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Bret Harte. The Crusade of the Excelsior
The Crusade of the Excelsior
Table of Contents
PART I. IN BONDS
CHAPTER I
A CRUSADER AND A SIGN
CHAPTER II
ANOTHER PORTENT
CHAPTER III
"VIGILANCIA."
CHAPTER IV
IN THE FOG
CHAPTER V
TODOS SANTOS
CHAPTER VI
"HAIL AND FAREWELL."
CHAPTER VII
THE GENTLE CASTAWAYS
CHAPTER VIII
IN SANCTUARY
CHAPTER IX
AN OPEN-AIR PRISON
CHAPTER X
TODOS SANTOS SOLVES THE MYSTERY
CHAPTER XI
THE CAPTAIN FOLLOWS HIS SHIP
PART II. FREED
CHAPTER I
THE MOURNERS AT SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER II
THE MOURNERS AT TODOS SANTOS
CHAPTER III
INTERNATIONAL COURTESIES
CHAPTER IV
A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE
CHAPTER V
CLOUDS AND CHANGE
CHAPTER VI
A MORE IMPORTANT ARRIVAL
CHAPTER VII
THE RETURN OF THE EXCELSIOR
CHAPTER VIII
HOSTAGE
CHAPTER IX
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Bret Harte
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"And you are grateful to all?"
The ship gave a sudden forward plunge. Miss Keene involuntarily clutched the air with her little hand, that had been resting on the settee between them, and the young man caught it in his own.
