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Johnston McCulley
The Mark of Zorro: The Curse of Capistran
Adventure Novel
Published by
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- Advanced Digital Solutions & High-Quality eBook Formatting -
2019 OK Publishing
EAN 4064066052997
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 On the Heels of the Storm
Chapter 3 Señor Zorro Pays a Visit
Chapter 4 Swords Clash—And Pedro Explains
Chapter 5 A Ride in the Morning
Chapter 7 A Different Sort of Man
Chapter 8 Don Carlos Plays a Game
Chapter 14 Captain Ramón Writes a Letter
Chapter 16 The Chase That Failed
Chapter 17 Sergeant Gonzales Meets a Friend
Chapter 19 Captain Ramón Apologizes
Chapter 20 Don Diego Shows Interest
Chapter 24 At the Hacienda of Don Alejandro
Chapter 29 Don Pulido Feels Ill
Chapter 30 The Sign of the Fox
Chapter 34 The Blood of the Pulidos
Chapter 35 The Clash of Blades Again
Chapter 39 "Meal Mush and Goat's Milk!"
Chapter 1
Pedro, the Boaster
Again the sheet of rain beat against the roof of red Spanish tile, and the wind shrieked like a soul in torment, and smoke puffed from the big fireplace as the sparks were showered over the hard dirt floor.
"'Tis a night for evil deeds!" declared Sergeant Pedro Gonzales, stretching his great feet in their loose boots toward the roaring fire and grasping the hilt of his sword in one hand and a mug filled with thin wine in the other. "Devils howl in the wind, and demons are in the raindrops! 'tis an evil night, indeed—eh, señor?"
"It is!" The fat landlord agreed hastily; and he made haste, also, to fill the wine mug again, for Sergeant Pedro Gonzales had a temper that was terrible when aroused, as it always was when wine was not forthcoming.
"An evil night," the big sergeant repeated, and drained the mug without stopping to draw breath, a feat that had attracted considerable attention in its time and had gained the sergeant a certain amount of notoriety up and down El Camino Real, as they called the highway that connected the missions in one long chain.
Gonzales sprawled closer to the fire and cared not that other men thus were robbed of some of its warmth. Sergeant Pedro Gonzales often had expressed his belief that a man should look out for his own comfort before considering others; and being of great size and strength, and having much skill with the blade, he found few who had the courage