Beadle's Dime Library No. 395 — page 1: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

me a TT \ | es arr oOrPrwvrRiGr Published Every Wednesday. — sessaeel HY Se ee SN 11 REE EP PE me |) ha NNT —— et > ' Wn, BY JOS. E. BADGER, JR. WEST NICK,” ETC,, ETC. CHAPTER I. THE CAMPAIGN OPENS. ‘“ Bap news, or your face belies itself! The old villain is going to make a live of it, after all!” An oath, savage and sullen, bore these words company, and Rufus Cramp scowled after any- thing but a filial fashion upon the withered face and shrunken figure of his paternal progenitor, Silas Cramp, Esq. ‘Not if you could manage to wring me in & hurse,” softly, smoothly purred Kyte Darley, a reddish glow in his big black eyes that spoke far more plainly than his tongue. Silas Cramp, whose professional memory could recall more than one smart rascal whose promising career had been cut short by less care- less words than these, cast a swift, comprehen- sive glance about them. It was merely instinct, for right well he knew there was scant show for as =——— Si Shirt Yi UW) Ys). UW yy, Ay . wae TED InN 1886,8VvY 8B a me er wef Se mS St ‘BY THE VM WEPTMERMLALI ES, . ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT NEW YorK, N. Y., AT SECOND CLASS MAIL RATES, ee ee - Geadle Gg Adams, Pudlishers, 98 WILLIAM STREET, N. Y., May 19, 1886, welIiTi} sae SO «' y y) \S \ "h! ll = ee —— ii YY FF, Wf fj Vf, / /, J Yi jj, 444 // A rs WAY-—-HAS ANY GENT Teh UT TESTS AA \ is iy : ox ae al La i Y : ce eathdbbd UAB bate, ~ os 2 Alali. r a in HINT Wi i Mi AAS EAL ce xk ADO ARAS j TM Hi i iA 4A 7 VIOREL SALA EAD LL Ten Cents a Copy. d " Cc Viv | = i} —— ——— |} st =. | sh ‘ j | il 12 — = a —— = ans a ~ — - ; aA - - _ . ~ . OOe El Ce “2° 3 e . * ~~ Sf, -- . > Fae a a “*. 2 4 - - of FS LAPD II Ld “ee oe OF oe ae . “a Grete ELE ee eee ene o%? .* (FTE oe ot otgte “5 %e. 7.” . or ™ 7 “1, Ld ee .+* j . \A\\ > a SL A asseeestnseo seman \ ¥ ‘ ‘ ‘ay \ VA 4 a\\ ' .\\ AA\ \\ \ \' LN \ W \\\ ) j +i i 4\ \" = — \} \\ \\ \\ \ “ — —_ a SE —_——$—<—— LEMAN BEEN INQUIRING cGomicboo $5.00 a Year, No. 395