10 Story Book, November 1921

# Museum Catalog Entry: 10 Story Book, Vol. 20, No. 12 (November 1921)

This November 1921 issue of 10 Story Book contains fourteen short stories and brief comedic pieces. The featured story, "An Algerian Wooing" by R. T. House, concerns an Italian fisherman named Broumitche who seduces a thirteen-year-old Arab girl named Debia with a pearl necklace. When her father forbids her to leave their hut, Broumitche proposes marriage and later hypothetically suggests killing her father. Debia responds with tribal law logic about blood-money and proof. Later, Broumitche displays a large roll of francs in a café, announcing plans to move his savings and buy a bar. Walking home with Debia's father Meziane through rain, he ignores warnings about robbery. That night, he loads a shotgun with buckshot and waits in darkness as a storm rages outside. Other contents include stories by William M. Conselman, Lewis H. Moulton, and Archie Joscelyn, plus a "Hand Mirror" column and humorous sketches. Contributors and genres span adventure, revenge, and comedy.