The land of pluck; stories and sketches for young folk (1894)
Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Century Co. · leaf 253
ve and below us. Marie hardly heard. She was gazing at the picture. Ah! I see you must be satisfied about those apes be-fore you will listen to anything more. One cannot tellfrom a picture all that has been happening; but / thinkthis: I think those two monkeys belonged to a publicgarden, and one… … WE TOOK A CARRIER-PIGEON WITH US. HEAVIER THAN AIR 237 shouts and screams of the spectators. At first it was allvery fine; they enjoyed their sail and crouched in thebottom of the balloon-car, chattering to each other at agreat rate, for they had no idea of their danger. The bal-loon was kept up in…
Children's stories, American
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