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... Swede right enough . Whether he was a baron , too , I am not so certain . He himself never laid a claim to that distinction . His detachment was too great to make any claims big or small on one's credulity . I will not say where I met ...
... Swede right enough . Whether he was a baron , too , I am not so certain . He himself never laid a claim to that distinction . His detachment was too great to make any claims big or small on one's credulity . I will not say where I met ...
Page 7
... Swede , " was his only comment ; but this is the origin of the name " Enchanted Heyst " which some fellows fastened on our man . He also had other names . In his early years , long before he got so becomingly bald on the top , he went ...
... Swede , " was his only comment ; but this is the origin of the name " Enchanted Heyst " which some fellows fastened on our man . He also had other names . In his early years , long before he got so becomingly bald on the top , he went ...
Page 15
... Swede suddenly risen and hit him on the nose , he could not have been taken more aback than when this stranger , this nondescript wanderer , said with a little bow across the table : " Oh ! If that's the case I would be very happy if ...
... Swede suddenly risen and hit him on the nose , he could not have been taken more aback than when this stranger , this nondescript wanderer , said with a little bow across the table : " Oh ! If that's the case I would be very happy if ...
Page 16
... Swede's shoulders - and didn't want to miss a single detail of the transformation . But if Heyst was an angel from on high , sent in answer to prayer , he did not betray his heavenly origin by outward signs . So , in- stead of going on ...
... Swede's shoulders - and didn't want to miss a single detail of the transformation . But if Heyst was an angel from on high , sent in answer to prayer , he did not betray his heavenly origin by outward signs . So , in- stead of going on ...
Page 18
... Swede was as much distressed as Morrison ; for he understood the other's feelings per- fectly . No decent feeling was ever scorned by Heyst . But he was incapable of outward cordiality of manner , and he felt acutely his defect ...
... Swede was as much distressed as Morrison ; for he understood the other's feelings per- fectly . No decent feeling was ever scorned by Heyst . But he was incapable of outward cordiality of manner , and he felt acutely his defect ...
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