"'We go in now, señorita,' I said, offering her my arm"


Contents

[CHAPTER I. The Rose in the Mire]
[CHAPTER II. Plain Thomas Jefferson]
[CHAPTER III. At the President's House]
[CHAPTER IV. Señorita Alisanda]
[CHAPTER V. Gulf and Barrier]
[CHAPTER VI. The Web of the Plotter]
[CHAPTER VII. Ship and Crew]
[CHAPTER VIII. The Hospitable Blennerhassetts]
[CHAPTER IX. My Indian Tale]
[CHAPTER X. The Father of Waters]
[CHAPTER XI. General Wilkinson]
[CHAPTER XII. Au Revoir]
[CHAPTER XIII. Against the Current]
[CHAPTER XIV. The Lure]
[CHAPTER XV. The Pawnee Peril]
[CHAPTER XVI. The Barrier of Rock]
[CHAPTER XVII. The Grand Peak]
[CHAPTER XVIII. Famine and Frost]
[CHAPTER XIX. Beyond the Barrier]
[CHAPTER XX. A Message to My Lady]
[CHAPTER XXI. Ho for Chihuahua!]
[CHAPTER XXII. Glimpses of Fate]
[CHAPTER XXIII. The House of Vallois]
[CHAPTER XXIV. The Serenade]
[CHAPTER XXV. A Victory]
[CHAPTER XXVI. A Defeat]
[CHAPTER XXVII. Heart To Heart]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. A Spanish Ball]
[CHAPTER XXIX. The Insult]
[CHAPTER XXX. The Duel]
[CHAPTER XXXI. My Cross]
[CHAPTER XXXII. The Message]
[CHAPTER XXXIII. Impressed]
[CHAPTER XXXIV. Shame]
[CHAPTER XXXV. Under the Lash]
[CHAPTER XXXVI. Across the Gulf]
[BY MR. BENNET]


Illustrations

["'We go in now, señorita,' I said, offering her my arm"]

["We swung out into the current and drifted swiftly away"]

["'The Grand Peak!' I shouted. 'We'll name it for you'"]

["He fell like a steer: my sword blade broke clean off, a span beyond the hilt"]


A Volunteer with Pike

The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois


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