Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 368
if he could not have the deer, he wouldtake one of us or a horse. He stood out on theplain, licking his lips, his eyes blazing redly, histail lashing his flanks, and as he turned his headtoward us, it seemed to each man as if the beast wereselecting him to make up for the lost deer. Ourhorses knew… … so intently I did not see the other, when suddenlyI heard my friend say, Quick, boy ! the kid. Turning my head, I saw that the other leopardhad missed his leap, and the deer he was after hadgot away. It was a very unusual thing, but pro-vision had been made for the emergency. Theboy, who had been…
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