Deadwood Dick Library No. 28

Dick Turpin Library: A Race for Life This periodical features "A Race for Life," the opening installment of a serial adventure novel. The story follows Jack Hoyle, an eighteen-year-old spendthrift from Lowell whose father dies insolvent after Jack's extravagant spending leaves the family estate mortgaged to Addison Tremaine, the firm's partner. Thrown into poverty with sixteen cents, Jack leaves town determined to reclaim his honor and fortune within five years. En route, he stays with Reverend Bond and befriends the rector's daughter, sweet sixteen-year-old Bessie. Later, in a scheme to accumulate wealth, Jack purchases thirty cats cheaply from a farmer for fifteen cents, arranging delivery to Boston where he intends to speculate on them. The narrative emphasizes redemption and honest ambition as Jack begins his journey toward financial independence and moral reformation.