Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 204
dover a strip of land wide enough for the horses topass through. Then, on and on, as fast as the excitedanimals could run, waiting from time to time onlittle squares of plowed ground, till they came to astrip of furious flame, which did not seem to yieldeven after waiting ten or fifteen minutes. I… … THE CYCLONE. to find that the fire had paused about a mile fromthe house, though all the men on the ranch wereat work there, beating down the flames with oldblankets, branches of trees, and even old clothesdipped in water. It was a fierce struggle; andthey worked till late into the evening before…
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