Argosy and Railroad Man's Magazine — page 185: what you’re looking at

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THE LOG-BOOK. that a new author may not produce good work. We examine all stories submitted, and if we find a crackerjack, are only to ready to accept and pay for same. A JOY IN THE FAMILY Detroit, Michigan. I am enclosing ten cents in stamps, for which please send me a copy of Tur Arcosy for De- cember 7, 1918. My wife and myself are con- stant readers of THE Arcosy and occasionally the All-Story Weekly. We both think THE Arcosy is the best all-around story magazine published. I have just finished the short stories for this week, January 4, and think that “ Black Pearl’s Year” and ‘“ Cuthford—Soldier of the Sea’’ were fine, I dislike to wait for each instalment of the serials, and to get around that, I wait until I . have the story complete. I can’t name any one story that I like any better than the rest; I think they are all just fine. If I may suggest it, I think just one long, complete novelette is better than two short ones. You may publish this if you see fit. Eart E: Bare. SELTZER’S NEXT IS “BEAU RAND” 452 N. Fifteenth Street, Tacoma, Washington. Will you please send me Tue Arcosy for Jan- uary 4, with the conclusion of “Square Deal Sanderson,” as I was sick, so I missed it at the news-stand. I think that is the right date, but I am not sure. I have been a reader of THE Arcosy for about a year, and it is the best magazine out. I have tried them all, but none can beat it. I like the stories by Charles Alden Seltzer best, so give us plenty of them. Your short stories are first rate, so are your novelettes. Hoping to see this in print, I am, yours for THE Arcosy, and may it have a long life. ap ae In the Log of March 1 an unfortunate typo- graphical error announced the name of Mr. Seltzer’s next Arcosy hero as Bean in place ot Beau Rand. It’s a great tale, and when you read it you will quickly discover that young Rand is far from being any sort of Bean. NO SEQUEL TO “IMBECILE PRINCE ” 503 E. Fourth, Wellington, Kansas. Most every one writes you and makes requests and boosts THe Arcosy. Well, I have read the other fellows’ letters, and will now send one my- self containing a boost and a request. I like your Western stories, and have lived all over the South- west, so I prefer some other stories. once in a while, which I get; much obliged to the editor, Several years ago, when THe Arcosy and Cava- lier were what THE Arcosy and All-Story Weekly are now, there was a story published called “The Prince Imbecile” or the “Imbecile Prince.’ Would like a sequel to it, or to have it repub- lished. Of course we want ‘“ America First,” but we like a little foreign flavor once in a while. 527 But please leave the German flavor out, as it is a bad taste.. Now, hoping I will see this in a future Arcosy, I will say that I am twenty-seven, and have read Tue Arcosy and All-Siory Weekly magazines since I was thirteen years of age, or somewhere thereabout. And there is no equal or near equal magazine published. I like all of the stories published, but give us the sequel. Always a booster, Wm. ALLEN. P. S.—As I was in the army a while, I missed a few numbers, so if a sequel was published, let me know when. COWMEN AS THEY WERE Houston, Texas. I saw a letter from Douglas, Wyoming, un- signed, in the Log-Book, regarding the heroes of Western stories, and I guess he is right about the present cowboy, though as a kid I have seen the kind they use as types for the average Westerner. I lived in that neck of the woods, and have ridden from old Fort Sidney—now plain Sidney —Nebraska, to the Powder River country in Wyoming, up the north fork of the Platte River, past Minatare, Geering, et cetera, into the sister State; also up the Pumpkin Seed Creek past Wild- cat Mountain into the Chugwater and Crazy Horse Creek country of Wyoming. I have visited the old P. F. Outfit, also the Wendover country, and the circle Arrow down by Cheyenne. Four years I lived at the base of the Big Horn in Ne- braska, twenty-two miles east of the Wyoming line, and knew personally old-time punchers like Charley Dick, Pete Larson, known as Gunny Sock Pete; and: Sheriff Jefi Carr, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was my ideal of a Western sheriff, is yet, for that matter. And in those days the boys wore guns, and they were not “bad men” either. The guns were usually for another purpose, as any old-time cowman. will tell you. Why can’t we have these types drawn for us, who look back upon kid days with a fondness that grows as we grow older? Stories sometimes don’t suit me, but, as a whole, Tue Arcosy does. Only I hate to think of any- body saying, “There ain’t no sich”; horse-cars are obsolete now, but they used to was. Hoping you are not offended, I am going to admit I rather roasted an author in your sister publication, and sign myself, “ Arcosy fan,” W. H. Watters. P. S.—Old-timers will recall the names I men- tioned, I am sure. ANOTHER HOPKINS BOOSTER Eveleth, Minnesota. Just a few lines to let you know what I think of THe Arcosy. I have been an Arcosy reader for some time, and think it’s the best magazine on earth. JI have just finished reading “ Square Deal Sanderson.” It sure was great. I like all the stories, both serials and short, but the Western stories cannot be beaten. Mr. Editor, don’t you think Tue Aréosy would be much better if you could keep one Western serial running all the time? I am sure it would. I wish THe Arcosy were a daily. Have heard much praise about “ Riddle Gawne,”’ by Charles Alden Seltzer, so I commiclooolks.comnn