Adventure Magazine Cover, October 10, 1921 — page 4: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Who was the Guilty Party? They had been engaged for months—soon they: were to be married—but on a crazy wager, he had gone out with this other woman—and Lizbeth had found him out! Angry—jealous—her heart break- ing with outraged love—who was to blame for what she did then? Women called her guilty—men called him guilty—but O. Henry—who understood women—who saw beneath the surface and found only a faint line between the angel and the sinner—O. Henry put the guilt far back in another place— O. HENRY All over the world, from the great cities to the remotest corners, his name is known. His stories are on the stage, in the movies, in newspapers, books and magazines. College Presidents acclaim his genius—the man on the street loves him for his humanness. He has become almost as universally known as the Bible, as oft quoted as Shakespeare—in short, his stories are now an indispensable part. of the library of every well read man. if Wd | FOr | fi Once in many generations a man is born in whom burns the fire of heaven—the world calls such a man a genius. He flames into the world _ like a meteor. The heaven-given fire is his and He is the great teller of tales, and the power within him has given itself to the world in pro- fusion and variety. He has given us more differ- ent kinds of wonderful stories than anyone who urges him-on. Of such was O. Henry. He has the vision of the seer. He sees into the hearts of men as though they were cased in glass. Here are offered you, Free, such Masterpieces of Mystery, Adventure, Love and / proral, charges paid ever lived—there isn’t a single page that is not a living, breathing entity. There is as much variety in them as in ten different authors. Se a Pas Adv. 10-10-21 International Intrigue, that they set your imagination afire and arouse the very , aut you O Benry best that is in you—stories of Courts and’ Empires, of Plots and Counter Plots, .” pound in silk cloth, ‘ ° : A ; volume Masterpieces of intricate machinery of the Secret Police, stories of Love and Adventure, swift ,/ E. 4 the books, I will remit $1.50 7 volumes of E. Phillips Oppen- It happens that we have left over from last year’s big sale a few hun- of State Secrets, Spies, Diplomatic Intrigue, the rush and tumult of War, the /° ,"ith gold tops. Also the ’ Phillips Oppenheim, moving and exciting. - bound in cloth. If I keep e : Pf in 5 days, and then $2.00 a of. ; month for 14 months for the | e ey ast e y 0. Menry set only and keep the . heim FREE. Otherwise I will, ; ! sei : : within 10 days, return both sets dred copies of the best stories of E. Phillips Oppenheim—7 splendid ,° t your expense. volumes—the cream of present-day fiction. While they last, we will give / one of these 7-volume sets’ FREE with each set of O. Henry. When 7 NAMB -oeceeseeeeceee cceeneeees these few hundred sets are gone, you will be able to get Oppen- i ae °11° : : : . ADORMBR ces cccneccccceucce eeccevece ° heim’s thrilling tales only at their regular price in the book stores. / Now, while you can, get your O. Henry set for only 50c 4 OOCUPATIONS 5 vores 43 + cn Cee kk eee a week, and the Oppenheim stories FREE! Never again | yy The more sumptuous three-quarter Keratot can we give you such achance. Don’t missit! Cut the 4 binding of O. Henry ‘costs only a few cents coupon, and mail it TODAY! more a volume and has proved a favorite. For a set of this more lururious binding, change the a 94 ~ v7 1 The Review of Reviews Co., 30 Irving Place, New York City fi" 20 $2.90 in five dave, and thon $8.00 a Kindly mention Adventure in writing to advertisers or visiting your dealer. comicbooks.co©