Adventure Magazine Cover, August 18, 1921 — page 7: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

VOL. XXK Ne NO.4 \“AucustT 19. 1991 Published Twice a Month by THe RipGway COMPANY J. H. GANNON, President Cc. H. HOLMES, Secretary and Treasurer Spring and Macdougal Streets - - New York City 6, Henrietta St., Covent Garden, London, W. C., England Entered as Second-Class Matter, October 1, 1910, at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. ARTHUR SULLIVANT HOFFMAN, Editor Yearly Subscription, $4.00 in advance Single Copy, Twenty-Five Cents Foreign postage, $2.00 additional. Canadian Postage, 60 cents. Trade-Mark Registered; Copyright, 1921, by The Ridgway Company in the United States and Great Britain. The editor assumes no risk for manuscripts and illustrations submitted to this magazine, but he will use all due care while they are in his hands. Contents for Mid-August, 1921, Issue Murkwood Spears Pete Farnham Bishop and 1110 A. D.—and a kingdom reels to the clash of arms. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur : White Men . : : : : : Gordon Young 69 The call of race in the South Seas. The San Marcos Affair ley | a ws) tee Russell A. Boggs 78 The station-agent turns man-catcher. To Shed Blood An Off-the-Trail Story* . ; ; : : Konrad Bercovici 89 Gipsy knives. The Electric Horse ; 4 ; ; ; ‘ Crosbie Garstin 97 Cowboys meet the original Ananias. The Doom Trail A Five-Part Story Part [I : : Arthur D. Howden Smith 100 The terror that lurked in the wilds of New York Colony. Ev’rybody Likes a Gunman. . . . ..~ . ~~. Max Bonter 129 Crook and detective drink with death. *Occastonally one of our stories will be called an ‘‘Off-the-Trail” story, a warning that it is in some way different from the usual magazine stories, perhaps a little different, perhaps a good deal. It mav violate a canon of literature or a custcm of maga- zines, or merely be different from the type usually found in this magazine. The difference may lie in unusual theme, material, ending, or manner of telling. No question of relative merit is involved. (Continued on next page) 1 comicloooks C©