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A Fortune Hunter;

OR,

THE OLD STONE CORRAL.

A Tale of the Santa Fe Trail.

BY JOHN DUNLOE CARTERET.

 

 

 

CINCINNATI:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR.
1888.

COPYRIGHTED, 1886.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Nature's Blank Page—The Old Stone Corral—The Lost Treasure ofMonteluma—Camp-fires—The Warlow and Moreland Families—The Camp on theCottonwood—A Tale of the Camp-fire 7

CHAPTER II.

Colonel Warlow's Story—Bruce Walraven—The Heiress of Monteluma—TheVale of Mexico—Bandits—The Rescue—The Web of Destiny 19

CHAPTER III.

Breakfast on the Plains—Colonel Warlow's Story Continued—BruceWalraven's Creed—Blood-drenched Malvern Hill—The Dim Crest ofOrizaba—Roses and Thorns—The Wealth of Monteluma—A Cask of Gold—TheCasket of Gems—The Overland Journey—A Dark Tragedy 29

CHAPTER IV.

Colonel Warlow's Story Continued—Los Angeles—A Friend in Need—A Stormon the Pacific—Shipwreck—Under the Waves 48

CHAPTER V.

Colonel Warlow's Story Continued—Alone—The Castaway—The Golden Gateto Home Sweet Home—Acapulco—Roger—The Isthmus of Panama 57

CHAPTER VI.

Colonel Warlow's Story Continued—The Tropical Groves of Cuba—TheCoffee Plantation—A Blooming Christmas—The Tomb of Columbus—The Rosesand Passion-flowers of Cuba—The War
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