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...Story. Between forest and sea, high over Las Palomas harbor, was the mansion known as Los Xicales, where the descendant of one who came with Cortez had lived to his end in faith, poverty and style. Sard Harker, sailor, lay on the barque Venturer in Las Palomas harbor, dreaming of a girl he loved. In his dream, the vision of that proud and now empty house stood up clear and portentious, while a voice rang in his ears : "You will meet her again in that house for the second of three times. It will be very, very important...
There he learned that the Pathfinder had gone down, that Miss Kingsborough was still in the clutches of Sagrado. By chance, he encountered her brother in the street; while the two stood in talk, the stolen lady screamed from a neighboring house. Sard entered; soon he and Sagrado were swapping punches. Sard's right for once failed him ; so did his left. Sagrado, who had the muscle of a baboon, was about to sacrifice the intrepid sailor at the very shrine of his unswerving attachment when? the door burst down, in pelted Brother Kingsborough with reinforcements, Sagrado...
...business of unofficial investigation. He founded the Citizens Federal Research Bureau to delve deeply into the corruption of Washington. To make it useless for anyone to do him harm in hope of stopping his earnest probings, he took out a $1,000,000 policy in favor of his Bureau. Sard he: "I am not only shadowed constantly, but so are those who come to see me. Somebody's money is being spent for this. You can draw your own conclusions as to whose." Mr. Vanderlip's new efforts did not save him from more criticism, however. F. Trubee...
...Communist hecklers with: "I am not going to haul down the Union Jack for the Red flag. It is all very well to say we got our money from the slums. I offer anyone ?500 (about $2,175) if he can find any slums which Lord Astor owns." She sard she did not believe in class consciousness and knew enough of human nature to know that there was greed, jealousy, immorality and selfishness among all. ... "If you go around the world thinking everybody is greedy and a liar, look into your own heart first." Later on she remarked that "they...
...Derby, W. Field, H. S. Forbes, A. Hemenway, Jr., R. D. Humphreys, C. Hutchins, W. O'D. Iselin, G. S. Jackson, A. Johnson, Seymour Johnson, A. Crocker, Jr., O. L. Mills, P. O. Mills, C. E. Mason, H. F. Mason, H. Morgan, W. G. Perry, R. E. Sard, R. Weld, R. Winsor...