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IN WHICH THE BROTHER OF THE SUN WELCOMES THE CHILDREN OF THE MOON The Brother of the Sun, overjoyed at the opportunity now before him to offer hospitality to guests upon whose white faces he gazed w…
IN WHICH CHATÉMUC FINDS THE INSPIRATION WHICH HE LACKED “’ Twas as I said it would be, my Chatémuc,” exclaimed Membré, mournfully, as the friar and his convert retired from the immediate presence of…
IN WHICH DE SANCERRE RUNS A STUBBORN RACE It is but fair to the memory of a noble, if somewhat too impetuous proselyter, to say that if Zenobe Membré—whose achievements and sufferings entitle him to…
IN WHICH THE RESULTS OF CHATÉMUC’S ENTHUSIASM ARE SEEN “ Courage, ma petite ! We’ll find your Chatémuc; then learn the mysteries of yonder sun-kissed town. That the stubborn captain has deserted us i…
IN WHICH THE GRAY FRIAR DONS THE LIVERY OF SATAN “ It was a miracle! A voice from heaven whispered in my ear, and, turning back, I left de Tonti, angry, threatening, to take his way alone. To give m…
IN WHICH A SPIRIT SAVES DE SANCERRE FROM DEATH There reigned in Noco’s hut intense silence. Stretched upon a bench in the centre of the room lay de Sancerre, his head bent forward and his eyes aglea…
IN WHICH DE SANCERRE BREAKS HIS FAST AND SMILES Worn out with the exhausting experiences of long hours, unprecedented, even in his varied career, for the many contrasted emotions with which they had…
IN WHICH DE SANCERRE HEARS NEWS OF THE GREAT SUN The Count de Sancerre’s desire to come to an immediate decision regarding a line of action that should lead him at once into the living presence of C…
IN WHICH COHEYOGO EXHIBITS HIS CRAFTINESS While the Great Sun, by virtue of his divine origin, was technically the high-priest of the nation, it had come about, at the time of Count Louis de Sancerr…
IN WHICH A WHITE ROBE FAILS TO PROTECT A BLACK HEART Seated upon a low couch of plaited reeds, Julia de Aquilar, her white, slender hands folded upon her lap, and her dark, eloquent eyes turned upwa…
