Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 180
upon him ; hecould no longer see where he thrust his blade.Patience was not one of his virtues, and he wasgrowing desperate. The tough, green fibers wouldnot come away fast enough, and he began to workoff thicker chips, pressing and pryingwith the knife. Chapter IX, THE CLEW, AND WHAT IX LED To.… … YE CAN HEAR IT NOW! SAID lETE. (SEE NEXT 1AGE.) Suddenly something snapped. He uttered acry of dismay, [he knife had but one wholeblade, and that had broken under his hand. To the misery of the night that followed, wasnow added the horrible apprehension that he mightnot be traced to that remote…
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