Overland MonthlyBret Harte A. Roman and Company, 1916 |
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... night . For with the night came the most absorbing sport of all . The " chuck - a - luck " tables had been spread with the fateful six greasy cards , and dice were seductively rattling , as the sing - song voices of the gamblers called ...
... night . For with the night came the most absorbing sport of all . The " chuck - a - luck " tables had been spread with the fateful six greasy cards , and dice were seductively rattling , as the sing - song voices of the gamblers called ...
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... Night & Day Bank , as I thrust the mass of crumpled bills into the little window . " Eighty - seven thousand one hundred and one dollars , " said he , as he straightened out the yellow ten and twenty thousand dollar notes , while my ...
... Night & Day Bank , as I thrust the mass of crumpled bills into the little window . " Eighty - seven thousand one hundred and one dollars , " said he , as he straightened out the yellow ten and twenty thousand dollar notes , while my ...
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... night about the end of August , the two partners had turned in for the night while the Mexican had made his bed under one of the camp wagons . He was suddenly aroused in the night by a thundering discharge of fire arms . Several of the ...
... night about the end of August , the two partners had turned in for the night while the Mexican had made his bed under one of the camp wagons . He was suddenly aroused in the night by a thundering discharge of fire arms . Several of the ...
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... night when he drew himself upon the last rock at the top of the bank . The fact that it was night caused him not an extra pang of depression . He knew that he must camp out , not one night , but two ; he had even decided on the lo ...
... night when he drew himself upon the last rock at the top of the bank . The fact that it was night caused him not an extra pang of depression . He knew that he must camp out , not one night , but two ; he had even decided on the lo ...
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... night . Soon he had a fire started , and with unlimited fuel at hand he stretched himself on the ground . Only short naps were possible , for the wood was dry and burned down very rapidly . Numberless times he awoke , chilled through ...
... night . Soon he had a fire started , and with unlimited fuel at hand he stretched himself on the ground . Only short naps were possible , for the wood was dry and burned down very rapidly . Numberless times he awoke , chilled through ...
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