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Beadle's New York Dime Library No. 931

1896 · Free to read

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About this issue

This Beadle & Adams dime novel serial, "Frisco Frank at Glory Gulch," is written by Wm. H. Manning. The excerpt shows protagonist John Frankfort, a San Francisco detective, returning to the California mining camp of Glory Gulch after years away. Confronting Warren Addison outside camp, Frankfort reveals he was wrongly accused of theft and driven out years earlier. Addison, now visibly ill and partially blind, had falsely charged Frankfort to ruin his reputation with Dorothy West, daughter of miner Peter West. Frankfort accuses Addison of deliberately loaning money to the simple-minded Peter, driving him into debt to gain power over Dorothy. Though Frankfort threatens violence, Addison asks for time and suggests Frankfort investigate the camp. Addison, claiming he's near death, offers a mysterious future meeting, then departs toward Glory Gulch as Frankfort retrieves his horse.

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