Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 192W. Blackwood, 1912 - Scotland |
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Page 24
... minutes wasted ! And life is so short . Let us return and make plans . " Miss Etherington calmly fol- lowed him down again . Still , her suggestion was not without effect . A clause was inserted in the constitution of their kingdom to ...
... minutes wasted ! And life is so short . Let us return and make plans . " Miss Etherington calmly fol- lowed him down again . Still , her suggestion was not without effect . A clause was inserted in the constitution of their kingdom to ...
Page 35
... minutes we are equipped and ready . Outside wait Jase and Steamela , the former hatless , in a khaki jacket innocent of all buttons , and a loin - cloth of uncertain colour and age ; the latter crowned with a very ancient and almost ...
... minutes we are equipped and ready . Outside wait Jase and Steamela , the former hatless , in a khaki jacket innocent of all buttons , and a loin - cloth of uncertain colour and age ; the latter crowned with a very ancient and almost ...
Page 37
... minutes after entering the bush all is plain sailing for us : the green grass , some two feet or more high , shows ... minute or two passes , and then a muttered exclamation A hastily tied bootlace calls with insistent voice , and on ...
... minutes after entering the bush all is plain sailing for us : the green grass , some two feet or more high , shows ... minute or two passes , and then a muttered exclamation A hastily tied bootlace calls with insistent voice , and on ...
Page 39
... minutes entirely annihilate it , killing and rend- ing apparently for the mere pleasure of doing so , and then , having completed the slaughter , will probably be miles away , wreaking the same destruction elsewhere , ere the irate ...
... minutes entirely annihilate it , killing and rend- ing apparently for the mere pleasure of doing so , and then , having completed the slaughter , will probably be miles away , wreaking the same destruction elsewhere , ere the irate ...
Page 42
... minutes of strug- gling with the bush brings us near our goal , and we resume all our previous precautions . This time there are no vigilant francolins on guard , and just as , very cautiously , we emerge on to the few yards of open ...
... minutes of strug- gling with the bush brings us near our goal , and we resume all our previous precautions . This time there are no vigilant francolins on guard , and just as , very cautiously , we emerge on to the few yards of open ...
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