The New York Dime Library No. 998

1897 · 52 pages

Captain Sea Waif, the Privateer This issue of Beadle's Dime Library (No. 998, December 8, 1897) features the opening chapters of "Captain Sea Waif, the Privateer" by Ned Buntline, a serial adventure set during the American Revolution. The narrative introduces Edward Seawaif, a mysterious young man of apparently noble birth—found as an infant in a chest from a shipwreck near Nantucket, raised by a hermit named Edward Zerr. Merchant Phineas Cringle hires Seawaif to command the armed schooner *Tyrannicide*, outfitted with carronades and bearing a blood-red flag reading "Death to Tyrants and their Tools." Upon boarding, Seawaif interrupts a duel between the ship's surgeon, Dr. La Motte (French), and first officer Doolittle, quarreling over dietary preferences—frogs versus pork with molasses. The captain restores order, and the officers reconcile. The story develops Seawaif's mysterious origins, hinted at through a family crest bearing fleur-de-lis and crossed swords, suggesting noble parentage to be discovered.

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 1 of 52 — 1 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 2 of 52 — 2 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 3 of 52 — 3 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 4 of 52 — 4 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 5 of 52 — 5 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 6 of 52 — 6 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 7 of 52 — 7 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 8 of 52 — 8 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 9 of 52 — 9 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 10 of 52 — 10 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 11 of 52 — 11 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 12 of 52 — 12 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 13 of 52 — 13 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 14 of 52 — 14 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 15 of 52 — 15 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 16 of 52 — 16 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 17 of 52 — 17 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 18 of 52 — 18 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 19 of 52 — 19 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 20 of 52 — 20 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 21 of 52 — 21 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 22 of 52 — 22 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 23 of 52 — 23 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 24 of 52 — 24 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 25 of 52 — 25 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 26 of 52 — 26 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 27 of 52 — 27 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 28 of 52 — 28 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 29 of 52 — 29 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 30 of 52 — 30 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 31 of 52 — 31 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 32 of 52 — 32 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 33 of 52 — 33 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 34 of 52 — 34 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 35 of 52 — 35 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 36 of 52 — 36 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 37 of 52 — 37 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 38 of 52 — 38 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 39 of 52 — 39 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 40 of 52 — 40 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 41 of 52 — 41 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 42 of 52 — 42 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 43 of 52 — 43 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 44 of 52 — 44 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 45 of 52 — 45 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 46 of 52 — 46 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 47 of 52 — 47 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 48 of 52 — 48 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 49 of 52 — 49 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 50 of 52 — 50 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 51 of 52 — 51 / 52

The New York Dime Library No. 998 — page 52 of 52 — 52 / 52