Adventure, October 1916

October 1916 Issue of Adventure Magazine This issue features "The Millionth Chance," a complete novel by Arthur Somers Roche involving international intrigue at a Maine winter resort where an American becomes entangled with a patriotic American woman amid clashing interests of three world powers. Other fiction includes W.C. Tuttle's comic tale of sheepmen in cattle country; S.B.H. Hurst's "Taste of the Salt," a story set in Seattle and the Pacific; J.U. Giesy's "The Return," featuring a globe-trotting news dealer; and the third installment of "In the Grip of the Minotaur" by Farnham Bishop and Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, a Norse adventure involving Prince Ragnarr's fleet battling Mediterranean powers to rescue his bride Ilia. Additional stories address Western themes, war experiences, gold-seeking in the Yukon, Tennessee romance, and Philippine service. Thomas Addison's novelette "The Boss of Powderville" depicts an action-filled frontier town. The issue includes twenty-two contributors across twelve stories and features period advertising for educational military training programs.