Category: Adventure
The level rays of the early sun were struggling with the mist that lingered upon a broad full river, like a sluggard loth to quit his bed. As yet the contest was unequal, for the banks of the stream were covered with trees and shrubs, crowding upon one another as if in competi...
The station of Santa Marta was so small that its only permanent staff was the station-master and a boy, the former being also signalman. Will had seen him several times, and had...
11. CHAPTER X--SCOUTINGThe guest of honour at the Jefe's banquet that evening was not the station-master of Santa Marta, who, it is to be feared, was left out in the cold, but William Pentelow. His he...
12. CHAPTER XI--A LEAP IN THE DARKWhen Ruggles came within a few yards of the spot where the two watchers stood, Will softly hailed him. He looked round in alarm, and made as though to beat a summary retreat. Th...
13. CHAPTER XII--THE KIDNAPPERSThe door between the two rooms was closed. That into the patio was ajar. Will stole across the room and peeped into the patio. A small lamp was burning at the farther end, near...
3. CHAPTER II--THE HACIENDAWilliam Pentelow was one of those boys who make up their mind early what they are going to be, and work steadily towards this settled aim. The son of a professional man of moder...
7. CHAPTER VI--THE HOLE IN THE WALLIt would not be becoming to record the exact words used by O'Connor as he lay, within a few feet of Will, on the slope of the embankment. They were very expressive, and very war...
15. CHAPTER XIV--REPAIRS"We struck a snag: goodness knows what damage is done. We shall have to run into the bank and wait till morning. Can't see to do anything in the dark. Was there ever such beastl...
6. CHAPTER V--A SCRAP OF PAPERWatching the horsemen as they rode away, Will suddenly remembered the prisoner whom he had seen running beside one of them. The man was now gone. Perhaps he had slipped away; pe...
9. CHAPTER VIII--A RACE AGAINST TIMEDark though it was, Jose led the way with complete confidence. But Will noticed that in a few minutes he left the heart of the wood and returned to the edge, where it bordered t...
17. CHAPTER XVI--THE END OF A REVOLUTION"And you would deserve it. But since it was by your help that I secured the person of your General, I'll see what I can do for you. Perhaps they won't trouble about you when the...
8. CHAPTER VII--CARABANO'S PLANSAzito after a few steps turned aside from the stables, from the other side of which came the heavy tramp of the sentry's feet, and struck into the undergrowth towards a small pl...
14. CHAPTER XIII--A SNAGThe kidnappers were not a moment too soon. The sentry, dazed and half-drowned, struggled from the muddy bottom of the lake just as the yacht put off. Scrambling on to the jetty,...
4. CHAPTER III--AN ARMED PARTYWill went to his tent, washed and changed into his working clothes, and then set off to report himself to Mr. Jackson, known among the staff as the Chief. Work had been going on...
16. CHAPTER XV--HYDROPLANE _VERSUS_ LOCOMOTIVECaptain Espejo thought himself to be very hardly used. He had expected to be by this time Jefe of Guayana. That was the office promised him by General Carabano in reward for his...
5. CHAPTER IV--SIMPLE SUBTRACTIONThe cavalcade came at a walk into the compound. They were a very nondescript troop: men of all ages, tall and short, stout and thin, variously clad, but all wearing high riding-...
2. CHAPTER I--JAGUAR AND HYDROPLANEThe level rays of the early sun were struggling with the mist that lingered upon a broad full river, like a sluggard loth to quit his bed. As yet the contest was unequal, for th...
1. CHAPTER XVI--THE END OF A REVOLUTION