Pulp Fiction, 1939 · page 77 of 116
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# Page 75: Story Prose and Advertisement This page contains the conclusion of a crime story titled "Mausoleum Mission." The narrative depicts a murderer falling from a railing, after which characters named Slade and Dale discover a collection of diamonds and discuss using them for a cancer cure, suggesting the jewels will atone for deaths caused by their theft. Below the story text is a full-page advertisement for *Everyday Photography Magazine*, promoting its July issue with articles on amateur photography techniques, available for 15 cents at newsstands.
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the crashing of broken glass. On the veranda a black figure doubled con- vulsively at the waist, spun around, staggered backward, and plunged over the railing. On the cement driveway below, Slade saw the motionless body of the murderer. He found Dale Markham in the room behind the oak door. He crossed to the desk and pulled the drawer open. Together they looked upon the glitter- ing mass of the Markham ciamonds. Dale’s eyes shone with wonder. “How beautiful, how perfectly beau- tiful,” she murmured. ————— MAUSOLEUM MISSION ————————————_-5 Storm looked down at the strong, pure profile of the girl beside him. “They’re yours, you know,” he said softly. “I think you'll be able to find a use for them, won’t you?” “Do you remember the closing of the second letter to old Cyrus?” she asked. “ ‘Perhaps some day the Lord, in his wisdom, will turn them to some good.’ I feel as if I were part of a prophecy—and as if you were, too. Even the murders they have caused will in some way be atoned for, I think, by the lives that they will save.” “The cancer cure?” asked Slade, Dale nodded silently. Shoct That Picture and Shoot it Right if a picture is worth taking it is worth taking well. But you don’t have to be a professional photographer to record those scenes you don’t want to forget. Not if you read EVERYDAY PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE The new July issue, like all the others, contains a variety of articles on all phases of photography for the amateur. They are written by experts espe- cially for you. Here is a partial lineup. SALEABLE PICTURES UNDER YOUR NOSE by Arthur Brackman HOLLYWOOD IN YOUR BACKYARD by Oscar K. Moore FIFTY PHOTO SECRETS by Kenneth Murray THE ART OF DODGING by Walter E. Burton SALON PICTURES WITH ANY KIND OF CAMERA by L. M. A. Roy COLOR FOR THE BEGINNER by C. W. Gibbs PLUS—many other interesting articles, a Photo Forum of fine pictures, kamera kinks, and several departments which are mines of new and useful 15< At All Newsstands Eomichooks. com