Short Stories, January 25, 1923

# Short Stories Magazine: Contents

This issue features several adventure and western tales. "Texas Steerers" by Thomson Burtis opens the magazine with a story of crooks versus Border Patrol airmen. Harold Lamb contributes "The Voice in the Drum," while W. C. Tuttle offers "The Curse of the Painted Cliffs." The issue includes verse by Bill Adams titled "Peg-Leg, Ship's Cook" and a serial installment by Robert Welles Ritchie called "The Desert of the Three Skulls" (Part II). Additional stories include "The Soul of the Lagoons" by G. A. Wells, "Them Dizzy Dudes" by James W. Egan, "Jockey Randleman Up" by Romaine Lowdermilk and Lyle Abbott, "Peace River Pendleton" by Hamilton Craigie, and "Any Old Plug" by Wendell W. Hanmer. The editorial column discusses punctuality and time-wasting. Published semi-monthly by Doubleday, Page & Co.