Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father

1898 · 35 pages

Tip Top Weekly, No. 139, December 20, 1898 This issue features the opening installment of "Frank Merriwell's Father: The Man with Money to Burn" by the author of "Frank Merriwell." The serial concerns Frank Merriwell, a young actor-playwright, and Parker Folansbee, manager of a traveling dramatic company performing Frank's four-act comedy-drama "John Smith of Montana" across the Midwest. Crisis strikes when the actor playing the villain, Percy Lockwell—exposed by Frank in a poker game as a cheat—deserts the company before their Marshall, Kansas performance that evening. While Folansbee panics, the unflappable Merriwell calmly reveals a greater problem: their play's signature saw mill scene closely resembles one in an Eastern production, risking legal action for plagiarism. Frank reassures Folansbee that small-town touring may avoid costly litigation, and discusses the phenomenon of independent authorial coincidence. The stage manager resolves the villain's absence by reinstating the original actor. The issue includes an "Applause" section and reader correspondence.

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 1 of 35 — 1 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 2 of 35 — 2 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 3 of 35 — 3 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 4 of 35 — 4 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 5 of 35 — 5 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 6 of 35 — 6 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 7 of 35 — 7 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 8 of 35 — 8 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 9 of 35 — 9 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 10 of 35 — 10 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 11 of 35 — 11 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 12 of 35 — 12 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 13 of 35 — 13 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 14 of 35 — 14 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 15 of 35 — 15 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 16 of 35 — 16 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 17 of 35 — 17 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 18 of 35 — 18 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 19 of 35 — 19 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 20 of 35 — 20 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 21 of 35 — 21 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 22 of 35 — 22 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 23 of 35 — 23 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 24 of 35 — 24 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 25 of 35 — 25 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 26 of 35 — 26 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 27 of 35 — 27 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 28 of 35 — 28 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 29 of 35 — 29 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 30 of 35 — 30 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 31 of 35 — 31 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 32 of 35 — 32 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 33 of 35 — 33 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 34 of 35 — 34 / 35

Tip Top Weekly No. 139: Frank Merriwell's Father — page 35 of 35 — 35 / 35