St. Nicholas, Volume 53Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1926 - Children's literature |
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... hand . Then a dazing smash with brass knuckles , landing on Stanfield's right temple , crumpled him against a trolley pole . Pinwheels of colored lights spun before Stanfield's eyes - lights through which he half saw the bandits spring ...
... hand . Then a dazing smash with brass knuckles , landing on Stanfield's right temple , crumpled him against a trolley pole . Pinwheels of colored lights spun before Stanfield's eyes - lights through which he half saw the bandits spring ...
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... hand below one bare and tattooed arm resting on the starboard rail . Stanfield asked : " Don't want another hand aboard , do you ? " " Dunno , " replied the shellback , hoarsely , removing a stubby T. D. from somewhere in his beard 4 ...
... hand below one bare and tattooed arm resting on the starboard rail . Stanfield asked : " Don't want another hand aboard , do you ? " " Dunno , " replied the shellback , hoarsely , removing a stubby T. D. from somewhere in his beard 4 ...
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... hand . " " You ? " the seaman exclaimed . " In all them swell clo'es ? Divil a bit of a roussa- bout forem'st - hand you look ! " " Well , I'm not ; but I guess I could cook a little . " At this the one - eyed man evinced a certain ...
... hand . " " You ? " the seaman exclaimed . " In all them swell clo'es ? Divil a bit of a roussa- bout forem'st - hand you look ! " " Well , I'm not ; but I guess I could cook a little . " At this the one - eyed man evinced a certain ...
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... hand " loosed the gaff topsail ; and halyard , sheet , and tack were again brought home . The Nancy Ann , now under every stitch of her canvas , lying down to it , showed an increased speed , beside which her former way through the ...
... hand " loosed the gaff topsail ; and halyard , sheet , and tack were again brought home . The Nancy Ann , now under every stitch of her canvas , lying down to it , showed an increased speed , beside which her former way through the ...
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... hand in lowering away the boat with two men in it , one at each fall , then watched while others dropped the short Jacob's - ladder overside . His pulses quick- ened a trifle by this unexpected , but wel- come , adventure , he saw the ...
... hand in lowering away the boat with two men in it , one at each fall , then watched while others dropped the short Jacob's - ladder overside . His pulses quick- ened a trifle by this unexpected , but wel- come , adventure , he saw the ...
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