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192 Olive went down to the riverside, Ordered up a large crap game; They rolled the dice at Olive, Olive returned the same. When you lose your money, learn to losel Olive shot six bits; it was his last; Rolled ’em on the table; ‘‘Come up, crap!’’ When you lose your money, learn to losel (Olive then shoots Jack Dixon, the saloon- keeper’s son.) Olive walked into the barroom, Ordered up a glass of beer. Bartender says to Olive, “You killed my poor boy Jack! What the you doin’ here?” When you lose your money, learn to lose ! THE TRAIL Adventure Olive picked up the beer, Drank it from a silver cup. Onin OO Ge a Se BRE Se ree ee See When you lose your money, learn to lose! HIS issue has been frankly given over to des- perado songs. It would be easy to find more poetic material, but hard to find anything of more interest or value to the student of folk-song. “Lovel” is, of course, an English broadside; but “Jackson” and “Brady” seem to be indisputable American folk-songs from start to finish. Such waifs and strays are on the verge of disappearing. Send in more! END all contributions of old songs and all ques- tions about them direct to R. W. Gorpon, 1262 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, California. DO NOT send them to the magazine. AUGUST 10TH ISSUE Besides the new serial and the three complete novelettes Le mentioned on the second contents page of this issue, the next Adventure (¥agh Mw will bring you the following stories: JINX The mark of the Gila monster. THE BANNER OF MALABON J. Allan Ralph R. Guthrie The Moros learn of American ways from a strange source. PEARL-HUNGER Conclusion An auction and a fight at Kulicos. COME HOME TO ROOST Joe Jeta forgot the buzzards. THE JOKE He was afraid of tarantulas. Gordon Young Nevil Henshaw Gordon Hill Grahame THE DESPERADO F. St. Mars An American wolverene in English woods Still Farther Ahead HE three issues following the next will contain long stories by Joel Townsley Rogers, F. R. Buck- ley, Hugh Pendexter, W. C. Tuttle, William Byron Mowery, Frederick Moore, Arthur D. Howden Smith, Georges Surdez and H. C. Bailey; and short stories by Clements Ripley, Leo Walms- ley, John Webb, Douglas Oliver, Dale Collins, F. St. Mars, H. C. Wire, Alex McLaren, George E. Holt; John Scarry, H. Mortimer Batten, J. Allan Dunn and others; stories of Naval aviation, York Staters in Indian days, cattle-rustlers on the Western range, traders in the South Seas, viking-farers in Norwegian fiords, prospectors in Borneo, desert-riders in Morocco, gobs in Central American waters, French troopers in Africa, knights-at-arms in the Middle Ages, adventurers the world around. () DOOLK (©