Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 147
dly cheered, andappearing triumphantly happy. Then for one poorfellow, who failed to catch the coveted prize, camethe usual penalty of being hissed and hooted at bythe crowd; but worst of all, he had to let go thestage, grasp the pole to which the purse wasattached, and, with hands and legs… … CATCHING THE PLKSE. (DRAWN BV A SIAMESE ARTIST.) or even the dan of a descent that bare pole. course there w only a few seconds of ti for him to seize the p as the stage swung aw and had he halted or h tated at all, he must im tably have been dashed pieces. A native artist drewscene for me, but…
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