Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 221W. Blackwood, 1927 - England |
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I loaded a cargo of logs once at Puerto Caballos , and they fairly crawled with scorpions and spiders - not to mention snakes . You'd find ' em in your bunk . It was nasty . But even that " Well , cattle are bad , too . So are sheep .
I loaded a cargo of logs once at Puerto Caballos , and they fairly crawled with scorpions and spiders - not to mention snakes . You'd find ' em in your bunk . It was nasty . But even that " Well , cattle are bad , too . So are sheep .
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About this time the purser hurried up to me and said that there were no matches , and as he spoke a shot came into us and struck away an iron stanchion which stood directly between us . Once during the action I received a fearful ...
About this time the purser hurried up to me and said that there were no matches , and as he spoke a shot came into us and struck away an iron stanchion which stood directly between us . Once during the action I received a fearful ...
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A dog was chained in the chambers below , and scented our in- trusion at once . The noise he made gave us some appre- hension , especially as he con- tinued barking furiously till the whole household at the farm was astir .
A dog was chained in the chambers below , and scented our in- trusion at once . The noise he made gave us some appre- hension , especially as he con- tinued barking furiously till the whole household at the farm was astir .
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He was not able to decide at once , as he was pledged to a General in the British Army , a prisoner on parole at Verdun , in agreement for standing each other's bail . He therefore wrote , and re- ceived a reply that the General gave ...
He was not able to decide at once , as he was pledged to a General in the British Army , a prisoner on parole at Verdun , in agreement for standing each other's bail . He therefore wrote , and re- ceived a reply that the General gave ...
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For once in my life I must have spoken French like a native , as the sentry passed us on . L'Estrange still followed , and we made down the slope which carried us to the covered bomb - proof pas- sage , and left another danger ...
For once in my life I must have spoken French like a native , as the sentry passed us on . L'Estrange still followed , and we made down the slope which carried us to the covered bomb - proof pas- sage , and left another danger ...
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