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182 Now concerning the nature of that stone corral. I take my account as given me. Such stone corrals do exist in Spanish American countries even to this day occasionally. It is altogether possible that your correspondent, living in Buenos Aires, and being familiar with the Hereford and shorthorn cattle of the nearer pampas, may not have known the nature of every little village on the edge of the Andes where longhorns still run. I think what ails your correspondent is the fact that the hero of this tale is a gunman. He evi- dently likes the knife better than the six-shooter. Such things are matters of taste. He is entitled to his own preferences; but it seems to me he should not be narrow about it. Brave men have wielded knives all right; but some brave men like guns. The firearm goes better with the Anglo Saxon than the dagger.— FREDERICK R. BECHDOLT. ROBABLY no one will let one of ’em bite him just to prove they aren’t fatal, but words of warning on the subject are not amiss: Pheenix, Arizona. I have not noticed any arguments in our magazine lately about the killing-power of tarantulas, scor- pions and centipedes but, have had in mind writing you for some time and have you ask these birds who are arguing about their bite being fatal or not, one little question which they have passed over and which as a matter of fact is all important and that is, Fatal to what? T ‘HE bite of these varmints probably wouldn’t fease a grown up man. If he had absorbed any amount of this moonshine we have to drink nowadays it would probably kill the spider. Never- theless, a two-year-old child was killed by a centi- pede at Buckeye, Arizona, the other day and was attended by a physician, and the case is one of medical record and can be substantiated if you wish. My better half read that fellow’s argument that these bugs were not fatal and gave me the for cautioning her so strongly about watching the baby, and if such an article made her careless in this respect I feel that it might be the unwitting cause of more fatalities. You can tell the cockeyed world that if a taran- tula such as the one mentioned in the enclosed clipping bites a small or young human being it will kill °em deader than Byes A ee newspaper clipping referred to above follows. All I can say is “‘Gosh!’s DOUGLAS, Ariz., July 17.—W. J. Murphy recently drove over one of the largest tarantulas ever seen in this section of the country. The tar- antula’s legs measured four inches in length. The tarantula, according to Mr. Murphy, was as large as a young chicken, and when the car struck it a distinct shock could be felt through the body of the machine. 7 [HOSE of you who come into the office from now on will find on the wall of the general reception room the memorial tablet to the writers for our magazine who Adventure are no longer with us, erected by you the readers. It seems to us here in the office very satisfactory in every respect and we trust those of you who see it will agree with us. For those who can not see the tablet itself we give the following picture: IN-MEMORY: OF THOSE-ADVENTURE-WRITERS-WHO HAVE TAKEN THE-LONG ‘TRAIL THIS: TABLET-IS-ERECTED-BY THE-READERS: OF “ADVENTURE LOUIS BECKE CAE" GEORGE B BOYNTON. THOS. E BYRON CLINTON H.STAGG | RICHARD MARSH | HD. COUZENS IRA SOUTH E ST MARS LARRY ST JOHN HENRY OYEN The body of the tablet is of wood. The general effect is simple and dignified, Camp-Fire’s colors showing but in no way too prominent. The tablet was designed and executed by the J. & R. Lamb Art Works of New York City. It must seem a long time since you were asked for the small contributions that to- gether have put up this tablet. It seemed to us at first a quick and simple matter, but things are not always so quick as they seem. We hope that it will have fyour full approval now that it is at last in perma- nent place. Besides the obvious office it performs this tablet stands for a comrade- ship among readers, writers and editors that is, I think, without a parallel and of which we are justly very proud. May that oO Comicloooks S|