Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 77
... Lean - face , the name having been conferred by Po- bolo in a splendid bit of statecraft . Lean- face was not only spare of cheek but con- tracted in belly and scrawny of limbs . Pobolo frequently ridiculed him to the chief . " Behold this ...
... Lean - face , the name having been conferred by Po- bolo in a splendid bit of statecraft . Lean- face was not only spare of cheek but con- tracted in belly and scrawny of limbs . Pobolo frequently ridiculed him to the chief . " Behold this ...
Page 78
... Lean- face yearned to blow upon a marrow - bone and fascinate a crowd ; and still earnestly did he wish for ten cows . Moreover , Po- bolo's vexation would not have been un- pleasant to him . In the latter concern , Lean - face inter ...
... Lean- face yearned to blow upon a marrow - bone and fascinate a crowd ; and still earnestly did he wish for ten cows . Moreover , Po- bolo's vexation would not have been un- pleasant to him . In the latter concern , Lean - face inter ...
Page 79
... Lean - face was startled . He stared , but saw no one . " Wah - wah ! " he cried again . " Wah - wah , " came the echo . The Great Man was evidently near , but invisible . Lean - face prostrated himself in fear . His whole body and mind ...
... Lean - face was startled . He stared , but saw no one . " Wah - wah ! " he cried again . " Wah - wah , " came the echo . The Great Man was evidently near , but invisible . Lean - face prostrated himself in fear . His whole body and mind ...
Page 80
... Lean - face could not him , but Lean - face heard . " see At this point , Pobolo was constrained to regale himself with laughter . " Now , who ever heard anybody so far away ? It is laugh - laugh to listen to this Lean - face talker ...
... Lean - face could not him , but Lean - face heard . " see At this point , Pobolo was constrained to regale himself with laughter . " Now , who ever heard anybody so far away ? It is laugh - laugh to listen to this Lean - face talker ...
Page 81
... Lean- face with his dependence upon matters which none of them could behold or know . It was at first puzzling , even to Lean - face , that the more the tribe was puzzled the more it was delighted ; the less it knew the less it doubted ...
... Lean- face with his dependence upon matters which none of them could behold or know . It was at first puzzling , even to Lean - face , that the more the tribe was puzzled the more it was delighted ; the less it knew the less it doubted ...
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