Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 388
fancied ability to throw thescout off of the trail; his faith in the securityof his hiding-place lay only in the belief thatno one would suspect his nearness to the kiln;showing how plans, though well conceived,often hinge on the smallest things—things notpreviously considered as being of any… … the kiln the next morning, and admired theingenuity displayed in the selection of sucha place. At the same time, it was a verysheepish crowd that stood around, each onewondering why it had never occurred to himto crawl through. Every new arrival had to run the gantletof good-humored bantering. Some…
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