Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 45
etermined to pusue his journey. On he walked, stopping occasionally for a rest. There were frequent startling noisethat made his heart beat fast; but he encountereinothing alarming until about midnight, as hjudged the hour by the moon. He was emerginfrom a thicket, whose passage had engaged all… … MARLEY AND OLD BETTS IN THE CREEK. the stream that was to lead him to the great riverand to freedom. The black night closed aroundhim, and he was alone in the strange, gloomy for-est. He was too weary to feel alarm; the chill airmade him tremble ; he lay down on the dampground, his back to a huge…
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