Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1906 |
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Page 20
... seen a horse for two months , an ' the Fourteenth have their horses an ' " The remark ended in the mouth of a gurgling canteen . The column stopped . The advance guard had come to the edge of the jungle , and one of the points came back ...
... seen a horse for two months , an ' the Fourteenth have their horses an ' " The remark ended in the mouth of a gurgling canteen . The column stopped . The advance guard had come to the edge of the jungle , and one of the points came back ...
Page 22
... seen that the nigger at the gun was hit just as I fell . I got it in the shoulder and when I come to I seen the bloke had croaked sure enough . I could see the gun from where I was spiked . " " But you said there wasn't any ammunition ...
... seen that the nigger at the gun was hit just as I fell . I got it in the shoulder and when I come to I seen the bloke had croaked sure enough . I could see the gun from where I was spiked . " " But you said there wasn't any ammunition ...
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... seen before , for I was a new - comer , a tenderfoot . I had been told that Kate was different , and she was for a time . I was pleased to note that she seemed . thoroughly clean . Of course her skin was an ugly blackish brown , and her ...
... seen before , for I was a new - comer , a tenderfoot . I had been told that Kate was different , and she was for a time . I was pleased to note that she seemed . thoroughly clean . Of course her skin was an ugly blackish brown , and her ...
Page 31
... seen through the leaden gray mist . Myriads of beautiful insects spring into life , and invade the houses - gorgeous moths in all col- ors and sizes , from the death's - head , 6 inches from tip to tip of wing , down to the common ...
... seen through the leaden gray mist . Myriads of beautiful insects spring into life , and invade the houses - gorgeous moths in all col- ors and sizes , from the death's - head , 6 inches from tip to tip of wing , down to the common ...
Page 32
... seen no more . The last of the chiles are har- vested , and gradually comes the feeling that everything is ready . Then follows a day or two of sun- shine , the last expiring struggle of strength of the dying summer . Then another day ...
... seen no more . The last of the chiles are har- vested , and gradually comes the feeling that everything is ready . Then follows a day or two of sun- shine , the last expiring struggle of strength of the dying summer . Then another day ...
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