Overland MonthlyBret Harte A. Roman and Company, 1902 |
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Page 25
... seemed to come and go , to them ; a dozen times Horton had momen- tarily ceased his fire to listen for the welcome thud of hoofs , and as often was disappointed . It was in reality but an hour before he suddenly discovered that his ...
... seemed to come and go , to them ; a dozen times Horton had momen- tarily ceased his fire to listen for the welcome thud of hoofs , and as often was disappointed . It was in reality but an hour before he suddenly discovered that his ...
Page 27
... seemed to know so little about the roads . Nearly every one I met told me that it would be fool- hardy to attempt to reach the caves with- out a guide . The trail that led over the mountains from the end of the road , they assured me ...
... seemed to know so little about the roads . Nearly every one I met told me that it would be fool- hardy to attempt to reach the caves with- out a guide . The trail that led over the mountains from the end of the road , they assured me ...
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... seemed to bid me turn aside and rest for a while ; but already I was behind my " schedule time " ; so I resisted the temptation and soon began to fight my way through a dense thicket of buck - brush that lined and over - grew the trail ...
... seemed to bid me turn aside and rest for a while ; but already I was behind my " schedule time " ; so I resisted the temptation and soon began to fight my way through a dense thicket of buck - brush that lined and over - grew the trail ...
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... seemed to be over , I started out with a load that weighed , including the wheel , about one hundred pounds , but before I was hardly out of the city the rain was coming down with greater force than ever . There was no convenient place ...
... seemed to be over , I started out with a load that weighed , including the wheel , about one hundred pounds , but before I was hardly out of the city the rain was coming down with greater force than ever . There was no convenient place ...
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... seemed to be . I was seldom out of sight of a cabin or a cottage , and a few miles above Niagara I passed a fair - sized hotel - all empty and deserted . Not far above the de- serted hotel is a typical log - jamb that completely fills a ...
... seemed to be . I was seldom out of sight of a cabin or a cottage , and a few miles above Niagara I passed a fair - sized hotel - all empty and deserted . Not far above the de- serted hotel is a typical log - jamb that completely fills a ...
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