The Bells of St. John'sDoubleday, Page, 1920 - 57 pages |
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... presently . It turned out that old Miles did know of three more men of his old Company who might be asked , only he hadn't been remembering much about them . I knew a couple , myself , that were bunged up enough to come under the proper ...
... presently . It turned out that old Miles did know of three more men of his old Company who might be asked , only he hadn't been remembering much about them . I knew a couple , myself , that were bunged up enough to come under the proper ...
Page 31
... ques- tions at , but we could see Miles lis- tening to every word , and we could see Warne look at him pretty often . I guessed presently that Warne was shaping some of his talk to take Miles in , 31 The Bells of St. John's.
... ques- tions at , but we could see Miles lis- tening to every word , and we could see Warne look at him pretty often . I guessed presently that Warne was shaping some of his talk to take Miles in , 31 The Bells of St. John's.
Page 34
... presently we were sitting in the firelight with all the other lights off , and Chris Fiske , with two useless legs under the rug that covered the lower part of his chair , but two per- fectly good arms above it , was play- ing for us ...
... presently we were sitting in the firelight with all the other lights off , and Chris Fiske , with two useless legs under the rug that covered the lower part of his chair , but two per- fectly good arms above it , was play- ing for us ...
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... presently we were all singing - all but Miles . Now old Miles used to have one of the best voices you ever heard - one of those medium high ten- ors - not the wonder sort with upper notes that make you blink for fear the fellow's going ...
... presently we were all singing - all but Miles . Now old Miles used to have one of the best voices you ever heard - one of those medium high ten- ors - not the wonder sort with upper notes that make you blink for fear the fellow's going ...
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