Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 427
oment I was too frightened to move,and then the thought came to me just as if some-body had spoken it: The big chest ! I knew that this chest would hold me and mychild easily, and that I could leave a chink of thelid open to let us breathe, for the overlapping edgewould save my fingers from the… … is, is a terrible coward, and suspicious as any detect-ive. I ve seen one go round and round a trap formore than half an hour, before he made up hismind to spring at the bait. So, while my friendwas puzzling himself over the curtain, and wonder-ing whether it was meant for a trap or not, I tookup…
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