Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 35
thesilence was as com-plete as was thedarkness, except thatthrough it all thereseemed to pour a single dull, vibrating mur-mur. It was like a far-off river of sound, andnobody could guess where it came from. Theair was still and cool and close, and there wasa damp, earthy smell. That was a weird,… … click, click, and each click was followedby a little stream of bright blue sparks. Thenthere was a noise of blowing, and more sparks,and then a glow which grew brighter, until ahot blaze shot up, and it could be seen thata human hand was heaping dry sticks and barkupon the beginning of a fire in a…
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