Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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Page 13
... dark eyes peeping shyly at him from the balcony above . A small white hand was extended from the balcony , holding a folded bit of paper . " Take this , señor , and go on . The spies are watching you . Don't let them see you read it ...
... dark eyes peeping shyly at him from the balcony above . A small white hand was extended from the balcony , holding a folded bit of paper . " Take this , señor , and go on . The spies are watching you . Don't let them see you read it ...
Page 18
... dark figure , keeping it continually in sight , stopping when it stopped , moving when it went , and turning when it turned . Often the strange guide would dart into some dark corner and remain invisible for several seconds at a time ...
... dark figure , keeping it continually in sight , stopping when it stopped , moving when it went , and turning when it turned . Often the strange guide would dart into some dark corner and remain invisible for several seconds at a time ...
Page 20
... darkness . Fernando drew his scarf about his shoulders , and , settling back in the vehicle , tried to catch a little sleep ; but any one who knows Cuban roads will real- ize how impossible that would be . Af- ter the first few miles ...
... darkness . Fernando drew his scarf about his shoulders , and , settling back in the vehicle , tried to catch a little sleep ; but any one who knows Cuban roads will real- ize how impossible that would be . Af- ter the first few miles ...
Page 24
... dark eyes , his handsome features assumed a look of fierceness , and his black , silken mustache quivered . But it was all gone in a moment . With an effort he put away his feelings , and said : “ ' It is a part of Spain's colonial ...
... dark eyes , his handsome features assumed a look of fierceness , and his black , silken mustache quivered . But it was all gone in a moment . With an effort he put away his feelings , and said : “ ' It is a part of Spain's colonial ...
Page 42
... dark looks . Something was wrong . For a moment it seemed as if the arrest of both would follow ; but Don Manuel , who understood matters perfectly , drew the American aside and said in Spanish : " Es mejor darle un doblen a cada uno ...
... dark looks . Something was wrong . For a moment it seemed as if the arrest of both would follow ; but Don Manuel , who understood matters perfectly , drew the American aside and said in Spanish : " Es mejor darle un doblen a cada uno ...
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Common terms and phrases
Aibonito American answered arms army asked battle Bayamo beautiful began boat brave Bumboat Camaguey camp captain Captain-General castle Cervera Cespedes coast Colonel Marti command Constellino cruiser Cuba Cuba Libre Cuban danger dark deck Don Manuel door enemy ensign eyes face father Fernando Stevens fight filibuster fire flag fleet gazing George Stevens guardia civil guns hand harbor Havana heart hope insurgents island José Marti knew land leftenant Lieutenant Stevens look Manila miles Mirs Bay Morro mother Nathan never night officer Parker patriots port Puerto Rico reached Roosevelt Rough Riders sailors San Juan San Juan Heights Santiago Santiago de Cuba seemed Senada señor Señorita sent shells ship shore shot side silence smoke soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish stone strange thought thousand told took troops turned vessels Viola volunteers wife wounded young