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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 140

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asdoomed now to the earlyworms fate, had put hiskey in the door of thebutcher-shop. He neverturned the key, nor sawit again, nor saw eventhe butcher-shop again.What he did see was a roaring torrent of oilsweeping down the street and blazing fifteenfeet high as it came. And the picture nextpresented… … Gallaghers rescue of a swede from the burning barge, (see page 695.) But this was no time for looking at picturesout of windows; there were other things to bedone, and done quickly. Never did fire de-scend so swiftly upon a village. Even as thestartled sleepers stared in fright, houses allabout…

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