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Beadle's Dime Novels No. 233: The Privateer's Bride
This issue collects two serialized stories from Beadle's Dime Novels. "The Forest Specter: The Young Hunter's Foe" by Edward Willett follows a young hunter and forest veteran who lose a beautiful girl while piloting her through the wilderness from Virginia settlements to Kentucky stockades; a mysterious "siren voice" leads the hunter astray, deepening the mystery of her disappearance. "The Privateer's Bride" by J. R. Caldwell concerns the *Sea Gull*, an American privateer that has raided British shipping for two years. Caught in a violent Atlantic storm off Bristol Channel, the vessel approaches rocky breakers while hostile shore inhabitants refuse aid. A mysterious lantern signal from an inland castle guides pilot Terrence O'Toole through a hidden passage to safety, though the ship remains endangered and observers onshore plot against the crew.