Indian Dust DevilsHobbs, 1937 - 138 pages |
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Page 27
... manner but explanations soon put things square . A brief glance at half a gross of empty soda - water bottles under the bed led one doctor to ask if he had been drinking , a question almost as inconsiderate as putting a OUR GRIEF CHAMPION ...
... manner but explanations soon put things square . A brief glance at half a gross of empty soda - water bottles under the bed led one doctor to ask if he had been drinking , a question almost as inconsiderate as putting a OUR GRIEF CHAMPION ...
Page 59
... manner- " Ma foi , c'est un veritable Rosbif ! ” as a pretty young French girl said , whose furniture he , or she , or perhaps they did it between them - saved from the clutches of the law . Franks was a prominent member of an Ancient ...
... manner- " Ma foi , c'est un veritable Rosbif ! ” as a pretty young French girl said , whose furniture he , or she , or perhaps they did it between them - saved from the clutches of the law . Franks was a prominent member of an Ancient ...
Page 89
... manner of eating everything raw , fish , frogs , being eaten as soon as they were caught . ( I once saw a Chinaman eat a live frog - ' same likee pickee up ' ) . Cooked food he rejected and he refused to wear clothes , was unable to ...
... manner of eating everything raw , fish , frogs , being eaten as soon as they were caught . ( I once saw a Chinaman eat a live frog - ' same likee pickee up ' ) . Cooked food he rejected and he refused to wear clothes , was unable to ...
Contents
PUSH OFF A BIT BEHIND SCRATCH | 4 |
OUR GRIEF CHAMPION | 16 |
THE BOOK OF THE WORLD | 31 |
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