Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, Volume 2A. Roman and Company, 1965 |
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Page 147
... close the year with no duns at the door , and no creditor's anathemas to pursue him to spoil the New Year's festivities ; happy is that firm whose balance sheet is evenly poised , while cash in the safe and the goods in readiness for ...
... close the year with no duns at the door , and no creditor's anathemas to pursue him to spoil the New Year's festivities ; happy is that firm whose balance sheet is evenly poised , while cash in the safe and the goods in readiness for ...
Page 148
... close ; partly be- cause of the tradition which all have heard , and which many believe , that be- fore the close of the year - say on the twenty - sixth of the twelfth month - the local deities all gather up their accounts and journals ...
... close ; partly be- cause of the tradition which all have heard , and which many believe , that be- fore the close of the year - say on the twenty - sixth of the twelfth month - the local deities all gather up their accounts and journals ...
Page 355
... close . Perhaps you won't believe me when I tell you it was only a great army of big white butter- flies , as long as my little finger and covered all over with down . Heaps of ' em come aboard us , and covered the decks fore and aft ...
... close . Perhaps you won't believe me when I tell you it was only a great army of big white butter- flies , as long as my little finger and covered all over with down . Heaps of ' em come aboard us , and covered the decks fore and aft ...
Contents
After RomanceReality | 32 |
Buried Alive in the | 87 |
Prospectors Story A Prentice Mulford 336 | 93 |
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