Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 470
vanished into the woods like a brown flash, witha scattering of dead leaves. Then the big bull went up as if he had beenraised by a spring, and before Scott could leapaside he was knocked headlong into a clump ofhemlock ten feet away by a single sweep of thebroad antlers. Luckily it was only a… … ONCE MORE HE TRIED TO FORCE THE SHARPENED POLEBETWEEN THE TANGLED ANTLERS. 965 966 THE PEACEMAKER The moose was stopped by the elastic resist-ance of the shrubs, and Scott, who had beenpitched into the middle of three or four small trees,scuttled into the densest corner like a scared rabbit. The…
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