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... land surveyor , a young woman in a white shawl , and myself . The woman sat on the cold iron stove while the land surveyor and I took turns sitting on the floor - there was not room for us both to sit at the same time . Little pieces of ...
... land surveyor , a young woman in a white shawl , and myself . The woman sat on the cold iron stove while the land surveyor and I took turns sitting on the floor - there was not room for us both to sit at the same time . Little pieces of ...
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... land was growing cold , darkening the spruce palisades with the crimson stripes of early winter sunsets , crackling ... land . Then life would start ! Then hands would be reached out to work , and such a clatter of saws and axes and ...
... land was growing cold , darkening the spruce palisades with the crimson stripes of early winter sunsets , crackling ... land . Then life would start ! Then hands would be reached out to work , and such a clatter of saws and axes and ...
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... land . The cavalrymen stayed motionless on the end of the break- water . A mine layer , convoying the ships , fired two shots . Two useless shells filled with shrapnel exploded over the city with a thin , whin- ing noise . These were ...
... land . The cavalrymen stayed motionless on the end of the break- water . A mine layer , convoying the ships , fired two shots . Two useless shells filled with shrapnel exploded over the city with a thin , whin- ing noise . These were ...
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