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Harrigan

CHAPTER 23
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Here's the paper and your pen." He placed them in the hands of the captain, but the latter held them idly.
"It's the frail ones who are carried off by the white plague.

Am I right ?" "No, you're wrong.

The frail ones sometimes have a better chance than the husky people.

Look at the number of athletes who are carried away by it!" "God bless you, McTee!" "The strength that counts is the strength of spirit, and this girl has your own fighting spirit." "Do you think so ?" "Yes; I saw it in her eyes." Henshaw shook his head sadly.
"No; they're the eyes of her grandmother, and she had no fighting spirit.

I think I married her more for pity than for love.


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