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JUU ^ I t RAPtDLN SINKING INTO THE
• [ quicksand.
BY MO LEFF I
AFTER PAT AND POM ESCAPED FROM
AN OUTPOST OF THE CASTLE OF GOLD,
THEN HEARD A CRN OF DISTRESS AND
RAT RUSHED TO THE RESCUE.
JUDY5 DECEPTION
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HE SELZED
HER ARM AHD^
TUGGED 1
WITH ALL- HIS
STRENGTH.
AT LAST THE
CUNSING MIRE X
GAVE UP ITS PREVff
AND PAT LIFTED »]
HER *TD SAFEl^J
NOTHING
AS PAT
LED HER
TOWARD
THE GLADE
WHERE POM
WAITED.
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a PAT HELD HER AS THEV SWUNG THROUGH
fTHE TREES ID ESCAPE THE QUKXSAMP BELOW.
THEN THE GIRL SFOKE"! AM OUDV/SME ^
SAD *X AM EMPRESS OF THE CASTLE OP „
I GOLD. BUT MV COUSIN IS A BAD MAN AND “
t HlS SERVANT ERIC THE HERMIT KEEPS ME
t PRISONER HERE SO MV COUSIN CAN
| RULE IN MV PALACE . IT WAS I WHO
■ SEN-" YOU THE NOTE IN THE
Ik FLOODED
■ ROOM»“
POM GREETED PWT cJOVFULLN
BUT TO THE NEWCOMER
HE SAIQ "WHO ARE YOU?"
l^^rTGREW LATE
■ AMD POM SLEPT. PAT
■ sad to judv," watch
■ OVER POM WHILE I GO
■search for food."
POKA HAD BEEN BOUND
AMD GAGGED AS HE SLEPT J,
and—TUOY HAD
RUSHED/ -
\^TH SOME FRUIT *ND" A STRAY 'GOA'r’^te"' . $>-;~
HAP POUND PAT RETURNED TO HIS COMPANIONS. I I KtEXT WEEK -~ TME MfctSEHGgB \
'BOV- I CAN'T WAIT \
TO GET A SHOT AT /
L A GOOSE OR A )
V RABBIT ,
.
I
rgosh/ i've
TRAVELLED
WLES AND
NOT A THING
IN sight/ •
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