Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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Page 11
... mysterious . There was little light or frivolous about them , for to them life was sombre . The hunt was not sport , but arduous toil , and their legs were so weary they could scarcely drag themselves along . " Now we may rejoice , John ...
... mysterious . There was little light or frivolous about them , for to them life was sombre . The hunt was not sport , but arduous toil , and their legs were so weary they could scarcely drag themselves along . " Now we may rejoice , John ...
Page 11
... mysteriously at each other . They were all believers in supernatural agencies , and the fact that such a faultless marks- man should miss was enough to establish in their minds a belief that other than natural causes were at work ...
... mysteriously at each other . They were all believers in supernatural agencies , and the fact that such a faultless marks- man should miss was enough to establish in their minds a belief that other than natural causes were at work ...
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... mysterious stranger disappeared from the widow's cottage . He might have been thought ungrateful had he not left behind five golden guineas , which , the note left behind said , were in part to remunerate the good people who had watched ...
... mysterious stranger disappeared from the widow's cottage . He might have been thought ungrateful had he not left behind five golden guineas , which , the note left behind said , were in part to remunerate the good people who had watched ...
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... mysteriously dis- appeared , entered . Charles was almost a man , and bid fair to make a fine - looking fellow . He was tall and muscular , with bold gray eyes and a face open and manly . He had lost none of his mirth , and his merry ...
... mysteriously dis- appeared , entered . Charles was almost a man , and bid fair to make a fine - looking fellow . He was tall and muscular , with bold gray eyes and a face open and manly . He had lost none of his mirth , and his merry ...
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... mysterious stranger , and often wondered what had been his fate . " The same shape appeared before John Louder in the forest , where he had gone to stalk deer , and asked him to sign the red book in which is recorded the souls of the ...
... mysterious stranger , and often wondered what had been his fate . " The same shape appeared before John Louder in the forest , where he had gone to stalk deer , and asked him to sign the red book in which is recorded the souls of the ...
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