Taken Alive: And Other Stories : with an AutobiographyDodd, Mead,, 1889 - 375 pages |
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Page 66
... Nichol shook off the lethargy of a brief troubled sleep , he found that the light did not banish his gloomy impressions . Those immediately around him were still slumbering , wrapped in their blankets . Few sounds other than the voices ...
... Nichol shook off the lethargy of a brief troubled sleep , he found that the light did not banish his gloomy impressions . Those immediately around him were still slumbering , wrapped in their blankets . Few sounds other than the voices ...
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... NICHOL . He made another copy of this letter , put both in envel- opes , and addressed them , then sought two men of his company who came from his native village . They were awake now and boiling their coffee . The officer and the ...
... NICHOL . He made another copy of this letter , put both in envel- opes , and addressed them , then sought two men of his company who came from his native village . They were awake now and boiling their coffee . The officer and the ...
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... Nichol approached Sam and Jim Wetherby , two stalwart brothers who had en- listed in his company . 66 ' Boys , " he said , " I have a favor to ask of you . The Lord only knows how the day will end for any of us . We will take our ...
... Nichol approached Sam and Jim Wetherby , two stalwart brothers who had en- listed in his company . 66 ' Boys , " he said , " I have a favor to ask of you . The Lord only knows how the day will end for any of us . We will take our ...
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... Nichol's com- pany . With his face toward the enemy , impetuously leading his men , he suddenly dropped his sword and fell senseless . Sam and Jim Wetherby heard a shell shrieking toward them , and saw it explode directly over their ...
... Nichol's com- pany . With his face toward the enemy , impetuously leading his men , he suddenly dropped his sword and fell senseless . Sam and Jim Wetherby heard a shell shrieking toward them , and saw it explode directly over their ...
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... Nichol the privilege of strapping skates on the feet of little Helen Kemble , and gliding away with her over the smooth ice , was a triumph unknown by any general . He was the son of a plain farmer , and she the daughter of the village ...
... Nichol the privilege of strapping skates on the feet of little Helen Kemble , and gliding away with her over the smooth ice , was a triumph unknown by any general . He was the son of a plain farmer , and she the daughter of the village ...
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