Adventure Magazine, Mid-September 1917 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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Published Twice a Month by THe Ripgway Company J. H. GANNON, President GEORGE B. MALLON, Secretary and Treasurer Spring and Macdougal Streets - - New York City 6, Henrietta St., Covent Garden, London, W. C., England Piserely ar fee Tyee e oew fet Cares ARTHUR SULLIVANT HOFFMAN, Editor Contents for Mid-September Issue, 1917 Longhorns A Complete Novel 3 s ‘ ; ‘ é 2 William Patterson White 3 Chuck Morgan, of the Bar-S ranch, is not partial to nesters—but there are exceptions. In this thrilling story of the big cattle country, sparkling cowboy humor changes suddenly to fury with the flash of six-shooters and the pound of heavy fists. The Ninth Man . ee : 5 ; 2 A : Edgar Young 59 Where did the Indians of South | ee find the fabulous amounts of gold the Spaniards took from them? Four pairs of partners—and an odd man—believe they can locate the source of this wealth. But the jungles of Peru, Bolivia and Brazil hold other things beside gold for the party. Wild and Woolly . A : ; ; A : ae ae a Clarence Phillips 720 Jonesy had the baseball fever, so what chance had a reckless automobile, a doctor and a corps of nurses to keep him from the game? The Song of the Nations Poem . . . «. =~. =~ ~~ « ~~ Charles C. Jones 79 Deferred : ‘ - ‘ ; . . ‘ : : Captain A. E. Dingle 80 Big Jim Chivers, a fallen liner captain, had been the terror of many a forecastle. But on the Foochow he met Ben Corbet who would not be bullied. A memorable voyage resulted. Gaston Olaf and Big Business A Foar-Part Story. PartIl . . Heary Oyen 86 Gaston Olaf’s timber rights seem secure enough. But he finds himself in for a big fight with a power- ful, unscrupulous enemy—and he chooses new weapons. If you missed the first instalment of this tense story of the North Country you will find it briefly retold in story-form. The Vanished Plans eis eee . . W. S. Wightman 110 Corregidor was the key to the ‘ortifications of the Philippines, and ‘the stolen plans of its batteries were worth a fortune. They had to be recovered—and quietly. That was Captain Brock’s job. Ports of Call“ Poems. se RE OS de a 120 Appreciating Peter ° ° . . é . . ° P Harold Titus 121 When a shipping clerk’s hair turns gray and his eyes weaken, who in New York cares if new blood crowds him out? Mr. Titus tells you—and you'll not soon forget. The Hurricane Se et os igerngie ig a og = Sa. = Charles Brown: Jr. 129 Death, through its terrible destructive agent, the hurricane, makes great changes on Flenga, a little South Sea island—and one of the changes is in the heart of a native woman. (Continued on next page) 1 CoMmiclooks 5}