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Page 249
... fire was burning on the low point of land where Nichols the Nova Scotian - had planted the battery which had worked such havoc with Admiral Rowley's boats . It was a mere earthwork and some of the guns had been removed . The fire ...
... fire was burning on the low point of land where Nichols the Nova Scotian - had planted the battery which had worked such havoc with Admiral Rowley's boats . It was a mere earthwork and some of the guns had been removed . The fire ...
Page 395
... fire - by fire and thirst . No. No scorpion , alas ! Only a man - not like you - there- forea Mass or two - perhaps . · " " The freshness of the night penetrated through the arch , as far as the faint twilight of the day . I heard his ...
... fire - by fire and thirst . No. No scorpion , alas ! Only a man - not like you - there- forea Mass or two - perhaps . · " " The freshness of the night penetrated through the arch , as far as the faint twilight of the day . I heard his ...
Page 484
... fire on my own countrymen . " He glanced furtively at me . " I wouldn't , " he asserted ; " he wanted me to fire into their boats ; but I wouldn't . Don't you believe the 484 ROMANCE.
... fire on my own countrymen . " He glanced furtively at me . " I wouldn't , " he asserted ; " he wanted me to fire into their boats ; but I wouldn't . Don't you believe the 484 ROMANCE.
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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