The Luck of Roaring Camp1903 |
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... at the sky , ominously clouded ; at the valley below , al- ready deepening into shadow . And , doing so , suddenly he heard his own name called . A horseman slowly ascended the trail . In the fresh THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT . 85.
... at the sky , ominously clouded ; at the valley below , al- ready deepening into shadow . And , doing so , suddenly he heard his own name called . A horseman slowly ascended the trail . In the fresh THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT . 85.
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Bret Harte. A horseman slowly ascended the trail . In the fresh , open face of the new - comer Mr. Oakhurst recognized Tom Simson , other- wise known as the " Innocent , " of Sandy Bar . He had met him some months before over a " little ...
Bret Harte. A horseman slowly ascended the trail . In the fresh , open face of the new - comer Mr. Oakhurst recognized Tom Simson , other- wise known as the " Innocent , " of Sandy Bar . He had met him some months before over a " little ...
الصفحة 88
... . It was apparently of a jocular nature , for he felt impelled to slap his leg again and cram his fist into his mouth . As the shadows crept slowly up the mountain , a slight breeze rocked the tops of the 88 THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT .
... . It was apparently of a jocular nature , for he felt impelled to slap his leg again and cram his fist into his mouth . As the shadows crept slowly up the mountain , a slight breeze rocked the tops of the 88 THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT .
الصفحة 90
... slowly in a whirling mist of snowflakes , that dazzled and confused the eye . What could be seen of the landscape appeared magically changed . He looked over the valley , and summed up the present and future in two words , - " Snowed in ...
... slowly in a whirling mist of snowflakes , that dazzled and confused the eye . What could be seen of the landscape appeared magically changed . He looked over the valley , and summed up the present and future in two words , - " Snowed in ...
الصفحة 94
... slowly decreasing store of provisions for the morning meal . It was one of the peculiarities of that moun- tain climate that its rays diffused a kindly warmth over the wintry landscape , as if in regretful commiseration of the past ...
... slowly decreasing store of provisions for the morning meal . It was one of the peculiarities of that moun- tain climate that its rays diffused a kindly warmth over the wintry landscape , as if in regretful commiseration of the past ...
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الصفحة 92 - during that evening. Haply the time was beguiled by an accordion, produced somewhat ostentatiously by Tom Simson from his pack. Notwithstanding some difficulties attending the manipulation of this instrument, Piney Woods managed to pluck several reluctant melodies from its keys, to an accompaniment by the Innocent on a pair of bone
الصفحة 29 - It needed but a glance to show them Kentuck lying there cruelly crushed and bruised, but still holding The Luck of Roaring Camp in his arms. As they bent over the strangely assorted pair they saw that the child was cold and pulseless. " He is dead,
الصفحة 103 - whereat we all laughed. While we were laughing, the driver cried " Shoo ! " We listened. To our infinite amazement the chorus of " Miggles " was repeated from the other side of the wall, even to the final and supplemental " Maygells." " Extraordinary echo," said the Judge. " Extraordinary d—d skunk!" roared the driver, contemptuously. " Come out of that, Higgles, and show yourself! Be a man,
الصفحة 38 - good-night." The moon shone brightly on the narrow path before them. He stood and watched the bent little figure as it staggered down the road, and waited until it had passed the little graveyard and reached the curve of the hill, where it turned and stood for a moment, a mere atom of suffering,
الصفحة 89 - tethered; they were no longer there. The tracks were already rapidly disappearing in the snow. The momentary excitement brought Mr. Oakhurst back to the fire with his usual calm. He did not waken the sleepers. The Innocent slumbered peacefully, with a smile on
الصفحة 73 - with you about adopting your profession. Is that so?" The man with the glazed hat leaned over the table, and made an imaginary shot, that sent the ball spinning round the cushions. Then walking round the table he recovered the ball and placed it upon the spot. This duty discharged, getting ready for another shot, he said,
الصفحة 71 - And off trotted the shortlegged Aristides. The Arcade was just across the way, — a long, rambling building containing a barroom, billiard-room, and restaurant. As the young man crossed the plaza he noticed that two or three of the passers-by turned and looked after him. He looked at his clothes, took
الصفحة 120 - the sweet old story, bathed the feet of him she loved. It even lent a kindly poetry to the rugged outline of Yuba Bill, half reclining on his elbow between them and his passengers, with savagely patient eyes
الصفحة 209 - and delicate-faced women in the one long street of Five Forks, and a scampering of mules, and an occasional procession of dusty brown-linen cavalry. A year after " Hawkins' Idiot Asylum" was completed, one day there drifted into the valley a riotous cavalcade of "schoolmarms," teachers of the San Francisco public schools, out for a holiday. Not
الصفحة 73 - when he began to speak something kept rising in his throat and retarded his utterance, and his own voice frightened him, it sounded so distant, low, and resonant. " I understand," he began, " that Melissa Smith, an orphan, and one of my scholars,