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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 34

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t-bound train and— She turned about. As she did so a long shrillwhistle sounded. The train was so near that theengineer had seen her on the track and blowna warning: the roar of the waters below haddrowned the sound of its coming! There was just an instant for decision. In a flash her jacket was… … HE BROKE FROM THE LONG STRIDE . . . , AND, WITHOUT A MOMENTS HESITATION, PLUNGED INTO THE SEETHING WATERS. 13 14 IN THE TOILS OF FATE oh, could she stop it in time? In her excitement she ran to meet it, still waving and gesticulating. The wheels and brakes were screaming and sparking now. It was…

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