Pulp Fiction, 1941 · page 48 of 116
10-Story Detective, March 1941 — page 48: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains the opening of a crime fiction story titled "Murder—in the Bag" by Thomas Lamar, labeled as a "Gripping Novelette." The top features an illustration depicting an urban street scene with buildings and figures. The prose below describes a narrator's chance encounter with a frightened young woman in a wet Lenox Street bus station, where they collide and the narrator is immediately struck by her appearance and distressed demeanor, though he cannot yet determine the reason for her apparent distress.
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HE night was wet and getting ; wetter. That’s how I happened to duck into the Lenox Street bus station and bump into the girl hurrying out. We seesawed, like peo- ple do after sudden collisions, each trying to let the other past. Then both of us stood still. “Oh,” the girl said. “Oh.” Her low voice held a frightened note. Murder—in the Bag Gripping Novelette By Thomas Lamar > I said, “I’m sorry,” and took off my hat. This girl was the kind you take off your hat to. Her face hadn’t come off a beauty shop assembly line. She was very pretty, with royal-blue eyes, and curls in her damp hair. She wore a light slicker, and there were tiny drops of water on her lovely cheeks. Hither she was crying or hadn’t been in the bus station long. I couldn’t tell which—then. COmiclbook CO