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THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY SUPPLEMENT, FEBRUARY 14, 1941.
BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER
WHAT? A
BABY? OUCH!
YES, A
BABY!
ANOTHER
DISCOVERY!
IS IT ALIVE?
By EDWIN ALGER
WHY, IT IS
ALIVE! DON'T TOUCH IT,
BEN!
HEY! THIS NOTE IS ADDRESSED TO BEN WEBSTER AN' RUSTY McGURK—
THE BOTH
OF US!
OPEN IT AND READ
IT-
LISSEN! "WE ARE PLACING OUR
TEN MONTHS' OLD DAUGHTER IN YOUR HANDS BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD HOW WEALTHY YOU ARE AND WE KNOW YOU WILL GIVE HER A GOOD HOME - MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE.........”
"....LOST ALL OUR MONEY AND MUST SEEK A NEW UFO- WE CANNOT CARE FOR OUR BELOVED LITTLE ONE, BUT WE HAVE FAITH YOU TWO
BOYS WILL...*
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WHEW!
(Continued from Page 4)
WE CAN'T LET IT STAY OUT
THERE IN THE COLO AND... BAY, ISN'T THAT A NOTE
DOWN AT THE END OF
THE BASKET THERE?
THAT AIN'T ALL! LISTEN! *....AND A MOTHER'S PRAYER
IS THAT YOU WILL NEVER PLACE HER IN AN
INSTITUTION-*
DIOJA GET IT ALL, BEN? DIDJA
GET IT? WE'RE HOOKED!,
RUSTY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN:
WE'RE HOOKED -
OKAY, PAL, I'LL TELL YOU! THE WORD HAS GONE OUT THAT WERE HEAVY SUGAR- SOME POUR GUY AN' HIS WIFE HEAR IT AN' THEY SLAP THEIR HID DOWN ON
OUR DOORSTEP-
DWIN ALGER
BUT LEAVIN' THE KID HERS AIN'T ENOUGH-AN' YOU WANTA KNOW WHY WE'RE HOOKED-KIN WE PUT THE KID IN AN ORPHAN ASÝLUM? OH, NO! PAPA AN' MAMA SAY MUĮ
NO CAN DO THAT'S WHY WERE
HOOKED!
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BABY, RUSTY! DOYOU WANT TO BEND HER AWAY?
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WHY...ER.....ER.
HO! BUT I WISH SHE'D REVER COME
#BRE!
AW, GEE, BEN, Y'GOT ME WRONG! I AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' AGAINST KIDS —BUT I AIN'T NEVER HAD A BABY PLACED
ON MY DOORSTEP BEFORE-
B WDWIN ALGEVER,
I DON'T KNOW NOTHIN' ABOUT BABIES-YOU
DON'T NEITHER AN'—
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WAN
SHE'S HUNGRY. LET'S GET HER SOMETHING
TO EAT!
WANH!
NO! ITAL CURPLE IN HER STUIMISK AN' KILL HER!
THEN WHAT'LL
HAPPEN TO US?
# #
WE DON'T KN
WHAT TONE MBA
WANH!
ro EAT/
WANH!
WANH!
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WELL, WE CAN'T LET
HER STARVEL
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# # ## #
# #
I'LL GIT DOC WELLS ON THE
PHONE - HELL KNOW-MAKE
HER STOP THAT BAWUNY 901 KIN HEAR MYSELF
THINK, WILL YA?
WANH! WANH!
WANH!
“By EDWIN ALGER
THERE, NOW-NLE
BABY, NICE BABY,
NICE BABY}
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E AIN'T IK! GOSH, WHAT'LL WE DO
HOW?
HEAT SOME MILK, MAYBE-
THERE, SHE'S
STOPPED CRYING
NOW-60 AHBAD, HEAT SOME MILKI
WAIT A SECOND!
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WOOF! Woo
VƐrisnost by Tar Bell Azadier
HEY! HEY! GRANAMAW
WALTERS! STOP!
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MK
"AND-WHET
YOU
・MB?
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AWG GRAHDWLAW.
·DON'T BE SORE!
WE AN' BEN ED HELP!-