Chapter I: Front Matter

Carlota of the Rancho

BY EVELYN RAYMOND

AUTHOR OF
“POLLY THE GRINGO”
“MY LADY BAREFOOT,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY SARAH A. SHREVE

THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA
MCMIX

COPYRIGHT
1909 BY
THE PENN
PUBLISHING
COMPANY

Carlota of the Rancho

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. BORDER LAND 9

II. UNEXPECTED GUESTS 21

III. REFUGIO 34

IV. WHAT SERVES, SERVES 43

V. A LITTLE EXCURSION 58

VI. THE NORTHER 66

VII. AT THE END OF SEVEN DAYS 76

VIII. BOTANIST AND MINERALOGIST 86

IX. PABLO, THE DANCER 95

X. A PICTURE IN THE SKY 103

XI. FRIENDS IN NEED 114

XII. THE END OF A NOBLE LIFE 122

XIII. BY THE CAPTAIN’S ORDERS 129

XIV. A FIRST RIDE ON THE RAILWAY 137

XV. GETTING ACQUAINTED 145

XVI. THE NEXT MORNING 154

XVII. THE BURNHAMS 166

XVIII. A ROUGH KNIGHT ERRANT 178

XIX. HAPPENINGS BY THE WAY 194

XX. THE SIEGE OF CORK 204

XXI. FOLLOW YOUR LEADER 212

XXII. THE SNARER SNARED 221

XXIII. IN THE DARKNESS 228

XXIV. THE EVENING AND THE MORNING 233

XXV. AN IRISH-INDIAN ONSLAUGHT 244

XXVI. CONFLICTING EMOTIONS 252

XXVII. BY DIFFERENT TONGUES 263

XXVIII. AT THE POINT OF DEATH 278

XXIX. CAMP BURNHAM 288

XXX. THE BLUE FLOWER AND THE BLACK ROCK 296

XXXI. IN THE HOSPITAL 305

XXXII. IN MY LADY’S CHAMBER 313

XXXIII. REFUGIO ONCE MORE 321

ILLUSTRATIONS

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CARLOS AND CARLOTA _Frontispiece_

“ADIOS! ADIOS!” 48

SHE STARTLED THE MAID 83

“THE CAPTAIN SAID WE WERE TO WAIT” 138

“HE OFTEN CAUGHT A WILD HORSE” 261

CARLOTA OF THE RANCHO