Argosy All-Story Weekly, July 7, 1928 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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

AR ALL- STOF — __ VOLUME 196 —— SSSI AE a SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1928 xX WENX EFEKLY NY y— SSS NUMBER 2 —— “You've Killed Privacy! The revolt against the extension of television by crooks to whom it means By GARRET SMITH restraint of trade.”’ Author of ‘‘ On the Brink of 2000,'’ ‘‘ Slaves of the Wire,’’ etc. Novelette—Complete ENSE excitement and anxiety buzzed below stairs in the old Ward mansion this morning. From maids to housekeeper and butler, the servants’ early breakfast was neg- lected in favor of the lurid headlines on the front page of the morning paper. The buzzer connected with the mas- ter’s suite on the second floor broke in 1A sharply upon this preoccupation. Whit- ley, the valet, dropped his paper and hurried to answer the call. Mrs. Meanes, the housekeeper, shuddered. ‘Gives me a start every time Mr. Edison rings, just like his father, short, sharp an’ commandin’. It seems like old Mr. Ward was still alive. Don’t seem possible it’s two weeks to-day 145 COPMICGLOOOKS (F@)