St. Nicholas, Volume 49Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner, 1922 - Children's literature |
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Page 52
... waiting here fur the cutter to catch us , or some destroyer . Right off , we got t ' put that wallet back . Ye could ... wait whiles they ' s a chance fur to get away . O ' course the ship ' ll have a guard , an ' she ' ll have one will ...
... waiting here fur the cutter to catch us , or some destroyer . Right off , we got t ' put that wallet back . Ye could ... wait whiles they ' s a chance fur to get away . O ' course the ship ' ll have a guard , an ' she ' ll have one will ...
Page 53
... waited , to make sure , one hand pressed tightly over a bundle that lay cool against the skin of his chest . Then Ban's whisper sounded in his ear : " Go get ' em - Rick ! " So his bare feet started noiselessly toward the ladder . He ...
... waited , to make sure , one hand pressed tightly over a bundle that lay cool against the skin of his chest . Then Ban's whisper sounded in his ear : " Go get ' em - Rick ! " So his bare feet started noiselessly toward the ladder . He ...
Page 54
... waited . He was right . The book was closed and laid on the table . " That ees a good sum , capitan - feefteen t'ousan ... wait . " Rick's body was strung tense as a steel wire . He wiped the palm of his right hand on his trousers and ...
... waited . He was right . The book was closed and laid on the table . " That ees a good sum , capitan - feefteen t'ousan ... wait . " Rick's body was strung tense as a steel wire . He wiped the palm of his right hand on his trousers and ...
Page 55
... Wait , ye lunkhead ! Ye've but heard the half of it . " " I listen , capitan . " " We ' re due to meet that sea - wagon to- morrow night , accordin ' to my reckonin'- an ' I've figgered to a hair . To - morrow after- noon we gets the ...
... Wait , ye lunkhead ! Ye've but heard the half of it . " " I listen , capitan . " " We ' re due to meet that sea - wagon to- morrow night , accordin ' to my reckonin'- an ' I've figgered to a hair . To - morrow after- noon we gets the ...
Page 56
... waited , sick with misery , while nothing happened . He waited , because there was nothing else to do but wait . Yet all at once the grim silence of those rooms grew strangely ominous . ominous . He felt suddenly that something , he ...
... waited , sick with misery , while nothing happened . He waited , because there was nothing else to do but wait . Yet all at once the grim silence of those rooms grew strangely ominous . ominous . He felt suddenly that something , he ...
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