 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 strani
...she didn't swear and wasn't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the reedy notes of the accordion rose and fell in fitful spasms and...insufficient food, and a new diversion was proposed by Piney—story-telling. Neither Mr. Oakhurst nor his female companions caring to relate their personal... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1899 - 286 strani
...she did n't swear and was n't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the reedy notes of the accordion rose and fell in fitful spasms and long-drawn gasps by the nickering camp-fire. But music failed to fill entirely the aching void left by insufficient food, and... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1899 - 548 strani
...did n 't swear and was n 't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the reedy notes of the accordion rose and fell in fitful spasms and long-drawn gasps by the nickering camp-fire. But music failed to fill entirely the aching void left by insufficient food, and... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1899 - 548 strani
...she did n't swear and was n't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the reedy notes of the accordion rose and fell in fitful spasms and long-drawn gasps by the nickering camp-fire. But music failed to fill entirely the aching void left by insufficient food, and... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1899 - 284 strani
...she did n't swear and was n't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the reedy notes of the accordion rose and fell in fitful spasms and long-drawn gasps by the nickering camp-fire. But music failed to fill entirely the aching void left by insufficient food, and... | |
 | George Henry Nettleton - 1901 - 254 strani
...did n't swear and was n't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the 20 reedy notes of the accordion rose and fell in fitful spasms and...insufficient food, and a new diversion was proposed by Piney,—story-telling. Neither Mr. Oakhurst 2 S nor his female companions caring to relate their personal... | |
 | Charles Sears Baldwin - 1904 - 356 strani
...and was n't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the reedy notes of the accordeon rose and fell in fitful spasms and long-drawn gasps...insufficient food, and a new diversion was proposed by Piney — story- telling. Neither Mr. Oakhurst nor his female companions caring to relate their personal... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1906 - 472 strani
...she did n't swear and was n't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the reedy notes of the accordion rose and fell in fitful spasms and long-drawn gasps by the nickering campfire. But music failed to fill entirely the aching void left by insufficient food, and... | |
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... as she and the Duchess were pleased to call Piney. Piney was no chicken, but it was a soothing and original theory of the pair thus to account for the fact that she didn't swear and wasn't improper. When night crept up again through the gorges, the... 
