The Firing Line
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Chambers Robert William. The Firing Line
CHAPTER I. A SKIRMISH
CHAPTER II. A LANDING
CHAPTER III. AN ADVANCE
CHAPTER IV. RECONNAISSANCE
CHAPTER V. A FLANK MOVEMENT
CHAPTER VI. ARMISTICE
CHAPTER VII. A CHANGE OF BASE
CHAPTER VIII. MANOEUVERING
CHAPTER IX. THE INVASION
CHAPTER X. TERRA INCOGNITA
CHAPTER XI. PATHFINDERS
CHAPTER XII. THE ALLIED FORCES
CHAPTER XIII. THE SILENT PARTNERS
CHAPTER XIV. STRATEGY
CHAPTER XV. UNDER FIRE
CHAPTER XVI. AN ULTIMATUM
CHAPTER XVII. ECHOES
CHAPTER XVIII. PERIL
CHAPTER XIX. THE LINE OF BATTLE
CHAPTER XX. A NEW ENEMY
CHAPTER XXI. REINFORCEMENTS
CHAPTER XXII. THE ROLL CALL
CHAPTER XXIII. A CAPITULATION
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SCHOOL OF THE RECRUIT
CHAPTER XXV. A CONFERENCE
CHAPTER XXVI. SEALED INSTRUCTIONS
CHAPTER XXVII. MALCOURT LISTENS
CHAPTER XXVIII. HAMIL IS SILENT
CHAPTER XXIX. CALYPSO'S GIFT
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The Ariani was to sail that evening, her destination being Miami and the West Coast where Portlaw desired to do some tarpon fishing and Wayward had railroad interests. Malcourt, always in a receptive attitude, was quite ready to go anywhere when invited. Otherwise he preferred a remunerative attention to business.
"It's been perfectly stunning—this cruise," he said. "It was kind of you, Wayward; I don't know how to tell you how kind—but your boat's a corker and you are another—"
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"You said—"
"I know what I said: I said that we might become friends. But even so, you have already cost me something. Tell me"—he began to listen for this little trick of speech—"how many men do you know who would not misunderstand what I have done this evening? And—do you understand it, Mr. Hamil?"
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