... they friends or wild murderous dwarfs Quivering with trepidation he approached and to his great relief he saw that they were armed with rifles. That was a sign of civilisation. As soon as they saw him they surrounded him, and from the expression on their ...

... they friends or wild murderous dwarfs Quivering with trepidation he approached and to his great relief he saw that they were armed with rifles. That was a sign of civilisation. As soon as they saw him they surrounded him, and from the expression on their ...

... is the well-known story of the wildly-generous Sir John Penton, who fancied Kisber, the winner of the Derby of 1876. The owner, Mr. Baltazzi, told Sir John that the horse had no chance, but Sir John laughed, put his last thousand pounds on the horse and ...