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diff --git a/43636-h/43636-h.htm b/43636-h/43636-h.htm index cb6163d..3cfe690 100644 --- a/43636-h/43636-h.htm +++ b/43636-h/43636-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of Our Little Cuban Cousin, by Mary Hazelton Wade. @@ -108,45 +108,7 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Our Little Cuban Cousin, by Mary Hazelton Wade - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Our Little Cuban Cousin - -Author: Mary Hazelton Wade - -Illustrator: L. J. Bridgman - -Release Date: September 4, 2013 [EBook #43636] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUR LITTLE CUBAN COUSIN *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, Beth Baran and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43636 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 551px;"> <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="551" height="800" alt="Cover" /> @@ -536,7 +498,7 @@ ought to do to get ready for a visit to-day."</p> <p>The children hurried to the house, and soon every one was in a state of the greatest -excitement. When Señor Diaz was told of +excitement. When Señor Diaz was told of the approach of the Spaniards, he said, in his gentle voice, "We would best have a picnic."</p> @@ -559,7 +521,7 @@ house, and no animals worth capturing, they might possibly pass by without doing any harm.</p> -<p>Señora Diaz and old black Paulina got a +<p>Señora Diaz and old black Paulina got a hasty luncheon ready. Maria said she must certainly take her sewing materials, for she was going to embroider some insurgent emblems. @@ -639,7 +601,7 @@ her home. Paulina makes so much jelly from the ripe fruit that perhaps the little girl does not realise how nice it is.</p> -<p>After the lunch, Señor Diaz stretched himself +<p>After the lunch, Señor Diaz stretched himself in one of the hammocks for a quiet rest. He was very tired after his walk through the woods. He was also troubled over the sad<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> @@ -824,7 +786,7 @@ a butterfly, and a small one, too. Aren't her colours beautiful?"</p> <p>"We would best let her go back to her nest, -now, my dears," said Señora Diaz. "You +now, my dears," said Señora Diaz. "You can watch, Ramon, and find out when the baby birds hatch. We shall all like to see them, I'm sure."</p> @@ -855,7 +817,7 @@ needs to be very careful when she irons it. It was growing dark when Ramon arrived at the shore with his tree.</p> -<p>"We will go back now," said Señor Diaz, +<p>"We will go back now," said Señor Diaz, "and see if the soldiers have left us our home."</p> @@ -1080,7 +1042,7 @@ little girls to carry, so Ramon and Miguel went with them.</p> <p>"What a good servant Miguel is!" said -Señor Diaz to his wife, after they were gone. +Señor Diaz to his wife, after they were gone. "So many of the blacks are lazy, and only think of their own comfort. But Miguel is always good-natured and ready to help."</p> @@ -1131,7 +1093,7 @@ how tired they were.</p> <div class="caption">"THEY SAT BACK IN THE LOW, BROAD SEAT"</div> </div> -<p>By nine o'clock Señor Diaz and his wife +<p>By nine o'clock Señor Diaz and his wife had left home in the oddest-looking carriage you ever heard of. It was a <i>volante</i>. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world. @@ -1149,7 +1111,7 @@ any other kind of carriage. But one does not see many new volantes in Cuba now. They are going out of fashion.</p> -<p>Señor Diaz was very proud of this carriage +<p>Señor Diaz was very proud of this carriage when it was new. It was trimmed with bands of silver. It had beautiful silk cushions. Even now, the good man and his wife looked @@ -1167,7 +1129,7 @@ clothes.</p> <p>"If the people at the great house invite you to stay till evening, you may do so," said<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> -Señor Diaz to his two older children just as he +Señor Diaz to his two older children just as he was driving away. "I know you will be gentlemanly, Ramon; and Maria dear, my little daughter will certainly be quiet and ladylike."</p> @@ -1805,7 +1767,7 @@ up to meet those coming from above."</p> <p>"What makes them, papa?"</p> -<p>Señor Diaz then explained to the children +<p>Señor Diaz then explained to the children that there must be a great deal of lime in the rocks overhead, and that, when the water slowly filtered through the roof of the cave, @@ -1916,7 +1878,7 @@ man stood in front of the children.</p> <p>"Is your father at home?" he asked. "I have a message for him."</p> -<p>Ramon hurried into the house. Señor Diaz +<p>Ramon hurried into the house. Señor Diaz came out and spoke with the stranger in low tones. When he went back into the sitting-room he carried in his hand a piece of paper<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> @@ -1933,7 +1895,7 @@ the eastern sky.</p> <p>"Then what?" you curiously ask again.</p> -<p>If we could have watched Señor Diaz, we +<p>If we could have watched Señor Diaz, we should have seen him go to his desk once more, take out the precious paper, and go over it with a hair pencil dipped in a bottle of @@ -2471,7 +2433,7 @@ your father to come out. I can only stop a moment and I have much to tell him."</p> <p>The gentleman had hardly stopped speaking -before Señor Diaz appeared on the veranda. +before Señor Diaz appeared on the veranda. He was told about the position of the Americans not far from Santiago. They had met General Garcia, the brave leader of the insurgents. @@ -2588,7 +2550,7 @@ his home.</p> <p>"<span class="smcap">Children</span>, would you like to go to Havana -and visit our good friend Señor Alvarez +and visit our good friend Señor Alvarez for a week? He has invited us all to come and talk over the good fortune that has come to our land. You can have a good time seeing @@ -3112,7 +3074,7 @@ young people in "A Little Puritan Rebel," etc.</p> <hr class="chap" /> -<div class='adauthor'>By OUIDA (Louise de la Ramée)</div> +<div class='adauthor'>By OUIDA (Louise de la Ramée)</div> <div class='adtitle3'>A Dog of Flanders: <span class="smcap"><small>A Christmas Story</small></span>.</div> @@ -3120,7 +3082,7 @@ young people in "A Little Puritan Rebel," etc.</p> <p>Too well and favorably known to require description.</p> -<div class='adtitle3'>The Nürnberg Stove.</div> +<div class='adtitle3'>The Nürnberg Stove.</div> <p>This beautiful story has never before been published at a popular price.</p> @@ -3340,7 +3302,7 @@ little story.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8ad2" id="Page_8ad2">[8]</a></span></p> -<div class='title'><span class='adtitle4'>The Fairy of the Rhône.</span> By <span class="smcap">A. Comyns +<div class='title'><span class='adtitle4'>The Fairy of the Rhône.</span> By <span class="smcap">A. Comyns Carr</span>.</div> <p>Here is a fairy story indeed, one of old-fashioned pure @@ -3840,380 +3802,6 @@ period of colonial extension when England's famous naval heroes encountered the ships of Spain, both at home and in the West Indies.</p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Our Little Cuban Cousin, by Mary Hazelton Wade - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OUR LITTLE CUBAN COUSIN *** - -***** This file should be named 43636-h.htm or 43636-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/6/3/43636/ - -Produced by Emmy, Beth Baran and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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