Argosy All-Story Weekly, May 17, 1924 — page 86: what you’re looking at

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236 tonished. The foolish Amerikansky had been locked into an airtight box, bound and handcuffed so that he could not possi- bly extricate himself, and naturally he had perished. They left the auditorium in or- derly files, and Farley somewhat later heard the mournful notes of their songs above the shrilling of their carts. It was not until the next morning that he found the ring, lodged between coils of the rope. It had fulfilled its destiny, The Great Rhoda had lost it, and his death had shortly followed. Those were the simple v ARGOSY-ALLSTORY WEEKLY, ‘ facts. He had writhed loose from rope and handcuffs, and in his contortions the ring had slipped from his finger. In the dark- ness of that cramped space he had been unable to find it. The shock presumably had killed him. In a hollowed space under the cat’s-eye and securely fastened to the ivory Farley found coiled a resilient steel wire about an inch in length. Some time later he took the trunk apart and ascertained that this wire was the key to that cunningly concealed panel. - Le] CONTINUED! ee ]? like to take the man who writes The news we readers pay him for In subway trains on crowded nights And watch him turn the pages o’er, I’d laugh, when steeped in column one His eye took in a villain’s fate To find his boldest deed was done Beneath a want ad on page eight. I’d chortle when on column two He scanned a golfer’s record drive, And had to turn with much ado To find the distance on page five. I’d wipe my eyes when column four Allured him with a fleeing queen, With all details worth looking for Continuing on page thirteen. On column seven (I see him twist), A liner hits a berg at sea. Those who are saved? Alas, the list Is half on one and half on three. If brevity’s the soul of wit, Verbosity’s the soul of news; There’s only one way out of it: Read headlines and reserve your views, Percy Shaw. Go 0) ANG S (C@