Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 2: what you’re looking at

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A LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE! Beadle’s Dime Novels, No. 140, TO ISSUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, WILL BE SHEET: ANCHOR TOM: The sie iit ae Treasure. BY ROGER STARBUCK, AUTHOR OF * FOUL-WEATHER JACK,” “CasT AWAY," “LOST SHIP,” Bre. A romance alive with vigor and sea-spirit; while as a story of * true love”’ it is delightfully original. We quote: ‘A surer hand or foot than Captain Tom's were never known. He had been seen to climb the leach of a slatting-sail in a gale of wind, and to walk a-top of a boom when his craft was plunging bows under. Now, however, chancing to glance to- ward the quarter-deck, he caught the full glory of Isabel's blue eyes; and such was their power over him, that he lost his balance and tumbled headlong into tbe sea, marline-spike, ratline stuff and all."’. * * * * ” * = * * ** Let the anchor go, lads, and’save the ship; never mind me!" “The men could not bring themselves to obey such acommand. Were they to let the anchor go, ‘Tom, attached to it, must of course be carried with it to the bot- tom. *** Do you hear there ?’ repeated the young skipper. * Let the cable run and save the ship, Isabel and—'” . + & * * * - * * * “* With his shipmates, he now repaired to the cabin, and secured the ron hatch with extra fastenings, so as to preclude the possibility of the beach-comers escaping. The imprisoned men howled like enraged tigers when they discovered the trick which had been played them.”’ €2@~ For sale by all Newsdealers; or sent, post-paid, to any address, on receipt of price—TEN CENTS. Address, BEADLE AND ‘COMPANY. , General Dime Book Publishers, 118 William Street, New York. * ‘Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1°87, by Bzap.x% anp Company, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. conmniclbooks.com