Beadle's Pocket Library No. 295

Catalog Note This 1889 Beadle and Adams dime novel installment features "White Wing, the Ferret Flyer; or, Old Dirk, the Oyster Pirate" by Charles Morris. The serialized adventure opens with Frank Frazer and Bart Wilson at Guy's Gardens, a Baltimore beer garden. Frank dances with a veiled woman who warns him of mortal danger—specifically a vendetta and threats on his life connected to events in Shenandoah Valley involving the Manley family and an old cashier's death. The mysterious woman vanishes after the dance. Frank and Bart, despite warnings to avoid Fremont Avenue, deliberately take that route and narrowly escape an assassination attempt. Chapter II shifts to a racetrack scene where Frank receives another cryptic letter from "The Fair Unknown" warning against attending the races. The narrative combines romantic mystery with action-adventure elements centered on persistent threats to Frank's life.