Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Doran, 1904 - 266 pagine |
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Pagina 8
... , and carry on the work . The hucksters of Germany , France , and Sicily now bag its small change across their counters . Gentleman adventurers throng the waiting - rooms of its rulers with proposals for railways 8 Cabbages and Kings.
... , and carry on the work . The hucksters of Germany , France , and Sicily now bag its small change across their counters . Gentleman adventurers throng the waiting - rooms of its rulers with proposals for railways 8 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 9
O. Henry. waiting - rooms of its rulers with proposals for railways and concessions . The little opéra - bouffe nations play at government and intrigue until some day a big , si- lent gunboat glides into the offing and warns them not to ...
O. Henry. waiting - rooms of its rulers with proposals for railways and concessions . The little opéra - bouffe nations play at government and intrigue until some day a big , si- lent gunboat glides into the offing and warns them not to ...
Pagina 25
... the interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE PAGE 8.
... the interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was only twenty - four ; and he had not been 25 II THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE PAGE 8.
Pagina 56
... deserted bar ; and Ma- dama set out a bottle without waiting for the doctor's order . There was no dust on it . After they had drank twice Smith said : 66 You say there were no passengers on the Karlse- 56 Cabbages and Kings.
... deserted bar ; and Ma- dama set out a bottle without waiting for the doctor's order . There was no dust on it . After they had drank twice Smith said : 66 You say there were no passengers on the Karlse- 56 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 59
... waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he been assured that no passengers had come to Coralio on board of ...
... waiting , never relaxing his sharp gaze in the direction of the steamer . The incongruous yachtsman had concentrated his interest upon the innocent fruiter . Twice had he been assured that no passengers had come to Coralio on board of ...
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admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul cool Coralio crew Dalesburg Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Johnny's Karlsefin lady land laughed looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic Rosine sail sand says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintype took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla
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Pagina 14 - His Nibs skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line with all the coin in the kitty and the bundle of muslin he's spoony about. The boodle is six figures short. Our crowd in good shape, but we need the spondulicks. You collar it. The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. You to know what to do. BOB.
Pagina 59 - The mountains reached up their bulky shoulders to receive the level gallop of Apollo's homing steeds, the day died in the lagoons and in the shadowed banana groves and in the mangrove swamps, where the great blue crabs were beginning to crawl to land for their nightly ramble. And it died, at last, upon the highest peaks. Then the brief twilight, ephemeral as the flight of a moth, came and went; the Southern Cross peeped with its topmost eye above a row of palms, and the fire-flies heralded with their...
Pagina 11 - CORALIO reclined, in the mid-day heat, like some vacuous beauty lounging in a guarded harem. The town lay at the sea's edge on a strip of alluvial coast. It was set like a little pearl in an emerald band. Behind it, and seeming almost to topple, imminent, above it, rose the sea-following range of the Cordilleras.