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  • "Cumshaw," I cried, as he came within speaking distance, "if that's not the funnel that your father and Bradby left the valley by you can call me a goggle-eyed Chinaman."

    The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924

  • "Cumshaw," I said, "do as much as you can while I'm away, and keep one eye on the horizon all the time.

    The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924

  • It's the only effective way of demonstrating to the public the simple fact that Ambassador Cumshaw was murdered at the instigation of the z'Srauff.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • I couldn't let those stipulations stand without protest, and at the same time, if I protested the characterization of Cumshaw as a practicing politician, the trial could easily end right there.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • Cumshaw was ruled out as having been made under duress.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • The latter, on the other hand, we went after unmercifully, revealing, under their enmity for Cumshaw, a small, hard core of bigoted xenophobia and selfish fear.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • Longfellow had been conspiring with Cumshaw to bring about the conquest of New Texas by the Solar League.

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • Then the full meaning of what I had seen finally got through to me: if they were going to try the killers of Cumshaw in that court, that meant that on New Texas, foreign diplomats were regarded as practicing politicians ....

    Lone Star Planet H. Beam Piper 1934

  • The trials of the Journey were bringing out the worst side of the man, a side that Cumshaw had never seen before.

    The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924

  • Cumshaw turned to the plank bed and lifted up the saddle-bags, one in each hand.

    The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924

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