THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1935
Polly Pipper & The Policeman
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(Continued from Page 9.)
Bat fate had not finished with
him for that night it once, more
played him a scurvy trick. Polly, jí WELL:BOYS!
all contrite. had taken her sorrows
to the cinema in the vain hope off
a chance meeting. How was P. C. Dodds, resplendent in brown jac ket over regalation blue trousers, to know that the soldier followiski Polly into the
very eyes was
ber-in fact
cinema before his complete stranger
possessed a girlj
of his own who was at that moj] rent inside the lobby of the cinema waiting for him??
Appearances are ever deceptive. and who can blame. P. C Dodds for stopping so suddenly at the sight that another pedestrian crashed into his broad back? The short of annoyance which accom- pante the bump never penetrated P. Codds mind, and the in- censed pedestrian quickly became a peaceful one. For one glance at P. C. Dodds set and angry face fas quite enough for him, and he hurried on his way thankful to be alive.
And P. C. Dodds turned on his heel for the second time that dayi a disillusioned and sorrowful; lover:
P. C. Dodds unconsciously squared his shoulders as he enter-} ed Cander Street the next morn-! ing. A quick glance along it re- vealed Pully cleaning the sitting) room windows at No. 22. Hel snatched his raze
hastily away.} and tried to look enormously un-i concerned, terribly matter-of-face} and worldly. He wasn't going to speak, not he, hot after last night; be wasn't.
But his resolution faded awari as his feet unconsciorišly came to
a balt opposite. No, v2.
"I'll he said in a low, threaty voice.
Who's there inquired Folle Pipper, screwing herself round. ̧ and gazing down into the base, ment area, which yawned beneath her. Seeing the area empty, how- resumed her window polishing with a nonchalant air.
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Polls slowly turned her, head, and gazed street-wards. Then her leges gradually opened.
"Lordy me! Look who's here!" she cried in apparent surprise.
"You knew it was me here," Pi (2 Dodds growled. “Looking into the
area. Pretending I wasn't here," he continued, grumbling.
“Oh. did I. Mr. Important? Giving yourself airs now, eh? What with your likes and dislikes. You'd
be chasing them beiter criminals. Mead of keeping the An off my windows."
And Rolly turned a shapely hark va Him and polished vigorously!
She had beeg bitterly dis Tappointed last night at her lover's absence. Woman-like, she had ex- "pected him-to know, without being
that she would. go to the pictures. She had waited and waited. Ettle knowing that it had taken P. C. Dodds forty minutes to screw up his courage even to approach the cinema-and nothing had happened.
"You said you weren't going to the cinema last night." commenced P. C. Bodds in what he thought; was an ordinary voice, but really in one that sounded to the girl laden with reproach.
br.
;
She turned herself round sharp-
"I can change me mind if I like.¦ without asking a great, big. fati bobby, can't I?” she demanded, herį pretty cheeks afame.
"Ho!" retorted P. C. Dodds. "It's like that, is it?” .-
"Yes, it is!"
P. C, Dodds.
shuffled his feet)
Girls are funny, be reckoned.
"If that's the case- "he com menced.
"It is." Polly assured him, "sof
there!**
"I don't care," P. C. Dodds re
torted, nettled.
"Nor do L" Polly Pipper -ob- served.
"Well I'm off.”
“Go, if you want to: I don't care."
And Polly returned to her work. She did not care,, she assured her reflection in the window. No, that she didn't. But, strange to Bay, this reflection wouldn't be rabbed 2way, try 28 she would. She wanted badly to rub it away be cause two mall tears were creep- ing down its cheeks, et
Rub Rub! She didn't care, not sbel She informed the two tears which would not disappear.
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HOW ABOUT ANOTHER HAND?
ĠEEL MY HAND IS ALL
GOT LEFT. LAINT GOT A CENT I WISH T
·HADN'T PUTA
DIME IN ONE OF THEM
CHAIN LETTERS.
LISTEN JERRY! YOU'RE
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE. I'VE GOT AN IDEA I WANT YOU TO DO
ME A FAVOR.
Rosie's BEAU
NOT FER ME-1 GOT TO GIT
HOME AN GIT A
LECTURE AS IT
YOU KNOW
ME PAL. WHAT'S ON
YOUR
MIND?
NOW! I'LL TELL MAGGIE I 'WUZ HIT IN THE EYE BY A
GEDM MANUS
Registered. U. S. Patent Ofice.
BOOK THAT FELL
IN THE CLUB LIBRARY WHILE! WUZ READIN'AN' SHE WONT LET
ME APPEAR LOOKIN' LIKE
THIS.
OH, DADDYour 1 WANTED YOU TO
MEET SOME OF MY SCHOOL CHUMS. BUT YOU, CAN'T COME IN
THE LIBRARY
WITH THAT
EYE.
Bringing Up Father
WOW!
SEVEN O'CLOCKI - I DIDN'T KNOW IT
WUZ THAT LATE.
I WANT YOU TO HIT ME IN THE EYE. JUST A GOOD, FRIENDLY TAR BUT ENOUGH TO GIVE ME A
BLACK- EYE.
GOOD EVENING, MR.JJIGGS. MRS. JIGGS "PHONED. SHE SAID THE ENGAGEMENT IS OFF, SHE WON'T BE HOME FOR
DINNER. SHE SAID YOU COULD GO TO DINTY MOORE'S IF YOU WISH.
YOU MEAN THEM PRETTY GIRLS I SEEN YOU WITH ~
YESTERDAY?
OH! I'LL NOT BE MEAN LIKE ARCHIE. I'LL CALL HIM UP AND FORGIVE HIM. HES JUST A LITTLE BOY:
- THE DARLING!
SOL HIS 'PHONE 15,
BUSY. I SUPPOSE HE IS TALKING TO SOME. OTHER GIRL-HE 15 HORRID. I'LL NEVER FORGIVE HIM. .
YOU DIDNĪT THINK
YOU WON ALL
THAT MONEY IN” AN HOUR, DID YE?
OH, YE-AH?|
WHAT? THAT'S A VERY FUNNY
KIND OF A FAVOR. BUT JUST TO BE. OBLIGIN, HERE GOES.
WHY DIDN'T YOU'PHONE
ME AT THE OFFICE HOURS AGO AN' TELL ME THAT?
WURRA-WURRA!
I ONLY HOPE L. KIN FIND
JERRY-
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„WELL! IF ROSIE WONT CALL
ME UP, I'LL CALL HER UP, SURELY! SHELL FORGIVE
ME IF SHE 15
REALLY IN LOVE
WITH ME.
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HÜHL HER PHONE IS BUSY "'LL BET SHE CALLED UP - SOME SAP IN FACT TM POSITIVE OF 17 SHUCKS WOMEN ARE ALL ALIKE.
GOSH: MAGGIE TOLD ME TO BE HOME AT SIX, AS SHE'S GONNA ~HAVE COMPANY, NOW I'M IN
FER IT. WHAT WILL I DO?
WOW.WOW! THERE WUZNT MUCH · FRIENDSHIP ABOUT THAT. DID YOU HAVE A BRICK IN YOUR HAND?
AND DINTY MOORE PHONED HE WANTS YOU TO GO WITH HIM TO A DANCE
HE SAID TO LOOK YOUR
BEST AS IT-IS A SWÄNKY. AFFAIR-
WHAT?
THAT'S THE
·SOFTEST TAP I COULD: GIVE YOU, OLD PAL::
LOOK ME BEST. EH?
I KIN HARDLY
SEE NOW..
DO ME ANOTHER FAVOR. HIT ME IN THIS EYE AN DON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
IT'S THE GYPSY IN ME
I GUESS I HAD BETTER TELL THE CAPTAIN ĽM ON BOARD, SO IN CASE HE SHOULD NEED ANY ADVICE HE CAN COUNT ON ME I'VE SPENT A LOT A OF TIME ON THE OCEAN.THIS IS MY FORTIETH TRIPTO CONEY ISLAND.
SAY BIG BOY WHAT MAKES
YOU HATE YOURSELF. KSO MUCH 2: