Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 276
SALMON RISING TO THE FLV. was so active thatthe poachers re-solved to punishhim. They tookan old worthlessnet and stretchedit out into the riverfrom a rock on thebank. A rope wasrove through thenet and the shoreend made fastover a pulley tothe traces of ahorse. A boystood beside the A ROYAL FISH.… … net away from the seemingly unwilling poachers.He began taking it into his dug-out, congratu-lating himself on his prize, and had hauled it half-way in, when the boy on shore struck the horse,which started on a full gallop up the bank, jerkingthe net after it. In a flash the net was pulledout of…
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