Argosy All-Story Weekly

About this issue

This April 26, 1924 issue of Argosy-All-Story contains five serialized stories in various parts: "A Stranger in Town" by J.U. Giesy and Junius B. Smith (Part One of four), "The Roaring Forties" by Arthur Hunt Chute (Part Two of six), "A Crown for Sale" based on memoirs of the Queen of Florania (Part Three of five), "The Handwriting on the Wall" (Part Five of six), and "Flood" by Theodore Goodridge Roberts (Part Four of four). The issue features eleven shorter pieces: novelettes and short stories including "Jeremiah Parsons—He-Man" by Harry Adler, "The Come-Back" by George Allan England, "Blondes and Bleachers" by Beatrice Ashton Vandegrift, and works by Earl Wayland Bowman, Charles Francis Coe, and others. Poetry contributions include "Smoke Fancies" by Margaret Wheeler Ross and "Immortal Jim" by Robert Baker. An upcoming serial titled "Sundown Cafe" by Kenneth Perkins is advertised, following a mariner named Glamours and harpist Modesta meeting at a marshland inn.

In this issue

• “A Crown for Sale” · serial · p.105
• “Teakettle” by Karl W. Detzer · p.182
• “A Stranger in Town” by J. U. Giesy and Junius B. Smith · serial · p.641
• “Smoke Fancies” by Margaret Wheeler Ross · poem · p.655
• “Jeremiah Parsonn—He-Man” by Harry Adler · p.656
• “Promises” by Edith Loomis · poem · p.675
• “The Roaring Forties” by Arthur Hunt Chute · serial · p.676
• “The Come-Back” by George Allan Eaclnd · p.693
• “Immortal Jim” by Robert Baker · poem · p.723
• “Blondes and Bleachers” by Beatrice Ashton Vandegrift · p.724
• “The Day That Is” by Beech Hilton · poem · p.730
• “The Handwriting on the Wall” by David Fox · serial · p.733
• “Love's Foundation” by Strickland Gillilan · poem · p.750
• “The Self-Assassination of Angel” by Earl Wayland Bowman · p.751
• “Flood” by Theodore Goodridge Roberts · serial · p.760
• “With Tea and Silk and Sandalwood” by Walbridge Dudley · poem · p.774
• “Sockological Socker Dooley” by Charles Francis Coe · p.775
• “Between the Lines” by Samuel G. Camp · p.790
• “First” by Gilbert Riddell · p.798
• “A Little Bit of Bitters” by Edward S. Morrissey · poem · p.800
• “Sundown Cafe” by Kenneth Perkins · serial