The Coast of Adventure
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Bindloss Harold. The Coast of Adventure
CHAPTER I. FATHER AGUSTIN'S SHEEP
CHAPTER II. THE ADVENTURES BEGIN
CHAPTER III. HIGH STAKES
CHAPTER IV. THE "ENCHANTRESS"
CHAPTER V. THE CALL OF THE UNKNOWN
CHAPTER VI. ON THE SPANISH MAIN
CHAPTER VII. MANGROVE CREEK
CHAPTER VIII. THE TRAITOR
CHAPTER IX. STRANDED
CHAPTER X. THE PEON PILOT
CHAPTER XI. A MODERN DON QUIXOTE
CHAPTER XII. BAITING THE SMUGGLERS
CHAPTER XIII. THE EMERALD RING
CHAPTER XIV. SMOOTH WATER
CHAPTER XV. THE TORNADO
CHAPTER XVI. THE RUSE
CHAPTER XVII. ELUDING THE GUNBOAT
CHAPTER XVIII. THE TEST OF LOVE
CHAPTER XIX. THE CUBAN SPY
CHAPTER XX. THE ARREST OF CASTILLO
CHAPTER XXI. A HALF-BREED'S TRICK
CHAPTER XXII. HELD FOR RANSOM
CHAPTER XXIII. THE INTERCEPTED NOTE
CHAPTER XXIV. IN THE CAMP OF THE HILLSMEN
CHAPTER XXV. A TRIAL OF SPEED
CHAPTER XXVI. TRAPPED
CHAPTER XXVII. HANDS DOWN
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PRESIDENT'S DESPATCHES
CHAPTER XXIX. THE PRESIDIO
CHAPTER XXX. THE ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXXI. THE AMERICAN TRADER
CHAPTER XXXII. LOVE'S VISION
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HERO OF RIO FRIO
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE COMING DAWN
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A half moon hung over the flat roofs and the air was very still. Walthew and Grahame sat on a balcony surrounding the patio of Don Martin Sarmiento's house. The lattice windows that opened onto the balcony had old but artistic hinges of bronze, and the crumbling hardwood rails showed traces of skilful carving. Below, a small fountain splashed in a marble basin surrounded by palmettos, and a creeper covered a trellis with trails of dusky purple. A faint smell of decay mingled with the more pungent odors of garlic and olive oil from the kitchen in the courtyard, where a clatter was going on, but no sound from outside broke the silence. Rio Frio was very quiet now.
Cups of black coffee and a plate of fruit stood on a table in front of the men, and the señorita Blanca Sarmiento sat in a low chair opposite, with her duenna a few yards away. Blanca was then nineteen, and Walthew, watching her with unobtrusive admiration, wondered how it was that her relatives had not already arranged a marriage for her, unless, perhaps, her father's political opinions stood in the way. One ran a risk in opposing the Government at Rio Frio. The girl was attractive, with a finely molded figure, the grace of which was displayed by her languid pose. Her hair was dark and coiled in heavy masses on a small, well-shaped head; her lips were full and very red, but her eyes were a deep blue and her skin fairer than that of the Spanish-American women Walthew hitherto had met. Nor did she use the powder they lavishly employ.
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"And so you gave them to Don Martin!" he remarked dryly.
"He is not watched as I am," Castillo answered. "I am hunted among the sierras, I hide in the fever swamps; but where I pass I leave a spark that tyranny cannot trample out. It burns and spreads; by and by there comes the purging conflagration."
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