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Beadle's New York Dime Library No. 433

1887 · Free to read

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About this issue

"Spread Eagle Sam's Dandy Pad," by Jos. E. Badger, Jr., serialized in this February 9, 1887 issue of Beadle & Adams's weekly dime novel, presents the opening of a Western adventure. The story introduces Laughing Leo, an aristocratic-dressed gunslinger on the cattle range, riding his buckskin horse Mott. While Leo prepares to drink from a spring on his property, a young Indian woman named Meta-lupa rides frantically toward him, urgently warning him not to drink—the water has been poisoned by his enemies seeking to eliminate him from the range. The narrative emphasizes Leo's dandified appearance (patent leather boots, kid gloves, fine vest chain) contrasting sharply with his weaponry (revolvers, rifle, knife), and Meta-lupa's carefully detailed dress as a half-Indian woman of striking beauty. The story combines elements of frontier conflict, romantic tension, and violent intrigue typical of period Western fiction.

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