Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 127
violently and incessantlyabout the head. The snake soon perceives hisdanger, and seeks to escape; but the intrepidfather redoubles his exertions, and even after thesnake has reached the ground, and his strengthbegins to flag, the mocking-bird seizes it, and, lift-ing it partly from the ground,… … USTY and weather-beatenwas the old eaves-trough,—so very old, a part of ithad actually fallen out,leaving a hole; and therest was seamed with ma-ny a crack and crevice.Mosses began to gatherin the grooves; and oneday a wee, slender thingcame up through themosses into the light.Straight, and pale,…
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