[Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz by H. Irving Hancock]@TWC D-Link bookDave Darrin at Vera Cruz CHAPTER XXIV 10/26
He was obliged to urge his suit through the open window of the house.
Then, when Mr.Denman sternly refused to listen to him, Cosetta tried to kill Mr.Denman and his son, intending to abduct Miss Denman and to force her to marry Cantor. "Cosetta died this morning.
He had hoped to become at least a colonel in Huerta's army.
Cantor did not know Cosetta until that chance meeting took place in the gambling house." A week later, Dave Darrin, his wound now almost healed, stood on the bridge of the "_Long Island_," Danny Grin at his side. They had just watched the landing of the last boatloads of General Funston's regulars. "I believe that winds up the Navy's chapter at Vera Cruz, Danny," said Ensign Darrin.
"The rest of it, if there is going to be any 'rest,' will belong to the Army." "We had an interesting time while it lasted," declared Dalzell, with a broad grin. "There is a world full of interesting times ahead of us.
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