Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 42
Henry E. Fleager. You ask down at theoffice if what I tell you is nt true. It was quite true : he had fallen ninety-sevenfeet, landed on a pile of bricks, and broken nota single bone. He was back at work after oneweek in the hospital. The doctors could not ac-count for it, nor could the man… … shadowing the cabin. The rude walls of theprimitive-looking structure shone like old goldwhen the rays of the setting sun glinted uponthem, because they were washed with a pecu-liar earth found in that country. It is calledin the patois of the Mexicans, tierra amarilla,literally, yellow earth. It…
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