We will mail, postage paid, upon receipt of 25 cents, the first five
numbers of THE BLACK CAT, from Oct., ’95, to Feb., ’96 (third edition),
inclusive, containing thirty-nine
Stories of Adventure
Stories of Mystery
Stories of Detective Life
Stories of Love
Stories of Pathos
Stories of Humor
All these stories are original, complete, captivating, and
copyrighted,—“the cleverest tales that genius can produce and money can
buy.”
Address, THE SHORTSTORY PUBLISHING CO., 144 High St., Boston, Mass.
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The Black Cat
FOR MAY,
Which will contain the following extraordinary stories, all original,
complete, and copyrighted, will be
“The Banner Number.”
=For Fame, Money, or Love?=—By R. OTTOLENGHI. The startling story of a
mysterious invention that threatened the entire destruction of spoken
language, and which did destroy three men’s belief in womankind.
=A No Account Niggah.=—By LEONARD M. PRINCE, U.S.A. How a despised
coffee-colored mulatto recruit in the regular army, alone and unaided,
intercepted a band of hostile Apaches, is told in this touching tale by
an officer experienced in Indian campaigns.
=A Hundred Thousand Dollar Trance.=—By EUGENE SHADE BISBEE. The thrilling
recital of the most costly and astounding hypnotic experiment ever made,
told just as it happened in the famous Bohemian Club of a well-known city.
=The Misfit Gown.=—By ELMER COOK RICE. In this strikingly original and
humanly interesting tale are described for the first time the wire
pullings, heart burnings, and white-hot excitement attending an election
in a modern woman’s club.
=The Shifting Sand.=—By C. C. VAN ORSDALL. A marvelous treasure-trove,
revealed first by the wind-blown sands of the Northwest to a man engaged
in digging his own grave, but concealed again for eighteen years by the
same agency, forms the pivotal point around which moves this exciting
tale of love and adventure.
The above will positively be
THE GREATEST STORY MAGAZINE EVER ISSUED
at any time or at any price, and the publishers earnestly invite a
comparison of THE BLACK CAT for May with any issue of any magazine or
volume of short stories ever published, either in this country or abroad.
As their present facilities for production are limited to 225,000 copies
per month, all orders for this “Banner Number” of THE BLACK CAT should
be placed at once with newsdealers. Those who have no newsdealer should
send five cents in stamps for a copy, or fifty cents for a full year’s
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