Overland MonthlyA. Roman and Company, 1900 |
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Page 48
... fire - escape in or- der to reach the basement . Moreover , true to its inborn passion for water , the carabao would climb into the bath - tub at most inconvenient times , and in many other ways rendered himself obnoxious to the ...
... fire - escape in or- der to reach the basement . Moreover , true to its inborn passion for water , the carabao would climb into the bath - tub at most inconvenient times , and in many other ways rendered himself obnoxious to the ...
Page 54
... fires , half sheltered . the shaggy tendrils of my uncut hair . My foot - gear was of walrus - hide , cunningly ... fire - flashing , heaven - born , while I - I was merely a clay - born , a son of earth . For a giddy moment I had ...
... fires , half sheltered . the shaggy tendrils of my uncut hair . My foot - gear was of walrus - hide , cunningly ... fire - flashing , heaven - born , while I - I was merely a clay - born , a son of earth . For a giddy moment I had ...
Page 55
... fire - bath in the womb of the world , I dwindled in my own sight . My feet were uncertain and heavy , and my soul became as a meal- sack , limp with emptiness and tied in the middle . People looked upon me scorn- fully , pitifully ...
... fire - bath in the womb of the world , I dwindled in my own sight . My feet were uncertain and heavy , and my soul became as a meal- sack , limp with emptiness and tied in the middle . People looked upon me scorn- fully , pitifully ...
Page 60
... fire- man . ' Don't shoot ; we ' re comin ' ! ' and they crawls out and Hank waltzes ' em off in the bresh and stands ' em in a row , with this here Stivetts coverin ' ' em with his sawed - off shot - gun . " Not a word ! ' growls Hank ...
... fire- man . ' Don't shoot ; we ' re comin ' ! ' and they crawls out and Hank waltzes ' em off in the bresh and stands ' em in a row , with this here Stivetts coverin ' ' em with his sawed - off shot - gun . " Not a word ! ' growls Hank ...
Page 63
... fire ! " And Grainger wheeling round saw the weird night radiance glinting on a couple of hundred rifle - barrels . For a moment he hesitated . A volley and a charge , and all would be over . They would lose life , but not honor . Then ...
... fire ! " And Grainger wheeling round saw the weird night radiance glinting on a couple of hundred rifle - barrels . For a moment he hesitated . A volley and a charge , and all would be over . They would lose life , but not honor . Then ...
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