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ai il Vipers Yo: 4 LA ZY 4 a 5 y “7 =: = es =) Registered in U. S. Patent Office uy Published T'wice a Month by THE RipGway COMPANY J. H. GANNON, President C. 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, the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of herch 3, 1879. ARTHUR SULLIVANT HOFFMAN, Editor Yearly Subscription, $3.00 in advance Single Copy, Twenty Cents Foreign postage, $2.00 additional. Canadian Postage, 60 cents. Trade-Mark Registered; Copyright, 1919, 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 ey are in his hands. Contents for First December, 1919, Issue Born to Be Hanged, But— A Complete Novelette . : ; Gordon Young a Revolver in hand, one chamber empty, Don Everhard stands by the dead body of James H. Thro millionaire candidate for governor. How did he get there? Read this story of the younger days Gordon Young’s unique character—the two-gun fighter with the poker face. Three Wise Men . Romaine H. Lowdermilk 41 The star which these thee follow i is Bold: Acres the scorching desert and through rocky cafions they travel—this maddening star ever before them. Assignats : . Henry Leverage | 52 At her jack-staff elie S hongpong flies ie Bolshevik flag Her skipper is an Englishman, her mate a Yankee and her engineering officer a Scotchman—that is until the Russian crew decides to apply Soviet ideas to navigation. Jest Jim, Fiddlin’ Jim . : : 2 Hapsburg Liebe 61 Twelve years in the “penitenchy”’ had taught eis old Tennessee mountaineer to “look up,” as he expresses it. Consequently he does not dread another period of confinement when this sacrifice brings happiness to one he loves. The Haven Poem . . : . : Berton Braley : 66 Said Afzel’s Elephant . . ss. | _ HA. Lamb 67 Abdul Dost, Man of the Mogul, hah fame and feusless himself, stands in awe of Sir Ralph Wey- and’s reckless daring. Yet he follows this intrepid Englishman and learns ways of fighting of which he had not dreamed before. A tale of India in the Seventeenth Century. Oh, Lordy, Lordy! : : William Patterson White 77 “T ban like you Andy,” ae Sas Saison: It is len that Andy Ball decides it’s time to leave; but Susy thinks differently, for she will have no trifling with her two hundred odd pounds of affection, (Continued on next page) COMIC IOOSalee)