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Jungle and Stream; Or, The Adventures of Two Boys in Siam

By George Manville Fenn

2019-11-19 01:08:59

"Charlie is my darling, my darling, my darling!" was sung in a good, clear, boyish tenor, and then the singer stopped, to say impatiently,— "What nonsense it is! My head seems stuffed full of Scotch songs,—'Wee bit sangs,' as the doctor calls ... Read more
"Charlie is my darling, my darling, my darling!" was sung in a good, clear, boyish tenor, and then the singer stopped, to say impatiently,— "What nonsense it is! My head seems stuffed full of Scotch songs,—'Wee bit sangs,' as the doctor calls them. Seems funny that so many Scotch people should come out here to the East. I suppose it's because the Irish all go to the West, that they may get as far apart as they can, so that there may not be a fight. I say, though, I want my breakfast." The speaker, to wit Harry Kenyon, sauntered up to the verandah of the bungalow and looked in at the window of the cool, shaded room, where a man-servant in white drill jacket and trousers was giving the finishing touches to the table. Less

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File size282.356 KB
Print pages238
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1522919469
George Manville Fenn was a prolific English novelist, journalist, editor and educationalist. Many of his novels were written for young adults. His final book was a biography of his fellow writer for j...

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