Johnson, Virginia W. (Virginia Wales), 1849-1916 · New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers · leaf 129
sprang tohis feet to gaze in the direction indicated by his sister. Highup in the air were two doves, with feathers of dazzling white-ness, that soared along unconscious of danger. A large blackhawk was winging its swift flight in keen pursuit of the prettydoves. At last the birds seemed to become… … i-f w<m sm The I lawk and the Doves. 125 nearer to the earth in their terror of the cruel enemy in pur-suit. Dear little birds, I will shelter you, cried Sophia, holdingout her apron in her eagerness to save them. The cloves sank into the apron, exhausted with fatigue andfear, and the girl…
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