Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 212
the child too late; He could not — could not — swerve hissteeds to save her from her fate ! Would God not send his angel ? To save her there was none.He did; he sent an angel, but a very human one.A boy came scorching down the street with cap pulled over his eyes:T was a race between boy and… … Till the nurse came up, all trembling, aswell she might that day; Then, trundling his broken bicycle, he turnedand limped away. It was not told in the papers; reporterswere not there;And the frightened nursemaids only thoughtThe engine clattered on its way, and now, the as Qf ber « dreadful scare…
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