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Page 407
... body had ridden down to the water's edge in the dark- ness and , after waiting a while , had galloped back the way he came . The prints of hoofs on the beach showed that . They feared these horsemen greatly . A vengeance was owing for ...
... body had ridden down to the water's edge in the dark- ness and , after waiting a while , had galloped back the way he came . The prints of hoofs on the beach showed that . They feared these horsemen greatly . A vengeance was owing for ...
Page 410
... body . He had contrived an infallible test , and yet they would not believe him . Well , his valiance should prove it ; his valiance , afraid neither of light nor of darkness . I could not hear the answers he got from up there ; but the ...
... body . He had contrived an infallible test , and yet they would not believe him . Well , his valiance should prove it ; his valiance , afraid neither of light nor of darkness . I could not hear the answers he got from up there ; but the ...
Page 415
... body curled upon itself with an awful striving . All at once he went limp all over , and , with the sunlight full upon his upturned face , vanished downwards from my sight . But at the last moment he managed to clutch the bight of the ...
... body curled upon itself with an awful striving . All at once he went limp all over , and , with the sunlight full upon his upturned face , vanished downwards from my sight . But at the last moment he managed to clutch the bight of the ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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