Beadle's New York Dime Library No. 96

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A serial adventure story by Captain Frederick Whittaker serialized in Beadle & Adams Half-Dime Library (June 16, 1880). The narrative opens with the Wyoming Massacre during the Revolutionary War, depicting the rout of American farmers and militia by British regulars, Tory Rangers, and Native American warriors at the Susquehanna River. A skilled Irish ranger known as "Double-Death" makes a dramatic escape while attempting to rescue fugitives, his deadly marksmanship with a double-barreled rifle earning him fearsome reputation among the enemy. The story shifts to Philadelphia, where the beautiful and cunning Charlotte Lacy, a British spy, manipulates the Loyalist John Barbour to gain access to his son Everard, a young patriot officer on General Arnold's staff, intending to seduce him for intelligence. Meanwhile, Everard reunites with his estranged father, who reveals he is running contraband supplies between the lines under Arnold's own pass. The fragmentary conclusion shows Arnold receiving urgent news from a ranger, suggesting further complications ahead.