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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 181

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 181 — her a unique proceeding, butsary under the circumstances). As the flight wasto be made on horseback, much ingenuity andlabor was needed to arrange it artistically. Thehorses head was the work of Geoffs hand, andfor meekness of expression, jadedness, utterly-cast-down-and-worn-out-ed-ness, it stood… … and decided curve only seen in pictures of mowing-machines and horse-trots. Lochinvar quiets hisfiery beast and swings Ellen up to the saddle, himselfjumps up, waves his tall hat in triumph, and startsoff at a snails pace, the horse being dragged by arope from behind the scenes. When half-wayacross…

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