Argosy, Vol. 85, No. 3 — page 186: what you’re looking at

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528 ‘ magazine I have read. Just finished “ Four- Forty at the Fort Penn,” by Perley Poore Sheehan. It was surely great. I think the author means the Fort Pitt Hotel instead of Fort Penn. It is opposite Pennsylvania Station. The first copy of THE Arcosy I read was “ The Man With the 44 Chest ”—I forget the author’s name—but it surely was a great tale. Hoping this passes the. waste-basket, I remain, ARTHUR MASsOoNn. WHAT SETTLED THE BUSINESS? A sprained ankle set this man to reading THE Arcosy. How about somebody having been won to it by seeing an attractive cover-picture on the news-stand? Are there any suche I pause for a reply. Southworth, Washington. Enclosed you will find one dollar for a year’s subscription to THe Arcosy. You wanted to knows how the readers got acquainted with the magazine. In August, 1913, I was laid up with a sprained ankle. A friend loaned me two Arcosys, and that settled the business. Have never missed a single number since. Have paid from ten to twenty cents for it, and would gladly pay the twenty cents again. I enjoy every one of your book-length novels, also the serials. Just finished “ Four-Forty at the Fort Penn.” It certainly is grand. Also just finished the serial, “The Motive.” This, to my mind, is the best I have read for a long time. ‘“ The Blue Limou- sine’ was a crackerjack. Have always bought at the news-stands, but as I have now to go ten miles to get it, will subscribe. If this goes in the Log-Book, please use only initials. P. S. P. S—Have no choice of your authors. They are all good. Long live THE Arcosy, the best fiction magazine that is printed to-day. NO TEST NEEDED The letter below is another of the sort I am glad to get, as it gives me some illuminating ideas of the readers’ tastes and preferences. Mr. Lease and other Jackson fans will be glad to know that Fred has come back. I have two long stories from his typewriter now in the safe awaiting publication. . Seattle, Washington. I have been reading THE Arcosy for so long that I have lost track of the exact date of the first magazine, though I well remember the story that started me as a steady reader. I found an old Arcosy in a cabin in Lewistown, Montana, and started reading it. The story was “ The King of Arcadia.” I do not remember the author’s name, but from that time till now I- have not missed a single copy. I have no kick on any of the stories, though some are better than others. ‘The Desert Crucible,” ‘“ The Trap Line Runners,” “ Gold Grabbers,” ‘‘ Waters of Strife,’ all three of the John Solomon stories, and .“ The Clutch of Siberia” (October, 1912), are, to my notion, the best stories that you have published. Of the authors, I like H. THE ARGOSY. Bedford-Jones, Zane Grey, Perley Poore Shee- han, William Wallace Cook, Stephen Brandish, and Fred Jackson; but best of all Zane Grey. He knows his West as few authors know it. I am not writing this as a test to see if the -Log-Book is a fake or not, as I had one letter printed some three or four years ago, and I am sure that if mine was printed, the others are from readers of your wonderful magazine. A delighted reader, F. N. LEASE. A PATRIOTIC NOTE I am very glad to give space to the follow- ing eulogy on the patriotic little tale that closed our ‘April number. It appeared at a timely date, and I assure Mrs. L. that I deeply appre- ciate her good words for it. Washington, District of Columbia. Much: as I like THE Arcosy, the Log is to me the most interesting; but your last number (April) contains a gem by Kenneth Rossiter, “What He Could Do,” and is worthy of the vignette of the old soldier saving the flag from desecration by the vandals who would destroy it—a picture which should be carried by every patriotic man in his pocket and be in the scrap- book of every woman who loves the flag and the nation. The dear old veteran saves the flag under which he had the honor to fight in the perils of 1861—the dear old soldier going through life so patient and silent, and willing again to give his life for his country. The story is a pretty one and well told by the author. I never read one better, and I congratulate him on its success. It is not necessary to publish my name. . K. K. L. LOG-BOOK JOTTINGS Danella Paine, Queen, Nevada, and R. L. Albin, Lotus, Illinois, in sending yearly sub- scriptions both use exactly the same phrase to the effect that they do not want to miss a num- ber. The latter has taken the magazine for twelve years and the former since old enough to read. J. A. Ross, Gualala, California, also subscribing, explains that he is forty miles from the nearest railroad, and, as he cannot get along without THe Arcosy, sends the money in ad- vance. Acknowledgment is made to “ Jim,” Port Norfolk, Virginia, for his very flattering tribute in verse. F. P. Aleshire, Craig, Colo- rado, thinks THE Arcosy the best magazine in the world, but it is hard to at Craig without missing some of the numbers, so he subscribes. Clarence E. Race, Denver, Colorado, found “Four-Forty at the Fort Penn” as interesting and exciting as a horse-race. R. S., New York City, is informed that we are constantly looking for fiction. There is always room’ in THE Arcosy for the new writer» who has a good story to tell and knows how to start it off with a@ punch in the very first sentence. 1OOOLK