Penny Dreadfuls, 1916 · page 91 of 400
Tom Anderson, Dare-Devil: A Young Virginian in the Revolution — page 91: what you’re looking at
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This is a page of running prose from what appears to be the middle of a serial story. The page header identifies it as part of "The Committee of Public Safety" (page 75). The text describes a character named Ole who, after mending the Colonel's riding-boots, puts them on along with a gold-laced coat and hat, then admires himself in a mirror in a schoolroom. Someone named Egger witnesses this, which apparently triggers the arrival of "the Committee of Public Safety" at a place called Oxheart House. The passage suggests a moment of discovery that prompts a larger consequence or plot development.
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THE CoMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 70 Ole, having just mended the Colonel’s riding-boots, had drawn ’em on, donned the gold-laced coat and chapeau- bras, and was strutting before the speckled old mirror in the schoolroom, when Egger spied. And this brought the Committee of Public Safety down upon Oxheart House. GOMGooOO “eS