The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other SketchesHoughton, Mifflin, 1899 - 256 من الصفحات |
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... tion of her sin , that , at a moment when she most lacked her sex's intuitive tenderness and care , she met only the half - contemptuous faces of her mas- culine associates . Yet a few of the spectators were , I think , touched by her ...
... tion of her sin , that , at a moment when she most lacked her sex's intuitive tenderness and care , she met only the half - contemptuous faces of her mas- culine associates . Yet a few of the spectators were , I think , touched by her ...
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... tion that it was 66 square fun . " Whether Mr. Oakhurst had cachéd his cards with the whiskey as something debarred the free access of the community , I cannot say . It was certain that , in Mother Shipton's words , he " did n't say ...
... tion that it was 66 square fun . " Whether Mr. Oakhurst had cachéd his cards with the whiskey as something debarred the free access of the community , I cannot say . It was certain that , in Mother Shipton's words , he " did n't say ...
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... tion . I fear that a certain defiant tone and Cove- banter's swing to its chorus , rather than any de- votional quality , caused it speedily to infect the others , who at last joined in the refrain : - " I'm proud to live in the service ...
... tion . I fear that a certain defiant tone and Cove- banter's swing to its chorus , rather than any de- votional quality , caused it speedily to infect the others , who at last joined in the refrain : - " I'm proud to live in the service ...
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... tion , and still eyed the helpless sitter with suspi- cion . He had found a shed in which he had put up his horses , but he came back dripping and sceptical . ' Thar ain't nobody but him within ten mile of the shanty , and that ' ar d ...
... tion , and still eyed the helpless sitter with suspi- cion . He had found a shed in which he had put up his horses , but he came back dripping and sceptical . ' Thar ain't nobody but him within ten mile of the shanty , and that ' ar d ...
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... tion of Miggles , and said , gravely , " No ; it's Jim . " There was an awkward pause . The lady pas- sengers moved closer to each other ; the Washoe husband looked abstractedly at the fire ; and the tall man apparently turned his eyes ...
... tion of Miggles , and said , gravely , " No ; it's Jim . " There was an awkward pause . The lady pas- sengers moved closer to each other ; the Washoe husband looked abstractedly at the fire ; and the tall man apparently turned his eyes ...
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Altascar asked baby beside Boonder boys BRET HARTE Brown cabin carpet-bag child Circassian Clytemnestra Clytie Commander dark Dedlow Marsh door drifting Duchess expressman eyes face Fagg father feet fire gambler George glance grave gray horse hair Hamlin hand head horse Jack Judge knew laugh lifted looked Luck lying Marysville master McSnagley Miggles Miss Mary Mission Dolores Mission hills Mliss Morpher Mother Shipton never night Oakhurst Paquita pardner passed Peleg perhaps pines Piney Poker Flat Rattler Red Gulch Red Mountain riata river road Roaring Camp Salvatierra San Carlos Sandy Bar school-house seemed shadow silence sitting smile Smith's Pocket stranger Stumpy suddenly Tennessee Tennessee's Partner thar ain't thing thought tion Tommy took tree Tryan turned Uncle Billy uncon voice walked wall wind window Wingdam woman young Yuba Bill
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الصفحة 10 - ... forth this naval ditty. Either through the peculiar rocking of Jack or the length of his song — it contained ninety stanzas, and was continued with conscientious deliberation to the bitter end — the lullaby generally had the desired effect. At such times the men would lie at full length under the trees, in the soft summer twilight, smoking their pipes and drinking in the melodious utterances. An indistinct idea that this was pastoral happiness pervaded the camp. "This ere kind o' think,"...
الصفحة 21 - Oakhurst," said the Innocent, pointing to the Duchess, "and I can shift for myself." Nothing but Mr. Oakhurst's admonishing foot saved Uncle Billy from bursting into a roar of laughter. As it was, he felt compelled to retire up the canon until he could recover his gravity.
الصفحة 6 - By the time he was a month old, the necessity of giving him a name became apparent. He had generally been known as "the Kid...
الصفحة 29 - m going," she said, in a voice of querulous weakness, "but don't say anything about it. Don't waken the kids. Take the bundle from under my head, and open it." Mr. Oakhurst did so. It contained Mother Shipton's rations for the last week, untouched. " Give 'em to the child," she said, pointing to the sleeping Piney.
الصفحة 63 - Bar — perhaps it was from something even better than that, but two thirds of the loungers accepted the invitation at once. It was noon when the body of Tennessee was delivered into the hands of his partner. As the cart drew up to the fatal tree, we noticed that it contained a rough oblong box — apparently made from a section of sluicing — and half filled with bark and the tassels of pine.
الصفحة 58 - I was passin' by," he began, by way of apology, " and I thought I'd just step in and see how things was gittin' on with Tennessee thar, — my pardner.
الصفحة 26 - didn't say cards once" 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 castinets.
الصفحة 19 - As he gazed at his recumbent fellow exiles, the loneliness begotten of his pariah trade, his habits of life, his very vices, for the first time seriously oppressed him. He bestirred himself in dusting his black clothes, washing his hands and face, and other acts characteristic of his studiously neat habits, and for a moment forgot his annoyance. The thought of deserting his weaker and more pitiable companions never perhaps occurred to him. Yet he could not help feeling the want of that excitement...