Romance: A NovelDoubleday, Page, 1914 - 428 pages |
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Page 8
... John - John Kemp ; come down , I say ! " I started away from the glass as if I had been taken in an act of folly . Rooksby was flicking his leg with his switch in the door- way , at the bottom of the narrow flight of stairs . He wanted ...
... John - John Kemp ; come down , I say ! " I started away from the glass as if I had been taken in an act of folly . Rooksby was flicking his leg with his switch in the door- way , at the bottom of the narrow flight of stairs . He wanted ...
Page 13
... John Kemp , " I said . The other grunted . " Hurry up , Thoms . " " But , Mr. Lillywhite , " Thoms reasoned , " he don't speak like a Dago . Split me if he do ! And we aint in a friendly country either , you know that . We can't afford ...
... John Kemp , " I said . The other grunted . " Hurry up , Thoms . " " But , Mr. Lillywhite , " Thoms reasoned , " he don't speak like a Dago . Split me if he do ! And we aint in a friendly country either , you know that . We can't afford ...
Page 14
... John Kemp , " I called . " I'm true ' Blue be hanged ! " a voice shouted back . " What be you a - doing with runners ... Kemp's mother's a bad ' un . An informer he is . Up with ' em ! I was pulled down on my knees , then thrust forward ...
... John Kemp , " I called . " I'm true ' Blue be hanged ! " a voice shouted back . " What be you a - doing with runners ... Kemp's mother's a bad ' un . An informer he is . Up with ' em ! I was pulled down on my knees , then thrust forward ...
Page 15
... John Kemp - here you be on the brink of eternity , above the old quarry . There's a sheer drop of a hundred feet . We'll tie your legs and hang you by your fingers . If you hang long enough , you'll have time to say your prayers . Look ...
... John Kemp - here you be on the brink of eternity , above the old quarry . There's a sheer drop of a hundred feet . We'll tie your legs and hang you by your fingers . If you hang long enough , you'll have time to say your prayers . Look ...
Page 37
... John Kemp . You are young - very young yet . But I love you very much for your own sake , and for the sake of one I shall never see again . " He fascinated me . He was all eyes in the PART FIRST 37.
... John Kemp . You are young - very young yet . But I love you very much for your own sake , and for the sake of one I shall never see again . " He fascinated me . He was all eyes in the PART FIRST 37.
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