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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