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VOL. XXII. MAY 1st, 1915 NUMBER 2
TOP-NOTCH
TWICE-A-MONTH MAGAZINE
CONTENTS
COMPLETE NOVEL
THE FLUCTUATING PACKAGE William Wallace Cook 1
Tale of the railroad and its express service, built upon one of the strangest parcels ever accepted for delivery.
COMPLETE NOVELETTES
SHAMING THE SPEED LIMIT Burt L. Standish 89
Some swift doings in a slow part of the world.
IN THE JITNEY CLASS John D. Emerson 123
Tale of baseball and the minstrel men.
SHORTER STORIES
Newspaper story of a press agent's exploit.
DECIDEDLY ODD Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg 75
Marvelous achievement of Luther Tram, the wonder detective.
Indians give spice to life for an army detachment from a far Western post.
TRAINED TO A TIDDLE Hugh McNeill 170
Part of the celebrated Humming Bird series. The H. B. springs a brand new one on his college mates.
TARTAS THE TERRIBLE H. Hesketh Prichard 177
What followed the strange entertainment of a guest at dinner.
ON THE STARBOARD TACK F. Walworth Brown 187
Trying moment in a yacht race and how one man met it.
THAT SORT OF THING Carl H. Grabo 193
Tale of high art and low, with a peep behind the scenes.
SERIAL NOVELS
AS THE ARROW TO THE BOW James French Dorrarce 56
Tale of intercollegiate rowing races, with a powerful drama of warring human interests.
THE HOUSE OF DREAD Albert M. Treynor 147
Baffling mystery of Des Moines, Iowa. An actual-place story.
THE BASHFUL CROCODILE Roland Ashford Phillips 198
Dramatic events attend a house party gathered to view the work of an old master.
MISCELLANEOUS
THE CALL OF THE OPEN Dorothea Mackellar 49
Desire for the world that is wide, told in verse.
THE JITNEY Arthur Brooks Baker 110
Far-reaching effects of a modest coin.
WHEN MAY SPEAKS Ethel Hallett 220
Voices of the welcome month.
WHEN SUCCESS MEETS SUCCESS The Editor 221
Talks with Top-Notch readers.
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