Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 318
, while one beseeching little hand beckoned the dog to fol-low ! Such a sight as the moon saw that night,and grew brighter as she looked !—for down thelonely, silent path, went the little vision, with onearm around the dogs great shaggy neck, fearlessand confiding. On and on toward the… … GRETCHEN STEPS OUT INTO THE MOONLIGHT. burdens; on, more than half-way to the hill-side,when, suddenly, there came a faint sound on thebreathless stillness—a tinkle of a little bell—and thebaby-feet stood still, and old Wurst pricked up hisknowing ears. Then it came again, and with it aplaintive…
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