"Midnight Visit."
By Robert Arthur (1909-69; Wikipedia HERE; the ISFDb HERE; the SFE HERE; and the Three Investigators Headquarters HERE).
First appearance: Collier's, June 17, 1939.
Reprinted in EQMM, March 1948 (today's text).
Other reprints (FictionMags data):
Lilliput, October 1939.
Pearson’s Magazine, October 1939.
The Mysterious Traveler Magazine #5, 1952.
The Saint Detective Magazine, December 1954.
The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia), March 1955.
The Saint Detective Magazine (U.K.), May 1955.
Short short short short story (1 page in Collier's; 3 pages in EQMM).
Online at The Luminist Archives (HERE; go to text page 114).
". . . halfway across the room, a small automatic in his hand, stood a man."
"I stand on sudden haste," says an impatient Romeo. "Wisely and slow," advises Friar Lawrence. "They stumble that run fast." In today's story one character could certainly
have benefitted from the good Friar's counsel . . .
Principal characters:
~ Ausable ("You were told that I was a secret agent, a spy, dealing in espionage and danger"), Fowler ("jumped at the sudden rapping on the door"), Henri ("M'sieu, the gognac you ordered"), and Max ("I will wait on the balcony").
Resources:
- Nearly nine years ago we briefly covered the Collier's edition of "Midnight Visit" (HERE), and some of you might remember it; if so, consider today's posting an expansion of it.
- It was also about then that we dealt with Robert Arthur's "Too Dumb to Be Fooled" (HERE).
The bottom line:
Unless otherwise noted, all bibliographical data are derived from The FictionMags Index created by William G. Contento & edited by Phil Stephensen-Payne.
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