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... valley , and shows them how to scatch a line with a spear right down the valley , and gives each a sod of turf from both sides of the line . Then all the people comes down and shouts like the devil and all , and Dravot says : ' Go and ...
... valley , and shows them how to scatch a line with a spear right down the valley , and gives each a sod of turf from both sides of the line . Then all the people comes down and shouts like the devil and all , and Dravot says : ' Go and ...
Page 92
... valley to be drilled . Nobody is going to be shot or speared anymore so long as he does well , and I know that you won't cheat me because you're white people - sons of Alexander — and not like common black Mohammedans . You are my ...
... valley to be drilled . Nobody is going to be shot or speared anymore so long as he does well , and I know that you won't cheat me because you're white people - sons of Alexander — and not like common black Mohammedans . You are my ...
Page 99
... valley was full of howling creatures , and every soul was shrieking , ' Not a God nor a Devil but only a man ! ' The ... valley ! The whole place is matchlock - men ran , and we went down the valley in spite of Dravot's protestations ...
... valley was full of howling creatures , and every soul was shrieking , ' Not a God nor a Devil but only a man ! ' The ... valley ! The whole place is matchlock - men ran , and we went down the valley in spite of Dravot's protestations ...
Contents
THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW | 7 |
MY OWN TRUE GHOST STORY | 32 |
THE STRANGE RIDE OF MORROWBIE JUKES | 41 |
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