Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 35
... Coal Company , with offices in London and Amsterdam , and other things about it that sounded and looked grandiose . The offices in the two capitals may have consisted - and probably did - of one room in each ; but at that distance , out ...
... Coal Company , with offices in London and Amsterdam , and other things about it that sounded and looked grandiose . The offices in the two capitals may have consisted - and probably did - of one room in each ; but at that distance , out ...
Page 36
... push the magnifi- cent coal idea personally in London . He parted from his brig and disappeared from our ken ; but we heard that he had written a letter or letters to Heyst , saying that London was cold and gloomy ; that he 36 VICTORY .
... push the magnifi- cent coal idea personally in London . He parted from his brig and disappeared from our ken ; but we heard that he had written a letter or letters to Heyst , saying that London was cold and gloomy ; that he 36 VICTORY .
Page 37
... coal idea . Be it as it may , the Tropical Belt Coal Company was born very shortly after Mor- rison , the victim of gratitude and his native climate , had gone to join his forefathers in a Dorsetshire churchyard . Heyst was immensely ...
... coal idea . Be it as it may , the Tropical Belt Coal Company was born very shortly after Mor- rison , the victim of gratitude and his native climate , had gone to join his forefathers in a Dorsetshire churchyard . Heyst was immensely ...
Page 38
... coal enterprise personally ; but he never went . It wasn't necessary . The company was formed without him , and his nomination of manager in the tropics came out to him by post . From the first he had selected Samburan , or Round Island ...
... coal enterprise personally ; but he never went . It wasn't necessary . The company was formed without him , and his nomination of manager in the tropics came out to him by post . From the first he had selected Samburan , or Round Island ...
Page 39
... 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 uneasi- ness . Oh , yes ...
... 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 uneasi- ness . Oh , yes ...
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