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For JacintaBindloss Harold For Jacinta CHAPTER I JACINTA BROWN It was about seven o'clock in the evening when sobrecargo Austin boarded the little mail-boat Estremedura as she lay rolling at anchor on the long, moon-lit heave that worked into the roadstead of Santa Cruz, Palma. Sobrecargo means m...

In the Misty Seas: A Story of the Sealers of Behring StraitHarold Bindloss In the Misty Seas: A Story of the Sealers of Behring Strait CHAPTER I JIMMY'S DUCK "The sea!" said Bluey, the Nova Scotian, sitting up on his pillow. "Oh, yes. It's kind of pretty, but the only use I've got for it is for b...

Long OddsBindloss Harold Long Odds CHAPTER I THOMAS ORMSGILL It was towards the middle of a sweltering afternoon when Commandant Dom Erminio roused himself to wakefulness as he lay in his Madeira chair on the veranda of Fort San Roque, which stands beside a muddy river of Western Africa. As a rul...

The Mistress of BonaventureBindloss Harold The Mistress of Bonaventure CHAPTER I THE SWEETWATER FORD After relaxing its iron grip a little so that we hoped for spring, winter had once more closed down on the broad Canadian prairie, and the lonely outpost was swept by icy draughts, when, one bitte...

A Damaged ReputationBindloss Harold A Damaged Reputation I. BROOKE PAUSES TO REFLECT It was a still, hot night, and the moon hung round and full above the cedars, when rancher Brooke sat in his comfortless shanty with a whisky bottle at his hand. The door stood open, and the drowsy fragrance of t...

The Greater PowerBindloss Harold The Greater Power CHAPTER I OVERBURDENED It was winter in the great coniferous forest which rolls about the rocky hills and shrouds the lonely valleys of British Columbia. A bitter frost had dried the snow to powder and bound the frothing rivers; it had laid its i...

The Cattle-Baron's DaughterHarold Bindloss The Cattle-Baron's Daughter I THE PORTENT The hot weather had come suddenly, at least a month earlier than usual, and New York lay baking under a scorching sun when Miss Hetty Torrance sat in the coolest corner of the Grand Central Depot she could find. ...

The Coast of AdventureBindloss Harold The Coast of Adventure CHAPTER I FATHER AGUSTIN'S SHEEP High on the sun-scorched hillside above the steamy littoral of the Caribbean Sea the Spanish-Indian town of Rio Frio lay sweltering in the heat of afternoon. The flat-topped, white houses surrounding the...

The Secret of the ReefHarold Bindloss The Secret of the Reef CHAPTER I – DISMISSED The big liner’s smoke streamed straight astern, staining the soft blue of the sky, as, throbbing gently to her engines’ stroke, she clove her way through the smooth heave of the North Pacific. Foam blazed with phos...

The League of the LeopardBindloss Harold The League of the Leopard CHAPTER I A DANGEROUS BEQUEST It was very hot in the little West African factory where trader Niven lay dying. The sea breeze had died away, and though sunset drew near, it was not yet time for the spicy airs from the inland fores...