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Page viii
... didn't have to do anything more in life . He was a marked and made man . As a matter of fact , he didn't do much more except beget a few more boys with square heads like his own . But he is one of the great names in our family . And he ...
... didn't have to do anything more in life . He was a marked and made man . As a matter of fact , he didn't do much more except beget a few more boys with square heads like his own . But he is one of the great names in our family . And he ...
Page xi
... didn't have to look long . For he has good eyes . When he got through dusting off his chips , there were the northern New England hills , which always look as though they were carved out clean day before yester- day at dawn and had the ...
... didn't have to look long . For he has good eyes . When he got through dusting off his chips , there were the northern New England hills , which always look as though they were carved out clean day before yester- day at dawn and had the ...
Page xiii
... didn't hesitate a second . He grabbed up a piece of ma- ple wood and started cutting . He talked to me the whole time . He hardly glanced at what he was doing . But the fingers of both hands were busy all right . And Lankes's left ...
... didn't hesitate a second . He grabbed up a piece of ma- ple wood and started cutting . He talked to me the whole time . He hardly glanced at what he was doing . But the fingers of both hands were busy all right . And Lankes's left ...
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