Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 52
... mountain ages ago it swept through the forest of trees and made its way round and about the trunks . The trees burned away , but in the process the lava cooled , and there remain many instances of the perfect mould of the tree trunks ...
... mountain ages ago it swept through the forest of trees and made its way round and about the trunks . The trees burned away , but in the process the lava cooled , and there remain many instances of the perfect mould of the tree trunks ...
Page 78
... mountain was hot ; the rocks glistened . Lean - face peered cau- tiously into the cave . Bones of animals were scattered about , indicating a habita- tion . No human being was to be seen . The intruder searched about , and , in a corner ...
... mountain was hot ; the rocks glistened . Lean - face peered cau- tiously into the cave . Bones of animals were scattered about , indicating a habita- tion . No human being was to be seen . The intruder searched about , and , in a corner ...
Page 81
... Mountains had been mountains be- fore this falsifier came into power ; now they were the abode of Wah - wah . Lean- face had turned the world into a stamp- ing ground for the imagination . He fal- sified the earth with thought . He gave ...
... Mountains had been mountains be- fore this falsifier came into power ; now they were the abode of Wah - wah . Lean- face had turned the world into a stamp- ing ground for the imagination . He fal- sified the earth with thought . He gave ...
Page 83
... Mountains , and Chief Killer of Enemies , Lean - face is going away . " " Why ? " asked the king . " Sometimes , " declared Lean - face , " when I tell Ugwuf to do , he does . Ugwuf acts my words not because of me , but be- cause Ugwuf ...
... Mountains , and Chief Killer of Enemies , Lean - face is going away . " " Why ? " asked the king . " Sometimes , " declared Lean - face , " when I tell Ugwuf to do , he does . Ugwuf acts my words not because of me , but be- cause Ugwuf ...
Page 86
... mountains seventy miles away , there was a mass meeting to be held in connection with the nomination of a dele- gate to ... mountain district , but they were inclined to be submissive . Spanish rule had not been of the kind to teach them ...
... mountains seventy miles away , there was a mass meeting to be held in connection with the nomination of a dele- gate to ... mountain district , but they were inclined to be submissive . Spanish rule had not been of the kind to teach them ...
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