At the Point of the Sword
by Herbert Hayens
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hayens, Herbert, 1861-1944
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
- Subject
- Peru -- History -- War of Independence, 1820-1829 -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 22595
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22595
- Release Date
- September 14, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.[Frontispiece: "In a short time they had bound our arms tightly with strips of hide."] — At the Point of the Sword
- 2.A Story for Boys — By HERBERT HAYENS — Author of "Ye Mariners of England," "Under the Lone Star," "For the Colours," "A Captain of Irregulars," "In the Grip of the Spaniard," &c., &c. — THOMAS NELSON & SONS, LTD. LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK 1903
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — "IN A SHORT TIME THEY HAD BOUND OUR ARMS TIGHTLY WITH STRIPS OF HIDE" . . . . . . Frontispiece — "'HELP, HELP!' I EXCLAIMED FAINTLY; BUT HE HEARD ME, AND I KNEW I WAS SAVED." — "PUSHING OFF HIS SANDY BED-CLOTHES AT OUR APPROACH, HE STRUGGLED TO HIS FEET." — "'SAVE HIM, JUAN, SAVE HIM!'" — "HE GLANCED CONTEMPTUOUSLY AT THE GIGANTIC SORILLO." — "'A SOLDIER FROM AYACUCHO! HERE IS ONE OF OUR BRAVE DELIVERERS!'" — AT THE POINT OF THE SWORD. — CHAPTER I. — A BIRTHDAY EVE. — CHAPTER II. — AN EXCITING VOYAGE. — CHAPTER II. — THE END OF THE "AGUILA." — "Help! help!" I exclaimed, faintly; but he heard me, and I knew I was saved. — CHAPTER IV. — THE SILVER KEY. — CHAPTER V. — IN THE HIDDEN VALLEY. — CHAPTER VI. — WE LEAVE THE HIDDEN VALLEY — CHAPTER VII. — WHOM THE GODS LOVE DIE YOUNG. — CHAPTER VIII. — A FRIENDLY OPPONENT. — CHAPTER IX. — A GLEAM OF HOPE. — CHAPTER X. — A STORMY INTERVIEW. — CHAPTER XI. — A NARROW ESCAPE. — Pushing off his sandy bed-clothes at our approach, he struggled to his feet. — CHAPTER XII. — A STERN PURSUIT. — CHAPTER XIII. — HOME AGAIN. — CHAPTER XIV — FRIEND OR FOE! — CHAPTER XV. — WE CATCH A TARTAR. — CHAPTER XVI. — GLORIOUS NEWS. — CHAPTER XVII. — DUTY FIRST. — CHAPTER XVIII. — DARK DAYS. — CHAPTER XIX. — FALSE PLAY, OR NOT? — CHAPTER XX. — "SAVE HIM, JUAN, SAVE HIM!" — "Save him, Juan, save him!" — CHAPTER XXI. — ROUGH JUSTICE. — He glanced contemptuously at the gigantic Sorillo. — CHAPTER XXII. — THE "SILVER KEY" AGAIN. — CHAPTER XXIII. — AN OPEN-AIR PRISON. — CHAPTER XXIV. — A DANGEROUS JOURNEY. — CHAPTER XXV. — BACK TO DUTY. — CHAPTER XXVI. — THE HUSSARS OF JUNIN. — CHAPTER XXVII. — A DISASTROUS RETREAT. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE BATTLE OF THE GENERALS. — CHAPTER XXIX. — HOME AGAIN. — "A soldier from Ayacucho! Here is one of our brave deliverers!" — AT THE POINT OF THE SWORD.
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