Pulp Fiction, 1934 · page 132 of 148
Western Story Magazine, May 12, 1934 — page 132: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page 130 of Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine This is an interior page containing the conclusion of an article about cowboy dialect and slang, followed by a full-page advertisement. The text above the advertisement discusses how slowness is expressed in Western vernacular—through phrases like "slow as a snail climbin' a slick log" and "lazy enough to make a good fiddler." Below is a promotional box advertising next week's issue, which will feature stories including "Stone Stirrups" by Kenneth Perkins (about Jim Bucknell and his daughter Maverick Jen) and "Man Trap" by Glenn H. Wichman (about sweethearts Terry Sullivan and Janice Volmer). The magazine cost 15¢.
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130 _ time when some one told a touching story, a tender-hearted cowboy, brushing away a tear that he was trying hard to conceal, said, “The smoke of yo’ camp fire got into my eyes.” Still another one, in relating a touching incident, finished by say- ing that it “squeezed* me together inside till it hurt.” Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine “slow as a snail climbin’ a slick log,” or a slow person is “too slow to grow fast.” A man or horse that is not up to his expectations in runnimg Is classed as “he runs like he’s got hobbles on.” A lazy person is held in contempt by the cowboy and is said to be “lazy enough to make a good fiddler,” or “molasses wouldn’t Slowness in action is pictured as_ run down his legs.” To be continued in next week’s issue. In Next Week’s Issue of Street & Smith's WESTERN STORY MAGAZINE STONE STIRRUPS By KENNETH PERKINS The stirring saga of Jim Bucknell, his daughter Maverick Jen, and his dog Crossbones—a desert drama of love and hate, of a great wrong and a righteous revenge. MAN TRAP By GLENN H. WICHMAN Terry Sullivan, young foreman of the Box B, and Janice Volmer, of the Slash A, were sweethearts—but there was a snake in Paradise Valley that sought to destroy their chances for happiness. | Also Features by _ : Charles Wesley Sanders Stanley Hofflund And Others 15¢ A COPY _ AT ALL NEWS STANDS Oh. GDOO: