Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 84
... boat , and Davidson promised to do his best to return it to Mrs. Schomberg in some secret fashion . Heyst expresed his thanks in a few simple words , set off by his manner of finished courtesy . Davidson prepared to depart . They were ...
... boat , and Davidson promised to do his best to return it to Mrs. Schomberg in some secret fashion . Heyst expresed his thanks in a few simple words , set off by his manner of finished courtesy . Davidson prepared to depart . They were ...
Page 140
... boat - immediately from Celebes , having boarded her in Macassar , but generally , Schomberg understood , from up China . Sea way ; a wanderer , clearly , even as Heyst was , but not alone and of quite another kind . Schomberg , looking ...
... boat - immediately from Celebes , having boarded her in Macassar , but generally , Schomberg understood , from up China . Sea way ; a wanderer , clearly , even as Heyst was , but not alone and of quite another kind . Schomberg , looking ...
Page 185
... boat in the water astern ever since we came to anchor in the afternoon . He throws the stump of his cigar overboard . " Can you get the captain out on deck ? ' he asks . " That was the last thing in the world I should have thought of ...
... boat in the water astern ever since we came to anchor in the afternoon . He throws the stump of his cigar overboard . " Can you get the captain out on deck ? ' he asks . " That was the last thing in the world I should have thought of ...
Page 188
... boats and drifting logs , I asked by signs , from behind , if I hadn't better knock him on the head and drop him quietly overboard . The night was slipping by , and we had to go . It couldn't be put off till next night no more . No. No ...
... boats and drifting logs , I asked by signs , from behind , if I hadn't better knock him on the head and drop him quietly overboard . The night was slipping by , and we had to go . It couldn't be put off till next night no more . No. No ...
Page 199
... in time - in time , mind ! I don't know but that even a real gentleman would find it difficult to keep a stiff lip to the end . Presently we went to work getting our boat ready . I was busying myself setting VICTORY . 199.
... in time - in time , mind ! I don't know but that even a real gentleman would find it difficult to keep a stiff lip to the end . Presently we went to work getting our boat ready . I was busying myself setting VICTORY . 199.
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