Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 42
... boat's crew . From the first he was positive that these men were not sailors . They wore the white drill suit of tropical civilisation ; but their apparition in a boat Heyst could not connect with anything plausible . The civilisation ...
... boat's crew . From the first he was positive that these men were not sailors . They wore the white drill suit of tropical civilisation ; but their apparition in a boat Heyst could not connect with anything plausible . The civilisation ...
Page 43
... boat raised his hands to be helped up on the jetty , whisper- ing : " " " I tried . I am too weak . I tumbled down . " Wang was coming along the jetty slowly , with intent , straining eyes . " Run back and bring a crowbar here . There's ...
... boat raised his hands to be helped up on the jetty , whisper- ing : " " " I tried . I am too weak . I tumbled down . " Wang was coming along the jetty slowly , with intent , straining eyes . " Run back and bring a crowbar here . There's ...
Page 44
... boat had been driven between the piles ; but the tap was set fast . " Hurry up ! " Heyst yelled to the Chinaman , who was running with the crowbar in his hand . Heyst snatched it from him , and , obtaining a leverage against the string ...
... boat had been driven between the piles ; but the tap was set fast . " Hurry up ! " Heyst yelled to the Chinaman , who was running with the crowbar in his hand . Heyst snatched it from him , and , obtaining a leverage against the string ...
Page 45
... boat , was sitting up , silent , rigid , and very much like a corpse . His eyes were but two black patches , and his teeth glistened with a death's head grin between his re- tracted lips , no thicker than blackish parchment glued over ...
... boat , was sitting up , silent , rigid , and very much like a corpse . His eyes were but two black patches , and his teeth glistened with a death's head grin between his re- tracted lips , no thicker than blackish parchment glued over ...
Page 49
... boat about until they partly lost their bearings ; and that by some extraordinary mistake one of the two jars put into the boat by Schomberg's man contained salt water . Ricardo tried to put some pathos into his tones . Pulling for ...
... boat about until they partly lost their bearings ; and that by some extraordinary mistake one of the two jars put into the boat by Schomberg's man contained salt water . Ricardo tried to put some pathos into his tones . Pulling for ...
Common terms and phrases
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