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Page 131
... Night Rider ( 1939 ) , simply because it is so much more compact than his later fiction : the moral is not elaborated but is there , plain enough , for the reader to deduce himself . Again , the scene is Kentucky , at the beginning of ...
... Night Rider ( 1939 ) , simply because it is so much more compact than his later fiction : the moral is not elaborated but is there , plain enough , for the reader to deduce himself . Again , the scene is Kentucky , at the beginning of ...
Page 190
... night , Harriet . Don't stand about loafing , you two boys . Good morning , all of you . How is Father's girl today ? ' ' Quite well , ' said Griselda , giving him a startled smile , and leaning towards her mother . ' Mother , how did ...
... night , Harriet . Don't stand about loafing , you two boys . Good morning , all of you . How is Father's girl today ? ' ' Quite well , ' said Griselda , giving him a startled smile , and leaning towards her mother . ' Mother , how did ...
Page 331
... night a drunken hoodlum , Frank's partner in the hold - up , tries to rape her . Frank rescues her , and she turns ... night she catches a glimpse of him asleep in the short - order joint , realizes all he has done for her and her family ...
... night a drunken hoodlum , Frank's partner in the hold - up , tries to rape her . Frank rescues her , and she turns ... night she catches a glimpse of him asleep in the short - order joint , realizes all he has done for her and her family ...
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