The EarthquakeCharles Scribner's Sons, 1918 - 307 páginas |
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... kind about except my wife and daughter , I was in a position to estimate the real value of the sort of life I had worked so hard to live . Was it , I asked myself , worth the 16 candle ? After all , did I get anything out THE EARTHQUAKE.
... kind about except my wife and daughter , I was in a position to estimate the real value of the sort of life I had worked so hard to live . Was it , I asked myself , worth the 16 candle ? After all , did I get anything out THE EARTHQUAKE.
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... asked twenty minutes later as I stepped into our private office and shook my partner Lord by the hand . " Morris ? " he repeated , lifting his eyebrows . " Didn't you know ? Oh , you probably didn't get my letter . Why , your brother ...
... asked twenty minutes later as I stepped into our private office and shook my partner Lord by the hand . " Morris ? " he repeated , lifting his eyebrows . " Didn't you know ? Oh , you probably didn't get my letter . Why , your brother ...
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... asked . " Twelve thousand apiece , " he answered at once . " Well , I've spent every cent of it ; so have you . Add twelve thousand to three thousand and seven hundred " -I did it- " and you get fifteen thousand seven hundred . That's ...
... asked . " Twelve thousand apiece , " he answered at once . " Well , I've spent every cent of it ; so have you . Add twelve thousand to three thousand and seven hundred " -I did it- " and you get fifteen thousand seven hundred . That's ...
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... at- tention . Now I rang for her and asked her to make me out an itemized statement setting forth my average yearly expenditures for the past five years . To my surprise I discovered that she had already done 25 MYSELF JOHN STANTON.
... at- tention . Now I rang for her and asked her to make me out an itemized statement setting forth my average yearly expenditures for the past five years . To my surprise I discovered that she had already done 25 MYSELF JOHN STANTON.
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... library and thrown open the windows to the afternoon sun , " it's tough , but we'll have to give it up ! " " Isn't there anything else we could do first ? " asked my wife . " I would do almost anything 34 THE EARTHQUAKE.
... library and thrown open the windows to the afternoon sun , " it's tough , but we'll have to give it up ! " " Isn't there anything else we could do first ? " asked my wife . " I would do almost anything 34 THE EARTHQUAKE.
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