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" The two then were beyond the border. I would have prayed for them, but that night a real king died in Europe, and demanded an obituary notice. The wheel of the world swings through the same phases again and again. Summer passed and winter thereafter,... "
The Phantom 'rickshaw: And Other Tales - Page 157
by Rudyard Kipling - 1890 - 391 pages
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Modern Masterpieces of Short Prose Fiction

Alice Vinton Waite, Edith Mendall Taylor - 1911 - 442 pages
...compass from my watch chain and handed it up to the priest. " Good-by," said Dravot, giving me his hand cautiously. " It's the last time we'll shake...and upon the third summer there fell a hot night, a night issue, and a strained waiting for something to be telegraphed from the other side of the world,...
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Modern Masterpieces of Short Prose Fiction

Alice Vinton Waite, Edith Mendall Taylor - 1911 - 442 pages
...Englishman these many days. Shake hands with him, Carnehan," he cried, as the second camel passed me. native mind. There was just the chance, therefore,...and upon the third summer there fell a hot night, a night issue, and a strained waiting for something to be telegraphed from the other side of the world,...
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A Selection from the World's Greatest Short Stories: Illustrative of the ...

Sherwin Cody - Short stories - 1916 - 424 pages
...But, beyond, they would find death — certain and awful death. Ten days later a native correspondent giving me the news of the day from Peshawar, wound...and upon the third summer there fell a hot night, a night- issue, and a strained waiting for something to be telegraphed from the other side of the world,...
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Great Short-stories with Introductory Essays on the Great Story Writers

William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - Short stories, American - 1910 - 708 pages
...merchants are pleased because through superstition they imagine that such mad fellows bring good fortune." The two, then, were beyond the Border. I would have...notice. The wheel of the world swings through the same phase again and again. Summer passed and winter thereafter. and came and passed again. The daily paper...
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The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories

Rudyard Kipling - Afghanistan - 2005 - 380 pages
...merchants are pleased because through super-stition they imagine that such mad fellows bring good fortune.' The two, then, were beyond the border. I would have...winter thereafter, and came and passed again. The daily 322 paper continued and I with it, and upon the third summer there fell a hot night, a night-issue,...
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