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Page 83
... 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 would ...
... 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 would ...
Page 92
... Pedro here every evening . He isn't the conventional waiter's cut , but he will do to run to and fro with the tray , while you sit here from nine to eleven serving out drinks and gathering the money . ' " There will be three of them now ...
... Pedro here every evening . He isn't the conventional waiter's cut , but he will do to run to and fro with the tray , while you sit here from nine to eleven serving out drinks and gathering the money . ' " There will be three of them now ...
Page 94
... Pedro , carrying a tray with the clumsiness of a creature caught in the woods and taught to walk on its hind legs . As to Schomberg , he kept out of the way . He remained in the billiard - room , serving out drinks to the unspeakable Pedro ...
... Pedro , carrying a tray with the clumsiness of a creature caught in the woods and taught to walk on its hind legs . As to Schomberg , he kept out of the way . He remained in the billiard - room , serving out drinks to the unspeakable Pedro ...
Page 110
... Pedro here . They were alligator - hunters , right enough . We got our lodgings in their hut . Neither the boss nor I could habla Español - speak Spanish , you know - much then . Dry bank , nice shade , jolly hammocks , fresh fish ...
... Pedro here . They were alligator - hunters , right enough . We got our lodgings in their hut . Neither the boss nor I could habla Español - speak Spanish , you know - much then . Dry bank , nice shade , jolly hammocks , fresh fish ...
Page 111
... Pedro was leaning against a small tree and passing his thumb along the edge of his blade . I got away quieter than a mouse , you bet . " I didn't say anything to the boss then . He was leaning on his elbow on his rug , and didn't seem ...
... Pedro was leaning against a small tree and passing his thumb along the edge of his blade . I got away quieter than a mouse , you bet . " I didn't say anything to the boss then . He was leaning on his elbow on his rug , and didn't seem ...
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