Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1906 |
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... tell ' em at home how I croaked . " Colt gun - it's all gone , and the nig- gers have run , " and he disappeared over the ridge again . and the watching troopers realized that it was turned upon the enemy as they saw the bullets tearing ...
... tell ' em at home how I croaked . " Colt gun - it's all gone , and the nig- gers have run , " and he disappeared over the ridge again . and the watching troopers realized that it was turned upon the enemy as they saw the bullets tearing ...
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... tell ' em to home how I croaked . Tell ' em I went under from the fever or drink- ing too much bino . " " Shut up , " said Graw , " you ain't goin ' to croak . " " Sure I be , " said Sheeny , and he turned over on his side and coughed ...
... tell ' em to home how I croaked . Tell ' em I went under from the fever or drink- ing too much bino . " " Shut up , " said Graw , " you ain't goin ' to croak . " " Sure I be , " said Sheeny , and he turned over on his side and coughed ...
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... tell me , was it so ? " " Yes , " was the reply . " Man is much older than your scientific men credit him ; he came into existence during the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic age , and was the contem- porary of those huge animals that ...
... tell me , was it so ? " " Yes , " was the reply . " Man is much older than your scientific men credit him ; he came into existence during the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic age , and was the contem- porary of those huge animals that ...
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... tell me of herself . I cannot describe my surprise when I found that the fat , waddling , dirty squaw that came toward me was Kate . old , dirty dress , short , narrow and faded , had taken the place of her clean Mother Hubbard . An old ...
... tell me of herself . I cannot describe my surprise when I found that the fat , waddling , dirty squaw that came toward me was Kate . old , dirty dress , short , narrow and faded , had taken the place of her clean Mother Hubbard . An old ...
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... tell of mighty industries . Directly ahead of the ferry in which the traveler from the East makes the last stage of his journey , loom the two most prominent elevations of this sky line which seem to stand as monuments of the old city ...
... tell of mighty industries . Directly ahead of the ferry in which the traveler from the East makes the last stage of his journey , loom the two most prominent elevations of this sky line which seem to stand as monuments of the old city ...
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