A Volunteer with Pike / The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois
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Excerpt from A Volunteer With Pike: The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Senorita ValloisHE first time I was blessed with a sight of the senorita was on the day of my arrival in the Federal City, in fact, it was upon my arrival. An inquiry in the neighborhood of the President's House for my sole acquaintance in the city, Senator Adair of Kentucky, had resulted in my being directed to Conrad's boarding house on the Capitol Hill.
Chapters (91)
- A VOLUNTEER WITH PIKE
- The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois
- AUTHOR OF "FOR THE WHITE CHRIST," "INTO THE PRIMITIVE," ETC.
- With four Illustrations in color by
- CHARLOTTE WEBER-DITZLER
- CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1909 Copyright By A. C. McCLURG & Co. 1909 Published October 2, 1909 Entered at Stationers' Hall, London All rights reserved THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
- TO ONE WHO FOLLOWED AFTER PIKE TO THE GRAND PEAK HALF A CENTURY LATER MY FATHER
- "'We go in now, señorita,' I said, offering her my arm"
- Illustrations
- A Volunteer with Pike
- The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois
- CHAPTER I
- THE ROSE IN THE MIRE
- CHAPTER II
- PLAIN THOMAS JEFFERSON
- CHAPTER III
- AT THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE
- CHAPTER IV
- SEÑORITA ALISANDA
- CHAPTER V
- GULF AND BARRIER
- CHAPTER VI
- THE WEB OF THE PLOTTER
- CHAPTER VII
- SHIP AND CREW
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE HOSPITABLE BLENNERHASSETS
- CHAPTER IX
- MY INDIAN TALE
- "We swung out into the current and drifted swiftly away"
- CHAPTER X
- THE FATHER OF WATERS
- CHAPTER XI
- GENERAL WILKINSON
- CHAPTER XII
- AU REVOIR
- CHAPTER XIII
- AGAINST THE CURRENT
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE LURE
- CHAPTER XV
- THE PAWNEE PERIL
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE BARRIER OF ROCK
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE GRAND PEAK
- "'The Grand Peak!' I shouted. 'We'll name it for you'"
- CHAPTER XVIII
- FAMINE AND FROST
- CHAPTER XIX
- BEYOND THE BARRIER
- CHAPTER XX
- A MESSAGE TO MY LADY
- CHAPTER XXI
- HO FOR CHIHUAHUA!
- CHAPTER XXII
- GLIMPSES OF FATE
- CHAPTER XXIII
- THE HOUSE OF VALLOIS
- CHAPTER XXIV
- THE SERENADE
- CHAPTER XXV
- A VICTORY
- CHAPTER XXVI
- A DEFEAT
- CHAPTER XXVII
- HEART TO HEART
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- A SPANISH BALL
- CHAPTER XXIX
- THE INSULT
- CHAPTER XXX
- THE DUEL
- "He fell like a steer: my swordblade broke clean off, a span beyond the hilt"
- CHAPTER XXXI
- MY CROSS
- CHAPTER XXXII
- THE MESSAGE
- CHAPTER XXXIII
- IMPRESSED
- CHAPTER XXXIV
- SHAME
- CHAPTER XXXV
- UNDER THE LASH
- CHAPTER XXXVI
- ACROSS THE GULF
- THE END
- Into the Primitive
- A daring story of shipwreck and "the survival of the fittest."
- For the White Christ
- A Story of the Days of Charlemagne.
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