Victory: An Island TaleA story of rescue and violent tragedy set in the Malayan archipelago, 'Victory' combines high adventure with sensitive portrayal of three drifters. |
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Page 116
... Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - hunter . Oh , yes - I'll pay his board with the half - caste . Can't help myself . He's so confoundedly devoted to me that if I were to give him the sack he ...
... Pedro - I don't know that he ever had any other name . Pedro , alligator - hunter . Oh , yes - I'll pay his board with the half - caste . Can't help myself . He's so confoundedly devoted to me that if I were to give him the sack he ...
Page 129
... " Ah , I see you want to make a success of it . Very good . That's the way to get on . Don't let it dis- turb you . You chase all the Chinamen to bed early , · and we'll get Pedro here every evening . He isn't VICTORY 129.
... " Ah , I see you want to make a success of it . Very good . That's the way to get on . Don't let it dis- turb you . You chase all the Chinamen to bed early , · and we'll get Pedro here every evening . He isn't VICTORY 129.
Page 130
... Pedro , at any rate , was just a simple , straight- forward brute , if a murderous one . There was no mystery about him , nothing uncanny , no suggestion of a stealthy , deliberate wild - cat turned into a man , or of an insolent ...
... Pedro , at any rate , was just a simple , straight- forward brute , if a murderous one . There was no mystery about him , nothing uncanny , no suggestion of a stealthy , deliberate wild - cat turned into a man , or of an insolent ...
Page 133
... been serious enough for them . They had no notice to spare for the hairy Pedro , carrying a tray with the clumsiness of a crea- ture caught in the woods and taught to walk on its hind legs , As to Schomberg , he kept out of the way 133 XV.
... been serious enough for them . They had no notice to spare for the hairy Pedro , carrying a tray with the clumsiness of a crea- ture caught in the woods and taught to walk on its hind legs , As to Schomberg , he kept out of the way 133 XV.
Page 134
... Pedro with an air of not see- ing the growling monster , of not knowing where the drinks went , of ignoring that there was such a thing as a music - room over there under the trees within fifty yards of the hotel . He submitted himself ...
... Pedro with an air of not see- ing the growling monster , of not knowing where the drinks went , of ignoring that there was such a thing as a music - room over there under the trees within fifty yards of the hotel . He submitted himself ...
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