Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 658
resulting therefrom was not lost. I patiently started to repeat the experiment.I placed Old Lineman on the big spool. Hehung down his legs as if he never expected touse them again. His whole attitude was as sub-missive as that of a kitten. He stretched hislong head and neck as never before, and as… … AN ATHLETE (SNAPPING-TURTLE) RESTINGAFTER HIS CIRCUS ACT. submissive to my will. But it was not submis-sion, it was wisdom; for he suddenly gave anupward snap at nothing, as if there were a dozenannoying turtles above him, and that upset thecareful balance, and—down he came ! He had learned a…
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