Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 233
ed past the dead body of the Indian.Once or twice they stopped again, and throughthe blades of maize Guy saw a dark figurestanding but a few paces away. When theycame to the end of the row there was a ditch,a foot or so deep, for carrying off the water in 219 220 THE SOLE SURVIVORS. [Jan. times of… … SHANTI HAD CREPT UP TO WITHIN A YARD OF THE INDIAN tives. Suddenly a great light flashed up, theground shook, and there was a deep roar, fol-lowed by a heavy, rumbling sound, abovewhich rose yells of astonishment and alarmfrom the Indians, who could be heard rushingaway in all directions. For a…
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