS SURE ) NOT AT ALL.l WONT
IS NICE ) NEED THEM
i
1
n
m mwmw m jxl rikJmS "S4 I 1 1
I THIS A IVES ME (TAKE MY SOFA,TOOl I
I 12 EXTRA SEATS, IT SEATS THREE....
BUT 1 STILL NEED THEN
THREE Czi J tffX VOU-RE
I More. VYX U?y Ati cct l
f COME,GlRLSl THIS J T
WAY PLEASE. - SS
THAT CLEANS ME OUT
OF CHAIRS BUT I M
k ZiLAD TO DO HIM THE
4REAT SCOTT! 1 F0RG0T
MAMA'S HAVING A BPIDAE
PARTY THIS AFTERNOON J
MAND HERE
Y1 TUrv'
YaBM
'VS m A I
oujwIa LuxAfi 9JLt havA, to
Alt cm. -the -4JBoan LdL
I Copr. 1940. King'fcitures'Syndicatc, Inc , World -rights reserve
ox AX.
shall i beat it out of
Town or Go home and
face the music ?
heads z go-tails i stay.
Alfred skidder.
the grocer.
2-4
Toots and Casper
rAcncD ilt T U ArsKl'-r civrrs f
DINNER IT WOULD HAVE COST
US (op L EACH AT THE
3 CORNER RESTAURANT
ft? SO GIVE ME
THE $l.bO hOR
MY KUNU.
1
TWICE fob-
is i.ie
WHERE'D
YOU LEARN
YOUR
ARITHMETIC,
TOOTS r
OH, I INCLUDED
THE TIP AND
1 OUHT TO
NICK YOU .
FOR CHECKING
YOUR HAT,
TOO.
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO
WIPE ANY DISHES AT
A RESTAURANT i DON'T
T tPT A
DISCOUNT POR
"THAT...
HONEY. AS
MAN TO MAN. )
HOWD YOU
LIKE Gy
THE
DINNER
IT AMAZED ME! I NEVER
KNEW THAT ANYBODY COULD
DIRTY UP SO MANY POTS,
KETTLES AND
DlSHES,SERVINr
A CAN OF
BAKED BEANS.
ST T lis I m -i
Ml
IT I 1
HE SCENE CHANGES
TO PRAIRIE JUNCTION
WHERE WE SEE CASPER'S
MULTIMILLIONAIRE UNCLE,
EVERETT J. CHUCKLE,
CONVERSING WITH
COUSIN BERTHA
WHO HAS JUST RETURNED
FROM A LONG
RESIDENCE ABROAD.
w
EVERETT, YOU OU6HT TO CHANGE
Your will.... it s absurd to
EAVE HALF OF YOUR VAST
ESTATE TO TOOTS AND.
i 1 LMKtK.. WMT. If-
MILLIONS !
THEIR BABY FOLLOWS
ME EVERVWHERE-TS-TSK-I
BUT THERE'S A TRICK TO
IT TSK-TSK I LET HIM
SEE I'VE CANDY IN
MY POCKET...
ZA CASPER... WHY S(r
V5: HbT'U INHERIT rt riaCl Ml PDCKBT...y
LEAVE EM A TRUST PUND
if you wish, but not a
hujE Lump sum... come
EASY, 4o EASY I THEY'D
?wto through it
THROUGH
A SIEVE. i
1 KNOW HOW TO
RX THAT BERTHA
I LL SEND 'EM
AN. OLD SAYING,
WASTE NOT,
WANT
not:
TOO MUCH MONEY
WOULD SPOIL THEM!
RUIN THEM i
MAKE LAZY
Loafers out
OF 'EM, BUT
ITS YOUR MONEY
NOT MINE.
BERTHA, HOW ON
EARTH DID YOU
I GET ALONG
ALL THESE
"YEARS IN
EUROPE
WITHOUT
WORRVtWZ
ABOUT MY
AFFAIRS f
IF. EVERETT WASN'T SO STUCK ON TOOTS
AND CASPER HE MIGHT MENTION A FEW
kOTHcRS. IN HIS WILL,
MNU HtAVtN
KNOWS I COULD
MONEY....
LOOK AT THIS WANT-AD IN THE CITY PAPER!
WANTED: MAID... MUST BE FOND OF CHILDREN...
ETC. APPLY IN PERSON TOMORROW AT
317 DROWSY MILL. AVE-
k HMM-tA THATS THE
ADDRESS EVERETT
MENTIONED 1 THIS IS
CASPER'S
An i
I
AN IDEA1. I -I
ANCE ; JSXx
JL
THAT G-IVES ME
THE CASPER4S
DOUT KNOW ME
I'LL DISGUISE
AS A MAID AND
APPLY FOR
oo3 rrs
MY CM
TO LIVE IN
THEIR
HOUSE,.
Cipr 1940. lunr Fezrvrrs Sfidkate. Uc, World rights reserved.
THEM I COULD SNOOP THROUGH 1
THEIR MAIL LISTEN IN ON THEIR
t U IM V feKS AT ION5..
KNOW EVERYTHING
THcY DO 111
i might Get
SOMETHING OM
.THEM THAT
WOULD COO
Turin
TOOSE
WITH
j hope i Get a good maid to
TAKE KaTILKA'S PLACE. I'LL HAVE
TO BE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING
TO INTERVIEW THE APPLICANTS
FROM OUR AD IN THE PAPER 1
2-4-.
If we could only
WARN toots of the
"MAID WHO, AT THIS
VERY MOMENT IS ON
. I HER WAY BY PLANE -v
t r-f-iv lf- 1 II
IT LOOKS LIKE
TROUBLE AHEAD!
CONTINUED
NEXT WEEK.
A.
I I