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SPANISH TREASURE! A different man in fresh white pajamas and straw slippers, Richard Cary idled in a shady corner of the patio . A razor had reaped the heavy stubble clean. Not in the least resemblin…
RICARDO WRITES A LETTER Such was the narrative as old Ramon Bazán poured it forth with various impassioned digressions which included cursing the souls of Captain Thompson and Benito Bonito. Exciteme…
THE MASTER TAKES COMMAND It was the opinion of Señor Bazán that the bell of the galleon Nuestra Señora del Rosario should be mounted on the deck of his own vessel. The ancient bell had once sounded …
SHAKING A CREW TOGETHER The master of the Valkyrie prowled on deck for some time. The two or three men in the forecastle had ceased their noise and were presumably in their bunks. The steamer was qu…
IN THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY Only to Mr. McClement, chief engineer of the Tarragona , had Teresa Fernandez made known her intention of leaving the ship at the end of the voyage. Never again did she wish t…
BLIND ROADS OF DESTINY Joy in the belief that Richard Cary had not died that night in Cartagena! Anguish that she, Teresa Fernandez, had stained her hands with blood for which there had been no justi…
TERESA, HER PILGRIMAGE Across the Isthmus to Panama! It had been a golden road for the ancestors of Teresa Fernandez to follow to the South Sea. It seemed a propitious road for her to follow in quest…
RUBIO SANCHEZ FINDS FRIENDS In the American bar of The Broadway Front, the mahogany counter ran the length of the room. Mirrors glittered behind it. Here was a shrine of Bacchus, extinct in its nativ…
THE INTRUDER FROM ECUADOR The voice of Señor Ramon Bazán cracked with excitement as he cried out, from the bridge of the Valkyrie : “Behold our Cocos Island, my Ricardo! You have steered the ship as …
RICARDO PLAYS IT ALONE Twenty-four hours sufficed to cut a trail with machetes, and pitch the tents in the cocoanut grove. One of them was promptly occupied by Señor Bazán, who was elated at seeing t…
