Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 14
... raised on two posts and present- ing to Heyst , when the moon got over that side , the white letters " T. B. C. Co. " in a row at least two feet high . These were the initials of the Tropical Belt Coal Company , his employers his late ...
... raised on two posts and present- ing to Heyst , when the moon got over that side , the white letters " T. B. C. Co. " in a row at least two feet high . These were the initials of the Tropical Belt Coal Company , his employers his late ...
Page 23
... raise a millrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then proposed to sell the brig at auction . This meant ruin for Morrison ; and when Heyst ...
... raise a millrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese officials begged him not to distress himself . They gave him a week's grace , and then proposed to sell the brig at auction . This meant ruin for Morrison ; and when Heyst ...
Page 32
... raising his diminished head and sticking the glass in his eye to look affectionately at Heyst , a bottle being uncorked , and so on . It was agreed that nothing should be said to any one of this transaction . Morrison , you under- stand ...
... raising his diminished head and sticking the glass in his eye to look affectionately at Heyst , a bottle being uncorked , and so on . It was agreed that nothing should be said to any one of this transaction . Morrison , you under- stand ...
Page 57
... raised his eyebrows without looking at him . It might have meant anything , but Davidson dismissed the hospital idea with confidence . How- ever , he had to get hold of Heyst between this and midnight . " He has been staying here ? " he ...
... raised his eyebrows without looking at him . It might have meant anything , but Davidson dismissed the hospital idea with confidence . How- ever , he had to get hold of Heyst between this and midnight . " He has been staying here ? " he ...
Page 60
... raised counter , facing the door , with a mirror and rows of bottles at her back . Her hair was very elaborately done with two ringlets on the left side of her scraggy neck ; her dress was of silk , and she had come on duty for the ...
... raised counter , facing the door , with a mirror and rows of bottles at her back . Her hair was very elaborately done with two ringlets on the left side of her scraggy neck ; her dress was of silk , and she had come on duty for the ...
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