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The Heart's Secret; Or, the Fortunes of a Soldier: a Story of Love and the Low Latitudes.
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE.—The following Novellette was originally published in the
PICTORIAL DRAWING-ROOM COMPANION, and is but a specimen of the many deeply
entertaining Tales, and gems of literary merit, which grace the columns of that
elegant and highly popular journal. The COMPANION embodies a corps of
contributors of rare literary excellence, and is regarded as the ne plus ultra,
by its scores of thousands of readers.
PREFACE
THE HEART’S SECRET
CHAPTER I.—THE ACCIDENT
CHAPTER II.—THE BELLE AND THE SOLDIER
CHAPTER III.—A SUDDEN INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER IV.—CUBAN BANDITTI
CHAPTER V.—THE WOUNDED SOLDIER
CHAPTER VI.—THE CHALLENGE
CHAPTER VII.—THE PRISONER
CHAPTER VIII.—THE FAREWELL
CHAPTER IX.—THE EXECUTION SCENE
CHAPTER X.—THE BANISHMENT
CHAPTER XI.—THE PROMOTION
CHAPTER XII.—THE QUEEN AND THE SOLDIER
CHAPTER XIII.—UNREQUITED LOVE
CHAPTER XIV.—THE SURPRISE
CHAPTER XV.—THE SERENAPE
CHAPTER XVI.—A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XVII.—THE ASSASSIN
CHAPTER XVIII.—THE DISGUISE
CHAPTER XIX.—THE AVOWAL
CHAPTER XX.—HAPPY FINALE
The locale of the following story is that gem of the American
Archipelago; the Island of Cuba, whose lone star, now merged in the
sea, is destined yet to sparkle in liberty’s hemisphere, and radiate
the light of republicanism. Poetry cannot outdo the fairy-like
loveliness of this tropical clime, and only those who have partaken of
the aromatic sweetness of its fields and shores can fully realize the
delight that may be shared in these low latitudes. A brief residence
upon the island afforded the author the subject-matter for the
following pages, and he has been assiduous in his efforts to adhere
strictly to geographical facts and the truthful belongings of the
island. Trusting that this may prove equally popular with the author’s
other numerous tales and novelettes, he has the pleasure of signing
himself,
DEDICATED TO THE READERS OF GLEASON’S PICTORIAL DRAWING-ROOM COMPANION,
FOR WHICH JOURNAL THESE PAGES WERE ORIGINALLY WRITTEN, BY THEIR VERY
HUMBLE SERVANT, LIEUTENANT MURRAY.
The soft twilight of the tropics, that loves to linger over the low
latitudes, after the departure of the long summer’s day, was breathing
in zephyrs of aromatic sweetness over the shores and plains of the
beautiful Queen of the Antilles.
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