Overland MonthlyA. Roman and Company, 1900 |
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Page 57
... took to the road regular -workin ' with Hank Billings on an irri- gation ditch in the mountains , and the Portyghee was shovelin ' dirt under Uncle Collis's cross - ties on the narrer - gauge for a dollar and ten cents a day . Say ...
... took to the road regular -workin ' with Hank Billings on an irri- gation ditch in the mountains , and the Portyghee was shovelin ' dirt under Uncle Collis's cross - ties on the narrer - gauge for a dollar and ten cents a day . Say ...
Page 61
... took to the bresh and climbed the caƱon sides and squawked and cluttered , and when mornin ' come some o ' them dum roosters was crowin ' way up the mountains and callin ' to each other across the gulches for five miles ' round . " Well ...
... took to the bresh and climbed the caƱon sides and squawked and cluttered , and when mornin ' come some o ' them dum roosters was crowin ' way up the mountains and callin ' to each other across the gulches for five miles ' round . " Well ...
Page 66
... took careful aim at one of the blurred masses on the ground below him . The next moment he felt the earth slipping away from beneath him , and as he fired , the whole bank gave way , carrying him with a rush into the trench , and ...
... took careful aim at one of the blurred masses on the ground below him . The next moment he felt the earth slipping away from beneath him , and as he fired , the whole bank gave way , carrying him with a rush into the trench , and ...
Page 67
... took two or three strides across the room . " I don't mind telling you , Curtis , " he said , " but it must go no further . The place is honeycombed with spies our slightest movements seem to be known to the enemy . That affair of ...
... took two or three strides across the room . " I don't mind telling you , Curtis , " he said , " but it must go no further . The place is honeycombed with spies our slightest movements seem to be known to the enemy . That affair of ...
Page 70
... took the more merciful view of it , his mission to the south would be at an end , for he would be sent to Pre- toria . And he had that pass ! If he used that , and was discovered , it would be death to a certainty . But at all costs he ...
... took the more merciful view of it , his mission to the south would be at an end , for he would be sent to Pre- toria . And he had that pass ! If he used that , and was discovered , it would be death to a certainty . But at all costs he ...
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