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Page 24
... coal got out . These manifestations shook the soberest minds . For a time everybody in the islands was talking of the Tropical Belt Coal , and even those who smiled quietly to themselves were only hiding their uneasiness . Oh , yes ; it ...
... coal got out . These manifestations shook the soberest minds . For a time everybody in the islands was talking of the Tropical Belt Coal , and even those who smiled quietly to themselves were only hiding their uneasiness . Oh , yes ; it ...
Page 29
... tropical vegetation , which is more jealous of men's conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Com- pany - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good ...
... tropical vegetation , which is more jealous of men's conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Com- pany - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good ...
Page 34
... Tropical Belt Coal fiasco . But Davidson set us right . It was nothing of the kind . Heyst went to stay in Schom- berg's hotel , going ashore in the hotel launch . Not that Schomberg would think of sending his launch alongside a mere ...
... Tropical Belt Coal fiasco . But Davidson set us right . It was nothing of the kind . Heyst went to stay in Schom- berg's hotel , going ashore in the hotel launch . Not that Schomberg would think of sending his launch alongside a mere ...
Page 42
... Tropical Belt Coal Company , still emerging from a wild growth of bushes like an inscription stuck above a grave figured by the tall heap of unsold coal at the shore end of the wharf , added to the general desolation . Thus the ...
... Tropical Belt Coal Company , still emerging from a wild growth of bushes like an inscription stuck above a grave figured by the tall heap of unsold coal at the shore end of the wharf , added to the general desolation . Thus the ...
Page 50
... Tropical Belt Coal Company when becoming for a moment a public character he was the object of silly criticism and unintelligent envy for every vaga- bond and adventurer in the islands . Davidson con- cluded that people liked to discuss ...
... Tropical Belt Coal Company when becoming for a moment a public character he was the object of silly criticism and unintelligent envy for every vaga- bond and adventurer in the islands . Davidson con- cluded that people liked to discuss ...
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