Excerpt from Scribner's Magazine, Vol. 61: January June, 1917 He took me to Trinidad, where he had gorgeously failed at coca-planting; he took me to Ireland, Where, apparently, he had been born rather carelessly into an aristocratic but typically Hibernian family; to Africa, where he had fought, and to India, where, as a young subaltern, he had Served; and every time he took me he took me differently, nor. Did I ever recognize again any one met before. Life blossomed exotically. It became alchem ic. One had a confused ...
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Excerpt from Scribner's Magazine, Vol. 61: January June, 1917 He took me to Trinidad, where he had gorgeously failed at coca-planting; he took me to Ireland, Where, apparently, he had been born rather carelessly into an aristocratic but typically Hibernian family; to Africa, where he had fought, and to India, where, as a young subaltern, he had Served; and every time he took me he took me differently, nor. Did I ever recognize again any one met before. Life blossomed exotically. It became alchem ic. One had a confused impression of co incidence and paradox. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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