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The Little Cuban Rebel

The Little Cuban Rebel

by Edna Winfield

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Author
Winfield, Edna
Title
The little Cuban rebel : or, A war correspondent's sweetheart
Original Publication
New York: Street & Smith, 1896, copyright 1898.
Credits
Aaron Adrignola, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Cuba -- Fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76019
Release Date
May 5, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Little Cuban Rebel — CONTENTS — THE LITTLE CUBAN REBEL.
  2. 2.CHAPTER I. — THE YOUNG WAR CORRESPONDENT AND THE FAIR STRANGER—AN ACCIDENT INTRODUCES THE LITTLE CUBAN REBEL.
  3. 3.CHAPTER II. — "WITH THE SWEET MUST COME THE BITTER—AND, OH! SO BITTER AT TIMES!"
  4. 4.CHAPTER III. — "ARREST THAT MAN; HE IS AN AMERICAN SPY! AND HOLD THE WOMAN."
  5. 5.CHAPTER IV. — "OH, WAS EVER THERE A GIRL SO WRETCHED AS I?"
  6. 6.CHAPTER V. — THE YOUNG WAR CORRESPONDENT'S ESCAPE—THE LAWYER'S STATEMENT—DOGGED BY A SPY.
  7. 7.CHAPTER VI. — "LOOK INTO MY EYES, AND SAY YOU WILL SOME DAY BE MY OWN TRUE WIFE."
  8. 8.CHAPTER VII. — "ASSIST ME TO GET RID OF THEM, AND I WILL REWARD YOU WELL!"
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. — ESTELLA'S APPEAL.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IX. — "ESTELLA, MY QUEEN, HENCEFORTH NOTHING SHALL SEPARATE US!"
  11. 11.CHAPTER X. — "OH, FATHER IN HEAVEN, PROTECT THY CHILD, WHO IS NOW LEFT UTTERLY ALONE!"
  12. 12.CHAPTER XI. — "BACK! IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE!"
  13. 13.CHAPTER XII. — "WILL YOU WED ME, OR SHALL HOWARD SHERWOOD GO TO HIS DEATH?"
  14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. — "YOU HAVE SIGNED HIS DEATH-WARRANT! HE SHALL DIE WITHIN THE HOUR!"
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. — A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XV. — THEY HAVE SET A PACK OF BLOODHOUNDS ON OUR TRAIL.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. — AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. — "YOU LITTLE TARTAR, I WILL YET TAME YOU!"
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. — "LEAVE THIS HOUSE, AND NEVER LET ME SEE YOU AGAIN UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO OBEY ME!"
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. — I NEVER FANCIED THAT A DAUGHTER OF MINE WOULD BE SO DISLOYAL.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XX. — THE THREE SCHEMERS.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. — ESTELLA IS INTRUSTED WITH AN IMPORTANT MISSION.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. — "THE PLOT WILL MISCARRY! THE CUBAN SOLDIERS WILL BE BUTCHERED LIKE CATTLE!"
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. — CONDEMNED TO DIE!—TOMASSO'S WORDS—A GALLANT RESOLVE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE LAST MOMENT—"TAKE AIM! FIRE!"
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. — "SAVE ME, HOWARD! PROTECT ME FROM THIS HUMAN BRUTE!"
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI. — "DEFEND YOURSELF OR I WILL STRIKE YOU DEAD WHERE YOU STAND."
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. — THE DUEL—HEMMED IN BY FLAMES.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII. — "BACK! THAT I MAY STRIKE HIM DEAD WHERE HE STANDS!"
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. — "IF EVER I MARRY, MY HUSBAND WILL BE A MAN OF HONOR; NOT A LOW TRICKSTER."
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. — ESTELLA'S PRAYER.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. — A PERILOUS ESCAPE—A GOOD SHOT.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. — A STARTLING INTERRUPTION.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. — "DO NOT ALLOW THAT VILE WRETCH TO CARRY OUT HIS BASE DESIGNS!"
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. — "FORWARD, FOR CUBA AND FOR JUSTICE!"
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE HAPPY WEDDING DAY.

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