Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 296
Jack, as Crab skill-fully brought the scowagainst the side of thebuilding. Have you anythingto eat ? inquired thestranger, huskily. We have a little food, answered Jack. In the name of pity give us some ! said theman. We are almost starving! And moving down the incline of the roof, thefamishing… … eyes, while she forgot, inthe very excess of her sym-pathy, to stir or say a word.Eagerly the poor mandrew some of the crumb-ling corn-bread from with-in the bag, and handed itto his wife and child, say-ing, in a husky, tremulousvoice : Food at last, Mary ! Givesome to Jennie, and eat, bothof you !…
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