A complete issue · 90 pages · 1893
The Argosy, Vol. 56
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1893 — all 90 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 90 pages · 1893
This installment of a serialized novel concerns the romantic entanglement of Captain Dick Scudamore and the Warrenne family. Upon learning that his son plans to marry young, blind Alice Warrenne rather than her capable older sister Maud—whom he had expected Dick to choose—Mr. Scudamore journeys to the Warrennes' home. He finds Maud gathering roses and reveals Dick's intention, shocking both grandfather and granddaughter. When Mr. Scudamore suggests marriage, Maud appears dismayed, then reconsiders when she observes Alice's emotional reaction. Captain Scudamore arrives and proposes to Alice, who accepts despite her youth (not yet seventeen). Maud privately encourages her sister while doubting the arrangement's practicality, particularly regarding Dick's military profession and potential expatriation to India. Mr. Warrenne returns home and, having already received Captain Scudamore's formal proposal, meets with Alice to discuss the matter's seriousness, noting her young age complicates the engagement.
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