1932-01-16 — Page 11

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932.

THERE QUES. ME LAST

NIGHT'S WINNIN'S AN'| I CAN'T SAY A WORD.

OH. HO HE WON

THE CHINA MAIL

Bringing Up Father.

NOT A DIME LEFT. AN'I TOLD THE GANG

I'D JOIN 'EM AGİN TO-DAY TO LET

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I THOUGHT SO, SHE'S LOCKIN' IT UP, AN' I NEVER WUZ ABLE TO OPEN THAT DESK,AS

OFTEN AS I'VE TRIED

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