Overland MonthlyA. Roman and Company, 1900 |
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Page 30
... tell a different story . ' " Tom ! If hope was gold , you would be a rich pocket . " " " " Nil desperandum , " Tom shouted . " Nil the Devil ! " said Jabe . " Mac is the only one in this crowd that finds any thing . He's like Moses with ...
... tell a different story . ' " Tom ! If hope was gold , you would be a rich pocket . " " " " Nil desperandum , " Tom shouted . " Nil the Devil ! " said Jabe . " Mac is the only one in this crowd that finds any thing . He's like Moses with ...
Page 33
... tell occurred . One day the orderly came in , mechan- ically raised his hand to a salute , dropped it to his side , and stood at attention , " like a wooden Indian . " The judge glanced up from the pile of papers before him . " Well ...
... tell occurred . One day the orderly came in , mechan- ically raised his hand to a salute , dropped it to his side , and stood at attention , " like a wooden Indian . " The judge glanced up from the pile of papers before him . " Well ...
Page 34
... tell of a storm and the loss of a vessel on the north coast several days ' journey away , and the next day the cable from Hongkong corrobo- rated his words . I did not doubt him , because I felt that strange uncanny power in the air ...
... tell of a storm and the loss of a vessel on the north coast several days ' journey away , and the next day the cable from Hongkong corrobo- rated his words . I did not doubt him , because I felt that strange uncanny power in the air ...
Page 36
... telling my horse to follow , I passed on to an ornamental iron gate . There a man was waiting . Silently the gate swung open and I passed in . A servant took the horse by the bridle . When I came into the main room of the building I ...
... telling my horse to follow , I passed on to an ornamental iron gate . There a man was waiting . Silently the gate swung open and I passed in . A servant took the horse by the bridle . When I came into the main room of the building I ...
Page 37
... tell it , and I leaned down to the small figure at my side . Juanita's face out of the night ! A single word- " Paciencia ! " -and she was gone . I raised myself in the saddle , I breathed free , the ylang- ylang was in the air , there ...
... tell it , and I leaned down to the small figure at my side . Juanita's face out of the night ! A single word- " Paciencia ! " -and she was gone . I raised myself in the saddle , I breathed free , the ylang- ylang was in the air , there ...
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