Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 43
thrown across his shoulders and a stop-watch inhis hand, who has been standing close by thetrack, calls in a voice that rings up and downthe silent field : Now, Jack, me boy! and this time Jackhears. Like a flash that long stride quickensand becomes even longer, and, spurting mag-nificently, yard… … MR. AINSLIE IS STANDING ON HIS CHAIR.(SEE NEXT PAGE.) the orange-and-black runner, who has beenforced by the crafty leaders to go on the out-side of the long curve. He staggers, begins todrop back, and all in a moment is out of therace. Now the red thread is stretched tightlyacross the track from…
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