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Such Popularity
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PORE Ll'L AE.MER AM' DAISY
MAE.V-OFP F VISIT RAGTIME.
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Vv'HUT A REMARKABLY
DlSGUSTlN HABIT
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WHUT EVERYBODY WANTS
f DOESYO' A NATCH ERLY -GO Y
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V WAY TO V OLE HAUNTED
RAGTIME A ( HOSS-COLLAR f"
( VOKUM'S j FACT'RY-
-AN' SMALL WONDER, ON
ACCOUNT O' TH' HABIT HE
GOT.'' IT'S (JUST PLAIN
DlSGUSTIKi; BOY
SEEff AS MAH LAST X . . A SHECK5?-HIS KJ ??.irS S
I SOMEBODY ) DEED ON EARTH, ) , HABIT CAI N'T BE TYCKIM'T )
Z0 GIVE HIM THIS . . V SO BAD, IF FOLKS JL!"
( pRESENT-WiF , SENDS HIM Vft
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CROSSBONE CROSSINj; V WHAR J
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V AN' STRAIGHT ON T'lJVES? J
( SHECKS,NO- ) v.
I HE LIVES VnT-
MEBBE YORE
COUSIN RAGTIME
IS NOT TH' TYPE
WHOLESOME
YOUNG FOLKS
LIKE US
OUGHTA
VISIT
HE'S AVOKUM,
AN 'WE IS
VOKUMS-IT'S
OUR DOOTY
T'VISIT HIM, IN
SPITE O' HIS
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DOES YO' KNOW
WHAR RAGTIME
YOKUM LIVES?
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AH IS GLAD J
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'INNER LANDS' COMES TO THE COUN
CIL BRINGING ARN WITH HIM, AND
FATHER AND SON HAVE A HAPPY
REUNION.
'aur du you Ator&AMS
My son kvrrn you, kxlaht?
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0BCAUS THE GAOHtMS EAWITy
AGAAfST THUL jlAy BREAK OUT
A VOLEMCB AMD AIASCE THE
JOUMy MOM A 0AAG?OUS
one. ycis son sweat s roo
AS THE COUNCIL OF KINGS COMES TO
A CLOSE, PRINCE VALIANT STANDS ALONE
IN HIS DECISION TO AVOID A RUINOUS
WAR.. - AND MANY SAY KING AGUAR IS
TOO OLD AND FEEBLE FOR THE JOYS
OF FIGHTING AND HIS SON IS TOO
TIMID !
AS THE COUNCILORS DEPART THE CAPTAIN OF VAL'S SHIP
BUT OUTSDE A4AAV L OHGSHPS ARB GA THSRAG. tpj
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Sg, p i , Wl m -i R FOR HE ORDERS THE RETREAT OF HIS LITTLE FLEET. juVbHTyliELjX fl B I
VAL HAS BUT A SHORT TIME TO fel IN CLOSE ORDER THE FLEE UP THE FJORD TO CER- fVL, llMUf
SHOUT THE PLAN OF BATTLE TO tJ TAIN CAPTURE. VAL WATCHES THE WILD PUR- I A.V.i fl i la-ffT&O
HIS CAPTAINS BEFORE THE SHIPS SUIT AND THE FOG THAT IS ROLLING IN FROM 1 iJ WTA 'L 1
CRASH FURIOUSLY TOGETHER. THE SEA.- npvtwppk- I vZ' ' Vf?l J' VjTl VW I
DODGING AMONG THE ISLANDS, RISKING THE SHOALS, VAL
JOINS HIS FLEET. BUT BEHIND HIM COME ARMED FIGHT
ING SHIPS BENTON DESTROYING THE POWER OF THULE.