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... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these com- modities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less port- able form of property ...
... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these com- modities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less port- able form of property ...
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... close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , mana- ger in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way , was strangely affected . It is to be noted that he knew very little of Heyst ...
... close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , mana- ger in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way , was strangely affected . It is to be noted that he knew very little of Heyst ...
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... close to Davidson's . " My cash - box ! My - he - look here , Captain Davidson ! He ran off with a girl . What do I care for the girl ? The girl is nothing to me . " He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start . That's what ...
... close to Davidson's . " My cash - box ! My - he - look here , Captain Davidson ! He ran off with a girl . What do I care for the girl ? The girl is nothing to me . " He shot out an infamous word which made Davidson start . That's what ...
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... close to his little table was painful to him . He was preparing to rise and go out when he noticed that two white muslin dresses and crimson sashes had not yet left the platform . One of these dresses con cealed the raw - boned frame of ...
... close to his little table was painful to him . He was preparing to rise and go out when he noticed that two white muslin dresses and crimson sashes had not yet left the platform . One of these dresses con cealed the raw - boned frame of ...
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... close , as if to drop a word into its ear . Her lips did certainly move . But what sort of word could it have been to make the girl jump up so swiftly ? Heyst , at his table , was surprised into a sympa- thetic start . He glanced ...
... close , as if to drop a word into its ear . Her lips did certainly move . But what sort of word could it have been to make the girl jump up so swiftly ? Heyst , at his table , was surprised into a sympa- thetic start . He glanced ...
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