BY MO LEFF
bv disguising himself as one of the
CONSPIRATORS WHO ARE
GOLD TO ERIC THE
most succeeded in
castle, where the little
cTUDT IS HELD PRISONER!
— -PURSUIT ft
WHEN fW SPOKS, HIS
RuSE WAS EXPOSED —
^ THE LEADER REACHED
g FOR HIS KNIFE1.
pat Struck out d
DESPERATED AND '"J
ELUDED THE A
MAN'S GRASg^^^|
IT FELL OVER THE HEAD
OF THE LEADING PURSUER,
WHILE FAT OCVfc SAFELY
INTO THE RACK OF MULES!
__V
Ipwr fled with the rest of
THE MEN IN HOT PURSUIT,
-AMD AS HE RAN HE RiPPEP -
OFF HIS CAPE AND FLUNG IT
OVER HIS SHOULDER.
tmk Kvcrreo animals
milled about; holding
OFF THE MEN, WHILE
PAT CRAWLED TO "THE
CASTLE WALL.
!ERlC had seen
PAT'S ESCAPE,
and lav in
WAIT TO SEIZE
HIM
*-7 S
Fhb SCRAMBLED
RAPID LV
i UPWARD?
BUT LITTLE cTUDV HAD
ALSO SEEN- SHE STRUCK ■
ERIC OVER THE HEAD M
rr^JUST AS HE LUNGED L
tT'*^ FOR PAT!
v " \ y m m nm if w i \x
t ~"9Fk- »■ . - uj|
WOW OWE OF THE MEW TOOK CAREFUL.
AIM WITH A SOOMERAKJG.
PfSC^MK
Y I WISH MUGSV WOULD
fcL AT LEAST RETURN
THE FIVE DOLLARS
I LENT HIM- MM-M
►i I'M GONNA GO
*1 OVER AND ASK
J HIM FOR IT!
^ o u. e p- p
WELL-SINCE 'VOU'VE BEEN
MICE TO ME LATELY I'VE
DECIDED TO COME CNER
An’ stay with vou a
WHILE- MMM-BOV!
CANDV IS
SWELL !
rr htt «rr / JB — ^
WITH GREAT FORCE!
HE FALTERED.HlS GRl£ LOOSENED...
....HE BEQAKI TO RAL.L.I
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