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Page 72
... course I shall not denounce O'Brien , " I said . " I , too , respect the honor of your house . " 66 ' You are even better than I thought you . And if I entreat you , for the love of your mother - of your sister ? Juan , it is not for ...
... course I shall not denounce O'Brien , " I said . " I , too , respect the honor of your house . " 66 ' You are even better than I thought you . And if I entreat you , for the love of your mother - of your sister ? Juan , it is not for ...
Page 77
... course . Suddenly I broke into cold perspiration at the thought that , after all , their purpose might be to drop me quickly overboard . " Carlos ! " I cried . I felt the point of a knife on my breast . " Silence , seņor ! " said a ...
... course . Suddenly I broke into cold perspiration at the thought that , after all , their purpose might be to drop me quickly overboard . " Carlos ! " I cried . I felt the point of a knife on my breast . " Silence , seņor ! " said a ...
Page 82
... course those forward knew nothing of my being on board . The man who had thrown me the rope - a passenger , a certain Major Cowper , going home with his wife and child - had walked away proudly , without deigning as much as to look at ...
... course those forward knew nothing of my being on board . The man who had thrown me the rope - a passenger , a certain Major Cowper , going home with his wife and child - had walked away proudly , without deigning as much as to look at ...
Page 84
... course with ourselves . Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my for- tunes ; and I was more adrift in the world than ever before , more in the dark as to what awaited me than when I was lugged along with my head in a sack ...
... course with ourselves . Her superior sailing had an enormous influence upon my for- tunes ; and I was more adrift in the world than ever before , more in the dark as to what awaited me than when I was lugged along with my head in a sack ...
Page 85
... course we were taking , till one day we sighted the Cuban coast , and I heard Lums- den and Mercer pronounce the name of Rio Medio . The two ridiculous old chaps talked of Mexican privateers , which seemed to rendezvous off that place ...
... course we were taking , till one day we sighted the Cuban coast , and I heard Lums- den and Mercer pronounce the name of Rio Medio . The two ridiculous old chaps talked of Mexican privateers , which seemed to rendezvous off that place ...
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