Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 40
... captain was anx- ious to make a quick return in order to reap the ad- vantage offered by a certain dearth of fruit in the States . About four o'clock in the afternoon another of those marine monsters , not very familiar in those waters ...
... captain was anx- ious to make a quick return in order to reap the ad- vantage offered by a certain dearth of fruit in the States . About four o'clock in the afternoon another of those marine monsters , not very familiar in those waters ...
Pagina 82
... captain . " By that time , ' we told him , ' we'll be amassing wealth in the interior towns with our galvanized prima donna and correct imitations of Sousa's band excavating a march from a tin mine . ' " Ye'll not , ' says the captain ...
... captain . " By that time , ' we told him , ' we'll be amassing wealth in the interior towns with our galvanized prima donna and correct imitations of Sousa's band excavating a march from a tin mine . ' " Ye'll not , ' says the captain ...
Pagina 95
... captain's boat on the beach we went down and stood in the edge of the water . The captain grinned when he saw us . " I told you you'd be waiting , ' he 95 THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT.
... captain's boat on the beach we went down and stood in the edge of the water . The captain grinned when he saw us . " I told you you'd be waiting , ' he 95 THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT.
Pagina 96
... captain again . ' Climb in the boat . ' " And that , " said Keogh , " is the way me and Henry Horsecollar introduced the phonograph into this country . Henry went back to the States , but I've been rummaging around in the tropics ever ...
... captain again . ' Climb in the boat . ' " And that , " said Keogh , " is the way me and Henry Horsecollar introduced the phonograph into this country . Henry went back to the States , but I've been rummaging around in the tropics ever ...
Pagina 135
... Captain McLeod leaned over the side . " Well , señor , the jig is up , I'm told . " " The jig is up ? " Don Sabas looked perplexed for a moment . " That revolution - ah , yes ! " With a shrug of his shoulders he dismissed the matter ...
... Captain McLeod leaned over the side . " Well , señor , the jig is up , I'm told . " " The jig is up ? " Don Sabas looked perplexed for a moment . " That revolution - ah , yes ! " With a shrug of his shoulders he dismissed the matter ...
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