Argosy All-Story Weekly

This January 29, 1927 issue of *Argosy-Allstory Weekly* features serialized fiction and short stories with western and mystery settings. The primary story, "The Mark of the Moccasin" by Kenneth Perkins (part one of four), centers on Joe Bostwick, a schoolteacher in Texas held without bail after a mysterious series of murders at Judge Scudder's mansion near Seven Bayous. District attorney Lerou examines Bostwick's written account of events: four of nine guests at the manse were killed one by one in the bayou country while survivors remained trapped by fear. Other serials include "The Mileamy Story" by E. La Besume (part two of three) and "Alkali" by Charles Francis Coe (part one of five). The issue includes short stories, novelettes, and verse by contributors including George F. Worts, James Perley Hughes, and Howard E. Morgan.