Beadle's Dime Novels No. 133: Yankee Eph

"Foul-Weather Jack: or, The Double Wreck" by Roger Starbuck is a sea romance forthcoming in this Beadle dime novel issue. The catalog notes emphasize authentic maritime life depicted by an author with genuine seafaring experience, centering on the elderly skipper Foul-Weather Jack and a character named Ruth, daughter of the deep. Additionally featured is "The Thwarted Plot: An Episode of the Partisans," set in 1780 South Carolina. The narrative follows Helen D'Arcourt, whose father neutrally navigates the colonial revolutionary struggle. When a panther attacks Helen in the forest, a mysterious gentleman named St. Leon rescues her. Major Raynor arrives with dragoons, recognizes St. Leon as a rebel officer, and attempts his arrest. St. Leon escapes with his servant Ephraim, who violently intervenes. Pursued through ravines, Ephraim is captured while St. Leon escapes. Raynor threatens execution and interrogates Ephraim, the comic-relief character with distinctive dialect speech.