Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 461
star-gazer! I thought his remarks were not in the bestof taste. They put my nieces head upon theblock, the headsman raised his ax, and theax-head immediately flew off in the form of ablack crow, saying, Caw! The headsman looked after it with muchinterest. Never, said he with emphasis, in thewhole… … THE ROYAL GUARDS SURROUND THE ASTROLOGERS NIECE. (SEE NEXT PAGE.) The headsman sent the page for another ax.The people waited in silence, hardly knowingwhat had taken place. The king seemed toenjoy the experience. It was something new,and kings (at least all the kings I know) are ter-ribly bored,…
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