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Beadle's New York Dime Library No. 457

1887 · Free to read

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About this issue

"The Sea Insurgent," a Western Hemisphere adventure serial by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, begins with a swiftly moving maritime sequence off Cuba. A weathered trading vessel skippered by a handsome young man of Spanish descent encounters a wealthy planter's elegant yacht carrying Senor Camblas, his wife, and beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter Valita, along with Spanish Major Ramel Rovalez. When the notorious Lagoon Pirates—mysterious brigands who operate from coastal hideaways—launch a sudden attack in two armed boats, the trader's skipper intervenes decisively, leading his crew in a cutlass charge that repels the outlaws and pursues them to their boats with gunfire. Though the grateful Camblas family offers reward, the proud young skipper refuses payment, claiming he merely did his duty. Major Rovalez grows jealous and resentful, particularly when Valita enthusiastically thanks the sailor and requests his name, while the major attempts to diminish the rescue's importance.

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