A FRANCO-CALIFORNIAN ROMANCE
By Richard Henry Savage
INTRODUCTION.
BOOK I. THE LAST OF THE DONS BY THE BLUE PACIFIC.
CHAPTER I. UNDER THE MEXICAN EAGLE. EXIT THE FOREIGNER. MONTEREY, 1840.
CHAPTER II. AT THE PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO. WEDDING
CHAPTER III. A MISSING SENTINEL. -FREMONT'S CAMP.
CHAPTER IV. HELD BY THE ENEMY. "THE BEAR FLAG."
BOOK II. GOLD FOR ALL. A NEW STAR IN THE FLAG.
CHAPTER V. THE GOLDEN MAGNET. FREE OR SLAVE?
CHAPTER VI. LIGHTING FREEDOM'S WESTERN LAMP.
CHAPTER VII. THE QUEEN OF THE EL DORADO. GUILTY BONDS.
CHAPTER VIII. JOAQUIN, THE MOUNTAIN ROBBER. THE DON'S PERIL.
CHAPTER IX. THE STRANGER'S FOOT AT LAGUNITAS. VALOIS' SPANISH BRIDE.
BOOK III. GOING HOME TO DIXIE: STARS AND STRIPES, OR STARS AND BARS?
CHAPTER X. A LITTLE DINNER AT JUDGE HARDIN'S. THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE.
CHAPTER XI. "I'SE GWINE BACK TO DIXIE." THE FORTUNES OF WAR. VAL VERDE.
CHAPTER XII. HOOD'S DAY. PEACHTREE CREEK. VALOIS' LAST
BOOK IV. A LOST HEIRESS. MILLIONS AT STAKE.
CHAPTER XIII. MOUNT DAVIDSON'S MAGIC MILLIONS. A CALIFORNIA PLUTOCRACY. THE PRICE OF A CRIME.
CHAPTER XIV. A MARIPOSA BONANZA. NATALIE DE SANTOS BORN IN
CHAPTER XV. AN OLD PRIEST AND A YOUNG ARTIST. THE CHANGELINGS.
CHAPTER XVI. NEARING EACH OTHER. THE VALOIS HEIRS.
CHAPTER XVII. WEAVING SPIDERS. A COWARD BLOW. MARIE BRARD'S DOOM.
BOOK V. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
CHAPTER XVIII. JOE WOODS SURPRISES A LADY. LOVE'S GOLDEN NETS.
CHAPTER XIX. LOVERS ONCE. STRANGERS NOW. FACE TO FACE.
CHAPTER XX. JUDGE HARDIN MEETS HIS MATCH. A SENATORIAL
