Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 207
smile; but vengeance was not to come from him. Quick and fierce as a tiger-cat, the girl sprangon the ruffian, and with the intense strength ofpassion, clasped him in her arms and leaped withhim from the narrow ledge into the abyss below. There was a rush, a shout; all faces were bentover the… … DO NOT SHOOT TILL I DO Haul her up! Hew her to pieces! Burn thewitch! and the driver, seizing the chain, pulledat it with all his might, while all springing fromtheir chairs, stooped over the brink. How They Took the Gold-Train 189 Now was the time for Amyas! Heaven had de-livered them into his…
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