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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 908

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t let s miss it! I say, it s yours, Jim, shrilled an excitedvoice. It s your cottage! Yes, said Jim quietly. Keep her headsteady. Bill. With long strokes he sent the boatahead of the others, darting in a swift streaktoward the hotel pier. Jim had seen at a glancethe location of the fire, and there… … BEFORE THE MEN COULD COMPREHEND HIS INTENTION HE HAD DARTED INTO THE BURNING COTTAGE. of the cottage where were his and his fathersrooms. The crackle of flames came to him as heran, he could see forked red tongues licking atthe roof. Now a broadside of fire burst throughthe windows on the south—his…

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