Flotsam and jetsam; or, Do your duty and never mind the consequencesGriffith & Farran, 1881 - 180 pages |
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... Willie Arm- strong during the day , so that both mothers could feel at ease respecting them . One broiling afternoon , when all but through the Red Sea , Lady Tresillian was sitting in the cabin reading , and occasion- ally casting an ...
... Willie Arm- strong during the day , so that both mothers could feel at ease respecting them . One broiling afternoon , when all but through the Red Sea , Lady Tresillian was sitting in the cabin reading , and occasion- ally casting an ...
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... Willie by himself " She paused , panting and ex- hausted , and lay back on her pillows for some minutes in silence , with her eyes closed , the blue veins showing painfully in her forehead and eyelids . After a little she recovered ...
... Willie by himself " She paused , panting and ex- hausted , and lay back on her pillows for some minutes in silence , with her eyes closed , the blue veins showing painfully in her forehead and eyelids . After a little she recovered ...
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... Willie a good example ; Willie , you're a good ' wee mannie ' as your father says , but you're wilful sometimes , and easily led to disobey ON BOARD . 25.
... Willie a good example ; Willie , you're a good ' wee mannie ' as your father says , but you're wilful sometimes , and easily led to disobey ON BOARD . 25.
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... Willie : their mother gasped out , " I'm going - I'm going ! let me kiss my boys ! " Lady Tresillian hastily lifted them from their own berth , the dying woman kissed them murmuring , Remember , darlings , do your duty and never mind ...
... Willie : their mother gasped out , " I'm going - I'm going ! let me kiss my boys ! " Lady Tresillian hastily lifted them from their own berth , the dying woman kissed them murmuring , Remember , darlings , do your duty and never mind ...
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... Jock was more careful to obey at once , and even rattle - pated little Willie got into fewer scrapes , and was less often in mischief than before . CHAPTER III . ARRIVAL . At last without adventure or 30 FLOTSAM AND JETSAM .
... Jock was more careful to obey at once , and even rattle - pated little Willie got into fewer scrapes , and was less often in mischief than before . CHAPTER III . ARRIVAL . At last without adventure or 30 FLOTSAM AND JETSAM .
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