Where Duty Called: or, In Honor Bound
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Browne George Waldo. Where Duty Called: or, In Honor Bound
CHAPTER I "A GRAND OPPORTUNITY."
CHAPTER II. A SUSPICIOUS CRAFT
CHAPTER III. THE YOUNG EXILE
CHAPTER IV. PUT IN IRONS
CHAPTER V. ESCAPE FROM THE LIBERTADOR
CHAPTER VI. A SWIM FOR LIFE
CHAPTER VII. TAKEN ASHORE
CHAPTER VIII. JAGUAR CLAWS
CHAPTER IX. THE MYSTERY OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
CHAPTER X "WE HAVE BEEN BETRAYED!"
CHAPTER XI. A PERILOUS FLIGHT
CHAPTER XII. A LONELY RIDE
CHAPTER XIII. IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY
CHAPTER XIV. INDIAN WARFARE
CHAPTER XV. A FRIENDLY VOICE
CHAPTER XVI. COLONEL MARCHAND
CHAPTER XVII. A CUNNING RUSE
CHAPTER XVIII. RONIE RECEIVES A COMMISSION
CHAPTER XIX. THE SCOUT IN THE JUNGLE
CHAPTER XX. ADVENTURES AND SURPRISES
CHAPTER XXI "THE MOUNTAIN LION."
CHAPTER XXII. A FIGHT WITH THE GUERRILLAS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE NEWS AT LA GUAYRA
CHAPTER XXIV. INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL CASTRO
CHAPTER XXV. THE SPY OF CARACAS
CHAPTER XXVI "IT IS MANUEL MARLIN!"
CHAPTER XXVII. GOOD NEWS
CHAPTER XXVIII. VICTORY AND PEACE
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"I tell you, boys, there is something wrong about this vessel."
The speaker was Jack Greenland, and his companions were Ronie and Harrie, but the scene is now many leagues from the quiet corner where they took their vote to hazard a journey to the rubber forests of Venezuela. Instead of the quaint old buildings of Manilla on the one hand, and the sullen old bay, filled with its odd-looking crafts, on the other, roll the blue waters of the Caribbean Sea, almost as placid as the southern sky that bends so benignly over their heads, while they stand by the taffrail of the rakish ship upon which they have only recently taken passage to the South American coast.
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"It is not well for one to repeat what one hears, sometimes," said Jack, by way of reply.
"I have a mind as well as ears, señors," replied the youth. "While I can see as well as I can hear, I can think for both eyes and ears. You are not satisfied with the appearance of the Libertador?"
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