Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 160
own as the poor do. What was expected of her ? She stretched ■89i.] A FREE CIRCUS. 635 out her hind leg in search of some support,and, finding none, swayed her body against Mr.Reiche and threw him violently down upon thegrass-plot, a distance of at least twelve feet Athrill of horror went through… … the street was packed with people gathered there to see the circus. seemed to Mrs. Marvin that the poor youngman stood on his head with his feet in the airfor fully five minutes ! It was a wonder hisneck was not broken. Added to this was the threatening dangerthat Fanchon, having lost her foothold,…
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