Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 500
ll moonlight fell uponthe tree-top and bathed it in a mellow radiancewhich at once revealed the outline of the pan-thers powerful form crouching close along thetree-trunk; and it even lit up the tawny yellowof his skin. Instantly the great beast showedhis dislike of the exposure by creeping… … A TAWNY BODY WHIRLED THROUGH THE AIR. (SEE NEXT PAGE.)487 488 TWO BOYS AND A MOUNTAIN-LION. —a straight fall of twenty feet,—but would firstdescend the tree-trunk part way, and then makehis spring. He had already taken his standnear the lower end of the slanting tree, andnow he saw that the lion…
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