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MUTT AND JEFF

NEWS FLASH!-- ¿ATERRIFIC EXPLOSION

HAS JUST BEEN REPORTED UN SCAMALI-PIE FACTORY! THE BOILER BLEW UP AND INJURED MANY EMPLOYEES -----

WHAT? FOR THE LOVE OR: "MIKE! JEFF) WORKS THERE!

I GOT JEFF÷A JOB THERE ONLY YESTERDAY! "WAND I THOUGHT.MY WORRIES WERE OVER

FOR A WHILE!

JEFF! THE EXPLOSIÓN WHAT WAS THE

CAUSE OF IT?

VERY SIMPLE,

MUTT THE BOILER WAR EMPTY

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 4, 1989.

By BUD FISHER

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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

SAFE HARBOUR.

Don and Sheila Fulton réalised a place of business on the 'phone. But dream of five years when Don found Chet was out; they didn't know when that his business had prospered to an he'd return. It was now past 1:30. extent that enabled him to indulge in The wind was blowing a gale, Mrs. a few of life's luxuries. They pur- Browning became almost frantic. chased a tiny island on Lake Waukes- She was about to don slicker quawm in the foothills of the White rubbers to go for help when she espied Mountains.

the young couple coming up the path from the lake. They were laughing and talking happily.

Final papers for the deal were pass ed late in May, and Don immediately made arrangements to have a built.

camp

and

once

"I was

Mrs. Browning expostulated they were inside the house. "We'll have to have a boat," Sheila just about to get help and send them cried. “After all there's no other way, looking for you two. Where in the world have you been? Lost again on of getting on to our property.”

the lake, I suppose?".

"We

"Of course, we'll have a boat," Don agreed. “And while we're waiting for. But Sheila shook her head. the camp to be built we can explore didn't get lost once, and we cruised

around the entire lake!" the lake and learn our way about."

This was a splendid idea, but Mrs. "Land sakes! How could that be?

By Barbara Ann Benedict

were

Browning, who owned the rooming Saw the whole lake? Why, you'd be house where the young couple planned lost in no time once you got outside to stay while developments

in the bay! Someone must have been

with you." progress, remonstrated vigorously.

"You two are like a couple of kids," "We were alone," Sheila smiled. stopped at three different. she said. "And what with your boat "And we and all I don't know as I blame you, towns. It was loads of fun!" However, it's best to be careful. Lake Mrs. Browning suspected that they Waukesquawm is quite fair-sized were joking. But when Sheila describ. sheet of water, filled to overflowing ed many of the points.of interest, she with islands, coves, bays and whatnot was forced to admit there must be Unless a body had a fair knowledge of some truth to the story. Yet she was landmarks, it's easy to get lost. If I puzzled and mystified.

B

were you I'd take a ride around on they don't see," she persisted how in steamer, and let it go at that until the world you could do it. Why, just someone can show, you around.”

the other day you became lost in the

Don and Sheila accepted the kindly "bay.", advice solemnly. They even spent

a

Sheila and Don laughed.

80

see We

morning riding about the lake on the "It's hard to believe that a couple of tiny steamer, President, that made two greenhorns could find their way sixty-five mile trips daily. And they safely about such a great big lake, isn't were quite willing to agree with Mrs. it? But we did it," said Sheila. She Browning that the lake was filled to smiled mischievously," "You over-flowing with islands, coves, bays followed the President all the way!" and whatnots. But their new, 16-foot (Released by The Associated News- power launch lured them. They set

papers.) out alone one morning and rode around the bay for an hour without getting out of sight of the home port. Then Shella suggested that they see what was around the next point. of land, which Don agreed to do.

Mrs. Browning was alarmed when the young couple didn't show up at lunch time. And when at 12:30 they put in a sheepish appearance, she guessed the answer. Don admitted that they had become lost.: “After 1Wo got around the point," he said, “every- thing looked the same. To save my life I couldn't find the channel back into the bay. Finally we hailed a passing boat."

MOSCOW STUDIES BORDER AFFRAYS

Paris, June. 27. The Far Eastern situation in con- nection with the serious ⠀ Russo- Japanese incidents along the Mon- golian border was examined in the Kremlin yesterday at a conference

̈“I guess," Mrs. Browning declared, "I'd better have my Chet take you two presided over by M., Josef Stalin, out to-morrow and get you acquainted the Kaunas correspondent of the with the lake."

"Paris-Midi” announced to-day. But Mrs. Browning's Chet was not Summoned to the conference were Work on the camp: had been delayed. all the members of the Govern It would bela Week at least before they ment and the Political Bureau, the could go into their new home. And heads the army and navy, and Sheila was zo in love with the lake, zo

available the next day or the next.

eager to explore every corner of it with the leaders their own boat, that she couldn't resist Party, putting into execution a plan that had

of

asurés

Communist

The Soviet Government, the ned in her mind,

mejita paper added, was given; authority to rd-day follow their little

It deemed. set ont

situation. of the ener

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