Overland MonthlyBret Harte A. Roman and Company, 1902 |
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... took occa- The devoted Mescaleros who squatted behind the rocks were in no haste to rush in and finish the game wnich they had so securely trapped . They had two mute witnesses up there among the rocks , two who were just as dead as the ...
... took occa- The devoted Mescaleros who squatted behind the rocks were in no haste to rush in and finish the game wnich they had so securely trapped . They had two mute witnesses up there among the rocks , two who were just as dead as the ...
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... took me quite a length of time to find my way out . I would have camped another day at the caves , but my provisions gave out . I had no breakfast the morning I left , and the nearest house was on Sucker Creek , six miles away . Had the ...
... took me quite a length of time to find my way out . I would have camped another day at the caves , but my provisions gave out . I had no breakfast the morning I left , and the nearest house was on Sucker Creek , six miles away . Had the ...
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... took me till sunset to reach Grant's Pass . I could make no comparison between the Kerbyville and the Williams Creek routes ; for one was very good for a mountain road , while the other was indescribably bad . Earlier in the season the ...
... took me till sunset to reach Grant's Pass . I could make no comparison between the Kerbyville and the Williams Creek routes ; for one was very good for a mountain road , while the other was indescribably bad . Earlier in the season the ...
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... took me until three p . m . to ride sev- enteen miles to Niagara , where the road ends . I was nearly exhausted , and though I hardly knew what was the mat- ter with me , I concluded that another rest would do me good , so there I ...
... took me until three p . m . to ride sev- enteen miles to Niagara , where the road ends . I was nearly exhausted , and though I hardly knew what was the mat- ter with me , I concluded that another rest would do me good , so there I ...
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... took only my camera , an extra box of plates , the outside cover of my sleeping - bag , ( which I used as a changing - bag ) and , as an afterthought , the two or three pounds of hardtack that I had left . The trail was good and the ...
... took only my camera , an extra box of plates , the outside cover of my sleeping - bag , ( which I used as a changing - bag ) and , as an afterthought , the two or three pounds of hardtack that I had left . The trail was good and the ...
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