Penny Dreadfuls, 1916 · page 28 of 400
Tom Anderson, Dare-Devil: A Young Virginian in the Revolution — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from a Victorian penny dreadful titled "Tom Anderson, Dare-Devil." The text describes how a character named Ole, an old Swedish saddle-maker whose name "Olaf Fauchetegoat" has been a source of jokes, was set to making cavalry saddles. The passage characterizes Ole as an excellent but extremely slow workman, comparing his sluggishness to something that would make even a tortoise envious. The page number is 12, indicating this is mid-narrative rather than an opening or title page.
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12 Tom ANDERSON, Dare-DEvVIL had assumed much of the expense of equipping his troop of horse, had set Ole to making cavalry saddles a year or so before this story opens. The old Swede’s name had furnished many a joke at Oxheart— Olaf Fauchetegoat. Ole was an excellent workman, but slow enough to turn a tortoise green with envy. CONNIELOCC) cS (E()