Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 45
whether therereally was a bit of truth in any of them. He kept on thinking so intently about it, that he resolved to be very respectful, to do just as he wasbidden, and to wait very patiently for the little oldman to speak first. Presently the little old man shifted the pipe fora moment, and asked… … HE BECKONED TO CONRAD, WHO CROSSED THE STREAM ON A SLIGHT PLANK BRIDGE. did not notice how near he was to a little brook,until he found himself almost on the point of tum-bling into the water. This put a stop to his won-dering, for the next moment he stood staring inastonishment, not at the water,…
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