Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 253
stthe fine animal had been restless, pawing thesnow, and snorting as he snuffed the air; butin time he had lost his spirit and surrenderedto his misfortune. Then he made friends with custody, but Holdfast expostulated — he was tohold him, he said, until the rider came back. Theofficial gave… … the snow fell thicker and faster, and still the boy held the horse. the boy, his companion in misery, drooping hishead down over the lads shoulder in the pitifulway in which I have seen a mare brooding overits dead colt. The great alarm-bell in the towerof the city hall slowly pealed out the…
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