Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 80
... seemed willing to maintain his compact of friendship with the absent one , and re- peated , " It is well . Lean - face will wear the cord of trees and come take two hands- ful of cows , " by which latter he meant ten . " Ugwuf likes Wah ...
... seemed willing to maintain his compact of friendship with the absent one , and re- peated , " It is well . Lean - face will wear the cord of trees and come take two hands- ful of cows , " by which latter he meant ten . " Ugwuf likes Wah ...
Page 81
... seemed as if there were no other glory left for the all - as - rapacious Lean- face . But this advanced mind soon dis- covered a basis of supremacy great as , or greater than , any known ; to wit , the un- known . Every one beheld ...
... seemed as if there were no other glory left for the all - as - rapacious Lean- face . But this advanced mind soon dis- covered a basis of supremacy great as , or greater than , any known ; to wit , the un- known . Every one beheld ...
Page 86
... seemed certain . As the af- ernoon wore on , however , a negro lawyer rose to address the house . He was per- suasive of tongue , and in a short time had the attention of the colored voters at- tracted to his programme . He recom ...
... seemed certain . As the af- ernoon wore on , however , a negro lawyer rose to address the house . He was per- suasive of tongue , and in a short time had the attention of the colored voters at- tracted to his programme . He recom ...
Page 90
... But he was in- creasingly surprised that no one seemed aware of who or what he was . Then , sud- denly he understood it ! It was not un- common for rulers now and then to go among their THE DEAD INCHES Story THE DESERT Verse.
... But he was in- creasingly surprised that no one seemed aware of who or what he was . Then , sud- denly he understood it ! It was not un- common for rulers now and then to go among their THE DEAD INCHES Story THE DESERT Verse.
Page 115
... seemed I went with empty hands , nor now Is there recalled one furrow that my plow Then made across the broad and fertile mead : And further , I could reap not , if the seed Were never planted ; that the autumn bough Would barren be ...
... seemed I went with empty hands , nor now Is there recalled one furrow that my plow Then made across the broad and fertile mead : And further , I could reap not , if the seed Were never planted ; that the autumn bough Would barren be ...
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