Pulp Fiction, 1934 · page 98 of 148
Western Story Magazine, May 12, 1934 — page 98: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page shows the **opening of a serialized Western crime story** in a pulp magazine. The top features an illustration depicting two men in cowboy attire outside a log cabin with a window, apparently in confrontation. Below is the title "The Barking Dog: A Serial" by Charles Wesley Sanders, followed by plot synopsis text. The synopsis describes a stagecoach holdup near Nugget City, the murder threat against a passenger named Treece, and introduces Elizabeth King and Jerry Hawley traveling to the Bar K Ranch (the "Barking Dog") to investigate cattle rustling and mysterious murders in the region.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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