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... minute or two returned with the schoolroom atlas , and opening it upon the table , they all clustered over it in eager consultation . Mrs. Hardy turned to her husband with a smile . ' You will have to get up the subject , Frank , so as ...
... minute or two returned with the schoolroom atlas , and opening it upon the table , they all clustered over it in eager consultation . Mrs. Hardy turned to her husband with a smile . ' You will have to get up the subject , Frank , so as ...
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... minutes the luggage was packed in two bullock - carts , and they were on their way out to Mr. Percy's station , which was about half - way to the camp of Mr. Hardy . The word camp in the Pampas means station or pro- perty ; it is a ...
... minutes the luggage was packed in two bullock - carts , and they were on their way out to Mr. Percy's station , which was about half - way to the camp of Mr. Hardy . The word camp in the Pampas means station or pro- perty ; it is a ...
Page 49
... minute's rueful look , he joined heartily in the shouts of laughter of his father and brother at his expense . ' Ah , Charley , brag is a good dog , but hold- fast is a better . I never saw a more literal proof of the saying . There ...
... minute's rueful look , he joined heartily in the shouts of laughter of his father and brother at his expense . ' Ah , Charley , brag is a good dog , but hold- fast is a better . I never saw a more literal proof of the saying . There ...
Page 50
... minutes took them to the place Mr. Hardy had pointed out , and the boys both agreed that nothing could be better . At the foot of the slope , the river which formed the eastern boundary flowed , distant a quarter of a mile or so from ...
... minutes took them to the place Mr. Hardy had pointed out , and the boys both agreed that nothing could be better . At the foot of the slope , the river which formed the eastern boundary flowed , distant a quarter of a mile or so from ...
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... minutes the reports of the guns followed close upon each other , and the boys had the satisfaction of knocking down two geese and eight ducks , which Dash brought ashore , besides others which escaped . In five minutes more they heard a ...
... minutes the reports of the guns followed close upon each other , and the boys had the satisfaction of knocking down two geese and eight ducks , which Dash brought ashore , besides others which escaped . In five minutes more they heard a ...
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animals armadillos arrived arrow asked attack barrels black mass boys Buenos Ayres bullock-carts Canterbury carbines cattle charqui dark dead distance dogs door draw rein ducks El Zeres enclosure estancia Ethel father feet fell felt fence fight fire Fitzgerald four friends gallop girls grass Guachos half halted hand Hardy's head heard horses hour hundred yards Indian corn Indians Jamiesons keep killed knew light little White Bird looked Lopez maize mamma Maud Mercer Mexicans miles minutes morning Mount Pleasant night once Pampas papa party peons Pepita Percy plain planted Raven ready revolvers ride rifle rocket rode Rosario round Rube rush saddle Sarah Seth sheep shot shouted side steady stood stopped stream sugar sure taken Tawaina tell Terence thought told took trail tribe turned waking village white chief yell young Hardys Zeres
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