Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 1Louis Conard, 1916 - 276 pages |
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Page 26
... with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles . It seems such cheek . Anyhow , this morning I — I have never done any harm to any God's creature knowingly— I prayed . A sudden impulse - I went flop 26 VICTORY .
... with a man everlastingly bothering the Almighty with his silly troubles . It seems such cheek . Anyhow , this morning I — I have never done any harm to any God's creature knowingly— I prayed . A sudden impulse - I went flop 26 VICTORY .
Page 30
... air he ascribed it to fatality . " I don't know how it is that I've never been able to save . It's some sort of curse . bill or two to meet . " There's always a He plunged his hand into his pocket for the famous 30 VICTORY .
... air he ascribed it to fatality . " I don't know how it is that I've never been able to save . It's some sort of curse . bill or two to meet . " There's always a He plunged his hand into his pocket for the famous 30 VICTORY .
Page 31
... never be able to squeeze them . Never . I've been saying for years I would ; but I give it up . I never really believed I could . Don't reckon on that , Heyst . I have robbed you . ” . Poor Morrison actually laid his head on the cabin ...
... never be able to squeeze them . Never . I've been saying for years I would ; but I give it up . I never really believed I could . Don't reckon on that , Heyst . I have robbed you . ” . Poor Morrison actually laid his head on the cabin ...
Page 32
... " An old bird like me ! To let myself be trapped by those damned Portuguese rascals ! I should never hear the last of it . We must keep it dark . " From quite other motives , among which his native delicacy 32 VICTORY .
... " An old bird like me ! To let myself be trapped by those damned Portuguese rascals ! I should never hear the last of it . We must keep it dark . " From quite other motives , among which his native delicacy 32 VICTORY .
Page 38
... 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 , for the central station . Some ...
... 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 , for the central station . Some ...
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