Argosy: The Short Story Magazine — page 54: what you’re looking at

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7,7 - ‘ ‘ . yee gif - ‘ ty oy us OPPO wii te eyes 2 * (an La cate 4 + ae A a, me ce # 5 gra at eae GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD. Bat boys made her go out fishing this afternoon. They'll b hon a back any moment; certainly before the mosquitoes start. Well, yes, if you look at it that way, I suppose they have started. But : of _ don’t go slapping at them. Round here nobody has ever died of SH fever since her poor mother and father. * Geoffrey Household has sold bananas in Spain and printing inks in South America. During the war — he did cloak-and- dagger work on secret missionsin the Transylvanian mountains (where he met and _ fell in love with the attractive Hungarian girl who ee was to become his wife). Later he travelled in Palestine and Syria. No wonder the escapades of his heroes carry such conviction—his own life has — held enough romance and intrigue to provide plots — 3 for years to come. He is the living contradiction _ of the theory that the rolling stone gathers no moss. _ Among his best-known fictional moss readers will __ remember “Rogue Male,”’ and “Rough Shoot.” Placidly settled now with a family of three children, _ Household cultivates a_ riverside garden in | Chiswick. ie * * * RIVER MUSIC Water tumbling from the dam, Green and grey and flecked with white, So the river rushes on Through the day and through the night. From the hills springs its source, Trickling gently at its birth, Growing larger down the slopes Gurgling louder in its mirth. Through the fields it surges on Getting bigger day by day Passing towns and under bridges, So the river wends its way. Past the dam it hurtles on, Sometimes slow and sometimes fast, Never pausing on its way Till it joins the sea at last. FLEUR MOUNTAIN comichooks.com