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Beadle's Pocket Library No. 103

1885 · Free to read

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About this issue

This serialized novella by Edward L. Wheeler (author of Deadwood Dick) follows the opening day of a grand horse race at Bummer's Bend, a rough mining town in Northern Arizona. The territory is inhabited by Apache and other tribes led by Chief Hoko-me-go-to ("White Face"). General Howard commands a nearby military fort; his nephew Dandy Dell, a gambler and bully who claims to run the town, is favored to win on his horse Flying Star. Arrival of new characters—an eccentric young woman in male attire called Cinnamon Chip (armed with revolvers); Captain Mayburn and companions (rangers with good horses); and an elegant dandy sport on a spotted horse—threatens Dell's dominance. When Dell insults the sport, conflict erupts between the territorial power structure and the newcomers.

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