The Bee Hunters: A Tale of Adventure

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Aimard Gustave. The Bee Hunters: A Tale of Adventure

CHAPTER I. A MEETING IN THE FAR WEST

CHAPTER II. IN THE FOREST

CHAPTER III. THE CALLI

CHAPTER IV. SUPERFICIAL REMARKS

CHAPTER V. CONFIDENTIAL CHAT

CHAPTER VI. THE JOURNEY

CHAPTER VII. THE SKIRMISH

CHAPTER VIII. THE PUEBLO (THE TOWN)

CHAPTER IX. DOÑA HERMOSA

CHAPTER X. EL AS DE COPAS (THE ACE OF HEARTS)

CHAPTER XI. THE RANCHO

CHAPTER XII. THE REDSKINS

CHAPTER XIII. THE MIDNIGHT MEETING

CHAPTER XIV. DON ESTEVAN DIAZ

CHAPTER XV. DON GUZMAN DE RIBERA

CHAPTER XVI. THE POST HOUSE IN THE PAMPAS

CHAPTER XVII. A DELICATE FEDERAL ATTENTION

CHAPTER XVIII. TREACHERY

CHAPTER XIX. THE END OF THE STORY

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The unknown had struck into a dense forest, the last skirts of which dwindled away close to the banks of the Rio Bermejo.

American forests have little resemblance to those of the Old World: in the former, the trees shoot up hap-hazard, crossing and interlacing each other, and sometimes leaving large spaces completely open, strewn with dead trees, uprooted, and piled on each other in the strangest manner.

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"Oh!" cried the father, falling on his knees beside the young girl, seizing her hand and covering it with kisses, while his face was inundated with tears; "My fortune – my life – to him who will save my cherished child!"

The unknown had dismounted, and observed the girl with sombre and pensive eye. At last, after several minutes of this mute contemplation, he turned towards the stranger.

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