Kit Musgrave's Luck
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Bindloss Harold. Kit Musgrave's Luck
PART I. THE WIDE HORIZON
CHAPTER I. KIT'S PLUNGE
CHAPTER II. OTHER RULES
CHAPTER III. A MOUNTAIN EXCURSION
CHAPTER IV. KIT'S OBSTINACY
CHAPTER V. MRS AUSTIN'S VERANDA
CHAPTER VI. THE INJURED PASSENGER
CHAPTER VII. THE BULLET
CHAPTER VIII. A SWIMMING MATCH
CHAPTER IX. KIT GIVES HIS CONFIDENCE
CHAPTER X. MRS. AUSTIN MAKES SOME PLANS
CHAPTER XI. THE PLANS WORK
PART II. RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER I. OLIVIA'S EXPERIMENT
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST VOYAGE
CHAPTER III. KIT'S SURPRISE
CHAPTER IV. WOLF GIVES A FEAST
CHAPTER V. WOLF'S OFFER
CHAPTER VI. BETTY CARRIES A MESSAGE
CHAPTER VII. SHIPPING CAMELS
CHAPTER VIII. AN IDLE AFTERNOON
CHAPTER IX. THE THIRD VOYAGE
CHAPTER X. SMOKE ON THE HORIZON
CHAPTER XI. MIGUEL TAKES CONTROL
CHAPTER XII. THE RETREAT TO THE BOAT
PART III. KIT FINDS HIS LEVEL
CHAPTER I. ILLUMINATION
CHAPTER II "CAYMAN'S" START
CHAPTER III. THE WADY
CHAPTER IV. KIT NEGOTIATES
CHAPTER V. THE RETURN TO THE BEACH
CHAPTER VI. BETTY DEMANDS HELP
CHAPTER VII. THE "LUCIA" ARRIVES
CHAPTER VIII "CAYMAN'S" RETURN
CHAPTER IX. KIT'S REWARD
CHAPTER X. OLIVIA'S REFUSAL
CHAPTER XI. DAYBREAK
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The morning was hot, and Kit Musgrave, leaning on the African liner's rail, watched the volcanic rocks of Grand Canary grow out of the silver haze. He was conscious of some disappointment, because on the voyage to Las Palmas he had pictured a romantic white city shining against green palms. Its inhabitants were grave Spaniards, who secluded their wives and daughters in old Moorish houses with shady patios where fountains splashed. Now he saw he had got the picture wrong.
Las Palmas was white, but not at all romantic. A sandy isthmus, swept by rolling clouds of dust, connected the town and the frankly ugly port. The houses round the harbor looked like small brown blocks. Behind them rose the Isleta cinder hill; in front, coal-wharfs and limekilns, hidden now and then by dust, occupied the beach. Moreover, the Spaniards on board the boats about the ship were excited, gesticulating ruffians. Bombay peddlers, short, dark-skinned Portuguese, and Canario dealers in wine, tobacco, and singing birds, pushed up the gangway. All disputed noisily in their eagerness to show their goods to the passengers.
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Mrs. Austin noted her sister's glance at the boat. The tall young man was obviously English, and had come to take a post; he was raw and did not wear the tourist's stamp. Mrs. Austin knew men and there was something honest and thoughtful about him that she approved. All the same, she did not want Olivia to approve.
"Book Castilian; I think the accent's Lancashire," the girl remarked. "I wonder where he's going; African shipping office: bananas, or coal?"
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