At the Point of the Sword

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Herbert Hayens. At the Point of the Sword

At the Point of the Sword

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"IN A SHORT TIME THEY HAD BOUND OUR ARMS TIGHTLY WITH STRIPS OF HIDE" … … Frontispiece

AT THE POINT OF THE SWORD

CHAPTER I

A BIRTHDAY EVE

CHAPTER II

AN EXCITING VOYAGE

CHAPTER II

THE END OF THE "AGUILA."

"Help! help!" I exclaimed, faintly; but he heard me, and I knew I was saved

CHAPTER IV

THE SILVER KEY

CHAPTER V

IN THE HIDDEN VALLEY

CHAPTER VI

WE LEAVE THE HIDDEN VALLEY

CHAPTER VII

WHOM THE GODS LOVE DIE YOUNG

CHAPTER VIII

A FRIENDLY OPPONENT

CHAPTER IX

A GLEAM OF HOPE

CHAPTER X

A STORMY INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XI

A NARROW ESCAPE

Pushing off his sandy bed-clothes at our approach, he struggled to his feet

CHAPTER XII

A STERN PURSUIT

CHAPTER XIII

HOME AGAIN

CHAPTER XIV

FRIEND OR FOE!

CHAPTER XV

WE CATCH A TARTAR

CHAPTER XVI

GLORIOUS NEWS

CHAPTER XVII

DUTY FIRST

CHAPTER XVIII

DARK DAYS

CHAPTER XIX

FALSE PLAY, OR NOT?

CHAPTER XX

"SAVE HIM, JUAN, SAVE HIM!"

"Save him, Juan, save him!"

CHAPTER XXI

ROUGH JUSTICE

He glanced contemptuously at the gigantic Sorillo

CHAPTER XXII

THE "SILVER KEY" AGAIN

CHAPTER XXIII

AN OPEN-AIR PRISON

CHAPTER XXIV

A DANGEROUS JOURNEY

CHAPTER XXV

BACK TO DUTY

CHAPTER XXVI

THE HUSSARS OF JUNIN

CHAPTER XXVII

A DISASTROUS RETREAT

CHAPTER XXVIII

THE BATTLE OF THE GENERALS

CHAPTER XXIX

HOME AGAIN

"A soldier from Ayacucho! Here is one of our brave deliverers!"

AT THE POINT OF THE SWORD

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Herbert Hayens

Published by Good Press, 2019

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José smiled, and, still leaning on me, went below to the cabin, where, removing our wet things, we had a good rub down.

"Thanks, my boy!" said José, "but for your help I doubt if I could have got back. The poor beggar nearly throttled me, down under!" and I noticed on his throat the marks of fingers that must have pressed him like a vice.

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