Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 39
n foryou. I stepped to the book-case, laid the bookupon the floor, and returned to my work. A silencethen ensued, which lasted so long that I looked upto see how he was progressing. He was sitting on the shelf with his tiny legshanging despairingly over a gulf of some six inchesbetween himself and… … I LOWKRF.D HIM GENTLY TO THE FLOOR. s-^a- Which shelf would you prefer? I asked, asrespectfully as possible, for certainly it was not anordinary question. turned away ; but only to be recalled by a faintejaculation. His mishaps were truly ingenious.He was caught beneath the cover of the book.…
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