Beadle's Pocket Library, Vol. II, No. 18

1884 · 32 pages

Death-Face, the Detective This Beadle's Half-Dime Library issue contains the serial "Death-Face, the Detective; or, Life and Love in New York" by Edward L. Wheeler, author of "Deadwood Dick." The narrative begins in Central Park at sunset, where seventeen-year-old Celia Orwick, a poor sewing girl, waits in a vine-covered arbor. She meets with Dock Raymond, a stylish young man who professes his love for her. After he departs, the darkly handsome Ned St. Cloud arrives—he had previously seduced her under promise of marriage. When Celia threatens to expose him publicly and demands he marry her that night, St. Cloud strangles her in the arbor, leaving her corpse on a rustic bench. The next chapter introduces a young West Point cadet visiting Dr. J.C. Heidle's residence on Baxter Street in the sweltering summer heat. The cadet carries information concerning "a case of vital importance" involving monetary compensation. The installment ends as the doctor's servant readmits the visitor.

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