Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineA. Roman and Company, 1887 |
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Page 9
... death should you have consented to come . Heavens ! what a strange perversity of fate that you of all others should be anxious for the welfare , in- fatuated with the character of - Ramirez ! " He spoke the name as though it were a ...
... death should you have consented to come . Heavens ! what a strange perversity of fate that you of all others should be anxious for the welfare , in- fatuated with the character of - Ramirez ! " He spoke the name as though it were a ...
Page 11
... death came to cast an unending gloom over the household , which before had been captious , foreboding , but ever loving , ever secretly proud of the bold , irrepressible spirit it could not chain to its standard of decorum , or tame to ...
... death came to cast an unending gloom over the household , which before had been captious , foreboding , but ever loving , ever secretly proud of the bold , irrepressible spirit it could not chain to its standard of decorum , or tame to ...
Page 12
... death had closed for so many unregarded years . I saw before me that face , which I had so long forgotten- but my fancy pictured him never as in life , gay , happy , resolute ; but pale , bloody , corpse - like , stretching out dead ...
... death had closed for so many unregarded years . I saw before me that face , which I had so long forgotten- but my fancy pictured him never as in life , gay , happy , resolute ; but pale , bloody , corpse - like , stretching out dead ...
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... death . I could not comprehend the mad jests of those around him ; but a mo- ment after they passed I heard a sound which to all ears conveys the same meaning -a pistol shot - and the voice of Ramirez crying , " Caramba ! the next fall ...
... death . I could not comprehend the mad jests of those around him ; but a mo- ment after they passed I heard a sound which to all ears conveys the same meaning -a pistol shot - and the voice of Ramirez crying , " Caramba ! the next fall ...
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... death of her foster - father must be given . her - so well did she know the customs and manners of her country people , ever prone to useless prevarication , even in their deepest sorrow - hastened to describe to her the few scant means ...
... death of her foster - father must be given . her - so well did she know the customs and manners of her country people , ever prone to useless prevarication , even in their deepest sorrow - hastened to describe to her the few scant means ...
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