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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 724

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nd allowed me to mount on his shoulders,and then, straightening to his full height, helifted me up nearly six feet. I told him he the angry hawks swept past within an inch ofmy head. It was lucky for me that I did hold tight, for had I lost my grip on thetree in the excitement of the moment,… … THE HAWK S NEST AND EGGS. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR.) was very good as far as he went, and I onlywished that he went a little farther. Therewas now a straight shin of about fifty feet,and I went to work. Gripping the bark withmy hands, knees, and toes, I gradually hoistedmyself up, a…

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