"Don't You Know That It Is Rather a Serious Thing toDelay a Spanish Mail-Boat?"—Page 19
FOR JACINTA
By HAROLD BINDLOSS
AUTHOR OF
"ALTON OF SOMASCO," "THE CATTLE-BARON'S DAUGHTER,""THE DUST OF CONFLICT," "WINSTON OF THE PRAIRIE," ETC.
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
NEW YORK PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1907
By Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved
Published January, 1908
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Jacinta Brown | 1 |
| II. | An Overheated Journal | 13 |
| III. | On the Veranda | 26 |
| IV. | A Big Contract | 37 |
| V. | The Tomato Finca | 49 |
| VI. | Austin's Point of View | 60 |
| VII. | At the Bull Fight | 72 |
| VIII. | Jefferson Feels the Strain | 86 |
| IX. | Austin Makes a Venture | 98 |
| X. | Jacinta is not Content | 111 |
| XI. | The Land of the Shadow | 121 |
| XII. | Nocturnal Visitors | 132 |
| XIII. | Toil | 142 |