Roy Rogers Comics #13
In "Riders for a Windmill," Baby Lou's love for Ginger's puppies takes a perilous turn when a fire breaks out in the shed, trapping them and Lou inside. With the door blocked and flames spreading, Ginger responds to Lou's cries with a desperate, heroic leap through the window—just as Tom and Mary struggle to breach the burning structure. The story captures a tense, heartfelt moment of courage and sacrifice, where the bond between friends and animals is tested in the heat of crisis. Written by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Harry Parkhurst, this 1949 Dell comic delivers a poignant, character-driven tale of bravery, with a cover by Harry Parkhurst.
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Baby Lou loves Ginger's puppies. They're all in the shed when the door blocked. She lit a fire to heat the hungry puppies' milk. It spread. Ginger heard Lou's cries. She bounded away. Tom and Mary tried fruitlessly to gain entrance to the shed. Ginger lept, crashing the window, nudged Lou's unconscious body up for Mary to pull her through, returned for a puppy. Mary held her back from returning to the blaze for the rest. Tom crashed the door with a timber. He and Ginger saved the puppies, but the saviors' burns took months to heal. They got a good Thanksgiving meal.
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