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There is such an urgent demand for practical, trained Draftsman that I am making this special offer in order to enable deserving, ambitious and bright men to get into this line of work. I will teach you to become a Draftsman and Designer, until you are drawing a salary up to $250.00 a month. You need not pay me for my personal instruction or for the complete set of instruments.
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To every person of 16 years or older sending a sketch I am going to mail free and prepaid the Draftsman’s Ivorine Pocket Rule shown here. This will come entirely with my compliments. With it I will send a 6 × 9 book on “Successful Draftsmanship”. If you are interested in becoming a draftsman, if you think you have or may attain drafting ability, sit down and copy this drawing, mailing it to me today, writing your name, and your address and your age plainly on the sheet of paper containing the drawing. There are no conditions requiring you to buy anything. You are under no obligations in sending in your sketch. What I want to know is how much you are interested in drawing and your sketch will tell me that.
_Positions Paying Up to_ $250 and $300 per Month
I am Chief Draftsman of the Engineers’ Equipment Co. and I know that there are thousands of ambitious men who would like to better themselves, make more money and secure faster advancement. Positions paying up to $250 and $300 per month, which ought to be filled by skilled draftsmen, are vacant. I want to find the men who with practical training and personal assistance will be qualified to fill these positions. No man can hope to share in the great coming prosperity in manufacturing and building unless he is properly trained and is able to do first class practical work.
I know that this is the time to get ready. That is why I am making the above offer. I can now take and train a limited number of students personally and I will give to those students a guarantee to give them by mail practical drawing room training until they are placed in a permanent position with a salary up to $250 and $300 per month. You should act promptly on this offer because it is my belief that even though you start now the great boom will be well on by the time you are ready to accept a position as a skilled draftsman. So write to me at once. Enclose sketch or not, as you choose, but find out about the opportunities ahead of you. Let me send you the book “Successful Draftsmanship” telling how you may take advantage of these opportunities by learning drafting at home.
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Ambitious men interested in drafting hurry! Don’t wait! This is your opportunity to get into this great profession. Accept the offer which I am making now. Send in your sketch or request for free book and free Ivorine Pocket Rule.
Chief Draftsman, Engineers’ Equipment Co., 1951 Lawrence Av. Div. 13-95 Chicago
WEIRD TALES
_The Unique Magazine_
EDWIN BAIRD, _Editor_
Published monthly by THE RURAL PUBLISHING CORPORATION, 325 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. Application made for entry as second-class matter at the postoffice at Indianapolis, Indiana. Single copies, 25 cents. Subscription, $3.00 a year in the United States; $3.50 in Canada. The publishers are not responsible for manuscripts lost in transit. Address all manuscripts and other editorial matters to WEIRD TALES, 854 N. Clark St., Chicago, Ill. The contents of this magazine are fully protected by copyright and publishers are cautioned against using the same, either wholly or in part.
Copyright, 1923, by The Rural Publishing Corporation.
VOLUME 1 25 Cents NUMBER 4
_Contents for June, 1923_
_Sixteen Thrilling Short Stories_ _Two Complete Novelettes_ _Two Two-Part Stories_ _Interesting, Odd and Weird Happenings_
THE EVENING WOLVES PAUL ELLSWORTH TRIEM 5 _An Exciting Tale of Weird Events_
DESERT MADNESS HAROLD FREEMAN MINERS 19 _A Fanciful Novel of the Red Desert_
THE JAILER OF SOULS HAMILTON CRAIGIE 32 _A Powerful Novel of Sinister Madmen that Mounts to an Astounding Climax_
JACK O’ MYSTERY EDWIN MacLAREN 49 _A Modern Ghost Story_
OSIRIS ADAM HULL SHIRK 55 _A Weird Tale of an Egyptian Mummy_
THE WELL JULIAN KILMAN 57 _A Short Story_
THE PHANTOM WOLFHOUND ADELBERT KLINE 60 _A Spooky Yarn by the Author of “The Thing of a Thousand Shapes”_
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE EDGAR ALLAN POE 64 _A Masterpiece of Weird Fiction_
THE MOON TERROR A. G. BIRCH 72 _Final Thrilling Installment of the Mysterious Chinese Moon Worshipers_
THE MAN THE LAW FORGOT WALTER NOBLE BURNS 81 _A Remarkable Story of the Dead Returned to Life_
THE BLADE OF VENGEANCE GEORGE WARBURTON LEWIS 86 _A Powerful, Gripping Story Well Told_
THE GRAY DEATH LOUAL B. SUGARMAN 91 _Horrifying and Incredible Tale of the Amazon Valley_
THE VOICE IN THE FOG HENRY LEVERAGE 95 _Another Thriller by the Author of “Whispering Wires”_
THE INVISIBLE TERROR HUGH THOMASON 100 _An Uncanny Tale of the Jungle_
THE ESCAPE HELEN ROWE HENZE 103 _A Short Story_
THE SIREN TARLETON COLLIER 105 _A Storiette That Is “Different”_
THE MADMAN HERBERT HIPWELL 107 _A Night of Horror in the Mortuary_
THE CHAIR DR. HARRY E. MERENESS 109 _An Electrocution Vividly Described by an Eyewitness_
THE CAULDRON PRESTON LANGLEY HICKEY 111 _True Adventures of Terror_
THE EYRIE BY THE EDITOR 113
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Finding “The Fountain of Youth”
_A Long-Sought Secret, Vital to Happiness, Has Been Discovered._
_By H. M. Stunz_
_Alas! that spring should vanish with the rose!_ _That youth’s sweet-scented manuscript should close!_ —OMAR KHAYYAM.
A secret vital to human happiness has been discovered. An ancient problem which, sooner or later, affects the welfare of virtually every man and woman, has been solved. As this problem undoubtedly will come to you eventually, if it has not come already, I urge you to read this article carefully. It may give you information of a value beyond all price.
This newly-revealed secret is not a new “philosophy” of financial success. It is not a political panacea. It has to do with something of far greater moment to the individual—success and happiness in love and marriage—and there is nothing theoretical, imaginative or fantastic about it, because it comes from the coldly exact realms of science and its value has been proved. It “works.” And because it does work—surely, speedily and most delightfully—it is one of the most important discoveries made in many years. Thousands already bless it for having rescued them from lives of disappointment and misery. Millions will rejoice because of it in years to come.
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Unfortunately, this kind of health is rare. Our civilization, with its wear and tear, rapidly depletes the organism and, in a physical sense, old age comes on when life should be at its prime.