Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineA. Roman and Company, 1887 |
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... took out fifteen ounces and were pretty well contented - the next day six ounces only , and were proportionately dis- pirited . But upon the third day the luck again changed , and they washed out fifty- three ounces , including one rich ...
... took out fifteen ounces and were pretty well contented - the next day six ounces only , and were proportionately dis- pirited . But upon the third day the luck again changed , and they washed out fifty- three ounces , including one rich ...
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... took the coffee pot off the fire , and spread out two tin plates before him . As he did so , Grace crawled out from the tent and took her seat beside him . A pleasant little fig- ure that of a girl of eighteen -- not large , but having ...
... took the coffee pot off the fire , and spread out two tin plates before him . As he did so , Grace crawled out from the tent and took her seat beside him . A pleasant little fig- ure that of a girl of eighteen -- not large , but having ...
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... took from his pocket a little meerschaum pipe and filled it carefully from a bag of cut to- bacco , placed the stem between his lips , and hunted in his bag for a match , making as though he would sit down and have a quiet smoke . But ...
... took from his pocket a little meerschaum pipe and filled it carefully from a bag of cut to- bacco , placed the stem between his lips , and hunted in his bag for a match , making as though he would sit down and have a quiet smoke . But ...
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... took up the brush and seemed about to fill out the whole name . But some contrary impulse now appeared to restrain him from further effort ; and dropping his brush , he once more pulled out the pipe and put it to his mouth , and as ...
... took up the brush and seemed about to fill out the whole name . But some contrary impulse now appeared to restrain him from further effort ; and dropping his brush , he once more pulled out the pipe and put it to his mouth , and as ...
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... took a trick . " The Know - Nothing council in Weaverville held its meetings in the hall of a large frame building , the lower part of which was used as a carpenter's shop , the floor of the hall being thickly covered with sawdust ; to ...
... took a trick . " The Know - Nothing council in Weaverville held its meetings in the hall of a large frame building , the lower part of which was used as a carpenter's shop , the floor of the hall being thickly covered with sawdust ; to ...
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