The MissourianPART SECOND THE ROSE THAT WAS A THORN IN THE LAND OF ROSESReading editionChapter navigation60 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPART FIRST THE THORN IN THE LAND OF ROSESChapter I · A Wilful Maid Arrives from FranceChapter II · A Fra Diavolo in the Land of RosesChapter III · The Violent End of a Terrible BanditChapter IV · La Luz, Blockade RunnerChapter V · The Storm CentreChapter VI · A Bruising of Arms for JacquelineChapter VII · Swordsmanship in the DarkChapter VIII · The Thoughts of Youth May Be Prodigiously Long ThoughtsChapter IX · Toll-Taking in the HuastecaChapter X · The Brigand ChiefChapter XI · The Cossacks and Their Tiger ColonelChapter XII · Pastime Passing ExcellentChapter XIII · Unregistered in Any StudbookChapter XIV · The Herald of the Fair GodChapter XV · The RitualChapter XVI · He of the Debonair SceptreChapter XVII · Rather a Small ManChapter XVIII · Little Monarchs, Big MistakesChapter XIX · A Tartar and a TartarChapter XX · In the Wake of Princely CavalcadesChapter XXI · The Red MongrelChapter XXII · “Equidad en la Justicia”Chapter XXIII · A Curious Pagan RiteChapter XXIV · The Man Who Did Not Want to Be ShotChapter XXV · The Person on the Other HorseChapter XXVI · The Strangest Avowal of LoveChapter XXVII · BertheChapter XXVIII · MikeChapter XXIX · The Whisper of the SphinxChapter XXX · The AmbassadorChapter XXXI · CarlotaChapter XXXII · The Woman Who Did Not HesitateChapter XXXIII · A Sponsor for the Fat PadrePART SECOND THE ROSE THAT WAS A THORN IN THE LAND OF ROSESChapter I · Meagre ShanksChapter II · The Black DecreeChapter III · As Between WomenChapter IV · The Lacking CoincidenceChapter V · The MissouriansChapter VI · If a Kiss Were AllChapter VII · A Crop of ColonelsChapter VIII · Royal ResolutionChapter IX · Interpreter to the AlmightyChapter X · Alone Among His Loving SubjectsChapter XI · Fatality and the MissourianChapter XII · The Rendezvous of the RepublicChapter XIII · A Buccaneer and a BattleChapter XIV · Blood and Noise–What Else?Chapter XV · Of All News the Most SpitefulChapter XVI · Vendetta’s Half Sister, Better BornChapter XVII · Under a Spanish CloakChapter XVIII · El ChaparritoChapter XIX · In Articulo MortisChapter XX · Knighthood’s Belated FlowerChapter XXI · The Title of NobilityChapter XXII · The Abbey of Mount RegretChapter XXIII · The Contrariness of JacquelineChapter XXIV · The Journalistic Sagacity of a DanielPrevious chapter ←Part 1 — Chapter XXXIII · A Sponsor for the Fat PadreNext chapter →Part 2 — Chapter I · Meagre ShanksAll chapters and sections (60)Opening pagesFront matterParts1Part 1 · Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233Parts2Part 2 · Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324“The rugged battle of fate, where strength is born.”◇–Emerson.◇← CHAPTER XXXIII A Sponsor for the Fat PadreCHAPTER I Meagre Shanks →