Pulp Fiction, 1934 · page 83 of 148
Western Story Magazine, May 12, 1934 — page 83: what you’re looking at
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# Page 81: Story Text from "Quick Sixes" This page contains prose fiction from a hardboiled crime story. The narrative depicts a confrontation between characters named Dean, Vestry, and Long Tom Travis, where Vestry reveals he read Dean's lips through a glass partition to overhear a secret meeting arrangement. The dialogue suggests Dean is implicated in a robbery and may be embezzling funds. The scene ends with Travis praising Vestry's detective work and offering him rewards for information on the fugitive Weston. Below the story text is an advertisement for Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine, promoting their handwriting analysis feature.
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Quick Sixes $i thumbs! I ought t’ break your neck! Never noticed there was a rifle in my saddle boot, did you? Neither did I till after you’d gone, or I might’ve shot you into the mid- dle o’ next week!”” He chuckled sud- denly, the sound making strange contrast with his gloomy face. ‘Tellin’ me the truth, after all, wasn’t you, Jim? I thought you was just makin’ it up when you claimed you heard Dean and Wes- ton make this date!” Dean turned slowly from his place against the wall. “You couldn't have heard!” he said hoarsely. “Voices don’t carry through that glass partition! I know because I’ve tested it! And anyway we were speaking very low!” . Vestry grinned. “That’s right,” he said. “But just as Weston stood up to leave, you was talkin’ to him. ‘Wait till I get rid of Vestry, you said. ‘Just after twelve will be best, I think. IT’ll meet you to-night at the shack on Bay Horse.’ what you told him, ain’t it?” That’ s Dean’s eyes widened. “No use denying it now,” he said. “But you couldn’t have heard, I tell you!” Vestry nodded. “I couldn’t hear, Dean,” he said. “But a man that’s been half deef as long as I wa's learns to listen with his eyes, sabe? I saw you talkin’, understand? TI read your lips!” There was silence for a moment. Long Tom Travis broke it with an explosive oath. “That’s rich!” he said. “And Dean reports a loss big enough t’ cover the shortage on his books, be- sides gettin’ a. split out of the rob- bery! That reminds me! How much was that loan you was askin’ for this mornin’, Jim? Two thou- sand, wasn’t it?” | Vestry nodded. Travis grinned. “The rewards of- fered for Weston total double that,” he said, “and more! Not t’ mention the chance of there bein’ rewards out for some o’ them other jaspers! Mind shakin’ hands with me, son? I sort o’ like your style!” YOU a. 38 ae ee What does your handwriting reveal as to your character and job-filling qualifications? The Handwriting Department expert in Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine will tell you. WS—6B eomnnicbooks.conn