Argosy, Vol. 122, No. 1 — page 154: what you’re looking at

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144 story, but “The Trail Horde” left it ‘way back in the shade. I do not quite agree with S. K. S. in the Log of April 24, who says Seltzer’s stuff ts the same old thing. It might be, but they sure are the best I have ever read, and each one is the best. Any one that don’t like his work cer- tainly is hard to suit. If Seltzer changes his method, it wouldn't be good to me. about those kind of stories, and only hope for more to come right along. I also like railroad stories, but I seldom see any more. Why not have Seltzer write some Western railroad stories? I am sure he would be just the man to do them, but as long as THE ARGosy comes with the stories that have been coming, it will suit me exactly. Yours for more of the same class stories of Mr. Seltzer’s without any change whatever. | F. D. CHIsM. COULD NOT KICK IF ALL THE SHORTS WERE POOR St. Joseph, Missouri. I have just read the newspaperman’s letter in THE Arcosy for January 17, and wonder what sort of paper he works on, and if it could hold a light to the good old Arcosy. I think his knock a very unjust one, as all the serials are good, and some the best I have ever read in any magazine. True, I did not especially care for ‘“ Between Worlds” at first, but it grew much more interest- ing as the story advanced, and I enjoyed it very much. My husband and I both enjoy Tue Arcesy more than any ether magazine we have ever read, and were lest without it during the strike. I don’t know which of Tue Arcosy authors I like best, for they are all good. Of course, once in a while I find a story I don’t care for, but some one else does, and we surely could not kick if all the short stories were poor, since the serials are almost without exception the pest to be found anywhere. I cannot say I wish it was a daily, because I have my own work to do and could net possibly read them all if it came every day, so you see I am perfectly satisfied with THE ARGOSY as it is. I often wonder when reading the Log-Book just what some folks expect for a dime. Certainly there is no other magazine that has half the good reading that the good eld Arcosy has, yet they all have a larger price per magazine attached to them. We are not subscribers to THE Arcosy, but buy it at the news-stand. I think we will become regular subscribers if we ever get settled and don’t move from place to place. Mrs. Louis BourceEots. A STORY THAT CAUSED ENJOY- ABLE HEART THUMPS Corning, California. Well, I just finished my Arcosy, and I felt that I must write. I have been reading THE ARGOSY for almost four years now, and it has always been fine. I just read what Paul Craig said about ‘“ Everything but the Truth,” and I must say that I never have had my heart thumped so nicely reading about the heroine just ready to jump over the cliff as when I listened to the two of them string out the lies, each one bigger than the last. And the name!—‘“ Everything but the I am crazy THE ARGOSY. Truth.” That covers a lot of territory, but there was a lot to be covered, and kow they did do it! I would_like to say a word about that “now ” stuff of good old Samuel G. Camp’s. To be able to appreciate it one must know that the word “now,” as Mr. Camp puts it, is merely used by the user to cover time to think of what the user wishes to say, as a tenant will stall around and kill time talking to the landlord when his rent is in arrears. Mr. Camp’s stories and expressions were most amusing to me, as I was able to appre- ciate the gist of his stories. THe Arcosy fan who suggests that each writer to the Log name his best and least liked stories has the right idea, I believe, although I like them all : ‘Say, Mr. Editor, not to be kicking at all, but can’t you get any railroad stories? They are the breath of life to me, as I am an old railroad man myself. I have noticed so many, many people asking for them I should think it would be to your and our interests to run a line of them once every other week, like the “Giles Detective Agency: Investigations quietly conducted. Rates reason- able.” Aren’t those grand stories? I get a rib tickler out of every word. I know a good story when I see it, and unless I am greatly mistaken, “The Great Discovery ” is geing to be fine. Best wishes to THe ARGOSY and your splendid staff and contributors. J. S. LOG-BOOK JOTTINGS Melvin W. Lethbridge, 7 Perkins Street, Amster- dam, New York, writes that he can supply a complete set of “Square Deal Sanderson.” Ort of print with us. Helene Anargyres, Denver, Colo- rado, wishes to assure Lieutenant A. Simmons, of Washington, that there is at least one person in Denver who appreciates Tue Arcosy, and she is certain there must be oodles of others. She likes all the stories and believes she never bought an Arcosy without reading every one of them. Raymond F. Murch, Brooklyn, New York, who calls THE Arcosy a real book from cover to cover, is reminded that it is not the policy of the maga- zine to encourage indiscriminate correspondence among its readers. Mrs. W. B., Auxvasse, Mis- souri, thinks Tae Arcosy is well named indeed, because it is a ship not attended by seasickness or storm—except when her copy fails to arrive— and which bears its passengers to enchanted lands far from their ogdinary prosaic environment. V. J. Messina, New Orleans, Louisiana, a reader for eight years, finds Taz Arcosy the best maga- zine he has ever taken, prefers the Western stories, is interested in the Log, and mentions as his favorite authors Charles Alden Seltzer and Freder- ick Bechdolt. Mrs. Ernest S. Neily, Aylesford, Neva Scotia, is fond of stories of the sea and of those about people of the glacial period, such as “The Son of the Red God.” She also enjoys these by H. A. Lamb. Evelyn Stoker, Klondike, Texas, is another of the many ardent admirers of “Yellow Soap.” A Chap from the Golden West, Eveleth, Minnesota, whe sends his real name to the editor, reiterates, for the benefit of his critic, John Ellsworth, that any fellow who says the Shorts are punk is worse than crazy, declares that all the stories are fine, and cites particularly “The Great Discovery,” by Charles V. Barney, as being one of the best he has read in a long while. cComiclbooks.com