Description:Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE BIVOUAC. For some moments the bandit's hurried footsteps were audible, and then all became- silent once again. You wished it, Stronghand then said, looking at Don Euiz from under his bent brows. Now, be certain that you have at least one implacable enemy on the prairie; for you are not so simple, I assume, as to believe in the gratitude of such a man ? I pity him, if he hates me for the good I have done him in return for the harm he wished to do me, but honour ordered me to let him escape. Yours will be a short life, Senor, if you are obstinate in carrying out such philanthropic precepts in our unhappy country. My ancestors had a motto to which they never proved false. And pray what may that motto be, Ca- ballero ? ' Everything for honour, no matter what may happen, ' the young man said, simply. Yes, Stronghand answered, with a harsh laugh; the maxim is noble, and Heaven grant it prove of service to you; but, he continued, after looking round him, the darkness is beginning to grow less thick, the night is on the wane, and within an hour the sun will be up. You know my name, which, as I -told you beforehand, has not helped you much. You are mistaken, Caballero, Don Euiz interrupted him, eagerly; for I have' frequently heard the name mentioned, of which you fancied me ignorant. Stronghand bent a piercing glance on the young man. Ah! he said, with a slight tremor in his voice; and doubtless, each time you heard that name uttered, it was accompanied by far from nattering epithets, which gave you but a poor opinion of the man who bears it. Here again you are mistaken, Senor; it has been uttered in my presence as the name of a brave man, with a powerful heart andvast intellect, whom unknown...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Stronghand, Or, the Noble Revenge, by Gustave Aimard. To get started finding Stronghand, Or, the Noble Revenge, by Gustave Aimard, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2012
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Stronghand, Or, the Noble Revenge, by Gustave Aimard
Description: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE BIVOUAC. For some moments the bandit's hurried footsteps were audible, and then all became- silent once again. You wished it, Stronghand then said, looking at Don Euiz from under his bent brows. Now, be certain that you have at least one implacable enemy on the prairie; for you are not so simple, I assume, as to believe in the gratitude of such a man ? I pity him, if he hates me for the good I have done him in return for the harm he wished to do me, but honour ordered me to let him escape. Yours will be a short life, Senor, if you are obstinate in carrying out such philanthropic precepts in our unhappy country. My ancestors had a motto to which they never proved false. And pray what may that motto be, Ca- ballero ? ' Everything for honour, no matter what may happen, ' the young man said, simply. Yes, Stronghand answered, with a harsh laugh; the maxim is noble, and Heaven grant it prove of service to you; but, he continued, after looking round him, the darkness is beginning to grow less thick, the night is on the wane, and within an hour the sun will be up. You know my name, which, as I -told you beforehand, has not helped you much. You are mistaken, Caballero, Don Euiz interrupted him, eagerly; for I have' frequently heard the name mentioned, of which you fancied me ignorant. Stronghand bent a piercing glance on the young man. Ah! he said, with a slight tremor in his voice; and doubtless, each time you heard that name uttered, it was accompanied by far from nattering epithets, which gave you but a poor opinion of the man who bears it. Here again you are mistaken, Senor; it has been uttered in my presence as the name of a brave man, with a powerful heart andvast intellect, whom unknown...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Stronghand, Or, the Noble Revenge, by Gustave Aimard. To get started finding Stronghand, Or, the Noble Revenge, by Gustave Aimard, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.