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The three hunters were still discussing their ill luck when the sound of horse's
hoofs fell on their ears , and they turned slowly about to see a stranger
approaching them on horseback . His sad , gray eye had something wild and
supernatural ...
The three hunters were still discussing their ill luck when the sound of horse's
hoofs fell on their ears , and they turned slowly about to see a stranger
approaching them on horseback . His sad , gray eye had something wild and
supernatural ...
Page 8
Ah ! well may you ask , Samuel Gray , who he is ; a stranger , the black man , the
devil , who hath assumed this form to mislead and torment us . One can only
wonder at the various cunning of Satan , " and Louder sighed . “ Truly you speak
...
Ah ! well may you ask , Samuel Gray , who he is ; a stranger , the black man , the
devil , who hath assumed this form to mislead and torment us . One can only
wonder at the various cunning of Satan , " and Louder sighed . “ Truly you speak
...
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It was this good Samaritan who came upon the suffering stranger whom the three
Puritans had condemned in their own minds as an emissary of the devil . “ Why
do you sit here , sir ? " Charles asked , leaving off his whistle . “ Night is coming ...
It was this good Samaritan who came upon the suffering stranger whom the three
Puritans had condemned in their own minds as an emissary of the devil . “ Why
do you sit here , sir ? " Charles asked , leaving off his whistle . “ Night is coming ...
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You are wounded ! ” Charles Stevens at last declared . “ Pray , how came it about
? ” “ I was fired upon by an unseen foe , for what cause I know not , as , being a
stranger in these parts , I have had no quarrel . ” “ Come , let me help you to rise .
You are wounded ! ” Charles Stevens at last declared . “ Pray , how came it about
? ” “ I was fired upon by an unseen foe , for what cause I know not , as , being a
stranger in these parts , I have had no quarrel . ” “ Come , let me help you to rise .
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stranger's horse ; but it had strayed off in the darkness . To search for him would
be useless , and for a moment the good Samaritan stood as if in thought ; then ,
stripping off his coat and wrapping it around the wounded man , he said hopefully
...
stranger's horse ; but it had strayed off in the darkness . To search for him would
be useless , and for a moment the good Samaritan stood as if in thought ; then ,
stripping off his coat and wrapping it around the wounded man , he said hopefully
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 7 Columbian Historical Novels, John Roy Musick |
| Author | John Roy Musick |
| Publisher | R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 24 Apr 2015 |
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