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Page 56
... offered no comment . When Davidson had finished he handed down the shawl into the boat , and Davidson promised to do his best to return it to Mrs. Schomberg in some secret fashion . Heyst expressed his thanks in a few 56 VICTORY.
... offered no comment . When Davidson had finished he handed down the shawl into the boat , and Davidson promised to do his best to return it to Mrs. Schomberg in some secret fashion . Heyst expressed his thanks in a few 56 VICTORY.
Page 98
... boat - immediately from Celebes , having boarded her in Macassar , but generally , Schom- berg 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 , Schom- berg understood , from up China Sea way ; a wanderer clearly , even as Heyst was , but not alone and of quite another kind . Schomberg , looking ...
Page 131
... boat in the water astern ever since we came to anchor in the afternoon . He throws the stump of his cigar over- board . " 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 over- board . " Can you get the captain out on deck ? ' he asks . " That was the last thing in the world I should have thought of ...
Page 133
... 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 143
... boat ready . I was busying myself setting up the mast , when the governor passes the remark : " I think he wants to say something . ' " I had heard a sort of croaking going on for some time , only I wouldn't take any notice ; but then I ...
... boat ready . I was busying myself setting up the mast , when the governor passes the remark : " I think he wants to say something . ' " I had heard a sort of croaking going on for some time , only I wouldn't take any notice ; but then I ...
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