Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 50
n bythe floating villagers, gave him reasonable causefor suspecting treachery. At length, faint streaks of dawn lightened thesurrounding fog; and, as the mist slowly clearedbefore the rising sun, Frank beheld a confusedfleet of river-craft, of all shapes and sizes, lyinghuddled together on every… … THE FLOATING VILLAGE. 526 CHAN ok; a romance of the eastern seas. [May, effect to the scene. Gongs sounded; chickenscackled; dogs barked; children peeped from lit-tle latticed windows ; and their parents bustledabout their morning work. It seemed as if thewhole population of some town had…
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