The Argosy, Vol. 76, No. 3 — page 248: what you’re looking at

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718 THE He should in silence bear the pain And from his jeers at love refrain. Perchance he thinks in his smart way That woman is of meaner clay; That love is but a thing of jest, He stands, a cynic, self-confessed. P. S.i—’Twill be a pleasant treat To get our stories all complete. JoHN RUSSELL. 404% Zack Street, Tampa, Florida. Sympathy for Editor Epitor, ARGOSY: In a recent number you state: “It is up to the Jackson fans to get busy.” As Jack- son’s work appeals to me very strongly, I a “getting busy.” I have been reading your magazine for the past ten years, and have yet to find a poor story. I may come to a class of story that I don’t care for, but I know that there are thousands of readers who will. If the gen- eral reading public would look at fiction in this light there is little doubt but that the poor editor would have less fear of Mat- teawan as his ultimate abode ; but this is beside the point. Jackson is good, and you know he is good, and if you had your way —but here’s the whole thing in a nutshell: The editor sat in his office-chair One foggy, drizzly day; His brow was furrowed with grief and care; His hair was all shot with gray. He’d a Jackson manuscript in his hand ‘And he didn’t know what to do. If he got a bouquet from, perhaps, Durand There’d be kickers in Kalamazoo. The story was Jacksonesque in style, With a real “ Rider Haggard” plot, ‘And the editor knew it was well worth while No matter who said ’twas not. So, the editor groaned and scratched his head, . ‘And his thoughts, I’m ashamed to tell, Were: “An editor’s better off when dead Even if he’s in — New York. FE. E. JENNINGS. Clarksons, Ontario, Regular Jackson Fan Epitor, ARGOSY: I have just finished reading “The Well Shooters,” and believe me when I say this is some works. I sure do miss our Fred- die Jackson.. When it comes to love stories being soft. ARGOSY. and mushy, why our Freddie couldn’t get a look-in on our dear, beloved Geo. W. Ogden; but that is the kind of stories we all like, unless it is some old timer, who is too old to recall his first love-match. Give _me Freddie every time—some class to that boy. H. HARGROVE. Fort Worth, Texas. Wants Serials Again Epitor, ARrcosy: It is a shame the way THE Arcosy read- ers criticise one of the best authors you have. I mean Jackson—his stories are good. I could not see why you used to publish the Hawkins stories, as they were no good, and the author should have gotten the hook long before he did. I am glad we are rid of him. I think that all the other authors that you have deserve credit for their good stories. “ Fierce Elton” was fine, as also was “The Well Shooters.” ‘“ The City of the Unseen ’’ was the only story that I did not like very much. I am through criticising the authors and will take a whack at the ‘editor—or should it be somebody else? I would like to know just why you discontinued the serials. The readers always had to have THE ARGOSY so as not to miss a part of a good story; now they can go without one or two issues; of course they know they are missing good stories, but they can afford to miss them because they do not know just what they are missing. When you had the serials I simply could not wait until the next issue was out and used to walk four or five miles to get it, and it was a great disappointment if it was not there, but now a fellow does not miss it so much and he can readily pick out an- other magazine that will do in a. pinch. I would like to see THE Arcosy with one or two serials run in two or three issues SO as not to drag it out too much. FE. F, Marex, 2317 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington. Argosy Best Magazine Eprror, ArGosy: ' “The Well Shooters” was a fine story, also “ The City of the Unseen.” In every way your magazine is the best made. Give some complete novels by Albert Payson Terhune. I am waiting patiently for your next issue; it seems a year between two is- sues, but when it dées get here it is worth CO NOOLK () S CO@