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"Those chains you were talking about, Ted,"
said Anne with a smile, "they can be shaken off with one good wiggle . . ."
art © by Fredd Scott

This is Fredd Scott's illustration to the very obscure pre-SF van Vogt story "To Be His Keeper," published as by Alfred Alton Bogt (a severe misspelling of his real name!) in section 6 of the January 9th, 1937 issue of the Toronto Star Weekly. The story itself can be read elsewhere on my site.
George Gilbert found this story and graciously sent me a photocopy of the microfilm — and this is a scan of it, so please forgive the poor quality. I've blanked out all the text to concentrate on the illustration, a fine example of the simplicity and high quality of popular art in the '30s.
It depicts the scene in the story where Anne confronts her manipulative hypochondriac husband.

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