The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi

The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi
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Altsheler Joseph Alexander. The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi

CHAPTER I. THE CALL

CHAPTER II. A FOREST ENVOY

CHAPTER III. AN INVISIBLE CHASE

CHAPTER IV. TAKING A "GALLEON"

CHAPTER V. ON THE GREAT RIVER

CHAPTER VI. BATTLE AND STORM

CHAPTER VII. THE LONE VOYAGER

CHAPTER VIII. THE CHATEAU OF BEAULIEU

CHAPTER IX. PAUL AND THE SPANIARD

CHAPTER X. A BARBARIC ORDEAL

CHAPTER XI. THE SPANIARD'S OFFER

CHAPTER XII. THE SHADOW IN THE FOREST

CHAPTER XIII. THE WHITE STALLION

CHAPTER XIV. NEW ORLEANS

CHAPTER XV. BEFORE BERNARDO GALVEZ

CHAPTER XVI. IN PRISON

CHAPTER XVII. THE FLAW IN THE ARMOR

CHAPTER XVIII. NORTHWARD WITH THE FLEET

CHAPTER XIX. THE BATTLE OF THE BANK

CHAPTER XX. THE BATTLE OF THE BAYOU

CHAPTER XXI. THE DEFENSE OF THE FIVE

CHAPTER XXII. THE CHOSEN TASK

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A group of men were seated in a pleasant valley, where the golden beams of the sun sifted in myriads through the green leaves. They were about fifty in number and all were white. Most of them were dressed in Old World fashion, doublets, knee breeches, hose, and cocked hats. Nearly all were dark; olive faces, black hair, and black pointed beards, but now and then one had fair hair, and eyes of a cold, pale blue. Manner, speech, looks, and dress, alike differentiated them from the borderers. They were not the kind of men whom one would expect to find in these lonely woods in the heart of North America.

The leader of the company—and obviously he was such—was one of the few who belonged to the blonde type. His eyes were of the chilly, metallic blue, and his hair, long and fair, curled at the ends. His dress, of some fine, black cloth, was scrupulously neat and clean, and a silver-hilted small sword swung it his belt. He was not more than thirty.

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"I must go," replied Paul, "although I thank you for the courtesy."

"But we cannot part with you now," said the Spaniard, "you are on Spanish soil. Others of your kind may be near, also, and you and they have come, uninvited. I would know more about it."

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