Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 375
ountain-sidelooked strange and weird; and as we stepped within the gloom of the archway, a blue heron,gaunt and ungainly, with its twisted neck and long,dangling legs, flew down the creek, uttering itsharsh and dismal cry. Neither Fred nor I was feeling remarkablylion-hearted ; the call of the… … 1HE ENTRANCE 1HE FIXME. eagle flung itself out of the shadows full into ourstartled faces. Panic-stricken, we turned to fly. The bottom ofthe pool was slippery, the roof of the archway waslow; Freds feet flew up, my head received a sud- OUR ADVENTURE AT THE FLUME. 845 den bump, and both of us went…
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