Deadwood Dick Library No. 10

# THE MASKED TERROR

This issue of the Dick Turpin Library presents "The Masked Terror," a Western adventure serial. Set in Del Norte, Colorado—a frontier gambling town in the San Luis Valley—the story opens with an encounter between Captain Bill Monte, a dishonest domino-game operator at the Oriental Palace gambling house, and a mysterious stranger calling himself El Gamin. After winning heavily against Monte through superior skill, El Gamin is attacked by Monte's hired ruffians; a brawl erupts between Monte's men and the townspeople, with El Gamin escaping. The narrative then shifts to a peaceful homestead where Deadwood Dick (reformed ex-outlaw Edward Harris) lives contentedly with his wife Leone and infant son. Old Avalanche, a weathered scout, delivers a cryptic message to Deadwood Dick from someone called the Prairie Patrol, threatening further trouble. The text breaks mid-message, leaving the nature of this threat unknown.