Category: Adventure
As the liner steamed into Callao Roads, and long before it had anchored, it was surrounded by a flotilla of small boats. A moment later, deck, saloons and cabins were invaded by a host of gesticulating and strong-minded boatmen, whose badges attested that they were duly licens...
As the liner steamed into Callao Roads, and long before it had anchored, it was surrounded by a flotilla of small boats. A moment later, deck, saloons and cabins were invaded by...
2. BOOK II--THE LIVING PASTDick was nearly as frightened as Maria-Teresa when he found what had happened. On the previous night he himself had seen her throw the bracelet into the sea, and yet it was ther...
3. BOOK III--THE TRAIL OF THE PONCHOSMeanwhile, Dick, wandering through Callao until the time came to call for Maria-Teresa, was strolling up the Calle de Lima. He had just come from the Darsena docks, where the ha...
4. BOOK IV--THE DICTATORArequipa was _en fête_; the entire population of the city and its campina (suburbs) was packed in the main square and the adjacent streets to witness the triumphal return of the...
5. BOOK V--THE HOUSE OF THE SERPENTMaria-Teresa opened her eyes. What was this dream from which she had awakened, or into which she had fallen? Little Christobal’s plaintive voice brought her keen realization of...
6. BOOK VI--THE TEMPLE OF DEATHDick rubbed his eyes. What had become of that crowd? Who had hailed the god of Day? Now that the sun was high on the horizon, and that things had taken on their true shapes agai...