Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 269-270W. Blackwood, 1951 - England |
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THE road through the coffee plantations was a rutted track of brown earth , bordered by trees with greyish trunks and sage - green leaves that cast a light , sun - spangled shade . Be- tween the trees grew a bank of cannas , their ...
THE road through the coffee plantations was a rutted track of brown earth , bordered by trees with greyish trunks and sage - green leaves that cast a light , sun - spangled shade . Be- tween the trees grew a bank of cannas , their ...
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ruined wood of birches , a grave- yard of trees in whose upturned roots wind - flowers grew in spring , as if the storms had left some token of repentance for the havoc they had wrought . Some of the trees , dead but still standing ...
ruined wood of birches , a grave- yard of trees in whose upturned roots wind - flowers grew in spring , as if the storms had left some token of repentance for the havoc they had wrought . Some of the trees , dead but still standing ...
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A hundred and fifty yards ahead , up the slope of a field , was an avenue of tall trees , hiding the specially planted kale . Any bird that emerged from it over the trees would be a highish bird with a lot of way on .
A hundred and fifty yards ahead , up the slope of a field , was an avenue of tall trees , hiding the specially planted kale . Any bird that emerged from it over the trees would be a highish bird with a lot of way on .
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Contents
THE ADOPTED SON BY BARBARA WHITTINGHAMJONES | 41 |
THE AUCTION BY J K STANFORD | 263 |
THE CHALKPIT BY JOHN WELMAN | 369 |
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