Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 11
... close chemical relation between coal and diamonds . It is the reason , I believe , why some people allude to coal as " black diamonds . " Both these commodities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable 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 commodities represent wealth ; but coal is a much less portable form of property ...
Page 46
... conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way 46 VICTORY .
... conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way 46 VICTORY .
Page 71
... 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 David- son 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 David- son start . That's what ...
Page 79
... close inshore , stopped his engines , and lowered a boat . He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling toward him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when ...
... close inshore , stopped his engines , and lowered a boat . He went himself in that boat , which was manned , of course by his Malay seamen . Heyst , when he saw the boat pulling toward him , dropped his signalling - pole ; and when ...
Page 102
... 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 concealed 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 concealed the raw- boned frame of ...
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