قراءة كتاب The Treasure of Pearls A Romance of Adventures in California
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The Treasure of Pearls A Romance of Adventures in California
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THE TREASURE OF PEARLS
A Romance of Adventures in California
BY
GUSTAVE AIMARD
AUTHOR OF "RED TRACK," "ADVENTURERS," "PEARL OF THE ANDES"
"TRAIL HUNTER," "PIRATES OF THE PRAIRIE," &C, &C.
LONDON: J. and R. MAXWELL
MILTON HOUSE, 4, SHOE LANE E. C.
GEORGE VICKERS, ANGEL COURT, STRAND
AND ALL BOOKSELLERS
(From the Collected Works 1863-1885)
CONTENTS.
| I. | THE PIECES AND THE BOARD | |
| II. | ENVY NO MAN HIS GRAVE | |
| III. | THE PIRATE'S BEQUEST | |
| IV. | A DESERT MYSTERY | |
| V. | THE GODSEND | |
| VI. | ANY PORT IN A STORM | |
| VII. | A WAKING NIGHTMARE | |
| VIII. | "THE LITTLE JOKER" | |
| IX. | THE WAY LAYERS | |
| X. | THE PEARL DIVER'S PRICE | |
| XI. | THE TWO CAPTAINS OF THE "GOLETA" | |
| XII. | THE ROUT COMPLETE | |
| XIII. | INTERVENTION | |
| XIV. | THE HAUL OF MILLIONS | |
| XV. | THE PATHFINDER'S HONOUR | |
| XVI. | A HAVEN WORSE THAN THE STORM | |
| XVII. | THE PUREST OF PEARLS | |
| XVIII. | OUT AND AWAY | |
| XIX. | THE OLD, OLD FRIENDS | |
| XX. | THE ANGELITO | |
| XXI. | THE LANCERS' CHARGE | |
| XXII. | THE PACT OF BLOOD | |
| XXIII. | CANNON IS BROUGHT TO BEAR | |
| XXIV. | THE UNWILLING VOLUNTEER | |
| XXV. | THE LOYALTY OF THE APACHE | |
| XXVI. | THE HARVEST OF THE KNIFE | |
| XXVII. | THE TRUE CABALLERO | |
| XXVIII. | THE BEST BAIT TO CATCH APACHES |
CHAPTER I.
THE PIECES AND THE BOARD.
We stand on Mexican soil. We are on the seaward skirt of its westernmost State of Sonora, in the wild lands almost washed by the Californian Gulf, which