Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 439
m, when Madam de la Gienouillere,seized with deep compassion, descended from her carriage, and, pushing the crowd aside, exclaimed : I will give a louis to whoever will save that ani-mal ! These words produced a magical effect ; theytransformed the persecutors into liberators; thepoor cat came near… … HER FRIENDS PROPOSE SQUIRRELS, CANARIES, MICE, ETC. Very well, she said ; here, my brave littleman, is the reward I promised. She gave him abright golden louis just out of the mint, and thenadded, Relieve this poor animal of his incon-venient burden. While the young Hercules obeyed, Madam de la
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