The Rover of the Andes: A Tale of Adventure on South America
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Rover of the Andes: A Tale of Adventure on South America
Chapter One. A Tale of Adventure in South America. At the Foot of the Mountain Range
Chapter Two. Compact with the New Friend and Discovery of an Old One
Chapter Three. Lingual Difficulties Accompanied by Physical Dangers and followed by the Advent of Banditti
Chapter Four. In which Quashy is Communicative and an Enemy is Turned into a Friend
Chapter Five. Lawrence and Quashy become “Flosuffical,” and they camp out beside the “Giant’s Castle.”
Chapter Six. A Storm in the Mountains—Refuge found—Converse round the Fire
Chapter Seven. Things begin to look Brighter—The Guide’s Story
Chapter Eight. A New Acquaintance and a Change of Scene
Chapter Nine. Tells of a Tremendous Catastrophe
Chapter Ten. Recounts some Terrible and some Vigorous Deeds
Chapter Eleven. Outwitted by a Bandit
Chapter Twelve. Thick Woods, Heat, Change of Scene, and Savages
Chapter Thirteen. Deals with Spotted Tiger’s Home, and a Hunting Expedition
Chapter Fourteen. The Hunt continued; one of the Hunters almost concluded. Explorations indulged in, and a Capture effected
Chapter Fifteen. An Unexpected Attack and an Unlooked-for Arrival
Chapter Sixteen. Tells of Absurd, as well as Evil, Doings, and winds up with a Horrid Surprise
Chapter Seventeen. In which Ingenuity, Comicality, Ferocity, Eccentricity, Fecundity, and some other “Ities” in Man and Beast are mentioned
Chapter Eighteen. Pedro becomes communicative; Manuela vocal; Lawrence preposterous; Quashy and Tiger violent—The Whole ending in a Grand Catastrophe
Chapter Nineteen. In which, among other things, Lawrence refuses an Invitation, and bids a Final Farewell to Manuela
Chapter Twenty. Is cumulatively Astonishing
Chapter Twenty One. Hopes, Fears, Perplexities, Joys, and Explanations
Chapter Twenty Two. Colonel Marchbanks proves to be not so Good a General as he gets Credit for, and Lawrence stands self-convicted
Chapter Twenty Three. Treats of Savages, Captives, Chases, Accidents, Incidents, and Perplexities
Chapter Twenty Four. Lawrence and his Man fall in with Strangers, hear Good News, and experience Rough Usage
Chapter Twenty Five. Begins with Gaucho Homes and Domestic Concerns; continues with two Fights, and ends with a Friend and a “Puzzler.”
Chapter Twenty Six. In which Old Friends and Enemies turn up in quite a Surprising Manner, and Quashy’s Joy overflows
Chapter Twenty Seven. Describes several Interesting and somewhat Violent Proceedings
Chapter Twenty Eight. Treats of a Gaucho Youth
Chapter Twenty Nine. Describes several Mysterious Meetings and Conversations
Chapter Thirty. The Last
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Keeping the fire low in order to prevent its being seen by any of the wandering bands of patriots—alias soldiers, alias banditti—who might chance to be in the neighbourhood, the three travellers thus thrown unexpectedly together ate their supper in comparative silence, Lawrence and Pedro exchanging a comment on the viands now and then, and the handsome Indian girl sitting opposite to them with her eyes for the most part fixed on the ground, though now and then she raised them to take a quick stealthy glance at the huge youth whose appetite did not seem to be greatly affected by his misfortunes. Perhaps she was wondering whether all Englishmen, possessed such innocent kindly faces and such ungainly though powerful frames. It may be that she was contrasting him with the handsome well-knit Pedro at his side.
Whatever her thoughts might have been, the short glances of her lustrous eyes gave no clue to them, and her tongue was silent, save when she replied by some brief monosyllable to a remark or query put in the Indian language occasionally by Pedro. Sometimes a gleam of the firelight threw her fine brown features into bold relief, but on these occasions, when Lawrence Armstrong chanced to observe them, they conveyed no expression whatever save that of profound gravity, with a touch, perhaps, of sadness.
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Most eyes, if human, would have got away from a pistol’s line of fire with precipitancy, but the eyes referred to did not disappear. On the contrary, they paid no regard whatever to the owner of the pistol, but continued to glare steadily at Lawrence Armstrong. Seeing this, Pedro hesitated to pull the trigger. He was quick to defend himself, but not prompt to kill. When he saw that the eyes slowly advanced out of the gloom, that they with the lips and teeth belonged to a negro who advanced into the room unarmed and with outspread hands, he quietly lowered his weapon, and glanced at Lawrence. No doubt Pedro felt, as he certainly looked, perplexed, when he observed that Lawrence returned the intruder’s gaze with almost equal intensity.
Suddenly the negro sprang towards the Englishman. He was a short, thick-set, and exceedingly powerful man; yet Lawrence made no move to defend himself.
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