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Beadle's Pocket Library No. 185

1887 · Free to read

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About this issue

This issue features "Bison Bill, the Overland Prince," a serial by Col. Prentiss Ingraham, presented as an adventure tale set in California's gold country. The narrative opens with two miners—Hugh Arleigh and Burt Bernard—who were childhood rivals in love, meeting by chance in the mountains. After reconciling, Arleigh discovers a rich gold vein but becomes feverish from exhaustion. Consumed by jealousy over Arleigh's sudden fortune and past romantic victory, Bernard succumbs to temptation and murders his companion by throwing him into a swollen river during a storm. The story then shifts to San Francisco, where Bernard, now a wealthy millionaire speculator, gambles heavily at a faro table and loses catastrophically—until a mysterious young Army officer intervenes, miraculously winning back Bernard's lost fortune of $115,000. The narrative promises further developments involving this enigmatic savior and hints at darker forces at work.

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