Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 388

This installment of a serialized Western adventure, titled "A Warning," concerns a mysterious Spanish passenger aboard a stagecoach headed to an Oregon mining camp. En route, the driver Con Barry and the passenger, Senor Fabriano, receive a warning note from a mysterious horseman about the outlaw Don Carlos, who preys on travelers. Despite the threat, the coach proceeds and reaches the ambush point. Simultaneously, the narrative shifts to reveal Senor Valanquez—a Spanish-Mexican villain—and his accomplice Rube Martin plotting near a dance-house. They observe a beautiful Mexican girl named Lola dancing with a man named Andres, while a jealous suitor named Rafaelle Milado watches with barely suppressed fury. Tension escalates when Lola confronts Milado, refusing to accept his tyrannical control and declaring her independence from his abuse.