FEE SIXTEEN THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 194! LIL ABNER Best Feet Forward By Al Capp GO AHEAD, MR. ROTTEN JOE. TALK ROT JOE \ OFF HIS ROCKER, i N GC INDIVISIBLEY? -/E | /S CHUCKLE f7- MAH LVL FRIEND WERE A-WABCHIN' THET GENNULMAN'S EV'RY MOVE, HIM, SMACK IN TH' FACE--~WIF BOTH FEET" 7 Tsk? HEGNE ITT' OF OLIVES! ITS SO QUIET AND PEACEFUL YW, "| THINK WED BETTER GOTO JERUSALEM . THERE WELL ASK Tadd THIS GREAT HEALER \ 7 \ Produced by ROBERT AC ©1949 Sun and Times Co. -- | WONDER HOW M SHE MUST BE ALL RIGHT! OUR DAILY PRAYERS WILL 4 1 PROTECT HERTILL lA WE CANTALK TO By Fred Harman WAIT TILL HE PUTS THAT AD IN THE { WHAT'S YOUR NEXT PAPER, LEFTY? MOVE AGAINST RYDER, ACE HANLON? BUT MEBBE HE'S BU WON'T SELL! NOT WHEN BETH'S SAFETY | ) 15 CONCERNED HE'S HEADED AND H{ GOT Te SELL TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY FOR ME TO RELEASE. HER? I'LL 7 BREAK HIX\ THIS TIME! HERE'S THE SUN OFFICE, LITTLE BEAVER? El [1D Sra == x3) Ro Swan ME FEEL-UM YDER ! 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T HAVEN'T WANT "THEM 4 TO THINK TOOTS IS STALLING MOON MULLINS NEVER MIND THE. $10.22 YOU OWE US, TOOTS. YOUR CREDIT |S &00D | Jimmy Migerysn 7. A Take Her Back Alive i i By Norman Marsh J WOTSA IDEA, MAMIE? !| YOU JEST FINISHED MAKIN' UP A PICNIC LUNCH FOR YOUR DAY OFF AND, NOW YOURE FIXIN ANOTHER. . 1949, by News Syndicate Co. lone. 8 Pat. OF1 1 ATE TH' FIRST ONE UP,NOSY~= AND KEEP YER LUNCH HOOKS OUTTA THEM SANDWICHES. By Mel Grafi YOU TWO CAN PICK YOUR OWN ROOMS... PROFESSOR SLAGLE, YOUR LABORATORY 15 IN A SPECIAL BUILDING ADJOINING THE HOUSE ! <i oF] DANNY HALE PIL, I= 1 CAN FORGIVE YOUR NOT PHONING, THE WILDA 15 COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT THE MAN € WHAT (Ne=? CORRIGAN AND LAST FEW WEEKS, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE ALONE YOU \ MIGHT AT LEAST KIS6 ME! I'L TAKE A LOOK, AT mY LAB, FIRST! HA-HA! 3» By BEFORE HER 15 NOT PHIL a WELL-LLZ \C' INSTINCT TELLS Z| TM WAITING, DARLING = ME WHAT I SHOULD 00 70 THOSE LIPS; BUT == o COME, COME, MAMIE. TODAYS THE DAY 1 SAID I'D TAKE YOU TO THE ZOO. 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