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1923 (12)

To Tevis Clyde Smith, June 8, 1923, Hello Clyde, / May the blessing of Allah rest upon you .
     Contains Untitled ("When Napoleon down in Africa . . .") (poem) and "Neolithic Love Song" (poem).
     Handwritten, from Marlin, Texas; includes a simple multi-panel cartoon to go with "Neolithic Love Song".  

To Tevis Clyde Smith, June 22, 1923, Clyde sahib, greeting: / I found your first letter waiting . . .
     Contains Untitled ("The helmsman gaily, rode down the rickerboo . . .") (poem) and Untitled ("Now bright, now red,
     the sabers sped among the racing horde . . .") (poem)

To Tevis Clyde Smith, July 7, 1923, To Clyde bahadur-sahib, greeting: / I got your letter . . .
     Contains "The Dook of Stork".

To Tevis Clyde Smith, July 30, 1923, Clyde Sahib, Bohut Salaam, Bahadur: / The picnic has . . .
     Contains Untitled ("Bill Boozy was a pirate bold") (poem) and Untitled ("Out of Asia the tribesmen came") (poem)

To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 4, 1923, Clyde sahib: / You say I’ll be in Kabul.
     Contains Untitled ("A clash of steel, a thud of hoofs") (poem) and Untitled ("A hundred years the great war raged") (poem).

To Tevis Clyde Smith, postmarked August 21, 1923, Salaam, Clyde sahib, / I haven’t got any answer . . .
     This is a postcard.

To Tevis Clyde Smith, August 24, 1923, Bohut Salaam, Clyde sahib: / I was all ready to come over to Brownwood . . .

To Tevis Clyde Smith, September 9, 1923, Clyde sahib: / First off I must apologize for not having . . .

To Tevis Clyde Smith, October 5, 1923, Salaam, Clyde: / Maybe you think I’ve moved away . . .

To Tevis Clyde Smith, November 4, 1923, Bohut salaam, Clyde bahadur: / It’s been quite a while . . .

To Adventure, ca. late 1923, White Man and Native of West Africa . . .
This is the first appearance of REH’s name in a pulp magazine, at the age of 18

To Adventure, ca. late 1923, Published in pulp in February 1924, I am writing for information . . .



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