Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 283
ead with a littleapron on it to cover my neck,my face was smeared withpennyroyal, tar, and grease,and I sat in the smoke of a smudge or fire covered withgrass and green leaves. It wasnearly night and we put up atent and filled it with smoke,then closed it tight and passedthe flame of a candle all… … ONLY OUT OF BREATH. it were pinned between rocks. There was notime to think, no breath to speak with — noth-ing to do but to fight with desperation. Jab,jab, jab with the paddles we went, like menfighting for life, one minute, two minutes, fourminutes, then — ah! the boat shot ahead, andwe fell…
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