Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 864
nded me of a noise I had heardin the shore thickets of the lower Amazon inmoonlight nights, though I could hardly persuademyself that animals could produce such a metallicsound. But what puzzled me still more was the noiseoverhead ; the kicks and thumps became morefrequent, and were now mingled… … A QUEER PONY. vexation, and if I had been able to light my can-dle, I should have gone upstairs to investigate the matter. Toward midnight the bumps subsided,and the bell-ringers seemed to have concludedtheir soiree ; but the rasping in the wall still con-tinued, and when I finally fell asleep, I…
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