Openings in the Old Trail

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Bret Harte. Openings in the Old Trail

Openings in the Old Trail

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A MERCURY OF THE FOOT-HILLS

COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF

THE LANDLORD OF THE BIG FLUME HOTEL

A BUCKEYE HOLLOW INHERITANCE

THE REINCARNATION OF SMITH

LANTY FOSTER'S MISTAKE

AN ALI BABA OF THE SIERRAS

MISS PEGGY'S PROTEGES

THE GODDESS OF EXCELSIOR

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Bret Harte

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Leonidas timidly and poignantly protested. He had waited before the house and on the hill; he thought she didn't want him.

“Couldn't you see that THAT MAN kept me in?” she went on peevishly. “Haven't you sense enough to know that he suspects something, and follows me everywhere, dogging my footsteps every time the post comes in, and even going to the post-office himself, to make sure that he sees all my letters? Well,” she added impatiently, “have you anything for me? Why don't you speak?”

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