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Gustave Aimard. The Treasure of Pearls
The Treasure of Pearls
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE PIECES AND THE BOARD
CHAPTER II. ENVY NO MAN HIS GRAVE
CHAPTER III. THE PIRATE'S BEQUEST
CHAPTER IV. A DESERT MYSTERY
CHAPTER V. THE GODSEND
CHAPTER VI. ANY PORT IN A STORM
CHAPTER VII. A WAKING NIGHTMARE
CHAPTER VIII. THE "LITTLE JOKER."
CHAPTER IX. THE WAY LAYERS
CHAPTER X. THE PEARL DIVER'S PRICE
THE TWO CAPTAINS OF THE "GOLETA."
CHAPTER XII. THE ROUT COMPLETE
CHAPTER XIII. INTERVENTION
CHAPTER XIV. THE HAUL OF MILLIONS
CHAPTER XV. THE PATHFINDER'S HONOUR
CHAPTER XVI. A HAVEN WORSE THAN THE STORM
CHAPTER XVII. THE PUREST OF PEARLS
CHAPTER XVIII. OUT AND AWAY
CHAPTER XIX. THE OLD, OLD FRIENDS
CHAPTER XX. THE ANGELITO
CHAPTER XXI. THE LANCERS' CHARGE
CHAPTER XXII. THE PACT OF BLOOD
CHAPTER XXIII. CANNON IS BROUGHT TO BEAR
CHAPTER XXIV. THE UNWILLING VOLUNTEER
CHAPTER XXV. THE LOYALTY OF THE APACHE
CHAPTER XXVI. THE HARVEST OF THE KNIFE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE TRUE CABALLERO
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BEST BAIT TO CATCH APACHES
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Gustave Aimard
A Romance of Adventures in California
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And as a white man on seeing a man of another hue on the trail, at once believes that the object of the chase is one of his own colour, he turned to, and, having no other intentions to overrule, began to dog the slayer of don José de Miranda as successfully and closely as he was following the Mexicans. It was not to be expected that the foreigner did not make blunders in this manhunt, so novel to him, but his very incaution or missteps actually helped him, for the savage, unable to believe that a man would dream of breaking a twig noisily in a wild perhaps not devoid of certain enemies, attributed the two or three alarming sounds in his rear to animals, from whom he had nothing to dread.
In brief, Gladsden arrived at the halting place of the Mexicans in time to see poor Benito make his stand, and hear the savage, as he disclosed himself, utter the arrogant "Presente" as he bared his knife to complete his triple tragedy.
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