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IN THE SHADOW OF A SUSPICION Phil’s heart beat tumultuously as he laid a restraining hand on Maria’s arm to prevent her from rising up from the floor of the gallery. The instant the girl’s indignant…
A TRAITOR UNMASKED “How dared he accuse me of knowing about Tillotson’s disappearance?” Phil exclaimed as he sought unsuccessfully a solution to the mystery. “I don’t believe he really suspected us,…
THE MIDSHIPMEN RECONNOITRE The midshipmen were so utterly astonished at the actions of their fanatical enemies that they could only gasp out their surprise in one heartfelt word of relief. Then a fa…
UNWELCOME COMPANIONS The lads indeed found themselves in an awkward predicament. Just the faintest thread really bound them to life, for they saw in the cruel expression in the eyes of the Filipino …
CLEVERLY OUTWITTED As Salas’ hand slowly drew his revolver from its holster, Phil’s right hand with the speed of a mongoos seizing its prey clutched the slender wrist of the outlaw; the lad’s left h…
A NIGHT OF ALARM After the midshipmen had ridden away Maria returned to the large living-room to bid her father good-night. A new pleasure had come into her life, and what was more natural than that…
A FILIPINO MARTYR Phil and Sydney were hard pushed to keep up with the native as he spurred his horse forward over the dark road. “The ranch is being attacked!” Lopez cried in a voice of fear. “My p…
A DARING PLAN Phil stood silently by, his mind occupied over the details of a daring plan. The exchange proposed by Espinosa was out of the question, even if Colonel Martinez had surrendered, which …
A RIVER EXPEDITION After Phil and his party had gone on their hazardous mission, Sydney went aboard the gunboat to make ready for the work which had been left in his hands. He felt it keenly that he…
A WILLING CAPTIVE The sun was high the next morning before Phil awakened from his sound sleep. He had tossed on his hard bed listening to the half morbid ravings of poor Tillotson. Ever before him w…
