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GUMPS—The Fate of Bitn Gump! By Sidney Smith WORLD WONOERS AT THE FATE OF w Billionaire bim g-ump - far down the river, IN A LITTLE FISHERMAN'S HOVEL, A STARK ^ WAN FIGURE LIES IN AN OLD 8E0- HIS EVES CLOSED- HIS FACE SUNKEN AND EMACIATED— OH, GRANDPA A MIGHTY RUEER-CHILD DO YOU THINK] MIGHTY QUEER FIMDIN* HE’LL LIVE? / A FINE LOOKIN' FELLA HE SEEMS LIKE / LIKE THAT FLOATIN' SUCH A NICB ) DOWN THE RIVER, OUT MAN- J OF HIS HEAD AND ALL V BUT IF KINDNESS AND "7 CAPE’LL HELP ANY- I \ RECKON WE CAN A BRING HIM THROUGH l YET- _ If I FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS— _ EY BLOSSER _. _ .•_ MR .SHULTZ. THE \ PORK CHOPS? LET BUTCHER, SAID ) ME SEE.NOW—OH THAT VOUR HOTEL ( VE5, I • BELIEVE ORDERED SOME ) WE DID ~ AS 1 PORK CHOPS /REMEMBER.SEVERAL FROM HIM THE ) OF OUR GUESTS FOURTH J REQUESTED WEEK IKJ /L/THEMJi?1 AUGUST.^-"7 , '— WHY. CERTAINLY — ||||||||||| JUST HELP YOURSELF THERE—BUT I DONT [ t QUITE UNDERSTAND S OH-WELL, YOUR ASKING ABOUT t'U- TELL THE PORK CHOPS. ^ Y0U ^OUT FRECKLES ff J THAT IN * minute, ~ TO) 7 ^ s mr huff! r-\ LOOK, OSSIE‘ONLY TWO PEOPLE WERE REGISTERED AT THAT TIME- A MR. BOTTLE AMD — I CAMT MAKE. OUT THE OTHER MAMEff BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES—What Next? l\f]* BY MARTIN OUR BOARDING HOUSE By AHERN % * , , COK>?OONO «T ' fcGT VOO OvDVi’T SAV \T AAO A WH\TE STOPE °°^ 1 \T<b fcACVC -1 ; WLU.,AH VEP1 THE REST OT THE L WEO BETTER RECKON BoNCA HfWit GONE ON , WWW ,TOO •■ WE's AU_ AWEAO \N\TW TWE I OR VNE'U. SET % \ WSS TW‘ i TRNH ■ "-^ R\G>rtT l R KVO SArt ' EAV^SY . EOOVi. VET'S B OOT ,?QEESS Art •• COME BACK . TAKE F Art 5ES* SEErt A BEAC*. THE I CM CROSS YO PATB-AU SrtORT MAV^ .OAT'S BA AAAAD !l! COT __ ___ J ^ WTMBKM <^enM~ ^HERE AFTER, HOOPLE BuT /'CjRAT lT' . SAY, MADDEN^ WHEN YE SELL A PARROT, fell fAADDEN—I TELL g|p YOU SHOULDA DONT BE LETTIN'oN )# VOU THIS PARROT Af HEARDM RATTLE HE’S A FINE TALKER, /\ CAN TALK J OFF ^H FACE | WHEN HE CANT EVEN 1/ IF YOULL WAIT |fy I HOLLER FOR HELP IN A | AROUND A BIT, / ) ROOM FLOOR . JAM WITH A CAT ? J HE MA\ TALK .A ( »TD MAKE .31ST SAY ITS A PARROT, A ANY MINUTE . ) l, YOU SALT AN' LET TH’ CUSTOMER X EGAD, IT MIGHT / YEQ BREW WVTH ! TEACH 'iM TO TALKER 1 \ TiAMCE^ / MEN, AND WON«T 4. :ij 1 V SPEAK BEFORE A ) I „ j law ^ $ 1 . _ -.. L ? yfSSWA y-T __ 'i ((SPONTX |\ “DIDN'T I TALK ^ l HIMSFLF | OUT OF A f , SALE-\ THE NEWF ANGLES (Mom’n Pop)—No Parking! • BY COWAN ( r WELL. HOW DID I W COME UP 7HP0UGH KNOW IT WOULD f\ THESE BUSHES. HEPE*S GET DAPK SO / \ A PEACH OF A PLACE ^ QLMCKEY?^ TO CAMP1. MOU SEE.THEPE WAS A OUST THE SAME, NO NEED FUSSING. WE J I'LL BE GLAD TO FOUND A PLACE TO / GET BACK HOME. CAMP, AND GOT THE ) A LITTLE OF THIS TENT UP OKA/ J GOES A LONG WAY, WTTH ME pop', chick1. WAKE UP, QUICK1.'. look WHEPE. WE APE w • • / CAM vou.IMAGINE. f TH\G? RvGUT \M SOMEONE'S ^ FRONT v t ' v % v i « WASH TUBBS—Company! ;>*if!fUiBI CKANB f f SHOO* THERE ISN'T V WELL, WE WON'T GIVERS [ »0 CENTS WORTH* UP. THERE'S BOUND V gold in the WHOLE J to be gold around V*—^ CREEK^J-^HERE SOMEWHERE. —asy t mm m % Wls7oUgA6£P7WASM. EASV ftMp GMl JF PE£»P6 TO TftM AMOTHeR CR££K .Jt\ /I^HGM.TO THEIR SURPRISE, A DOGTEAMt^ ( HI there, prospectors! amw 1 \ 1 LUCK? STAKED AKW CLAIMS VET? --; f HM-Mf MOT A BAD ^ LOOKIN' SPOT. GUESS I'LL PITCH A TENT AND TRV MV LUCKJOa -- aiuuaiu— B] WALT OISMI THE BIG RACE. IS ON/ MICKEY, RIDING IN THE SULKY WITH HIS WHOLE FUTURE DEPENDING ON THE RESULT AND WITH THE , I REST OF THE [HORSES PAR fAHEAD, SUDDENLY (DISCOVERS THAT THE RACE a IS A (STEEPLECHASE! i I_ WHdmmmUiMBmm h» SALESMAN SAM—Charley Gets the Dirty End! BY SMALfl Two biros seen pyeTtv cockV \ OKaV—BUT Y about Ver cHftMces m Tw BRootA \tErsWWeft L SlOEePETAKES, BUT VA BETTER WAVE tAUG o' beer! OMEtAORE WORKOUT OM TH' TRACK'. / FlRsT l i7to—^—it— UiELL, HERE'S tAUD . l!4 NER. 1 V (7rm' There's nvud r\a. oMer Ver 1M3 BY NEA SERVICE. IN^RE^j^P>TOfT.gSlj m 11 ■■ ■ ■ i I. ■ Land of Shamrock HORIZONTAL 1 Who Is the maft in the picture? 12 Auction. 13 Metric footl 14 Cognomen. 16 Bugle plant. 17 Salt of acetic acid. 19 To marry. 20 Northeast. 21 Form of '‘be.’’ 22 Tree fluid. 24 Chaos. 25 To annoy. 26 Data. 28 Twitching. 30 Tract of land. 32 The pictured man is a leader of the _? 34 Paper mulberry. 36 Female sheep. 37 Piled up. 39 To moisten. 40 Within. 41 To accomplish. 42 Like. 44 Nay. 45 House cat. 46 Twice. A Answer to Previous Puzzle fol ir u a p i ipi«;iM a v'nl FmT DrChas Mayo 48 Membranous bag. 49 Card game. 51 Ruby spinel. 53 Untamed. 55 Oleoresin. 56 Growing out 57 And. 5S Tlje pictured man holds the office of in his native land? 59 Laughter sound. VERTICAL 1 Edge of a roof. 2 Wing part. 3 Myself. 4 Fastidious. 5 Female deer. 6 Having great tension. 7 By way of. 8 Performs. 9 Half an em. 10 Uncooked. 11 Last of a prayer. 12 A political party in the pictured man's country. 15 The pictured man is an -by profession? 17 Noah’s boat. 18 To devour. 21 Tree branch. 23 Cavity, 25 Wrath., ^ 26 Constellation. \ 27 To question. 29 Crow’s cry, 31 Barley’s ^ spikelet, 32 Neuter > pronoun.' * 33 Masculino pronoun. 35 Pig sty. 37 Drunkard. 38 Flatfish. 41 To abscond. 43 Taciturn. 45 Wan. 47 Rail third). 48 To season. tj 50 The pictured man’s country passed a bill a to abolish thY - to tho • */ king of England? 51 Honey gatherer. 52 Title of courtesy. 53 Moor. 54 Meadow. mt Snmmsuflle HeralO Has Been the Valley’s Most Popular Daily ) Newspaper for More Than 40 Years Only Direct Leafed Wire Newt Service in the Rio Grande Valley , „ ,._A ^