Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 649
herope. Cut it! screamed Matthew. Here! He-whipped out his knife and severed the rope andthey leaped into the skiff. There was not a second to lose. Behind them,,and towering high above, a wall of ice and waterrolled and roared and plunged, like a mad beast 520 CHASED BY THE ICE JAM [April, in… … THE ICE JAM WENT PAST WITH A ROAR, SMASHINGTHE SKIFF LIKE AN EGG-SHELL. They knew nothing of the rate such bodies ofwater travel. There was no time to think orplan. A glance behind at the wide-spreadingarms of the ice wall told them there was nopossibility of an escape through the slow waterat the…
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