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Page 12
... never had any spare cash in hand . With his system of trading it would have been strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a millrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese ...
... never had any spare cash in hand . With his system of trading it would have been strange if he had ; and all these debts entered in the pocketbook weren't good enough to raise a millrei on - let alone a shilling . The Portuguese ...
Page 14
... never sell . She is not only my livelihood ; she's my life . So he has hatched this pretty little plot with the chief of the customs . The sale , of course , will be a farce . There's no one here to bid . He will get the brig for a song ...
... never sell . She is not only my livelihood ; she's my life . So he has hatched this pretty little plot with the chief of the customs . The sale , of course , will be a farce . There's no one here to bid . He will get the brig for a song ...
Page 15
... never done any harm to any God's creature knowingly - I prayed . A sudden impulse- I went flop on my knees ; so you may judge- They were gazing earnestly into each other's eyes . Poor Morrison added , as a discouraging afterthought ...
... never done any harm to any God's creature knowingly - I prayed . A sudden impulse- I went flop on my knees ; so you may judge- They were gazing earnestly into each other's eyes . Poor Morrison added , as a discouraging afterthought ...
Page 18
... 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 . ' 99 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 . ' 99 Poor Morrison actually laid his head on the cabin ...
Page 23
... 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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