Front matter
Reading edition
“I AM, YOU WILL REMEMBER, AN ADVENTURER.”
THE DUST OF CONFLICT
By HAROLD BINDLOSS
AUTHOR OF “ALTON OF SOMASCO,”
“THE CATTLE-BARON’S DAUGHTER,” ETC.
With illustrations in color by
W. HERBERT DUNTON
NEW YORK · FREDERICK A.
STOKES COMPANY · PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1907,
BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
Published in January, 1907
All rights reserved
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
CONTENTS
I — VIOLET WAYNE’S CONFIDENCE
II — DAVIDSON MEETS HIS MATCH
III — TONY CANNOT DECIDE
IV — THE VERDICT
V — APPLEBY MAKES A FRIEND
VI — THE SCHOONER “VENTURA”
VII — THE DESCENT OF SANTA MARTA
VIII — APPLEBY’S PRISONER
IX — THE BREAKING OF THE NET
X — AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
XI — THE ALCALDE’S BALL
XII — PANCHO’S WARNING
XIII — THE SECOND ATTEMPT
XIV — APPLEBY PROVES OBDURATE
XV — TONY’S LAST OPPORTUNITY
XVI — DANE COP
XVII — TONY IS PAINFULLY ASTONISHED
XVIII — NETTIE ASKS A QUESTION
XIX — POSITIVE PROOF
XX — FOUND GUILTY
XXI — TONY’S DECISION
XXII — MORALES MAKES A PROPOSAL
XXIII — APPLEBY TAKES A RISK
XXIV — RESPITED
XXV — MORALES SITS STILL
XXVI — THE SEIZING OF SAN CRISTOVAL
XXVII — HARDING’S APPROBATION
XXVIII — TONY MAKES AMENDS
XXIX — TONY PERSISTS
XXX — MORALES PRESERVES HIS FAME
XXXI — STRUCK OFF THE ROLL
XXXII — APPLEBY LEAVES SANTA MARTA
XXXIII — VIOLET REGAINS HER LIBERTY
XXXIV — THE RIGHT MAN
THE DUST OF CONFLICT