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... Tesman of Tesman Brothers , a Sourabaya firm - tip - top house . Well , Mr. Tesman was a kindly , benevolent old gentleman . He did not know what to make of that caller . After telling him that they wished to render his stay among the ...
... Tesman of Tesman Brothers , a Sourabaya firm - tip - top house . Well , Mr. Tesman was a kindly , benevolent old gentleman . He did not know what to make of that caller . After telling him that they wished to render his stay among the ...
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... Tesman agreed with him or not , but he must have spoken about it , because , for a time , our man got the name of ... Tesman's trading schooners , and then vanished , on board an Arab ship , in the direction of New Guinea . He remained ...
... Tesman agreed with him or not , but he must have spoken about it , because , for a time , our man got the name of ... Tesman's trading schooners , and then vanished , on board an Arab ship , in the direction of New Guinea . He remained ...
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... Tesmans , in Samarang , to meet certain bills which would fall due while he was away on his cruise . Anyhow that money would not have been any more good to him than if it had been in the innermost depths of the infernal regions . He ...
... Tesmans , in Samarang , to meet certain bills which would fall due while he was away on his cruise . Anyhow that money would not have been any more good to him than if it had been in the innermost depths of the infernal regions . He ...
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... Tesmans appointed agents , a contract for government mail - boats se- cured , the era of steam beginning for the islands — a great stride forward - Heyst's stride ! And all this sprang from the meeting of the cornered Morrison and of ...
... Tesmans appointed agents , a contract for government mail - boats se- cured , the era of steam beginning for the islands — a great stride forward - Heyst's stride ! And all this sprang from the meeting of the cornered Morrison and of ...
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... Tesmans , and then disappeared for a time . It appears that he stayed with a Dutch government doctor in Amboyna , a friend of his who looked after him for a bit in his bungalow . He became visible again rather suddenly , his eyes sunk ...
... Tesmans , and then disappeared for a time . It appears that he stayed with a Dutch government doctor in Amboyna , a friend of his who looked after him for a bit in his bungalow . He became visible again rather suddenly , his eyes sunk ...
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