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... wonderful . The four boys were soon asleep . In fact , the three younger ones went to sleep in the very middle of Dave's rendering of the famous poem , " The Blue Marine , " unresponsive to the great denouement when that terrific hero ...
... wonderful . The four boys were soon asleep . In fact , the three younger ones went to sleep in the very middle of Dave's rendering of the famous poem , " The Blue Marine , " unresponsive to the great denouement when that terrific hero ...
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... wonderful uncertainty , would dash forth from beneath some hollow stump or log , hauling savagely on their wire " chains , " faithfully intent on protecting nothing . Here by day , the sound of axe or saw , the ping of a rifle , the ...
... wonderful uncertainty , would dash forth from beneath some hollow stump or log , hauling savagely on their wire " chains , " faithfully intent on protecting nothing . Here by day , the sound of axe or saw , the ping of a rifle , the ...
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... wonderful sounds issuing from the mill . These sounds at last reached such a degree of uncanniness that the three men and a boy decided to go down and investigate . Just in time , too , for a first - class accident was in the making ...
... wonderful sounds issuing from the mill . These sounds at last reached such a degree of uncanniness that the three men and a boy decided to go down and investigate . Just in time , too , for a first - class accident was in the making ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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