Our Boys and Girls, Volúmenes 7-8Oliver Optic Lee and Shepard, 1870 |
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... Centreport , where Colonel Wimpleton resided . | | " Why not my figures , if they are. Then the two great men became rivals for the business of the lake ; and the colonel built a large and splendid steamer , to run in oppo- sition to the ...
... Centreport , where Colonel Wimpleton resided . | | " Why not my figures , if they are. Then the two great men became rivals for the business of the lake ; and the colonel built a large and splendid steamer , to run in oppo- sition to the ...
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... Centreport for ten dollars . " " Middleport , ” said Schleifer . " I will give you five . " " No ; nothing short of ten for a night run down the lake . I like to sleep a little once in a while . " After some bickering the drummer agreed ...
... Centreport for ten dollars . " " Middleport , ” said Schleifer . " I will give you five . " " No ; nothing short of ten for a night run down the lake . I like to sleep a little once in a while . " After some bickering the drummer agreed ...
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... Centreport and Middleport several barns and storehouses had been destroyed , and I was persuaded that the two men in the boat were incendiaries . " We " Shall I head her for Ruoara ? " asked Tom , while we were discussing the matter ...
... Centreport and Middleport several barns and storehouses had been destroyed , and I was persuaded that the two men in the boat were incendiaries . " We " Shall I head her for Ruoara ? " asked Tom , while we were discussing the matter ...
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... CENTREPORT BANK . pal churches , the bank , the post office , the library , and other public buildings , was so densely populated that the miscreants could not work to advantage . So far as we could discover , not a soul was stirring in ...
... CENTREPORT BANK . pal churches , the bank , the post office , the library , and other public buildings , was so densely populated that the miscreants could not work to advantage . So far as we could discover , not a soul was stirring in ...
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... Centreport Bank has been robbed , ” replied Captain Synders , with all the excitement of manner which such a discovery was likely to create in a dignitary of his im- portance . " Robbed ! " exclaimed Tom . " Robbed ! " I repeated . " I ...
... Centreport Bank has been robbed , ” replied Captain Synders , with all the excitement of manner which such a discovery was likely to create in a dignitary of his im- portance . " Robbed ! " exclaimed Tom . " Robbed ! " I repeated . " I ...
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