Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 475
saw adusky figure rise up from behind a wild-sage bush, was now broken and scattered in all directions.Some of the loose cattle had disappeared in thenight, and not a few wagons lay overturned andhalf-wrecked among the bushes. People went wan-dering around seeking for their comrades or gather-ing… … THE STAMPEDE. within a few feet of him. He felt his hair rising onhis head, and he instinctively reached behind himfor his revolver. It was gone ! Just then, the figure stumbled and fell, roseagain, and said : I just allow this yer is the ornerest, toughestpiece of ground I ever traveled. It was…
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