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The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West
Table of Contents
Captain Mayne Reid
"The Quadroon"
Chapter One
The Father of Waters
Chapter Two
Six Months in the Crescent City
Chapter Three
The “Belle of the West.”
Chapter Four
The Rival Boats
Chapter Five
A Desirable Fellow-Passenger
Chapter Six
Antoine the Steward
Chapter Seven
The Starting
Chapter Eight
The “Coast” of the Mississippi
Chapter Nine
Eugénie Besançon
Chapter Ten
A New Mode of raising the Steam
Chapter Eleven
A Boat-Race upon the Mississippi
Chapter Twelve
The Life-Preserver
Chapter Thirteen
“Blessé.”
Chapter Fourteen
Where am I?
Chapter Fifteen
“Ole Zip.”
Chapter Sixteen
Monsieur Dominique Gayarre
Chapter Seventeen
“Aurore.”
Chapter Eighteen
The Creole and Quadroon
Chapter Nineteen
A Louisian Landscape
Chapter Twenty
My Journal
Chapter Twenty One
A Change of Quarters
Chapter Twenty Two
Aurore loves me
Chapter Twenty Three
A Surprise
Chapter Twenty Four
A Rival
Chapter Twenty Five
An Hour of Bliss
Chapter Twenty Six
The “Nigger Quarter.”
Chapter Twenty Seven
The Devil’s Douche
Chapter Twenty Eight
Gayarre and “Bully Bill.”
Chapter Twenty Nine
“Elle t’aime!”
Chapter Thirty
Thoughts
Chapter Thirty One
Dreams
Chapter Thirty Two
Stung by a Snake
Chapter Thirty Three
The Runaway
Chapter Thirty Four
Gabriel the Bambarra
Chapter Thirty Five
The Snake-Doctor
Chapter Thirty Six
Charming the Crotalus
Chapter Thirty Seven
Killing a Trail
Chapter Thirty Eight
The Pirogue
Chapter Thirty Nine
The Tree-Cavern
Chapter Forty
Hotel Gossip
Chapter Forty One
The Letter
Chapter Forty Two
The Wharf-Boat
Chapter Forty Three
The Norway Rat
Chapter Forty Four
The Houma
Chapter Forty Five
Jealousy
Chapter Forty Six
A Scientific Julep
Chapter Forty Seven
A Game of Whist
Chapter Forty Eight
The Game Interrupted
Chapter Forty Nine
The Sportsmen of the Mississippi
Chapter Fifty
The City
Chapter Fifty One
Vente Importante des Nègres
Chapter Fifty Two
Brown and Co
Chapter Fifty Three
Eugène d’Hauteville
Chapter Fifty Four
Pity for Love
Chapter Fifty Five
On Games and Gambling
Chapter Fifty Six
The Faro Bank
Chapter Fifty Seven
The Watch and Ring
Chapter Fifty Eight
My Forlorn Hope
Chapter Fifty Nine
The Rotundo
Chapter Sixty
The Slave-Mart
Chapter Sixty One
Bidding for my Betrothed
Chapter Sixty Two
The Hackney-Carriage
Chapter Sixty Three
To Bringiers
Chapter Sixty Four
Two Villains
Chapter Sixty Five
The Pawpaw Thicket
Chapter Sixty Six
The Elopement
Chapter Sixty Seven
The Lost Mustangs
Chapter Sixty Eight
A Night in the Woods
Chapter Sixty Nine
Love’s Vengeance
Chapter Seventy
Hounds on our Trail
Chapter Seventy One
The Signal
Chapter Seventy Two
The Sleuth-Hounds
Chapter Seventy Three
The Man-Hunter
Chapter Seventy Four
Shot for Shot
Chapter Seventy Five
Love in the Hour of Peril
Chapter Seventy Six
A Terrible Fate
Chapter Seventy Seven
The Sentence of Judge Lynch
Chapter Seventy Eight
In the Hands of the Sheriff
Chapter Seventy Nine
The Crisis
Note to the Preface
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Mayne Reid
Published by Good Press, 2019
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In truth, I did not flatter myself with such thoughts. I supposed that it was simple curiosity on her part—and no more. She saw that I was not of her own race. My complexion—the colour of my eyes—the cut of my garments—perhaps something gauche in my manner—told her I was a stranger to the soil, and that had excited her interest for a passing moment. A mere ethnological reflection—nothing more.
The act, however, had helped to pique my curiosity; and I felt desirous of knowing at least the name of this distinguished creature.
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