Indian Dust DevilsHobbs, 1937 - 138 pages |
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Page 11
... looked upon as a tradesman's short cut to ruin , as there was a notion that a gentleman could never be expected to put his hand in his pocket to pay on the nail . Shopkeepers and others laboured under the apprehension I PUSH OFF A BIT ...
... looked upon as a tradesman's short cut to ruin , as there was a notion that a gentleman could never be expected to put his hand in his pocket to pay on the nail . Shopkeepers and others laboured under the apprehension I PUSH OFF A BIT ...
Page 80
... looked so pained that I felt quite glad he'd had his dinner first . Throwing the money on the table with the recklessness of a man on a hundred a month , he gulped down his coffee , walked out without a word , and never spoke to me ...
... looked so pained that I felt quite glad he'd had his dinner first . Throwing the money on the table with the recklessness of a man on a hundred a month , he gulped down his coffee , walked out without a word , and never spoke to me ...
Page 98
... looked at askance . There was no real scandal , but it was obvious that the men who did the benevolent uncle to the children ought to have been kept away from them . The S.P.C.C. stepped in . There was much high - falutin ' about school ...
... looked at askance . There was no real scandal , but it was obvious that the men who did the benevolent uncle to the children ought to have been kept away from them . The S.P.C.C. stepped in . There was much high - falutin ' about school ...
Contents
PUSH OFF A BIT BEHIND SCRATCH | 4 |
OUR GRIEF CHAMPION | 16 |
THE BOOK OF THE WORLD | 31 |
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