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Page 390
... asked . " You may , ” replied the mother . The boy sauntered out , his little mind full of thoughts , and on the way to the front door he jingled in his pocket the three cents remaining of his morning's allowance . As he reached the ...
... asked . " You may , ” replied the mother . The boy sauntered out , his little mind full of thoughts , and on the way to the front door he jingled in his pocket the three cents remaining of his morning's allowance . As he reached the ...
Page 395
... asked me to be his clerk and operator ; so I left the telegraph office - in which there is great danger that a young man may be permanently buried , as it were - and became con- nected with the railways . The new appointment was accom ...
... asked me to be his clerk and operator ; so I left the telegraph office - in which there is great danger that a young man may be permanently buried , as it were - and became con- nected with the railways . The new appointment was accom ...
Page 671
... asked the ques- tion , " Which ? " It was as plain to her as if he shouted it from where he stood . There was not an instant to be lost . The ques tion was asked in a flash ; it must be answered in another . Her right arm lay on the ...
... asked the ques- tion , " Which ? " It was as plain to her as if he shouted it from where he stood . There was not an instant to be lost . The ques tion was asked in a flash ; it must be answered in another . Her right arm lay on the ...
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