Indian Dust DevilsHobbs, 1937 - 138 pages |
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Page 25
... feelings , revelled in the depths of sadness until he stood empty and desolate . His understanding was sodden and blear ... feeling as soon as he crept in . Drink may have prevented him from seeing himself as others saw him , but unlike ...
... feelings , revelled in the depths of sadness until he stood empty and desolate . His understanding was sodden and blear ... feeling as soon as he crept in . Drink may have prevented him from seeing himself as others saw him , but unlike ...
Page 37
... feeling up to much after having been soaked through eight of nine times during that day . Depressed as a half - drowned hen , I crawled on board the river steamer , meeting a genial planter , C. A. B. Anderson ( “ Cab ” Anderson , a ...
... feeling up to much after having been soaked through eight of nine times during that day . Depressed as a half - drowned hen , I crawled on board the river steamer , meeting a genial planter , C. A. B. Anderson ( “ Cab ” Anderson , a ...
Page 137
... Feeling that he was needlessly rude I ignored that . Captain S .... with the eyes on the garrison on him , started the second verse when the Colonel ordered him to his room . Under open arrest and full of indignation as an egg is of ...
... Feeling that he was needlessly rude I ignored that . Captain S .... with the eyes on the garrison on him , started the second verse when the Colonel ordered him to his room . Under open arrest and full of indignation as an egg is of ...
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PUSH OFF A BIT BEHIND SCRATCH | 4 |
OUR GRIEF CHAMPION | 16 |
THE BOOK OF THE WORLD | 31 |
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