Penny Dreadfuls, 1867 · page 141 of 300
Roving Jack, The Pirate Hunter — page 141: what you’re looking at
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# Description of Page This is an interior page of the penny dreadful *Roving Jack, the Pirate Hunter* (No. 21), featuring an engraved illustration captioned "Perilous Position of Violet Tremaine" alongside running prose. The illustration depicts a woman in distress on a raft in turbulent water, with a bird flying overhead. The text describes a scene where a character named Tom King arrives at an inn; the landlord questions his identity, Tom bribes him with a guinea, and Tom then tends to his injured horse before being shown to lodgings. The narrative emphasizes Tom's gentlemanly behavior despite being identified as a robber.
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ee ROVING JACK, THE PIRATE HUNTER. = PERILOUS POSITION OF VIOLET TREMAINE.—See page 166. The door was now opened, and the landlord, a | dull, heavy-looking fellow, came out, He held a | lantern in Tom King’s face, and examined his features with a heavy stare. e Tom King laughed heartily. He returned the look with a bold smile, “ You look one of the right kidney, my rum ’un,” said Parvin, “but are you indeed Tom King?” ‘Aye, worse luck,”’ said the robber, a melancholy scowl for an instant darkening his handsome face ; “but here, mine host, here’s my passport.” He put a guinea into the fellow’s hand, This rendered him very civil and obliging, | “T suppose you will want to stable your horse for the night, captain ?”’ he said. No. 21. ‘Ves, and she has hurt her foot; bring me some- thing to extract the flintfrom her hoof, a feed of corn, and a bucket of water.”’ “YT will attend to her carefully, captain.” ‘“Thank’ee, I always groom her myself,” was the robber’s answer. He then led the tired and lamed animal to th stable. Having extracted the stone from her foot, fed and groomed her with his own hands, and made her comfortable for the night, He then followed the landlord to the house, He entered, and ascending a staircase, was ad- mitted, with much ridiculous ceremony, into a large, ell lighted, and handsomely furnished apartment,