Argosy, September 1955 — page 85: what you’re looking at

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

~ a o ~ ' . ~ * p Ae. J ‘i lad ey Tee : a es) Se "3 =~ 0s - P 4 * -% ee # % sd bn ee 2 ; Ne sal i ’ oe tere oid ; - LAST MaGSAGE Phe damned! This is the position Sparks here picked up in your) “2 _ wireless message, so this is the position I came to.’ = The pilot looked at us silently for a moment. Then he said very quietly, ‘‘ My wireless operator was killed trying to fix his a aerial. We didn’t send any message.’ * Satlors have always known how to spin a yarn—Argosy had fresh proof of this recently when judging a short story com- petition, run under the auspices of the Seafarers’ Education Service and College of the Sea, in which this eerie short-short won a first prize for tts author, a young First Radio officer’ who lives in Cheshire. * * * ARGOSY PRIZE CROSSWORD No. 25 PRIZE-WINNERS OF CROSSWORD NO. 25 We are pleased to announce the five winners of Argosy’s twenty- fifth Prize Crossword Competition:— fr, A. I. Bowie, Hunterhill Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire. Miss M. G. Dunn, East Trinity Road, Edinburgh 5. K. F. Logan Esq., Clyde Road, East Croydon, Surrey. D. P. Smith Esq., Old Bath Road, Cheltenham, Glos. Mrs. A. Thomson, West Coker, Yeovil, Somerset. _ These readers who sent in the first correct solutions to be _ checked on the closing date, each receive a one-guinea book token. _ SOLUTION _ Across. 1, Provender. 6, Attic. 9, Pension. 10, Droplet. 11, _ Robe. 12, Leith. 13, Able. 16, Sister. 17, Conveyor. 19, Love- lock. 21, Entail. 24, Troy. 25, Tutor. 26, List. 30,.Ice-caps. 31, Edition. 32, Entry. 33, Dust-sheet. Down. 1, Piper. 2, Omnibus. 3, Evil. 4, Dundee. 5, Ridottos. 6, Avon. 7, Tallboy. 8, Cathedral. 14, Seals. 15, Event. 16, Solitaire. 18, Accursed. 20, Violent. 22, Asinine. 23, Comets. 27, Tenet. 28, Navy. 29, Pits. SOLUTION to ARGOSY CROSSWORD on page 144 Across. 1, Bow-window. 6, Climb.. 9, Gleaner. 10, Rubicon. 11, Tyke. 12, Lethe. 13, Finn. 16, Furn-table. 18, Avert. 19, Billy. 21, Musk-roses. 23, Lazy. 24, Usage. 26, Comb. 30, Tonsure. 31, Thawing. 32, Dwell. 33, Learnedly. E Down. 1, Bigot. 2, Wrecker. 3, Inns. 4, Dirge. 5, Worthless. as 6 Cube. 7, Incline. 8, Bank-notes. 14, Stays.. 15, Parry. 16, Tabulated. 17, Bomb-shell. 20, Lozenge. 22, Storied. 25, a Se iotha. 27, Bogey. 28, Muli. 29, Main. e > Str. ees i comicbooks.cOm § ne a9] ¥