Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 139
... night was at hand . Through the evening calm , the monoto- nous chant shrilled weirdly , and the tom- tom vibrated with the regularity of a pulse - beat . And as that strange , un- earthly measure swelled , then died in the engulfing night ...
... night was at hand . Through the evening calm , the monoto- nous chant shrilled weirdly , and the tom- tom vibrated with the regularity of a pulse - beat . And as that strange , un- earthly measure swelled , then died in the engulfing night ...
Page 144
... night settled down , broken only by the night owl on the hill . and the crickets in the pines . The new lieutenant sat and smoked and considered . This was better than he had dared hope . Whatever the discrepancies of his past , failure ...
... night settled down , broken only by the night owl on the hill . and the crickets in the pines . The new lieutenant sat and smoked and considered . This was better than he had dared hope . Whatever the discrepancies of his past , failure ...
Page 148
... night . Each night she concluded that morning would be a more favorable time . She had planned various ways of telling him . one time she thought she would wear the ring until he noticed it , and then ex- plain . At another she planned ...
... night . Each night she concluded that morning would be a more favorable time . She had planned various ways of telling him . one time she thought she would wear the ring until he noticed it , and then ex- plain . At another she planned ...
Page 156
... night crowd . Street corners were grouped with idle men and boys from the mills , and buggies and carryalls were bringing their quota from the outlying districts . Sheriff Tom Rawlins , taking a cut through lower Fallsburg with Bergen ...
... night crowd . Street corners were grouped with idle men and boys from the mills , and buggies and carryalls were bringing their quota from the outlying districts . Sheriff Tom Rawlins , taking a cut through lower Fallsburg with Bergen ...
Page 157
... night ; he must have whisky ; his fingers itched for the touch of dice . Uncle Joe Babcock had just been paid off . No for- mulated plan of action yet stirred the slug- gish mind , but he wanted the things that Uncle Joe's money could ...
... night ; he must have whisky ; his fingers itched for the touch of dice . Uncle Joe Babcock had just been paid off . No for- mulated plan of action yet stirred the slug- gish mind , but he wanted the things that Uncle Joe's money could ...
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