Penny Dreadfuls, 1890 · page 21 of 288
Leather-Clad Tales of Adventure and Romance, No. 38 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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IN THE SUNK LANDS. 17 containing the money lay in plain view on the desk. [awoke in the night and happened to think of it, but consoled myself with the thought that the envelope bore too battered an appearance to be confiscated as an article of value. And that very ‘‘ battered aspect,’’ coupled with Mr. Jimmerson’s non-appearance, started the X. T. C. Quartette on their hunt in the sunk lands a great deal quicker than they anticipated. EOmMmIiGcdoo <S (E(o) mn >)