Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 442
bottomand sides of the reservoir. Simcoe, during thesedays, tramped about the hills, watched thetrails where the fire encroached upon them, andwith his rifle brought fresh meat daily intocamp. But at last the tiny pond crept up tothe overflow of the dam and trickled over it ina small stream. Then… … the foreman to turn the command over to theIndian, who was captain on the trail. The skywas cold, clear, and moonless above them.Below them, down among the hills, was a seaof black smoke, out of which flashed here and THE FIRE CAT. 316 there a glow of red as some tree became a torchof flame in the…
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