Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 374
n danger of starving,—theblizzard having blockaded all railroads and ferries,so that no provisions could arrive,—what became of the sparrows ? Thousands and thousands per-ished ; and after the snow had thawed, their poorlittle frozen bodies were collected by bushels inthe parks and squares. On the… … DRIVEN IN BV THE BLIZZARD. from the grocery, who had come to our res-cue with milk and eggs and other necessaries,rang the bell. When Maria, our kitchen-maid,opened the basement door, she saw two spar-rows huddled together in a corner under the stoopwhere they had taken refuge from the storm.…
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