The Argosy, Christmas 1912 — page 250: what you’re looking at

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236 THE ARGOSY. But don’t fear that Mr. Bradshaw’s hero is going to make a tragedy of the tale by proceeding to such desperate lengths as this because of the prediction made in the gipsy’s tent. The author has a far bigger surprise up his sleeve for you than that. TERHUNE’S NEXT AND FINEST. OHN PAUL JONES, Benjamin Franklin, Napoleon Bonaparte! You’ve heard of all three of these gentlemen, of course. Well, they all figure in Albert Payson Terhune’s new serial, “ The Trouble Hunter,” that begins in the next issue of Tur Arcosy, as a New Year’s treat for you, the first of it reaching you in time, too, for a Christmas joy. “The Trouble Hunter” is the very best story Mr. Terhune has written. I admit it is going some to say this, in view of the crackerjacks he has already turned out, but I am sure you will all agree with me when you have read this new tale that begins on the prison-ship Jersey anchored in the East River between New York and Brooklyn during our war for independence, continues on the high seas and in Paris, and ends with a spirited duel on horseback on the road to Ver- sailles. The charm about Mr. Terhune’s writing is that it gives you history in absolutely the most entertaining form and incites you to go to the library shelves for more information about the personages of whom such entertaining glimpses are given. 2 The incident in “The Trouble Hunter” wherein Napoleon figures, while based on historical data, is particularly unique. I am quite sure the great com- mander was never before employed against a story background at this particular stage of his career, which brings him in juxtaposition with the ill-fated Marie Antoinette. “ HER RENTED FUTURE.” HIS is the title of a short story in the January Arcosy by Marie B. Schrader, whose novelette “Her Hero from Savannah,” published in January, 1911, aroused so much favorable comment. “Her Rented Future” is a fove story of rather unusual sort, with the heroine rejecting the man she loves at the outset for reasons that seem good to her. Then, when Destiny deals out the cards to her in a fashion to remove this objection, she comes within an ace of losing him because what’s sauce for the goose is sauce and pudding, too, for the gander. We have had a great many requests from our readers for another love story and I shall be anxious to hear what they think of this one. A FEW WORDS ABOUT “ WAR.” DARE, say you all know General: Sherman’s definition of war. You will be I anclined heartily ta indorse his sentiments when you read the short story next month by Richardson L. Wright, briefly called by this brief, ominous word of three letters. In this little tale the author of “The Clutch of Siberia ” has turned out a clear-cut little gem of fiction, yet fiction so true to life that peace societies may well include it in their propaganda. Oh, and lest there be some of my readers who may not have heard the Sherman equivalent for war, I may say that it begins with h and contains four letters in all. BREAKING THE RECORD IN JOB HUNTING. ESTERDAY a man came to me with a note of introduction from a friend. Y “Can you put me in the way of getting anything to do?” he said. “T. want work,” : I knew of nothing and my caller continued: “Tt’s the same way wherever I go. Nothing doing. Do you know how long I have been looking for a job?” cComicbooks CO