Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... returned . The birds sang and trilled as on our own June mornings . Man , bird , and beast were again alive . The dinner , brilliant with flowers , and quaint old table services , and rarer laces , wonderful fans , and odd country ways ...
... returned . The birds sang and trilled as on our own June mornings . Man , bird , and beast were again alive . The dinner , brilliant with flowers , and quaint old table services , and rarer laces , wonderful fans , and odd country ways ...
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... returned to her almost desolate home with a faint hope in her breast . A great change had come over Annie Stevens in the last few months . deep blue eyes had lost much of their sparkling beauty , the lines of care had begun to appear on ...
... returned to her almost desolate home with a faint hope in her breast . A great change had come over Annie Stevens in the last few months . deep blue eyes had lost much of their sparkling beauty , the lines of care had begun to appear on ...
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... returned to the fort . Then Hernando heaved a sigh and said : " It seems useless for you to worry yourself about this secret , Viola ; it is certainly lost , hidden by those surly guards , who permit no one to enter the death - chamber ...
... returned to the fort . Then Hernando heaved a sigh and said : " It seems useless for you to worry yourself about this secret , Viola ; it is certainly lost , hidden by those surly guards , who permit no one to enter the death - chamber ...
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... returned , and they had been betrothed some time when they went to the castle in the hope of solving the mystery to which Viola's mother had given her the key . The Spanish officer who had been watching them came toward them , and in an ...
... returned , and they had been betrothed some time when they went to the castle in the hope of solving the mystery to which Viola's mother had given her the key . The Spanish officer who had been watching them came toward them , and in an ...
Page 131
... returned from liberty , but no smuggled liquor was found , and the mystery grew and deepened until the commander of the ship be- came almost desperate . Then it dawned upon the chief officer's mind that Bumboat Kate was the rum smuggler ...
... returned from liberty , but no smuggled liquor was found , and the mystery grew and deepened until the commander of the ship be- came almost desperate . Then it dawned upon the chief officer's mind that Bumboat Kate was the rum smuggler ...
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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