Pulp Fiction, 1939 · page 104 of 116
10-Story Detective Magazine Cover — page 104: what you’re looking at
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# "The Corpse Clue" by Grant Mason This is an interior story page (page 102) from a pulp-fiction magazine. The visible text shows the opening of a mystery or detective story featuring a character named Braxton Hewett playing solitaire in his pajamas when he suddenly experiences a moment of recognition or realization about someone's identity. The page includes a dramatic illustration of two figures in what appears to be a struggle or confrontation, and an epigraph noting that a killer had an "iron-clad alibi" but Dr. Kettle—described as "a disciple of deduction"—solved the case.
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T WAS ALL over in less than ten minutes. Braxton Heweit, in pa- jamas and dressing gown, was in his room playing solitaire and munch- ing an apple. His face was tranquil, his eyes sleepy, and his fingers worked mechanically. Gradually his motions became slow- er and finally he left the game sus- pended in mid-air. He had picked up the four of hearts, but before he could a 102 Grant lason Author of “Long-Distance Doom,” etc. The ki.cr had an iron-clad alibi. But Dy. Kettle, who was @ | disciple of deduction, played a poker hand as leihai as—sicel- 7 ciad bullets. place it on top of the three, his at- tention had wandered elsewhere. His eyes closed. The card slipped out of his fingers. Then, abruptly, he clenched his right hand and brought it down on the table with a bang. “That’s where I’ve seen him!” Hewett did not speak aloud. He thought the words, but the thought was a roar within him. “Now I know why I always had the feeling that Comicoooks (C@