Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 526
a, so that hecould see nothing more than the animals head.If he moved to one side a bush would getbetween them. If he rushed forward the catwould surely spring upon both. glanced along the line of moonlight upon thebarrels ridge, straight between the fiery pointsthat marked the animals forehead,… … STEADY! STAND PERFECTLY STILL, CORA, TOM CALLED OUT. Steady! Stand perfectly still, Cora, Tomcalled out. The girl made no reply—perhaps she couldnot have answered if she had tried. Her tonguerefused to obey her. Her muscles were rigidand fixed, as if paralyzed by her terror, and inthe face of those…
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