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THE VOICE OF THE SPANISH MAIN The romance of the sea! Damned rubbish, he called it. The trade of seafaring was one way to earn a living. This was about all you could say for it. He had been lured int…
THE SEA DOGS OF DEVON The Tarragona , of the Union Fruit Company’s fleet, was steaming to the southward, away from harsh winds and ice-fettered harbors. It was sheer magic, this sea change that broug…
A GREAT GALLEON Señorita Teresa Fernandez was the stewardess of the Tarragona . A dark, handsome young woman, she wore a cap and uniform of white, severely plain, that were singularly becoming. They …
THE ANGER OF COLONEL FAJARDO The steamer sighted Cartagena in the rosy mists of dawn. It seemed to rise from the sea and float like a mirage. It was a mass of towers, domes, and battlements, of stone…
RICHARD CARY STROLLS ALONE A wisp of an elderly man appeared in the moonlit patio , with no more sound than the rustle of a dry leaf. He seemed to move with an habitual air of stealth. Bent and meage…
THE TROUBLED HEART OF TERESA Teresa Fernandez, the trim, immaculate stewardess, on her way to a passenger’s room with a breakfast tray glanced into the dining-saloon. Richard Cary’s chair was vacant.…
THE MAN WHO LIED These last hours before the sailing of the Tarragona made the indolent wharf bestir itself against its inclination. It was a pity to disturb the tranquil noontide when all Cartagena…
UPON THE CITY WALL The prison of Cartagena consisted of a long row of arched, tomb-like apartments built against the inside of the city wall. Two centuries earlier, this series of stone caverns had b…
THE GOOD HERMIT OF LA POPA The cloth bound round his tousled head, the torn shirt that bared his chest, the pongee trousers soiled with sweat and dust, the strips of canvas wrapped about his feet, ma…
THE GREAT YELLOW TIGER Sending a message to Señor Bazán was easier said than done. Pen and paper were not essential to the simple life of Palacio for the excellent reason that he had never learned to…
