anaheim-gazette 1953-02-01

DICKIE KERET THE MACHINE-MAN TO ODEV HIS OWN VOICE...THEN, WHEN THE RAFT CAME TO FORMER MASTERS' ISLAND, DICKIE FOUND... DICKIE DARE by cootor waugh A HIGH-HEELED FOOT PRINT! JUST WHAT YOU'D EXPECT—FROM A GUY WHO PHONED HERMAN TO DUMP ME. OVERBOARD. WHERE DOES YOUR FORMER MASTER HANG OUT...I MEAN OPERATE FROM? HERMES WILL CONDUCT YOU THERE THAT HOUSE... OKAY, HERM, WAIT HERE WHILE I CASE THE JOINT—and KEEP THAT MECHANICAL YAP SHUT! WILL CONDUCT YOU THERE HERE WHILE I CASE THE JOINT—AND KEEP THAT MECHANICAL YAP SHUT! A BREAK...FRONT DOORS OPEN...WHY? NO TIME TO FIGURE THINGS OUT...GOT TO ACT OH, HEL-LO! IT'S YOU! FUNNY-NOW COULD SHE HAVE EXPECTED ME? NO TIME FOR DETAILS, MISS... OKAY...NOW I'LL GET MY MACHINE-MAN HERMAN AND WE'LL SHOW THAT BIG BOOKS FOREVER! A FASCINATING OKAY... NOW I'LL GET MY MACHINE-MAN HERMAN AND WE'LL SHOW THAT BIG BOSS SOME BOSSING! A FASCINATING IDEA! SO DIDGE MARSHALLS HIS FORCES... OPENS THE OFFICE DOOR GINGERLY...THEN... IT MEANS THAT MUG HAS A BLOND CAPTIVE! COME HERE HERMAN! I OBEY, MASTER! OMIGOSH—WOW—I WAS RIGHT! THERE SHE IS... THE BLONDE CAPTIVE TAKE THAT! G-GOSH, YOUR MAJESTY! I CASE AND KEEP THAT MANICAL SHUT! RIGHT! THERE SHE IS... THE BLONDE CAPTIVE TAKE THAT! G-GOSH, YOUR MAJESTY! BUT I'M HERE TO FREE YOU FROM THAT TOP-MUG! NOW, WHERE'S HIS OFFICE, OR WHATEVER IT IS? ER... WHY... THROUGH THAT DOOR FIVE MINUTES LATER... OAKY! WAS THERE A DRAGON IN HERE--OR HAVE I BEEN. SEEING THINGS?! IT WAS A DRAGON, YOUR MAJESTY YOU HIT IT ON THE TAIL, AND... OOPS... HOLD EVERYTHING IT CAME OUTA TH' CASTLE, SAUNTERED ACROSS TH' DRAWBRIDGE AN' OOPS... HOLD EVERYTHING IT CAME OUTA TH' CASTLE, SAUNTERED ACROSS TH' DRAWBRIDGE AN' WENT AWAY! HO, HO! RUNNING FOR IT'S LIFE, HUH? BECAUSE A DRAGON THAT ENTERED KING CORNY'S CASTLE WAS COLD AND HUNGER OAKY WASN'T DISPOSED TO DISPOSE OF IT AT ONCE... YOU'RE AFRAID OF IT, OAKY! GIMME YOUR LANCE! HERE IT IS—BUT I'M NOT AFRAID OF DRAGONS, YOUR MAJESTY! --- NEVER HIT A DRAGON ON ITS TAIL! B!AP! --- NEVER HIT A DRAGON ON ITS TAIL! Jump! BLAP! WAS A DRAGON OR BEEN? IT WAS A DRAGON, YOUR MAJESTY! YOU HIT IT ON THE TAIL, AND... YER MAJESTY!... I WANT TO REPORT A DRAGON! THEN REPORT IT! CASTLE, S.TH' HO HO! YER MAJESTY, IF YE'RE GONNA TOLERATE DRAGONS ON THESE PREMISES I'M DON'T CHA KNOW I'M "DRAGON-KILLER" CASTLE, SS TH' HO, HO! NNING T'S YER MAJESTY, IF YE'RE GONNA TOLERATE DRAGONS ON THESE PREMISES I'M RESIGNIN' AS CAPT'IN O' TH' GUARD! TUSH, CAPTAIN! I'LL PROTECT YOU!... ...DON'TCHA KNOW I'M "DRAGONKILLER CORNY"?