Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 388
hand, and touched the squirm-ing thing. Take im off! Takeim off! he shouted,prancing around on the sand, his wide-open eyesseeming almost twice their natural size. Neil and Hugh held their sides and laughedas only merry boys can. No monkey ever wentthrough more comical contortions of face andbody… … NEIL SHOOTS A SNAKE-BIRD. {SEE PAGE 884.) sun was almost an hour high, and Uncle Charleyhad been fishing with fine success, and had broughtin several three-pound sheeps-head. Mr. Marvin had been around the island with hisgun, but had seen nothing worth shooting. As for Mr. Gomez, he had made coffee…
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