Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 38
... manager in the tropics came out to him by post . From the first he had selected Samburan , or Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the prospectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East , were passed from ...
... manager in the tropics came out to him by post . From the first he had selected Samburan , or Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the prospectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East , were passed from ...
Page 39
... manager . " You know , Heyst , enchanted Heyst . " " Oh come ! He has been no better than a loafer around here as far back as any of us can remember . " " Yes , said he was looking for facts . Well , he's got hold of one that will do ...
... manager . " You know , Heyst , enchanted Heyst . " " Oh come ! He has been no better than a loafer around here as far back as any of us can remember . " " Yes , said he was looking for facts . Well , he's got hold of one that will do ...
Page 41
... manager ? Phoo ! " Was it the clairvoyance of imbecile hatred , or mere stupid tenacity of opinion , which ends some- times by scoring against the world in a most aston- ishing manner ? Most of us can remember instances of triumphant ...
... manager ? Phoo ! " Was it the clairvoyance of imbecile hatred , or mere stupid tenacity of opinion , which ends some- times by scoring against the world in a most aston- ishing manner ? Most of us can remember instances of triumphant ...
Page 46
... jealous of men's conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way 46 VICTORY .
... jealous of men's conquests than the ocean , and which was about to close over the last vestiges of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company - A . Heyst , manager in the East . Davidson , a good , simple fellow in his way 46 VICTORY .
Page 49
... manager get to eat there ? It beats me . 99 Sometimes a stranger would inquire with natural curiosity : " Who ? What manager ? " - " Oh , a certain Swede , " — with a sinister emphasis , as if he were saying " a certain brigand ...
... manager get to eat there ? It beats me . 99 Sometimes a stranger would inquire with natural curiosity : " Who ? What manager ? " - " Oh , a certain Swede , " — with a sinister emphasis , as if he were saying " a certain brigand ...
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