The King's Messenger; Or, Lawrence Temple's Probation. A Story of Canadian LifeMethodist Book and Publishing House, 1881 - 232 pages |
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... faced bar - tender of whom he made the enquiry , expectorating a discharge of tobacco juice into the huge spittoon in the middle of the floor . " Thank you , I don't drink , " replied 18 ' LING'S MESSENGER . AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND.
... faced bar - tender of whom he made the enquiry , expectorating a discharge of tobacco juice into the huge spittoon in the middle of the floor . " Thank you , I don't drink , " replied 18 ' LING'S MESSENGER . AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND.
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... replied that he would take whatever was convenient . With an ill - bred giggle she brought him a meal which only his keen hunger enabled him to eat . Presently the red - shirted fellows came from the bar - room and familiarly ordered ...
... replied that he would take whatever was convenient . With an ill - bred giggle she brought him a meal which only his keen hunger enabled him to eat . Presently the red - shirted fellows came from the bar - room and familiarly ordered ...
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... replied that he was , when he of the red shirt continued , in an accent that indicated that he was from the forests of Maine , " Wal now , want ter know ! Be you clerkin ' it ? " Our hero replied that he was going as either axeman or ...
... replied that he was , when he of the red shirt continued , in an accent that indicated that he was from the forests of Maine , " Wal now , want ter know ! Be you clerkin ' it ? " Our hero replied that he was going as either axeman or ...
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... replied Lawrence . " I've lived on this river , man an ' boy , well nigh onto fifty years , an ' I hain't got tired on it yet . It don't never wear out , ye see . It's new every mornin ' , an ' renewed every evenin ' , like all the rest ...
... replied Lawrence . " I've lived on this river , man an ' boy , well nigh onto fifty years , an ' I hain't got tired on it yet . It don't never wear out , ye see . It's new every mornin ' , an ' renewed every evenin ' , like all the rest ...
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... replied Lawrence , and he briefly told of his father's illness and his mother's welfare . 66 " At the Sheaf and Crown , is it ? " the garrulous old man went on . ' Well , ye'll stop there no longer . It's no place for the likes o ' ye ...
... replied Lawrence , and he briefly told of his father's illness and his mother's welfare . 66 " At the Sheaf and Crown , is it ? " the garrulous old man went on . ' Well , ye'll stop there no longer . It's no place for the likes o ' ye ...
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