The Luck of Roaring Camp: And Other Stories ...Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888 - 279 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 80
... Oakhurst , gambler , stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the 23d of November , 1850 , he was conscious of a change in its moral at- mosphere since the preceding night . Two or three men , conversing earnestly ...
... Oakhurst , gambler , stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the 23d of November , 1850 , he was conscious of a change in its moral at- mosphere since the preceding night . Two or three men , conversing earnestly ...
الصفحة 81
... Oakhurst was right in supposing that he was included in this category . A few of the committee had urged hanging him as a possible example , and a sure method of re- imbursing themselves from his pockets of the sums he had won from them ...
... Oakhurst was right in supposing that he was included in this category . A few of the committee had urged hanging him as a possible example , and a sure method of re- imbursing themselves from his pockets of the sums he had won from them ...
الصفحة 82
... Oakhurst overruled this narrower local prejudice . Mr. Oakhurst received his sentence with philosophic calmness , none the less coolly that he was aware of the hesitation of his judges . He was too much of a gambler not to accept fate ...
... Oakhurst overruled this narrower local prejudice . Mr. Oakhurst received his sentence with philosophic calmness , none the less coolly that he was aware of the hesitation of his judges . He was too much of a gambler not to accept fate ...
الصفحة 83
... Oakhurst alone remained silent . He listened calmly to Mother Shipton's desire to cut somebody's heart out , to the repeated statements of the Duchess that she would die in the road , and to the alarming oaths that seemed to be bumped ...
... Oakhurst alone remained silent . He listened calmly to Mother Shipton's desire to cut somebody's heart out , to the repeated statements of the Duchess that she would die in the road , and to the alarming oaths that seemed to be bumped ...
الصفحة 84
... Oakhurst knew that scarcely half the journey to Sandy Bar was accomplished , and the party were not equipped or provis- ioned for delay . This fact he pointed out to his companions curtly , with a philosophic commentary on the folly of ...
... Oakhurst knew that scarcely half the journey to Sandy Bar was accomplished , and the party were not equipped or provis- ioned for delay . This fact he pointed out to his companions curtly , with a philosophic commentary on the folly of ...
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