Our Little Porto Rican Cousin

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Wade Mary Hazelton Blanchard. Our Little Porto Rican Cousin

Preface

CHAPTER I. MANUEL

CHAPTER II. DOLORES

CHAPTER III. LESSONS

CHAPTER IV. THROUGH THE WOODS

CHAPTER V. THE COFFEE-TREE

CHAPTER VI. SONGS AND STORIES

CHAPTER VII. A CRUEL SPORT

CHAPTER VIII. EARLY TIMES

CHAPTER IX. THE CARIBS

CHAPTER X. A SEASIDE PICNIC

CHAPTER XI. THE WONDERFUL CAVE

CHAPTER XII. THE HURRICANE

CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW BABY

CHAPTER XIV. THE CITY

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It is a beautiful May day. The air is still, yet clear; the sun is shining brightly, but it is not too warm for comfort. There is not a cloud in the sky.

And yet lazy little Manuel lies curled up in his comfortable bed, sound asleep at eight o'clock in the morning. See! A smile lights up his face. Perhaps he is dreaming of his newly adopted American brothers.

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Vines climb up over the wide verandas; the stone work is nearly hidden by mosses which have made their home here; and, over all, the tall, graceful trees of the tropics sway gently to and fro.

There are water-lemon and banana, cocoanut and tamarind trees growing close to the house, and underneath in the rose-bushes and acacias hundreds of brilliant humming-birds are glancing in and out.

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