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Beadle's Pocket Library No. 137

1886 · Free to read

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About this issue

This issue of the dime novel series features "Dandy Rock, the Man from Texas: A Wild Romance of the Land of Gold" by G. Waldo Browne. The opening chapters introduce three prospectors seeking fortune in Gold Dust Hollow, California: Silver Ray (a Down-east Yankee), Dandy Rock Randel (an ex-Texas Ranger), and Chauncy Clifford (an Eastern newcomer). Dandy Rock warns them the valley is haunted by spirit miners who killed its previous owners with mysterious silver bullets. Descending into the ravine, they discover a blind old miner and his beautiful but deaf-and-dumb daughter working a gold claim. A stranger suddenly attempts to shoot the pair; Chauncy fires reflexively, killing the man. He is immediately captured by miners led by Stockton Sharp, who demand his execution. Silver Ray and Dandy Rock arrive and intervene, drawing guns and refusing to surrender their companion. A captain then appears, suggesting further complications.

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