Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill · London ; New York : Longmans, Green · leaf 105
she would like to catch a man for supper,and that is why she had been sobbing and crying inhopes that someone out of pity might come to herrescue. So when Ameer Ali questioned her, she replied: Ah, kind sir, it is my poor son who hangs upon thatgallows; help me to get him down and I will bless… … w That will be rather difficult, he said, for the gallowsis high, and we have no ladder. Ah, but if you will just stoop down and let me climbupon your shoulders, answered the old witch, I think JACKAL OB TIGER ? 79 I could reach him. And her voice now sounded so cruelthat Ameer Ali was sure that…
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