Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 346
inst suchfatal falls. This became the rule; and, when next went on. Athletes and gymnasts did their best toexcel; amidst wild excitement the chariots whirledaround and around the course, and then the arenawas cleared for the final act—the wild-beast hunt.The wary keepers raise the stout gratings… … WORD FROM MARCUS, THE THREE LADS DREW BACK A CRY OF you see the safety-net spread beneath the rope-walkers, the trapeze performers, and those whoperform similar terrific feats, remember thatits use dates back to the humane order of Marcus,the boy magistrate, seventeen centuries ago. But, in those…
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