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... troubled some people . They troubled the cheesemaker , who favoured the day- light . The Cheesemaker at that time was Alex McMann , small and efficient , and capable of dealing out caustic remarks about flavours and whiffs , and sniffs ...
... troubled some people . They troubled the cheesemaker , who favoured the day- light . The Cheesemaker at that time was Alex McMann , small and efficient , and capable of dealing out caustic remarks about flavours and whiffs , and sniffs ...
Page 86
... troubled not at all . Long after the whole interior of the kitchen had gone into recess behind a smoke - screen , he was to be found sitting darkly in a corner , defending that chimney against all comers . Here he would relate his ...
... troubled not at all . Long after the whole interior of the kitchen had gone into recess behind a smoke - screen , he was to be found sitting darkly in a corner , defending that chimney against all comers . Here he would relate his ...
Page 105
... troubled . He convinced the syndicate that Long Beach was practically solid gold , and the men were transferred there . Again the beach rang with the sound of the axe . A road and a race , with a long pipe - line , were constructed in ...
... troubled . He convinced the syndicate that Long Beach was practically solid gold , and the men were transferred there . Again the beach rang with the sound of the axe . A road and a race , with a long pipe - line , were constructed in ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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