Our Little Cuban Cousin

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Wade Mary Hazelton Blanchard. Our Little Cuban Cousin

CHAPTER I. DANGER

CHAPTER II. THE PICNIC

CHAPTER III. LEGENDS

CHAPTER IV. NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOURS

CHAPTER V. SUGAR

CHAPTER VI. THE QUARTERS

CHAPTER VII. HOME AGAIN

CHAPTER VIII. STARTLING NEWS

CHAPTER IX. FIRST YEARS IN THE NEW WORLD

CHAPTER X. THE MERRIMAC

CHAPTER XI. VICTORY

CHAPTER XII. HAVANA

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"Maria! Maria! Maria!" was the low call from some unknown direction. It sounded like a whisper, yet it must have travelled from a distance. Low as it was, the little girl dozing in the hammock in the lemon grove was awake in an instant. She sprang out and stood with hands shading her eyes, looking for the owner of the voice.

She well knew what it meant. Ramon was the only one who had agreed to call in this way. It was a sign of danger! It meant, "The enemy are coming. Look out and get ready." Shouldn't you think our little Cuban cousin would have trembled and cried, or at least run for protection to her mother?

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"He'll be so lonesome," she said; "and I just know he'll call 'Isabella' all day long."

The dear little girl cried hard, but everybody's hands were so full that Mr. Poll was left in the house. A big linen cloth was stretched over the cage. If kept in the dark, he would probably be still, and not attract the attention of the soldiers, if they stopped and looked in. The black man servant, Miguel, stayed behind to shut up the chickens in barrels, but would follow the rest of the party in a few moments.

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