The Phantom Foe

This is a catalog of Beadle and Adams dime novels and related publications. The featured content is "The Phantom Foe; or, The Maid of Montmorenci" by Guy Greenwood, a serialized adventure narrative. The story opens with Ronald Danforth, a young English fugitive pursued by French forces, witnessing an Indian girl named Moretah in a bark canoe rapidly approaching Montmorenci Falls near Quebec. He rescues her by swimming to the canoe and guiding it onto a rock in the rapids. Stranded together on a small outcropping, the two face seemingly certain death as the waterfall roars below. Danforth refuses Moretah's pleas that he save himself alone. Moretah, daughter of Chief Kenado, attempts to sacrifice herself but is prevented by Danforth. Just as their situation appears hopeless, Moretah signals her father on the shore, who responds and approaches to offer assistance. The narrative emphasizes romance and peril within a colonial American frontier setting.