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Page 49
... felt very hard against my shoulder - blades . I had no dread , only a sort of shrinking from the actual contact of the point , as one shrinks from being tickled . I opened my mouth . I was going to shriek a last , de- spairing call , to ...
... felt very hard against my shoulder - blades . I had no dread , only a sort of shrinking from the actual contact of the point , as one shrinks from being tickled . I opened my mouth . I was going to shriek a last , de- spairing call , to ...
Page 51
... felt that the light of Romance was going out of my life . As we reached the top of the ladder , somebody began to call harshly , startlingly . I heard my own name and the words , " mahn ye were speerin ' after . " The light was obscured ...
... felt that the light of Romance was going out of my life . As we reached the top of the ladder , somebody began to call harshly , startlingly . I heard my own name and the words , " mahn ye were speerin ' after . " The light was obscured ...
Page 52
... felt more alone than ever . The man in front of me held his head low , as if he wished to butt me . I began breathlessly to tell him I had a letter from my — my — Rooksby — brother - in - law — Ralph Rooks- by " —I was panting as if I ...
... felt more alone than ever . The man in front of me held his head low , as if he wished to butt me . I began breathlessly to tell him I had a letter from my — my — Rooksby — brother - in - law — Ralph Rooks- by " —I was panting as if I ...
Page 60
... felt it a good deal . Practically , El Demonio had , during the last two years , gutted a ship once a week , as if he wanted to help the Kingston Separationist papers . The planters said , " If the Home Government wishes to meddle with ...
... felt it a good deal . Practically , El Demonio had , during the last two years , gutted a ship once a week , as if he wanted to help the Kingston Separationist papers . The planters said , " If the Home Government wishes to meddle with ...
Page 69
... felt like a man hastening to separate half a dozen fighting dogs too large to be pleasant . · • When I reached the top , there was a sort of undigni- fied scuffle , and in the end I found myself standing above a ghastly white gentleman ...
... felt like a man hastening to separate half a dozen fighting dogs too large to be pleasant . · • When I reached the top , there was a sort of undigni- fied scuffle , and in the end I found myself standing above a ghastly white gentleman ...
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