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Page 162
... John , or Iron John , " as he was called in the neighborhood , was a counterpart of his master . He was a tall , bony old fellow , with a dry wig that seemed made of cow's tail , and a face as tough as though it had been made of cow's ...
... John , or Iron John , " as he was called in the neighborhood , was a counterpart of his master . He was a tall , bony old fellow , with a dry wig that seemed made of cow's tail , and a face as tough as though it had been made of cow's ...
Page 164
... Iron John , the woman from the lodge , and myself , were his congregation . It seemed to be all one to him what he read , so long as it was something from the Bible . Sometimes , therefore , it would be the Song of Solomon , and this ...
... Iron John , the woman from the lodge , and myself , were his congregation . It seemed to be all one to him what he read , so long as it was something from the Bible . Sometimes , therefore , it would be the Song of Solomon , and this ...
Page 213
... Iron John ; by the woman who occa- sionally worked about the house ; and by the foxy - headed boy , young Orson , whom I had occasionally hunted about the park . Iron John gasped a kind of asthmatical salutation as I entered the room ...
... Iron John ; by the woman who occa- sionally worked about the house ; and by the foxy - headed boy , young Orson , whom I had occasionally hunted about the park . Iron John gasped a kind of asthmatical salutation as I entered the room ...
Page 214
... Iron John almost grudged me the tallow candle to burn in my apart- ment and light up its dreariness , so accustomed had he been to starveling economy . I could not sleep . The recollection of my uncle's dying scene , and the dreary ...
... Iron John almost grudged me the tallow candle to burn in my apart- ment and light up its dreariness , so accustomed had he been to starveling economy . I could not sleep . The recollection of my uncle's dying scene , and the dreary ...
Page 216
... Iron John and his daughter , and the residue of his fortune to the foxy - headed boy , who , to my utter astonishment , was his son by this very woman , he having married her privately , and , as I verily believe , for no other purpose ...
... Iron John and his daughter , and the residue of his fortune to the foxy - headed boy , who , to my utter astonishment , was his son by this very woman , he having married her privately , and , as I verily believe , for no other purpose ...
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