Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411

1891 · 32 pages

New York Jack's Mettle: Old Traps and His Drums This serialized adventure by Barry Ringgold concerns sixteen-year-old Jack Jones and a stolen fortune. When robber Sam Cone seizes a sachet containing nearly a million dollars from Jack's invalid uncle Mr. Benton in San Francisco, Cone leaps into an ascending balloon. Jack pursues, clinging to the balloon car despite Cone's knife threats. After a violent struggle, Jack subdues Cone with his pistol and secures him with rope, aided by Grace Gordon, the balloon operator's niece, whom Jack had befriended. Aloft and unable to control the balloon's valve, Jack and Grace drift northeastward toward the Sierra Nevada. Meanwhile, eight confederates of Cone, discovering their comrade has absconded with the entire treasure, begin pursuit. They waylay Professor Gordon, Grace's uncle, forcing him to guide them. Their two confederates sent ahead in a carriage are found dead and scalped—killed by Native Americans who stole the horse.

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 1 of 32 — 1 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 2 of 32 — 2 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 3 of 32 — 3 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 4 of 32 — 4 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 5 of 32 — 5 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 6 of 32 — 6 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 7 of 32 — 7 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 8 of 32 — 8 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 9 of 32 — 9 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 10 of 32 — 10 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 11 of 32 — 11 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 12 of 32 — 12 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 13 of 32 — 13 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 14 of 32 — 14 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 15 of 32 — 15 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 16 of 32 — 16 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 17 of 32 — 17 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 18 of 32 — 18 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 19 of 32 — 19 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 20 of 32 — 20 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 21 of 32 — 21 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 22 of 32 — 22 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 23 of 32 — 23 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 24 of 32 — 24 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 25 of 32 — 25 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 26 of 32 — 26 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 27 of 32 — 27 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 28 of 32 — 28 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 29 of 32 — 29 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 30 of 32 — 30 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 31 of 32 — 31 / 32

Beadle's Pocket Library No. 411 — page 32 of 32 — 32 / 32