Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 73
tis Duke! He is hanging on by his teeth to therope close to the board. We scarcely breathed.Would he be able to keep his hold until theycould get him to the top ? How dreadful if heshould fall back now ! No, here he is — safe atlast! — cowering and shivering at our feet. Wecarried him into the… … He seemed conscious of the great danger hehad escaped and grateful over his deliverance, forthere was a new intelligence in his eyes. Hecrept nearer to our feet as we sat around him,and he licked the hands reached down to caresshim. Was it through instinct or reason, or was itonly by accident, that…
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